Name Info

George Douglas SEARLS 1883-1918
Fathers:EDWIN,GILBERT,DANIEL,JOHN,JOHN,ROBERT,ROBERT

Search.........Person
PAF-ID.........09119802
Gender.........male
Status.........deceased
Age............34y 11m 11d
Last-Marital...married
Fam-Group......SEARLS
Fam-ID.........SEARLS
Citizenship....US born

#Marriages.....1
#Divorces......0
#Sources.......5
#Events........1
#Images:.......5
#Comments......0
#Siblings......7
#Children......4

Person-Type....A
Immigrant?.....no
Immig-Known?...no
Parent?........father
Spouse?........husband
Sibling?.......brother
Child?.........son
Twin...........no
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Parents and Siblings
  1. Parent: EDWIN JAMES SEARLS, male, born:1850-03-29 Hinckley, Medina county, Ohio, died:1917-01-19 (66y 9m 21d) Akron, Plymouth county, Iowa, Anc:1, Dad:GILBERT SEARLS, Mom:ELIZABETH HALSTEAD, #M:1, #Cmnts:1, #SrcDocs:15
  2. Parent: MARY LOUISE DOUGLASS, female, born:1858-02-08 Garden Grove, Decatur county, Iowa, died:1945-12-27 (87y 10m 19d) Saint Paul, Ramsey county, Minnesota, Anc:1, Dad:GEORGE LAFFAETTE DOUGLASS, Mom:ELIZABETH ANN METIER, #M:1, #Cmnts:1, #SrcDocs:7
  3. Sibling: BURTON ORSON SEARLS, male, born:1876-09-15 White Swan, Charles Mix county, South Dakota, died:1946-09-29 (70y 0m 14d) Yankton, Yankton county, South Dakota, Anc:1, Dad:EDWIN JAMES SEARLS, Mom:MARY LOUISE DOUGLASS, #M:1, #Cmnts:3, #SrcDocs:10
  4. Sibling: Harvey E. SEARLS, male, born:1879-12-29 White Swan, Charles Mix county, South Dakota, died:1923-02-21 (43y 1m 23d) Westside, Crawford county, Iowa, Dad:EDWIN JAMES SEARLS, Mom:MARY LOUISE DOUGLASS, #M:1, #Cmnts:2, #SrcDocs:7
  5. Sibling: Adell SEARLS, female, born:1882-01-01 Akron, Plymouth county, Iowa, died:1882-02-08 (0y 1m 7d) Akron, Plymouth county, Iowa, Dad:EDWIN JAMES SEARLS, Mom:MARY LOUISE DOUGLASS, #SrcDocs:3
  6. Sibling: Ethel S. SEARLS, female, born:1886-03-15 Akron, Plymouth county, Iowa, died:1931-02-20 (44y 11m 5d) De Smet, Kingsbury county, South Dakota, Dad:EDWIN JAMES SEARLS, Mom:MARY LOUISE DOUGLASS, #M:1, #SrcDocs:6
  7. Sibling: Jessie Jeanette SEARLS, female, born:1888-09-28 Akron, Plymouth county, Iowa, died:1973-03-06 (84y 5m 6d) Doylestown, Bucks county, Pennsylvania, Dad:EDWIN JAMES SEARLS, Mom:MARY LOUISE DOUGLASS, #M:1, #SrcDocs:6
  8. Sibling: Nell SEARLS, female, born:1896-07-18 Akron, Plymouth county, Iowa, died:1946-1986 (49y 5m 14d) , Dad:EDWIN JAMES SEARLS, Mom:MARY LOUISE DOUGLASS, #M:2, #Cmnts:1, #SrcDocs:6
  9. Sibling: Dwight Clifford SEARLS, male, born:1900-08-06 Akron, Plymouth county, Iowa, died:1960-06-18 (59y 10m 12d) Sioux City, Woodbury county, Iowa, Dad:EDWIN JAMES SEARLS, Mom:MARY LOUISE DOUGLASS, #M:1, #Cmnts:3, #SrcDocs:7

Spouse(s) and Children
  1. Marriage: 1906-06-12 Akron, Plymouth county, Iowa
  2. Spouse: Bessie H. Muhs, female, born:1884-06-02 Calliope, Sioux county, Iowa, died:1970-04-03 (85y 10m 1d) Sioux Falls, Minnehaha county, South Dakota, Dad:Henry Muhs, Mom:Minnie ?, #SrcDocs:4
  3. ..Child: Helen Juanita SEARLS, female, born:1907-10-03 Akron, Plymouth county, Iowa, died:1976-08-09 (68y 10m 6d) San Diego, San Diego county, California, Dad:George Douglas SEARLS, Mom:Bessie H. Muhs, #SrcDocs:4
  4. ..Child: Ethel Louise SEARLS, female, born:1909-07-26 ?Akron, Plymouth county, Iowa, died:1989-10-01 (80y 2m 5d) Sioux Falls, Minnehaha county, South Dakota, Dad:George Douglas SEARLS, Mom:Bessie H. Muhs, #SrcDocs:2
  5. ..Child: Fern Douglas SEARLS, female, born:1911-11-04 ?Iowa, died:1989-08-14 (77y 9m 10d) , Dad:George Douglas SEARLS, Mom:Bessie H. Muhs, #SrcDocs:2
  6. ..Child: George Edwin SEARLES, male, born:1918-05-05 Harrisburg, Lincoln county, South Dakota, died:1951-2008 (32y 7m 27d) , Dad:George Douglas SEARLS, Mom:Bessie H. Muhs, #SrcDocs:3

Events
Birth
: 1883-12-06, Akron, Plymouth county, Iowa
Married
: 1906-06-12, Age:22y 6m 6d, Akron, Plymouth county, Iowa, Role:groom, The ceremony was held at 7:30am on a Tuesday morning. Afterwards, the wedding party and guests had breakfast. Later the couple went to Elk Point to visit relatives and were to return to their residence in Harrisburg after the first of July.
Death
: 1918-11-17, Age:34y 11m 11d, Sioux Falls, Minnehaha county, South Dakota, flu epidemic
Job
: ?, Harrisburg, Lincoln county, South Dakota, railroad agent
Job
: ?, banker, prospered in the banking field
Job
: ?, Sioux City, Woodbury county, Iowa, Role:partner, automobile dealership co-owner, He owned half of the first automobile dealership there.

Places In
Akron, Plymouth county, Iowa
Sioux City, Woodbury county, Iowa
Harrisburg, Lincoln county, South Dakota
Sioux Falls, Minnehaha county, South Dakota

Image(s) - hover Image IDs to popup full text
S__0030 - Photo of Burton O. Searls and Two Young Men about His Age, Possibly His Brothers
S__0105 - Photo of Edwin J. and Mary L. (Douglass) Searls and Their Seven Children
S__0112 - Photo of George D. Searls and Wife Bess (Muhs) Searls
S__0116 - Photo of Jess, Ethel and George Searls
S__0129 - Photo of Irvin Goodwin and Searls Brothers Burt, Harvey, George and Dwight


Sources
Book [?] Northwestern Iowa, Biography of Edwin Searls, ?1890-1895
Edwin J. Searls Family record
Family record of George D. and Bess Searls, by Edwin Hill, 1997
LeMars Sentinel newspaper, LeMars Iowa
Letters from Cluett Searls, Postville Iowa, 1980


Historical
1883: Indonesia - Krakatau (often mispelled Krakatoa) volcano explosion in Indonesia (Java and Sumatra)
1884-1885: Africa - The Berlin Conference signals the start of the European "scramble for Africa", attending nations also agree to ban trade in slaves
1884-1885: Japan, Korea - The Sino-French War led to the formation of French Indochina
1885: United States - Singer begins production of the "Vibrating Shuttle" which would become the Model T of sewing machines
1886: Russia - Russian-Circassian War ended with the defeat and the exile of many Circassians, Imam Shamil defeated
1888: Brazil - Slavery banned in Brazil
1888: England - Jack the Ripper is believed to have begun murdering in August and murdered his last victim in November
1889: Brazil - End of the Brazilian Empire and the beginning of the Brazilian Republic
1889: France - Eiffel tower was Inaugurated in Paris
1889: India - Mirza Ghulam Ahmad establishes the Ahmadi Muslim Community
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