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George Lafayette Jolley

George Lafayette Jolley

Male 1899 - 1969  (70 years)

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  • Name George Lafayette Jolley  [1
    • Lafayette also spelled Lafait.
    Born 1 Feb 1899  Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3
    Gender Male 
    Census 24 Apr 1940  Florence, San Antonio township, Los Angeles County, California, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    1. Jolley, George, head, male, white, 42, married, completed grade 4, Missouri, same place 1935, not employed for pay, public emergency worker, laborer, sewer projects, income$165
    2. _____, Florence, wife, female, white, 52, married, completed grade 8, New York, same place 1935
    3. [Brahn?], Mildred, step daughter, female, white, 28, [married, crossed out?d?], completed grade 8, New York, Clinton, Iowa in 1935, employed, operator, [???] treatment, 10 weeks, $160
    4. _____, Everett, step son, male, white, 22, single, completed grade 4, Oklahoma, same place,
    5. _____, Richard, step grandson, male, white, 9, completed grade 3, Iowa, Clinton Iowa in 1935
    6. _____, Barbara, step granddaughter, female, white, 8, attending school, completed grade 2, Iowa, Clinton Iowa in 1935 
    Residence 1956-1969  Riverton, Fremont County, Wyoming, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Obit states he moved to Riverton 13 years previously. 
    Died 31 May 1969  Fremont County, Wyoming, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3
    NEWS 7 Jun 1969  Casper, Wyoming, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Obituary:

    "RIVERTON -- George L. Jolly, 70, of Riverton died Saturday in Memorial Hospital. He was born Feb. 1, 1899, in Lebanon, Mo. Jolly was a retired sheepherder and had lived in Riverton for thirteen years,

    He is survived by one sister, Mable Mock, of South Gates, California, Graveside services were at 2 p.m. Tuesday in Mountain View Cemetery," 
    Buried Mountain View Cemetery, Riverton, Fremont County, Wyoming, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Person ID I705  Gilmore-Donald
    Last Modified 19 Jan 2022 

    Father Warren Henry Jolley,   b. Apr 1868, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Jul 1959, Los Angeles County, California, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 91 years) 
    Mother Ruth Ellen McCormic,   b. Dec 1875, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married 26 Feb 1893  Laclede County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Family ID F263  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Florence [wife of George L] Jolley,   b. Abt 1888, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. After 1940  (Age ~ 53 years) 
    Married Between 1930-1940  [4
    • Unlikely to have had children?
    Last Modified 19 Aug 2017 
    Family ID F273  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S804] 1900 U.S. census, Laclede County, Missouri, population schedule, Eldridge township, enumeration district (ED) 65, sheet 2A, p. 197 (stamped, recto), dwelling 20, family 20, Warren Jolley; digital images, Ancestry.com.

    2. [S840] FindAGrave (http://www.findagrave.com : 19 August 2017), database and digital image of marker, by Dawn Stewart for George Lafait Jolly (1899-1969), citing Mountain View Cemetery (Riverton, Fremont County, Wyoming, USA).

    3. [S1706] "Wyoming Deaths: George L. Jolly" Casper Star-Tribune (Casper, Wyo.), 7 June 1969, p. 2, col. 7; digital image Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com/ : accessed 19 January 2022).

    4. [S841] 1940 U.S. census, Los Angeles County, California, population schedule, Florence, San Antonia township, enumeration district (ED) 19-635, sheet 14B, (penned), p. 11865b (stamped), house number 347, George Jolley household; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 19 August 2017); citing NARA microfilm publication T627, roll 249. https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/2442/m-t0627-00249-00644.

    5. [S805] Laclede County, Missouri, marriage license and return [1893]:37, Warren H. Jolley-Ellen McCormic (1893); "Missouri, Marriage Records, 1805-2002," digital images, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com : accessed 9 August 2017); Missouri Marriage Records, Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City. https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/1171/vrmmo1833_c24623-0058/9228390 .