Mae Elizabeth Jolly b. 6 Feb 1878 Laclede County, MIssouri, USA d. 14 Jan 1963 Sanilac County, Michigan, USA: Our Family History

1878 - 1963 (84 years)

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Name	Mae Elizabeth Jolly [1, 2, 3]
	Also seen as Elizabeth Mae Jolly, but always known generally as "Mae."
Born	6 Feb 1878	Laclede County, MIssouri, USA [2, 4]
	Mae's 1963 obituary offers a birth date of 6 February 1879 and her cemetery marker also gives a birth year of 1879. However, the 1880 census clearly states her age as 2, and she has a younger sister 9 months old. She was probably born in 1878, as demonstrated in that early census.
Gender	Female
Census	18 Jun 1880	Sugar Loaf township, Boone County, Arkansas, USA [1]
	1. Joseph W. Jolley, white, male, 32, married, farmer, cannot read or write, Illinois, Ireland, Ireland 2. Elizabeth Jolley, white, female, 32, wife, married, keeping house, cannot read or write, Tennessee, Tennessee, Kentucky 3. Susan L. Jolley, white, female, 10, daughter, at home, attended school this year, Missouri, Illinois, Tennessee 4. Mary E. Jolley, white, female, 8, daughter, attended school this year, Missouri, Illinois, Tennessee 5. [Cory?] J. Jolley, white, female, 6, Missouri, Illinois, Tennessee 6. Ransler J. Jolley, white, male, 4, Missouri, Illinois, Tennessee 7. Elizabeth M. Jolley, white, female, 2, Missouri, Illinois, Tennessee 8. Maud Jolley, white, female, 9 months, born November, Missouri, Illinois, Tennessee
Census	1900	Smith township, Laclede County, Missouri, USA [2]
	1. Joseph W. Jolly, head, white, male, July 1846, 53, married 30 years, Illinois, Ireland, Ireland, farmer, can read and write, owns with mortgage 2. Eliza Jolly, wife, white, female, Jan 1846, 54, married 30 years, 9 children 9 living, Tennessee, Tennessee, Tennessee, can read and write 3. May Jolly, daughter, white, female, Feb 1878, 22, single, Missouri, Illinois, Tennessee, can read and write 4. Maud Jolly, daughter, white, female, Oct 1880, 19, single, Arkansas, Illinois, Tennessee, can read and write 5. Frederick Jolly, son, white, male, April 1882, 18, single, Missouri, Illinois, Tennessee, farm labor, cannot read or write 6. John Jolly, son, white, male, March 1883, 17, single, Missouri, Illinois, Tennessee, farm labor, can read and write 7. Leroy Jolly, son, white, male, Aug 1886, 13, Missouri, Illinois, Tennessee, farm labor, attended school 5 months this year, can read and write
Census	1910	Fort Benton, Chouteau County, Montana, USA [5]
	1. Carroll, John V., head, white, male, 56, first marriage, married 27 years, New York, Ireland, Ireland, physician, private family, own account, can read and write, owns home free of mortgage 2. _____, Martha S., female, white, 48, first marriage, married 27 years, 7 children 4 living, Norway, Norway, Norway, can read and write 3. _____, John W., son, white, male, 25, single, Montana, New York, Norway, bookkeeper, bank, can read and write 4. _____, Grace M., daughter, white, female, 20, single, Montana, New York, Norway, no occupation, can read and write 5. _____, Charles S., son, white, male, 14, Montana, New York, Norway, attending school, can read and write 6. _____, Martin J., son, white, male, 10, Montana, New York, Norway, attending school, can read and write 7. Jolley, May, servant, female, white, 29, widowed, 1 living child, Missouri, Unknown, Kentucky, cook, private house, can read and write 8. _____, Violet, daughter, female, white, 5, Missouri, Missouri, Missouri, can read and write [?]
Residence	Oct 1913	Lebanon, Laclede County, Missouri, USA [6]
Census	1920	Worth township, Sanilac County, Michigan, USA [7]
	1. Tyson, David, head, renting, male, white, 39, married, can read and write, Michigan, Germany, Canada, farmer, general farm, own account, farm schedule no. 95 2. _____, Mae, wife, female, white, 39, married, can read and write, Missouri, Illinois, Kentucky 3. _____, Violet, daughter, female, white, 15, attending school, can read and write, Montana, Michigan, Missouri 4. _____, Louise, daughter, female, white, 7, attending school, Missouri, Michigan, Missouri 5. _____, Mary, daughter, female, white, 6, attending school, Missouri, Michigan, Missouri 6. _____, Elizabeth, daughter, female, white, 2, Michigan, Michigan, Missouri 7. _____, Michael, brother, male, white, 28, single, cannot read or write, Michigan, Germany, Canada, farm labor, home farm
Census	1930	Worth township, Sanilac County, Michigan, USA [8]
	1. Tyson, David, head, owns, has radio set, farm, male, white, 49, married, first married age 32, can read and write, Michigan, Germany, Canada, farmer, farm, not a veteran, farm schedule no. 53 2. _____, Mae, wife, female, white, 50, married, first married age 33, can read and write, Missouri, Illinois, Kentucky 3. _____, Louise, daughter, female, white, 18, attending school, can read and write, Missouri, Michigan, Missouri 4. _____,.Mary J., daughter, female, white, 17, attending school, can read and write, Missouri, Michigan, Missouri 5. _____, Bessie, daughter, female, white, 12, attending school, can read and write, Michigan, Michigan, Missouri 6. _____, Michael, brother, male, white, 40, cannot read or write, Michigan, Michigan, Missouri, no occupation
Residence	Jul 1931	Amadore, Sanilac County, Michigan, USA [9]
Census	15 Apr 1940	Worth township, Sanilac County, Michigan, USA [10]
	1. Tyson, David M., head, male, white, owns home, value $800, 59, married, completed grade 5, Michigan, same house (1935), farmer, farm, own account, farm schedule no. 67 2. _____, Mae, wife, female, white, 61, married, completed grade 8, Missouri, same house (1935) 3. _____, Bessie, daughter, female, white, 22, single, not attending school, completed 4 years college, Michigan, same house (1935), employed 40 hours, teacher, public school, salary $880 4. _____, Michel [Michael?], brother, male, white, 50, single, no school completed, Michigan, same house (1935), not employed, "new worker" 5. _____, Anthony, brother, male, white, 69, single, no school grades completed, Michigan, same house (1935), farmer, farm
Died	14 Jan 1963	Sanilac County, Michigan, USA [3, 4, 11]
Obituary	17 Jan 1963	Lexington, Sanilac County, Michigan, USA [4]
	*Obituary, Sanilac Jeffersonian:* Mrs. Mae E. Tyson Mrs. Mae E. Tyson, 83, of 5654 Main Street, Lexington, died in the family home Monday after a short illness. Mrs. Tyson was born Feb. 6, 1879 in Lebanon, Mo., and was married to Mr. Tyson in 1902. She was a resident of Lexington 20 years and was a member of the Lexington Methodist Church and past president of the WSCS. She is survived by her husband, David Tyson; four daughters, Mrs. Harold N. Dawson, Lexington, Mrs. Eugene Manning and Miss Bessie Tyson, both of Danville, Mich., and Mrs. John P. Lewis, Cincinnati, O.; a sister, Mrs. Maude Admire, Lebanon, Mo.' a brother, Fred Jolley, Loveland, Colo.' 10 grandchildren, four great grandchildren, and several nieces and nephews. Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Thursday. Reve. Earl Geer officiated. Burial was in Hayward Cemetery, Worth Township.
Buried	Carman Cemetery, Lexington, Sanilac County, Michigan, USA [11]
Person ID	I561	Gilmore-Donald
Last Modified	25 Mar 2020

Father	Joseph Webster Jolley, b. 12 Apr 1848, Clonegal, County Carolow, Ireland , d. 9 Nov 1935, Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri, USA (Age 87 years)
Mother	Eliza A. Bolles, b. 23 Feb 1849, Tennessee, USA , d. 5 Oct 1913, Laclede County, Missouri, USA (Age 64 years)
Married	21 Nov 1869	Laclede County, Missouri, USA [12]
Family ID	F79	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family 1 Unknown [Partner of Mae Elizabeth Jolly]

Married

Probably never married.

Narrative Abt 1905

Mae E. Jolly had daughter Violet Jolly in 1905, likely out of wedlock. Violet is listed as "Violet Jolly" in the 1910 Montana census with her mother--her mother's marital status given as "widowed." In 1920 she as listed as Violet "Tyson," taking her step-father's name. In 1928 she was married as "Violet May Rhoads." The marriage record listed her mother as May Jolly and her father simply as "Rhoads."

I searched the surname "Rhoads" for 1900 Laclede County. It did not appear in Laclede County, but two of that spelling appeared in neighboring Camden County, in the Russell community where May's older sister Cora lived at the time of the 1900 census. Cora and her husband, Samuel A. Park had moved to Jackson County by 1910, but we don't know the exact date of their move. Was May living or staying with her sister Cora's family in the Russell community in 1904 or 1905, when she became pregnant with her daughter Violet? It seems possible. Additionally, families named Rhoades and Rhodes appeared in 1900 Laclede County.

Children

1. Violet May Rhoads, b. Abt 1905, Montana or Missouri

Last Modified 2 Feb 2016

Family ID F209 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Family 2 David M. Tyson, b. 1880, Michigan, USA , d. 1966, Sanilac County, Michigan, USA (Age 86 years)

Married 15 Apr 1911 Jackson County, Missouri, USA [6, 13]

Mae's 1963 obituary states that she was married to "Mr. Tyson" in 1902. However, their 1911 marriage is on record in Jackson County, Missouri, and she was married as "May E. Jolley" of Jackson County in 1911; her husband named as David M. Tyson "of St. Clair County, Mich."

This marriage date was probably to make her eldest daughter, Violet, appear to be the legitimate child of David Tyson.

Children

	1. Louise Tyson, b. Abt 1912, Missouri, USA
	2. Mary J. Tyson, b. Abt 1913, Missouri, USA
	3. Elizabeth "Bessie" Tyson, b. Abt 1818, Michigan, USA

Last Modified 23 Mar 2020

Family ID F208 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Documents

Obituary, Mae E. (Jolly) Tyson, Lexington, Michigan, January 1963
"Mrs. Mae E. Tyson," The Sanilac Jeffersonian (Lexington, Mich.), 17 January 1963, [p. and col. not on clipping], obituary of Mae Elizabeth (Jolly) Tyson.

Sources

[S494] 1880 U. S. census, Boone County, Arkansas, population schedule, Sugar Loaf township, enumeration district (ED) 22, p. 19 (penned), p. 603a (stamped), dwelling 180, family 181, Joseph W. Jolly household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 28 January 2016); FHL film 1,254,039 citing NARA microfilm publication T9, roll 39.
[S495] 1900 U.S. census, Laclede County, Missouri, population schedule, Smith township, ED 68, p. 261 (stamped), sheet 11A, dwelling 207, family 219, Joseph W. Jolly household;. digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com); citing NARA microfilm publication T623, roll 869.
[S513] ?Sanilac Jeffersonian Index, 1951?1970,? database, Aitkin Memorial District Library (http://www.croswell-library.com : accessed 31 March 2011), entry for death of Mrs. Mae E. Tyson, 14 January 1963; citing Sanilac Jeffersonian Newspaper, 17 January 1963, p. 5, [col. not stated]. ?Sanilac Jeffersonian Index, 1951?1970,? database, Aitkin Memorial District Library.
[S542] "Mrs. Mae E. Tyson," The Sanilac Jeffersonian (Lexington, Mich.), 17 January 1963, [p. and col. not on clipping], obituary of Mae Elizabeth (Jolly) Tyson.
[S533] 1910 U.S. census, Chouteau County, Montana, population schedule, school district 1, Fort Benton, enumeration district (ED) 58, sheet 1B, p. 101 (stamped, verso), dwelling 72, family 72, John V. Carroll household, for May Jolley; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 31 Mar 2011); citing NARA microfilm publication T624, roll 830.
[S1306] "Mrs. Joe Jolley " The Laclede County Republican (Lebanon, Missouri), 10 October 1913, p. 5, col. 7; digital image Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com/ : accessed 22 March 2020).
[S534] 1920 U.S. census, Sanilac County, Michigan, population schedule, Worth township, enumeration district (ED) 168, sheet 5A, p. 55 (stamped, recto), dwelling 102, family 104, David Tyson household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 31 Mar 2011); citing NARA microfilm publication T625, roll 797. .
[S535] 1930 U.S. census, Sanilac County, Michigan, population schedule, Worth township, enumeration district (ED) 40, sheet 2B, p. 291 (stamped, verso), dwelling 54, family 55, David Tyson household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 31 Mar 2011); citing NARA microfilm publication T626, roll 1028. .
[S1310] ?Uncle Joe Jolley is 84," The Laclede County Republican (Lebanon, Mo.), 17 July 1931, p. 1, col. 4; digital image, Newspapers.com (http://www.newspapers.com : accessed 24 March 2020).
[S536] 1940 U.S. census, Sanilac County, Michigan, population schedule, Worth township, enumeration district (ED) 76-40, sheet 4B (penned), [no stamped p. no., recto or verso], household 86, David M. Tyson household; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 2 February 2016); citing NARA microfilm publication T627, roll 1818.
[S537] Find A Grave (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed 2 February 2016), memorial 15842722, 21 September 2006 by Jack Vander-Schrier, for Mae E. Tyson (1879-1963), citing Carman Cemetery (Lexington, Sanilac County, Michigan, USA); image of marker.
[S497] ?Missouri Marriage Records, 1805?2002,? digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 27 March 2011), Laclede County, [vol. not stated]: 175, for Jolley-Bulls [Bolles] (1869).
[S538] ?Missouri Marriage Records, 1805?2002,? digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 31 March 2009), Jackson County, [vol. not stated]: 211, license no. 50297, for Tyson-Jolley (1911).