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Josephine Wells

Josephine Wells

Female 1912 - 2013  (101 years)

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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Josephine Wells was born in 1912 in Michigan, USA (daughter of Rolfe Leonard Wells, Sr and Elsie B. Wells); died on 13 Jun 2013 in Dowagiac, Cass County, Michigan, United States of America; was buried in Dowagiac, Cass County, Michigan, United States of America.

    Other Events:

    • Birth: Michigan, USA
    • Race: White
    • Name: Josephine Miller
    • Reference Number: 12218
    • Residence: Dowagaic, Michigan
    • Residence: 1920, Pokagon, Cass, Michigan, USA; 8 Age: 8; None Occupation: None; AbleToSpeakEnglish: Yes; AttendedSchool: yes; EnumerationDistrict: 136; Single MaritalStatus: Single; Daughter RelationToHead: Daughter
    • Residence: 1935, Pokagon, Cass, Michigan
    • Residence: 1940, Pokagon, Pokagon, Cass, Michigan, USA; 29 Age: 29; AttendedSchool: No; ClassofWorker: Unpaid family worker; EmploymentCode: 5; EmploymentDetails: Home Housework; EmploymentHistory: No; EnumerationDistrict: 14-18; GradeCompleted: High School, 2nd year; Income: 0; IncomeOtherSources: No; IsEmployed: No; PublicEmergencyWork: No; Respondent: Yes; SeekingWork: No; WeeksWorked: 0; Married MaritalStatus: Married; Wife RelationToHead: Wife
    • Residence: 1950, Pokagon, Cass, Michigan, USA; StreetAddress: Pohagon Village; 38 Age: 38; Teacher Occupation: Teacher; ClassofWorker: Government; EnumerationDistrict: 14-44; HoursWorked: 40; Industry: Public Scool; LiveOnFarm: Yes; OccupationCategory: Wk; ThreeOrMoreAcres: Yes; Wife RelationToHead: Wife; Married MaritalStatus: Married

    Josephine married Samuel H Miller on 1 Mar 1930 in Fulton, Indiana, United States. Samuel was born on 4 Oct 1907 in Dowagaic, Michigan; died on 6 Apr 1988 in Dowagiac, Cass County, Michigan, United States of America; was buried in Dowagiac, Cass County, Michigan, United States of America. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. Living
    2. Living
    3. Living
    4. Living

    Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. Living

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Rolfe Leonard Wells, Sr was born on 31 Oct 1882 in Pokagon Mich Cass County (son of Charles Phelps Wells and Josephine Virginia Curtis); died on 17 Jul 1946 in Rockford, Cass, Michigan, USA; was buried in Dowagiac, Cass County, Michigan, United States of America.

    Other Events:

    • Ethnicity: American
    • Industry: General Farm
    • Race: White
    • Name: Rolfe L .
    • Name: Rolfe L Wells
    • Name: Rolfe Leonard Wells
    • Name: Rolfo L Wells
    • Name: Rollo S Wells
    • Reference Number: 7313
    • Residence: Married MaritalStatus: Married
    • _EMPLOY: Employer: Employer
    • Residence: 1900, Pokagon, Cass, Michigan, USA; 17 Age: 17; Poltry Dealer Occupation: Poltry Dealer; AbleToSpeakEnglish: Yes; CanRead: Yes; CanWrite: Yes; EnumerationDistrict: 0099; MonthsUnEmployedPastYear: 0; Single MaritalStatus: Single; Son RelationToHead: Son
    • Residence: 1910, Pokagon, Cass, Michigan, USA; 27 Age: 27; Dealer Liv Stock Occupation: Dealer Liv Stock; CanRead: Yes; CanWrite: Yes; EnumerationDistrict: 0114; HomeMortgaged: Free; HomeOwnership: Own; Industry: Livery Stock Dealer; LiveOnFarm: Farm; NativeLanguageCode: English; YearsMarried: 6/12; Married MaritalStatus: Married; Head RelationToHead: Head
    • Residence: 1920, Pokagon, Cass, Michigan, USA; 38 Age: 38; Farmer Occupation: Farmer; AbleToSpeakEnglish: Yes; CanRead: Yes; CanWrite: Yes; EnumerationDistrict: 136; HomeMortgaged: Free; HomeOwnership: Owned; Industry: General Farming; IsEmployed: On; Married MaritalStatus: Married; Head RelationToHead: Head
    • Residence: 1930, Pokagon, Pokagon, Cass, Michigan, USA; 47 Age: 47; AbleToSpeakEnglish: Yes; AttendedSchool: No; CanReadWrite: Yes; ClassofWorker: Working on own account; EnumerationDistrict: 0018; HomeOwnership: Owned; IsEmployed: Yes; LiveOnFarm: Yes; OwnedRadio: Yes; RegistrationDistrict: 18; Married MaritalStatus: Married; Head RelationToHead: Head; Farming Occupation: Farming
    • Residence: 1935, Pokagon, Cass, Michigan
    • Residence: 1940, Pokagon Twp, Pokagon, Cass, Michigan, USA; 58 Age: 58; Farmer Occupation: Farmer; AttendedSchool: No; ClassofWorker: Working on own account; EmploymentCode: 1; EmploymentDetails: No; EmploymentHistory: No; EnumerationDistrict: 14-18; GradeCompleted: Elementary school, 8th grade; HomeOwnership: Owned; HoursWorked: 60; Income: 0; IncomeOtherSources: Yes; IsEmployed: Yes; OwnsFarm: Yes; PublicEmergencyWork: No; SeekingWork: No; ValueOfHome: 2000; WeeksWorked: 52; Married MaritalStatus: Married; Head RelationToHead: Head

    Notes:

    Died:
    63 Age: 63

    Rolfe married Elsie B. Wells. Elsie was born in 1884 in Michigan, USA; died in 1956; was buried in Dowagiac, Cass County, Michigan, United States of America. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Elsie B. Wells was born in 1884 in Michigan, USA; died in 1956; was buried in Dowagiac, Cass County, Michigan, United States of America.

    Other Events:

    • Ethnicity: American
    • Race: White
    • Name: Elsie/
    • Name: Miller/
    • Reference Number: 11120
    • Residence: 1910, Pokagon, Cass, Michigan, USA; 26 Age: 26; AttendedSchool: Yes; CanRead: Yes; CanWrite: Yes; EnumerationDistrict: 0114; NativeLanguageCode: English; NumberOfChildrenBorn: 1; NumberOfChildrenLiving: 1; YearsMarried: 6/12; Married MaritalStatus: Married; Wife RelationToHead: Wife
    • Residence: 1920, Pokagon, Cass, Michigan, USA; 36 Age: 36; None Occupation: None; AbleToSpeakEnglish: Yes; CanRead: Yes; CanWrite: Yes; EnumerationDistrict: 136; Married MaritalStatus: Married; Wife RelationToHead: Wife
    • Residence: 1930, Pokagon, Pokagon, Cass, Michigan, USA; 45 Age: 45; AbleToSpeakEnglish: Yes; AttendedSchool: No; CanReadWrite: Yes; EnumerationDistrict: 0018; Homemaker: Yes; RegistrationDistrict: 18; Married MaritalStatus: Married; Wife RelationToHead: Wife
    • Residence: 1935, Pokagon, Cass, Michigan
    • Residence: 1940, Pokagon Twp, Pokagon, Cass, Michigan, USA; 56 Age: 56; AttendedSchool: No; ClassofWorker: Unpaid family worker; EmploymentCode: 5; EmploymentDetails: Home Housework; EmploymentHistory: No; EnumerationDistrict: 14-18; GradeCompleted: High School, 4th year; Income: 0; IncomeOtherSources: No; IsEmployed: No; PublicEmergencyWork: No; Respondent: Yes; SeekingWork: No; WeeksWorked: 0; Married MaritalStatus: Married; Wife RelationToHead: Wife

    Children:
    1. Joseph Elliott Wells was born in 1906 in Michigan, USA; died on 29 Dec 1978 in St Joseph, Berrien, Michigan.
    2. 1. Josephine Wells was born in 1912 in Michigan, USA; died on 13 Jun 2013 in Dowagiac, Cass County, Michigan, United States of America; was buried in Dowagiac, Cass County, Michigan, United States of America.
    3. Living
    4. Living
    5. Rolfe Leonard Wells, Jr was born on 12 Aug 1920 in Dowagiac, Cass County, Michigan, United States of America; died on 11 Nov 2018 in Niles, Berrien County, Michigan, United States of America; was buried in Sumnerville, Cass County, Michigan, United States of America.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Charles Phelps Wells was born in 1834 in New York, USA (son of Jonathon Wells and Sylvia Phelps); died on 10 Oct 1884.

    Other Events:

    • Race: White
    • Name: Charles Phelps Wells
    • Reference Number: 7312
    • Residence: 1880, Pokagon, Cass, Michigan, USA; 46 Age: 46; Physician Occupation: Physician; EnumerationDistrict: 073; Married MaritalStatus: Married; Self RelationToHead: Head

    Charles married Josephine Virginia Curtis on 21 May 1870 in Pokagon, Cass, Michigan, USA. Josephine was born in 1844 in Berrien; died in 1934 in Wells; was buried in Niles. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Josephine Virginia Curtis was born in 1844 in Berrien; died in 1934 in Wells; was buried in Niles.

    Other Events:

    • Ethnicity: American
    • Race: White
    • Name: Josephine Virginia Curtis
    • Name: Josephine Virginia Wells
    • Reference Number: 10402
    • Residence: Cass County
    • Residence: Pokagon
    • Residence: 1880, Pokagon, Cass, Michigan, USA; 36 Age: 36; Keeping House Occupation: Keeping House; EnumerationDistrict: 073; Married MaritalStatus: Married; Wife RelationToHead: Wife
    • Residence: 1900, Pokagon, Cass, Michigan, USA; 52 Age: 52; Farmer Occupation: Farmer; AbleToSpeakEnglish: Yes; CanRead: Yes; CanWrite: Yes; EnumerationDistrict: 0099; HomeMortgaged: F; HomeOwnership: Own; MonthsUnEmployedPastYear: 0; NumberOfChildrenBorn: 4; NumberOfChildrenLiving: 3; OwnsFarm: F; Widowed MaritalStatus: Widowed; Head RelationToHead: Head
    • Residence: 1910, Pokagon, Cass, Michigan, USA; 62 Age: 62; Own Income Occupation: Own Income; CanRead: Yes; CanWrite: Yes; EnumerationDistrict: 0114; NativeLanguageCode: English; NumberOfChildrenBorn: 4; NumberOfChildrenLiving: 3; Widowed MaritalStatus: Widowed; Mother RelationToHead: Mother

    Notes:

    Died:
    90 Age: 90

    Children:
    1. Joseph E. Wells was born after 1870.
    2. Schuyler Roscoe Wells was born in 1872; died on 2 Feb 1896 in Chattanooga, Hamilton County, Tennessee, United States of America; was buried in Niles, Berrien County, Michigan, United States of America.
    3. Reynolds C Wells was born in 1874 in Michigan, USA.
    4. Raleigh Hamilton Wells was born in Aug 1879 in Michigan, USA; died on 17 Nov 1940 in Monroe, Monroe, Michigan, USA.
    5. 2. Rolfe Leonard Wells, Sr was born on 31 Oct 1882 in Pokagon Mich Cass County; died on 17 Jul 1946 in Rockford, Cass, Michigan, USA; was buried in Dowagiac, Cass County, Michigan, United States of America.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Jonathon Wells was born on 7 May 1791; died on 5 Jul 1866; was buried in Niles, Berrien County, Michigan, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Race: White
    • Reference Number: 6545
    • Residence: 1850, Howard, Cass, Michigan, USA; 59 Age: 59; Farmer Occupation: Farmer; Industry: Agriculture; RealEstateValue: 2000

    Jonathon married Sylvia Phelps. Sylvia (daughter of Simeon Phelps, Sr) was born on 18 May 1793 in Canaan, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA; died on 24 May 1869 in Niles, Berrien, Michigan, USA; was buried in Niles, Berrien County, Michigan, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  Sylvia Phelps was born on 18 May 1793 in Canaan, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA (daughter of Simeon Phelps, Sr); died on 24 May 1869 in Niles, Berrien, Michigan, USA; was buried in Niles, Berrien County, Michigan, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Race: White
    • Name: Sylvia Phelps
    • Name: Sylvia Wells
    • Reference Number: 6520
    • Residence: 1850, Howard, Cass, Michigan, USA; 57 Age: 57

    Notes:

    Sylva Wells
    abt. 1793-May 24, 1869

    Niles Democrat, Saturday, May 29, 1869, page 3, col. 4, microfilm Niles District Library

    DIED

    In this city at the residence of her son, J.M. Wells, on Monday, May 24th, Mrs. SYLVA WELLS, aged 76 years.

    The deceased was a resident of this vicinity for thirty three years, having moved here in 1836, and has been an eye witness to the conversion of this country from a howling wilderness to its present state of cultivation and improvement.

    Children:
    1. John MIlton Wells was born in 1820 in New York, USA.
    2. Sylvia Wells was born on 18 Nov 1822; died on 13 Sep 1846 in Cass County, Michigan, USA; was buried in Niles, Berrien County, Michigan, USA.
    3. Jonathan Wells was born in 1825 in New York, USA.
    4. Jackson D. Wells was born on 10 Apr 1831 in Conquest, Cayuga County, New York, USA; died on 26 Dec 1923 in Benton Harbor, Berrien County, Michigan, USA; was buried in Benton Harbor, Berrien County, Michigan, USA.
    5. 4. Charles Phelps Wells was born in 1834 in New York, USA; died on 10 Oct 1884.