Born September 4, 1864 (5?), Pennsylvania, USA, to Mary Myers and Benjamin C. de La Vergne.
Married to Charles Marvin McGrath March 6, 1889, unknown location.
Ida and Charles had at least five children:
Name Date of Birth Birth Place Ruby Mary McGrath 09-25-1891 NE Ralph Glen McGrath 07-22-1893 NE Eva Esther McGrath 11-1896 NE Wilmer DeLaVergne McGrath 12-04-1899 NE Susan (Susie) May McGrath 1907 NE
We knew Ralph Glen as Glen Ralph, or simply "Uncle Glen".
Ruby married Ed Smith Nov. 22, 1909, Grant, Perkins County, NE.
In the US Federal Census taken 25 June 1900, Charles and Ida lived in Madrid Village, Perkins County NE. Ironically, Charles was the census enumerator. Charles was listed as a farmer with Ida keeping house. Their four eldest children were living with them (Suzie wasn't born yet).
In the US Federal Census taken 1910, Charles and Ida lived in Yankee, Perkins County NE with Glen, Eva and Susie.
Glen married Margaret McKeever (known as "Aunt Mae"), unknown date or place. Children: Margaret born 1911, Paul born 1917 (died a few months later), Virginia born 1920. Glen died Dec., 1972 Elsie, Perkins NE. Glen and Margaret and baby son Paul are buried in Elsie Cemetery, Perkins County NE.
Eva married surname Terry.
In the US Federal Census taken 1920, Charles and Ida lived in Chase County, NE with their daughter Susie.
In the US Federal Census taken 1930, Charles and Ida lived in Wauneta, Chase County, NE with their daughter Susie and their grandchildren Wilma, Irma and Mary Smith.
Some sources indicate that Ida died in 1932 of burns.