Name Info

George Edgar SEARLS 1890-1969
Fathers:Charles,Daniel,GILBERT,DANIEL,JOHN,JOHN,ROBERT,ROBERT

In some references he is mistakenly called him "Edward".

Search.........Person
PAF-ID.........09119086
Gender.........male
Status.........deceased
Age............78y 2m 19d
Last-Marital...widowed
Fam-Group......SEARLS
Fam-ID.........SEARLS
Citizenship....US born

#Marriages.....1
#Divorces......0
#Sources.......5
#Events........1
#Images:.......0
#Comments......1
#Siblings......9
#Children......3

Person-Type....A
Immigrant?.....no
Immig-Known?...no
Parent?........father
Spouse?........husband
Sibling?.......brother
Child?.........son
Twin...........no
Adopted?.......

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Ht/Wt/Eye/Hair.
Burial.........Greenwood Cemetery lot 74 block 4 grave 4

Parents and Siblings
  1. Parent: Charles Ambrose SEARLS, male, born:1861-11-03 Seward, Winnebago county, Illinois, died:1936-04-24 (74y 5m 21d) San Jose, Santa Clara county, California, Dad:Daniel James SEARLS, Mom:Caroline Comly, #M:1, #SrcDocs:11
  2. Parent: Lenora Augusta Sargent, female, born:1867-05-06 Wright county, Iowa, died:1922-12-14 (55y 7m 8d) ?Brookings, Brookings county, South Dakota, Dad:Royal Sargent, Mom:Melissa Christy, #M:1, #SrcDocs:7
  3. Sibling: Clair Herbert SEARLS, male, born:1888-09-22 Akron, Plymouth county, Iowa, died:1933-06-07 (44y 8m 16d) Brookings, Brookings county, South Dakota, Dad:Charles Ambrose SEARLS, Mom:Lenora Augusta Sargent, #M:1, #SrcDocs:6
  4. Sibling: Roscoe Jerome SEARLS, male, born:1893-08-17 Akron, Plymouth county, Iowa, died:1966-03-21 (72y 7m 4d) Brookings, Brookings county, South Dakota, Dad:Charles Ambrose SEARLS, Mom:Lenora Augusta Sargent, #M:1, #SrcDocs:10
  5. Sibling: Royal Ward SEARLS, male, born:1895-06-27 Akron, Plymouth county, Iowa, died:1895-07-26 (0y 0m 29d) Akron, Plymouth county, Iowa, Dad:Charles Ambrose SEARLS, Mom:Lenora Augusta Sargent, #SrcDocs:1
  6. Sibling: Daniel Burdette SEARLS, male, born:1897-05-18 Akron, Plymouth county, Iowa, died:1961-03-23 (63y 10m 5d) Brookings, Brookings county, South Dakota, Dad:Charles Ambrose SEARLS, Mom:Lenora Augusta Sargent, #M:1, #SrcDocs:8
  7. Sibling: Margaret Enid SEARLS, female, born:1899-06-04 Akron, Plymouth county, Iowa, died:1899-12-21 (0y 6m 17d) Akron, Plymouth county, Iowa, Dad:Charles Ambrose SEARLS, Mom:Lenora Augusta Sargent, #SrcDocs:3
  8. Sibling: Harold Ambrose SEARLS, male, born:1900-09-16 Akron, Plymouth county, Iowa, died:1961-06-28 (60y 9m 12d) Brookings, Brookings county, South Dakota, Dad:Charles Ambrose SEARLS, Mom:Lenora Augusta Sargent, #M:1, #SrcDocs:8
  9. Sibling: Charles Paul SEARLS, male, born:1904-08-21 Akron, Plymouth county, Iowa, died:1952-01-27 (47y 5m 6d) Ames, Story county, Iowa, Dad:Charles Ambrose SEARLS, Mom:Lenora Augusta Sargent, #M:1, #SrcDocs:7
  10. Sibling: Lillian Arlene SEARLS, female, born:1906-04-11 Akron, Plymouth county, Iowa, died:1981-11-14 (75y 7m 3d) San Mateo, San Mateo county, California, Dad:Charles Ambrose SEARLS, Mom:Lenora Augusta Sargent, #M:1, #SrcDocs:8
  11. Sibling: Donald Jethro SEARLS, male, born:1908-01-06 Akron, Plymouth county, Iowa, died:1974-05-21 (66y 4m 15d) Denver, Denver county, Colorado, Dad:Charles Ambrose SEARLS, Mom:Lenora Augusta Sargent, #M:1, #SrcDocs:9

Spouse(s) and Children
  1. Marriage: 1915-08-30 ?Brookings, Brookings county, South Dakota
  2. Spouse: Leonora Jeanette Olson, female, born:1892-08-04 , died:1964-11-13 (72y 3m 9d) Redlands, San Bernardino county, California, Dad:Evan Olson, Mom:Elizabeth Johnson, #Cmnts:1, #SrcDocs:3
  3. ..Child: Evelyn Lorraine SEARLS, female, born:1917-02-05 Brookings, Brookings county, South Dakota, died:2011-05-24 (94y 3m 19d) Livermore, Alameda county, California, Dad:George Edgar SEARLS, Mom:Leonora Jeanette Olson, #SrcDocs:4
  4. ..Child: Helen Elizabeth SEARLS, female, born:1919-02-17 Brookings, Brookings county, South Dakota, died:1999-11-26 (80y 9m 9d) Redlands, San Bernardino county, California, Dad:George Edgar SEARLS, Mom:Leonora Jeanette Olson, #SrcDocs:5
  5. ..Child: Dorothy Jean SEARLS, female, born:1923-09-06 Brookings, Brookings county, South Dakota, died:1985-05-30 (61y 8m 24d) , Dad:George Edgar SEARLS, Mom:Leonora Jeanette Olson, #SrcDocs:4

Events
Birth
: 1890-10-19, Akron, Plymouth county, Iowa
Married
: 1915-08-30, Age:24y 10m 11d, ?Brookings, Brookings county, South Dakota, Role:groom
Death
: 1969-01-07, Age:78y 2m 19d, Redlands, San Bernardino county, California, heart attack
Job
: ?, Redlands, San Bernardino county, California
Job
: ?, Brookings county South Dakota, rural school, teacher
Burial
: ?, Brookings, Brookings county, South Dakota, Greenwood Cemetery, lot 74 block 4 grave 4

Places In
Redlands, San Bernardino county, California
Akron, Plymouth county, Iowa
Brookings, Brookings county, South Dakota

Sources
Clair Herbert Searls obituary, Brookings South Dakota, 1933
Daniel Burdette Searls obituary, Brookings South Dakota, 1961
Harold Ambrose Searls obituary, Brooking South Dakota, 1961
Letters from Shari Adair, Nashville Tennessee, 1987
Letters from Shari Adair, Nashville Tennessee, 1993


Historical
1890: United States - The Wounded Knee Massacre was the last battle in the American Indian Wars, this event represents the end of the American Old West
1891: United States - James Naismith in Springfield, Massachusetts, Invents basketball
1894-1895: Japan, Korea - After the First Sino-Japanese War, China cedes Taiwan to Japan and grants Japan a free hand in Korea
1895-1896: Ethiopia, Italy - Ethiopia defeats Italy in the First Italo-Ethiopian War
1896: Canada - Klondike Gold Rush in Canada
1896: Greece - Olympic Games revived in Athens
1896: Philippines, Spain - Philippine Revolution ends declaring Philippines free from Spanish rule
1897: Korea - Gojong, or Emperor Gwangmu, proclaims the short-lived Korean Empire lasts until 1910
1898-1900: China - The Boxer Rebellion in China is suppressed by an Eight-Nation Alliance
1898-1902: Colombia - The One Thousand Days war in Colombia breaks out between the "Liberales" and "Conservadores", culminating with the loss of Panama in 1903
1898: United States, Cuba, Philippines - The United States gains control of Cuba, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines after the Spanish-American War
1899: England, South Africa - Second Boer War begins, lasting until 1902