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Curtis Edgar Jolley

Curtis Edgar Jolley

Male 1893 - 1956  (62 years)

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  • Name Curtis Edgar Jolley  [1, 2
    Born 17 Apr 1893  Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Male 
    Census 2 Jan 1920  Norma, Cleveland County, Oklahoma, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    1. Jolley, Curtis, head, renting, male, white, 26, married, can read and write, Missouri, Missouri, Missouri, cooker, oil mill
    2. _____, Pearl, wife, female, white, 21, married, Oklahoma, Missouri, Missouri
    3. _____, Hershel, son, male, white, 2, Oklahoma, Missouri, Oklahoma 
    Newspaper Article 17 Dec 1922  Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Tulsa World, Dec. 17, 1922, p. 4:
    "Norman Man Shot. "NORMAN, Dec. 16.?Curtis Jolley of Norman was shot but not seriously wounded while in the post-office building here today. His half brother, Jim Devora [sic], is being held, charged with assault. Police believe the shooting was the result of family trouble of long standing." 
    NEWS 17 Dec 1922  Ada, Oklahoma, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    "Curtis Jolley of Norman was shot but not seriously wounded while in the post-office building here today. His half brother, Jim Devora [sic], is being held, charged with assault. Police believe the shooting was the result of family trouble of long standing." 
    Census 10 Apr 1930  San Antonio township, Los Angeles County, California, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    1. Smith, Charles, head, renting, $22.50, not a farm, male, white, 29, married, first married age 20, can read and write, Kentucky, Kentucky, Kentucky, laborer, paper mill
    2. _____, Florence, wife, female, white, 25, married, first married age 16, can read and write, Oklahoma, Missouri, Missouri
    3. _____, Colina J., daughter, female, white, 8, attending school, Oklahoma, Kentucky, Oklahoma
    4. _____, Charlotte V., daughter, female, white, 6, Oklahoma, Kentucky, Oklahoma
    5. _____, Mary E., daughter, female, white, 3 3/12, Oklahoma, Kentucky, Oklahoma
    6. _____, Emmet J., son, male, white, [age?], Oklahoma, Kentucky, Oklahoma
    7. Jolly [Jolley], Curtis E., brother, male, white, 35, married, first married age 21, can read and write, Missouri, Missouri, Missouri, plasterer, contractor
    8. _____, Pearl, sister in law, female, white, 30, married, first married age 16, can read and write, Oklahoma, Missouri, Missouri
    9. _____, Hershel, nephew, male, white, 12, attending school, can read and write, Oklahoma, Missouri, Oklahoma
    10. _____, Sylvester, nephew, male, white, 9, attending school, can read and write, Oklahoma, Missouri, Oklahoma

    [It seems as if Florence must have been his sister--not Charles Smith his brother, but records of Florence don't indicate that she shared parents with Curtis? 
    Census 26 Apr 1940  San Antonio township, Los Angeles County, California, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    1. Jolley, Pearl, head, female, white, owns home, value $1000, 41, married, completed grade 5, Oklahoma, same house 1935, inspector, paper mill, $1020
    2. _____, Hershel E., son, male, white, 22, single, completed 4 years high school, Oklahoma, same house 1935, assembler, venetian blinds, $500
    3. _____, Sylvester G., son, male, white, 19, single, completed 2 years high school, Oklahoma, same house 1935, plasterer, building contractor, $500
    4. Devore, Dorothy, niece, female, white, 16, attending school, completed 2 years high school, California
    5. _____, Robert, nephew, male, white, 15, attending school, completed 1 year high school, California 
    Died 28 Feb 1956  Los Angeles County, California, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Person ID I738  Gilmore-Donald
    Last Modified 25 Aug 2017 

    Father [Unknown] [Unknown parent of Curtis Jolley] 
    Mother Ella Verona Jolley,   b. 28 Jun 1874, Laclede County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Jun 1964, Cleveland County, Oklahoma, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 89 years) 
    Married
    • Not married?
    Family ID F280  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Pearl Devore,   b. Abt 1899, Oklahoma, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married 6 Sep 1915  McClain County, Oklahoma, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Children 
    +1. Hershell Everett Jolley,   b. Abt 1918, Oklahoma, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. Sylvester Jolley,   b. Abt 1921, Oklahoma, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Last Modified 25 Aug 2017 
    Family ID F281  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S857] 1900 U.S. census, Laclede County, Missouri, population schedule, Spring Hollow township, enumeration district (ED) 70, sheet 1B, p. 278 (stamped, verso), dwelling 16, family 16, Charles [C.?] Devore household; digital images, Ancestry.com.

    2. [S863] "California Death Index, 1940-1997," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org : accessed 22 August 2017), Curtis Edgar Jolley, Los Angeles County, California, 28 February 1956; citing State of California Department of Health Services, California Death Index, 1940-1997, Center for Health Statistics, Sacramento. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VPWQ-F2L.

    3. [S865] 1920 U.S. census, Cleveland County, Oklahoma, population schedule, Norman, enumeration district (ED) 17, sheet 1A (penned), p. 210a (stamped), dwelling 4, family 4, Curtis Jolley household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 22 August 2017); citing NARA microfilm publication T625, roll 1456. https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/6061/4383848_01005/79783586.

    4. [S867] emilyemmerson, "Curtis Jolley-Shot by is [sic] half-brother!," public member story, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com " accessed 25 August 2017), originally posted by laurece7 on 10 April 2012. Transcription of newspaper article, citing Tulsa World (Tulsa, Okla.), 17 December 1922, p. 4.

    5. [S866] 1930 U.S. census, Los Angeles County, California, population schedule, San Antonio township (1524 E. 82nd Pl.), enumeration district (ED) 1370, sheet 10B (penned), p. 212b (stamped), dwelling 296, family 292, Charles Smith household for Curtis E. Jolley family; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 25 August 2017); citing NARA microfilm publication T626, roll 172. https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/6224/4531819_00431/91085429.

    6. [S864] "Oklahoma, County Marriages, 1890-1995", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVP6-31ZS : 22 August 2017), McClain County, for Curtis Jolley and Pearl Devore (1915).