As a young women Ida lost her Dad to the sea.  In 1901 she and her Mother and sister Grace lived in Victoria, BC.  Some time before 1903 her sister got TB and they came to California for Grace's health. At the time Riverside was known as an excellent vacation place for the rich and the warm weather good for ones health.

Ida kept in touch with her family by writing letters and pictures were exchanged.  The pictures were kept by her only daughter Grace and then by her only grandchild Kirc.

When Ida and her mother settled in she did dress making for extra cash and joined the Riverside Presbyterian Church.  She taught a bible class for bachelors in the church.  This is how she meet her husband Wally. She, her mother and husband moved next door to his brother into a new house that her father-in-law helped finance and maybe her Mother.

She had her only child in a record breaking hot spell in Sept.  On top of this she had trouble because Baby Grace was a big 10 lbs. and breech.  It was a wonder she lived through it. She was a tall woman at 5'10", which probably helped.

When their orange grove froze they moved to Nuevo where she was a farmers wife.  She had an indian girl to help out and taught the chinese men to speak English.  They gave her presents for this.  She always dressed up in the afternoon like a lady and had wealthy Eastern friends in the area.