Name Info

Leonora Jeanette Olson 1892-1964

Search.........Person
PAF-ID.........09119089
Gender.........female
Status.........deceased
Age............72y 3m 9d
Last-Marital...married
Fam-Group......SEARLS
Fam-ID.........SEARLS
Citizenship....US born

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

Person-Type....S
Immigrant?.....no
Immig-Known?...no
Parent?........mother
Spouse?........wife
Sibling?.......sister
Child?.........daughter
Twin...........no
Adopted?.......

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Burial.........Greenwood Cemetery lot 74 block 4 grave 5

Parents and Siblings
  1. Parent: Evan Olson, male, #M:1
  2. Parent: Elizabeth Johnson, female, #M:1

Spouse(s) and Children
  1. Marriage: 1915-08-30 ?Brookings, Brookings county, South Dakota
  2. Spouse: George Edgar SEARLS, male, born:1890-10-19 Akron, Plymouth county, Iowa, died:1969-01-07 (78y 2m 19d) Redlands, San Bernardino county, California, Dad:Charles Ambrose SEARLS, Mom:Lenora Augusta Sargent, #Cmnts:1, #SrcDocs:5
  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
: 1892-08-04
Married
: 1915-08-30, Age:23y 0m 26d, ?Brookings, Brookings county, South Dakota, Role:bride
Death
: 1964-11-13, Age:72y 3m 9d, Redlands, San Bernardino county, California
Burial
: ?, Brookings, Brookings county, South Dakota, Greenwood Cemetery, lot 74 block 4 grave 5

Places In
Brookings, Brookings county, South Dakota
Redlands, San Bernardino county, California

General

Lillie's sister Myrtle married Edgar's brother Roscoe. Thus, Lillie was a sister of her sister-in-law Myrtle.


Sources
Leonora Jeanette (Olson) Searls obituary, Brookings S. Dakota, 1964
Letters from Shari Adair, Nashville Tennessee, 1987
Letters from Shari Adair, Nashville Tennessee, 1993


Historical
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