Rolfe Leonard Wells, Sr

1882 - 1946  (63 years)

• Name	Rolfe Leonard Wells  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]
  Suffix	Sr
  Birth	31 Oct 1882	Pokagon Mich Cass County   [2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8]
  Gender	Male
  Ethnicity	American  [1, 3]
  Industry	General Farm  [5]
  Race	White  [1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8]
  Name	Rolfe L .  [9]
  Name	Rolfe L Wells  [8]
  Name	Rolfe Leonard Wells  [1]
  Name	Rolfo L Wells  [3]
  Name	Rollo S Wells  [3]
  Residence	Married MaritalStatus: Married  [8]
  Residence	1900	Pokagon, Cass, Michigan, USA   [1]
  	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   [3]
  	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; M
  Residence	1920	Pokagon, Cass, Michigan, USA   [4]
  	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 RelationToHea
  Residence	1930	Pokagon, Pokagon, Cass, Michigan, USA   [5]
  	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 Marita
  Residence	1935	Pokagon, Cass, Michigan   [6]
  Residence	1940	Pokagon Twp, Pokagon, Cass, Michigan, USA   [6]
  	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: Own
  _EMPLOY	Employer: Employer  [3]
  Death	17 Jul 1946	Rockford, Cass, Michigan, USA   [2, 8]
  	63 Age: 63
  Burial	Dowagiac, Cass County, Michigan, USA   [2]
  Siblings	4 Siblings
  1. Joseph E. Wells,   b. Aft 1870   2. Schuyler Roscoe Wells,   b. 1872   d. 2 Feb 1896, Chattanooga, Hamilton County, Tennessee, USA  (Age 24 years)   3. Reynolds C Wells,   b. 1874, Michigan, USA + 4. Raleigh Hamilton Wells,   b. Aug 1879, Michigan, USA d. 17 Nov 1940, Monroe, Monroe, Michigan, USA  (Age ~ 61 years) ▻ Bessie Moore + 5. Rolfe Leonard Wells, Sr,   b. 31 Oct 1882, Pokagon Mich Cass County d. 17 Jul 1946, Rockford, Cass, Michigan, USA  (Age 63 years) ▻ Elsie B. Wells
  Person ID	I6519	FelsingFam
  Last Modified	21 Dec 2024

  
  

  Father	Charles Phelps Wells,   b. 1834, New York, USA d. 10 Oct 1884 (Age 50 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Josephine Virginia Curtis,   b. 1844, Berrien d. 1934, Wells (Age 90 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	21 May 1870	Pokagon, Cass, Michigan, USA   [10]
  Family ID	F2023	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elsie B. Wells,   b. 1884, Michigan, USA d. 1956 (Age 72 years)
  Children	+ 1. Joseph Elliott Wells,   b. 1906, Michigan, USA d. 29 Dec 1978, St Joseph, Berrien, Michigan (Age 72 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] + 2. Josephine Wells,   b. 1912, Michigan, USA d. 13 Jun 2013, Dowagiac, Cass County, Michigan, USA (Age 101 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. Living   4. Living + 5. Rolfe Leonard Wells, Jr,   b. 12 Aug 1920, Dowagiac, Cass County, Michigan, USA d. 11 Nov 2018, Niles, Berrien County, Michigan, USA (Age 98 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F2024	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Dec 2024

  
  

• Event Map

  Residence - 17 Age: 17; Poltry Dealer Occupation: Poltry Dealer; AbleToSpeakEnglish: Yes; CanRead: Yes; CanWrite: Yes; EnumerationDistrict: 0099; MonthsUnEmployedPastYear: 0; Single MaritalStatus: Single; Son RelationToHead: Son - 1900 - Pokagon, Cass, Michigan, USA Residence - 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; M - 1910 - Pokagon, Cass, Michigan, USA Residence - 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 RelationToHea - 1920 - Pokagon, Cass, Michigan, USA Burial - - Dowagiac, Cass County, Michigan, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

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• Sources

  [S66] Ancestry.com, 1900 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2004;), Year: 1900; Census Place: Pokagon, Cass, Michigan; Roll: 706; Page: 2; Enumeration District: 0099; FHL microfilm: 1240706. Record for Josephine Wells https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=7602&h=24690050&indiv=try 1900 United States Federal Census [S68] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;). Record for Rolfe Leonard Jr Wells https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=60525&h=183888880&indiv=try [S48] Ancestry.com, 1910 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2006;), Year: 1910; Census Place: Pokagon, Cass, Michigan; Roll: T624_640; Page: 3B; Enumeration District: 0114; FHL microfilm: 1374653. Record for Rolfe S Wells https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=7884&h=11966070&indiv=try At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld. [S63] Ancestry.com, 1920 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;), Year: 1920; Census Place: Pokagon, Cass, Michigan; Roll: T625_756; Page: 2A; Enumeration District: 136. Record for Rolfe Wells https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=6061&h=17332536&indiv=try At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld. [S56] Ancestry.com, 1930 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2002;), Year: 1930; Census Place: Pokagon, Cass, Michigan; Page: 11B; Enumeration District: 0018; FHL microfilm: 2340714. Record for Rolfe Wells https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=6224&h=13342085&indiv=try At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld. [S50] Ancestry.com, 1940 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;), Year: 1940; Census Place: Pokagon, Cass, Michigan; Roll: m-t0627-01738; Page: 10A; Enumeration District: 14-18. Record for Rolfe Wells https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=2442&h=79445772&indiv=try At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld. [S224] Ancestry.com, Indiana, U.S., Marriages, 1810-2001, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2014;). Record for Josephine A Wells https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=60282&h=2722323&indiv=try [S64] Ancestry.com, Michigan, Death Records, 1867-1952, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2015;), Michigan Department of Community Health, Division for Vital Records and Health Statistics; Lansing, Michigan; Death Records. Record for Rolfe L Wells https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=60872&h=1882911&indiv=try Michigan, Death Records, 1867-1952 [S101] Ancestry.com, U.S., Newspapers.com Obituary Index, 1800s-current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2019;), The News-Palladium; Publication Date: 14 Mar 1934; Publication Place: Benton Harbor, Michigan, USA; URL: https://www.newspapers.com/image/364792403/?article=99a80507-a4a8-488d-9be1-e2d5559200b5&focus=0.016069062,0.7935022,0.26052824,0.9753244&xid=3355. Record for Josephine Virginia Wells https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=61843&h=515972112&indiv=try [S30] Ancestry.com, Michigan, U.S., Marriage Records, 1867-1952, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2015;), Michigan Department of Community Health, Division of Vital Records and Health Statistics; Lansing, MI, USA; Michigan, Marriage Records, 1867-1952; Film: 4; Film Description: 1869 Wayne-1870 Monroe. Record for Josephine Virginia Curtis https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=9093&h=5406203&indiv=try At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.