Name Info

Nell SEARLS 1896-1946
Fathers:EDWIN,GILBERT,DANIEL,JOHN,JOHN,ROBERT,ROBERT

Search.........Person
PAF-ID.........09119879
Gender.........female
Status.........deceased
Age............49y 5m 14d
Last-Marital...widowed
Fam-Group......SEARLS
Fam-ID.........SEARLS
Citizenship....US born
#Marriages.....2
#Divorces......0
#Sources.......6
#Events........1
#Images:.......3
#Comments......1
#Siblings......7
#Children......0

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Sibling?.......sister
Child?.........daughter
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: George Douglas SEARLS, male, born:1883-12-06 Akron, Plymouth county, Iowa, died:1918-11-17 (34y 11m 11d) Sioux Falls, Minnehaha county, South Dakota, Dad:EDWIN JAMES SEARLS, Mom:MARY LOUISE DOUGLASS, #M:1, #SrcDocs:5
  7. 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
  8. 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
  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: 1917 Honolulu, Oahu county, Hawaii
  2. Spouse: Edwin Marsh, male, born:1896 ?Iowa, died:1916-1986 (20y 0m 0d) , #SrcDocs:3
  3. Marriage: 1959-10-12
  4. Spouse: Arnold Jorgensen, male, born:1900 , died:1920-1990 (20y 0m 0d) , #SrcDocs:4

Events
Birth: 1896-07-18, Akron, Plymouth county, Iowa
Education: 1915 , Age:18y 5m 14d, Akron, Plymouth county, Iowa, Akron High School, Role:graduate, high
Married: p1917 , Age:20y 5m 14d, Honolulu, Oahu county, Hawaii, Role:bride, Original wedding invitation for Nell Searls and Arnold L. Jorgensen to be held on Oct.02, 1947 in Honolulu.
Death: 1946-1986, Age:49y 5m 14d
Marry-intent: 1947-10-02, Age:51y 2m 14d, Honolulu, Oahu county, Hawaii, Role:fiancee, Original wedding invitation for Nell Searls and Arnold L. Jorgensen to be held on Oct.02, 1947 in Honolulu., ImageID: S__0071
Married: 1959-10-12, Age:63y 2m 24d, Role:bride, Original wedding invitation for Nell Searls and Arnold L. Jorgensen to be held on Oct.02, 1947 in Honolulu.
Livedin: ?, Rapid City, Pennington county, South Dakota, before married

Places In
San Francisco, San Francisco county, California
Honolulu, Oahu county, Hawaii
Akron, Plymouth county, Iowa
Minneapolis, Hennepin county, Minnesota
Rapid City, Pennington county, South Dakota

General 

Nell was widowed twice and did not have any children by either husband though she did adopt a girl, Marilyn. Marilyn later married Jim Van Cleave. 
Nell's mother Mary came to live with her a few years before Mary's death.

Image(s) - hover Image IDs to popup full text
S__0105 - Photo of Edwin J. and Mary L. (Douglass) Searls and Their Seven Children
S__0141 - Photo of Nell Searls Portrait

Sources
Book [?] Northwestern Iowa, Biography of Edwin Searls, ?1890-1895
Book Akron Iowa Centennial 1882 - 1982, Akron Iowa
Dwight Searls obituary, Sioux City Iowa, 1960
Edwin J. Searls Family record
Letters from Cluett Searls, Postville Iowa, 1980
Mary Douglass Searls obituary, Akron Iowa, 1945

Data Issues Died before Birth

Historical
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