 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Alice Ives akaberekerwa muPavilion, Illinois, January 15, 1853. Vabereki vake vaiva Franklin Benedict Ives, mumwe wevadzidzi vokutanga kupedza kudzidza paRush Medical College yeChicago, uye Frances M. Luce, mudzimai wake. Dr. Ives aishanda somunhu aiva nyanzvi muChicago, guta raigara mwanakomana wake nevanasikana vake vatatu. Mai Ives vakafa muna 1885. Akanga ari muzukuru womurwi weRevolutionary weConnecticut uyo, apo shoko rakasvika kwaari kuti pakanga pane kurwa paLexington, akatakura pfuti yake ndokutevera Israel Putnam kuenda kuMassachusetts. Tsika yemhuri inotaurawo nezvake kuti anobva kuna Ethan Allen, wokuTiconderoga. Mumakore okuma1830, vanasekuru vababa vake vakatama nemhuri yavo yakakura kubva kuChautauqua County, New York, vachienda kunzvimbo duku yokugara muIllinois inozivikanwa seFranklin Grove. Panenge panguva imwe cheteyo, ambuya vake vokubereka, vakanga vava chirikadzi kaviri, vakafamba navana vavo gumi navaviri kubva kuLewis County, New York, vachienda kunzvimbo imwe cheteyo. Mhuri idzi dzaiva nemirangariro yakawanda yakafanana, kuva vaBaptist vakaoma, vanorambidza kubviswa kwechidzidzo, uye vanorambidza zvakasimba, uye kwaiva nokuroorana kwakawanda pakati padzo. 