Joseph Lafayette Farris
Genealogy Worksheet
Jane Mason, September 5, 2004
Joseph Lafayette Farris(1)
B 7Dec1854 Page county IA(2)
D 6Aug1932 LosAngeles, LosAngeles, CA buried Forest Lawn Cemetery(2)
Parents: Young and Mary "Polly" Dunbar Farris (21)
1M 26Mar1882 Lake county CA(3)
Florence Virginia Wilson "Flossie"(20)
B 18June1857 Farmington, Van Buren county IA(4)
D 2May1890 Fresno, Fresno county CA(20) buried Lower Lake Lake county CA(11)
Parents: Henry H. and Mary Henkle Wilson(4)
Children
2 Carl Bernal 1883-1943
2 Mary Myrtle 1885-1971
2 Ruth 1888-1889
"Joseph's wife Florence Virginia Wilson died of TB when my mother was three years old so she
really didn't know her well but had a lot of information on her.
Myrtle was raised by her father and brother."(20)
2M between 1910 and 1920 census - divorced
Emma Shipley
"Joseph married Emma very late in life. It didn't work out and they separated. I can't recall if they
ever divorced or not." (20)
No obituary for Florence found in the 1890 papers.
LA Times 8Aug1932p8
"Farris, Joseph L. Farris. Remains at the chapel of W. A. Brown. 1815 South Flower Street."(10)
Chronology
1880 CA Lake county Lower Lake…enumerated with parents
1882 CA Lake county…obtained land patent (5)
1883 CA Lake county Lower Lake son Carl born
1889 CA Fresno county, Sanger…registered to vote(6)
1889 CA Lake county Florence obtained land patent in both her married and her maiden name (12)
1894 -1910 CA LosAngeles county Joseph registered every year including 1894 in which he is described
as"6'1", light complexion, blue eyes, dark hair"(13)
1900 CA Orange county, Fullerton Carl boarding in private home(15)
1900 have not found Joseph(7)
1900,1904,1905,1906,1907 LosAngeles City directory entries (17)
1910 CA Los Angeles county, Los Angeles Joseph a boarder at 606 E 4th(19)
1910 CA Los Angeles county, Claremont Mary rooming with three others(16)
1910 Carl in San Francisco (8)
1920 CA Los Angeles county Los Angeles…with wife who is a laundres and daughter who is a teacher,
gives occupation as an iceman (9)
1930 CA Los Angeles county Los Angeles..with son and daughter(14)
Notes:
(1) Middle name given in information on son Carl’s birth certificate..
(2) Birth and death information from CA death certificate #8968, LA city
(3) Lake County Marriage Book 2, P 49
Farris, Joseph L., 27, Iowa m Florence V. Wilson, 26Mar1882
(4) Information re Florence from information submitted to the LDS IGI by a church member; plus the
following information : Henry Oroville Wilson, 45, married Lena Anna Cox, 44,
PA, on 29 Sep 1912, parents listed as Henry Harrison Wilson, IN, and
Mary Hinkle, IL. Henry H. Wilson did have an obit in the Lake County
Bee on 4/10/1913 saying he was survived by two sons, Henry O. and Ward,
and one daughter, Miss Kate Wilson.
(5) BLM #CACAAA012349
(6) 1890 California Voter Registration collected by the CA State Genealogical Alliance, published by
Heritage Quest 2001
Farris, Joseph L., 36, IA, carpenter, Sanger, 4Oct1890
(7) Not in CA SX, have not located
(8) 1910 CA San Francisco county San Francisco ED162P11AS#145
Carroll B. Forris roomer 27 single CA IN IA cement worker
(9) 1920 CA R109 Los Angeles county LosAngeles ED245S3L18
Joseph L. Farris 65 IN MO MO iceman
Emma 45 NY laundres
Myrtle Wylie dtr 34 married CA IN US teacher
(10) Death notice in LA Times 8Aug1932p8. No obituary found.
(11) Material collected by Jim Pearce during visit to Lake County Genealogy and Historical Society and the
Lower Lake cemetery, gravestone found.
(12)Lake County land purchase
120N 60W sec005 - 11/4/89 Florence V. Wilson; Florence V. Farris
120N 60W sec006 - 11/4/89 Florence V. Wilson; Florence V. Farris
(13) State Library of California voters registers-see note under Misc.
(14) 1930 CA R160 Los Angeles county Los Angeles City ED639S4AL19
Joseph L. Farris H owns $3000 owns Radio 75y M@27y IA KY IN
Carl B. Son 47 single CA IA IA cement finisher for cement company veteran-yes
Myrtle Wiley Dtr 45 M@28 teacher school
(15) 1900 CA Orange county Fullerton ED141S17A L45
home of Rick Man___? and family occupation blurred
L45 Bernal Ferris ?boarder blurred Mar1883 17yo occupation blurred
(16) 1910 CA LAcounty Claremont ED327 P11B family 221 House 327 L82
Peterson, Anna K. spinster blurred _9? Iowa Sweden Ohio teacher public school
Farris Myrtle spinster 25CA OH IL teacher public school
2 other boarders
none designated as head
(17) LosAngeles city director
1898, 1899 - no entry
1900 Farris, Jos. lab r 630S Hill (check of census shows this to be a boarding house, Jos. not listed)
1901, 1902, 1903 - no entry
1904 Farris, Joseph grocer 630Buena Vista r same address
1905 Farris, Joseph hostler Union Ice Co. r 606 1/2 E 4th
1906 same entry with Myrtle Farris, teacher, at same address
1907 Farris, Joseph driver r 606 E 4th, (no Myrtle)
(18)San Francisco Call - 10 Feb 1883 Farris - In Lower Lake, February 3, to the wife of J. L. Farris, a son
(19) 1910 CA Los Angeles county Los Angeles city ED134 P5AL43 606 E 4th
Josef L. Farris H 54 wd US US US auto driver
(20)correspondence with Joseph’s granddaughter
(21) Lake County CA Superior Court, #277 filed 25Feb1889, Probate for the estate of Young Farris –
J. L. Farris, aged 34 years
Children:
2 CARL BERNAL "Bun"(20)
B 3Feb1883 Lower Lake Lake county CA
D 31Aug1943 Los Angeles Los Angeles county CA buried Los Angeles National Cemetery
"I do remember my mother's brother Bernal. He was a kind, sweet man that was always teasing
me. He never married. But he died not long after I came into the family, of a heart attack in Los
Angeles."(see #20 above)
San Francisco Call 10 Feb 1883
Farris - In Lower Lake, February 3, to the wife of J. L. Farris, a son.
"Affidavit of Birth
"Personal and statistical Particulars
"Full Name of Child Carl Bernal Farris
"Date of Birth Feb 3, 1883
"Place of Birth Near Lower Lake, Lake
County, Cal. U. S. A.
"Sex of Child Male
"Full name of Father Joseph Layfayette Farris
"Residence at Child's Birth Near Lower Lake Cal
"Age at Child's Birth 28
Color or Race White
"Birthplace Iowa, U. S. A.
"Occupation at Child's Birth road overseer
"Full Maiden Name of Mother Florence Virginia
Wilson
"Residence at Child's Birth Near Lower Lake Cal
"Age at Child's Birth 25
"Color or Race White
"Birthplace Near Farmington Iowa U. S.
A.
"Occupation at Child's Birth Housewife
"I certify that I am the _Aunt_ of this child, who was
born on the date above stated, and that the
information herein stated is true.
"Affiant Kate A. Wilson
"Address 425- 7th St, Santa Rosa, Cal
"Subscribed and sworn to before me this 21 day of
June, 1941.
"_Paul L. Young_ Notary Public
"In and For the County of _Sonoma_ State of
California"
one-line death notice ran in the LA Times from 9/3/43 to 9/11/43, then
the following on 9/12/43, Part 1, Page 20:
FARRIS, of 2634 Blimp Street, C. Bernal Farris, beloved brother of Mrs.
Myrtle F. Wiley. Funeral Services Tuesday at 9 a.m.A from the chapel
of W. A. Brown & Son, 1815 South Flower Street.
Los Angeles National Cemetery
Farris, Carl Bernal D 31Aug1943 PVTG 1C CO A 18th Engrs HY, Plot 179 15/C, buried 14Sept1948
CALIFORNIA DEATH CERTIFICATE EXTRACT
Los Angeles County District: 1901 City Certificate #13393
C. Bernal Farris 60 years, 6 months, 28 days
Death 31August1943 Birth 3February1883 Lower Lake
Single WWI veteran
Father Joseph Farris birthplace unk occupation cement finisher building
trade
Mother unknown
2634 Blimp St. LA 28years in community in CA – life
Informant C. J. Wiley 3052 S Livonia Ave LA
INDUSTRY OR BUSINESS: bldg. trade
Name: CARL B FARRIS
Date: 16 Jan 1920
Location: CA, Los Angeles
Document #: 728049
Serial #: CALA 0027186
Sale Type: Homestead
Meridian or Watershed: SB
Parcel: Township 005N, Range 017W, Section 3
2 MARY MYRTLE [always called Myrtle](20)
B 25Mar1885 Lower Lake, Lake county CA
D 15June1971 Pasadena , Los Angeles county CA buried Forest Lawn Memorial Park
M Clifford Jerome Wiley
B 7Dec1883 Gidley, Butte county CA
D 10Oct1957 Los Angeles CA buried Forest Lawn Cemetery
Mary Myrtle -
"Mother's education for teaching came from a school called "Normal".
For awhile she taught Jr. High, Home Economics. She was a beautiful
seamstress and made most all my clothes through Jr High School. The
last 20 years of her teaching she taught Grammar School."
"Joseph raised the two children on his own. One family friend was
amazed that mother was such a lady when all her examples were father and
brother (men). " (see 20 above)
Residence at time of death VanNuys, LosAngeles county CA
Widow who taught for twenty years. Lived in CA 86 years.
Death Certificate Pasadena #879 informant daughter
Death notice LATimes 17June1974p14
"Wiley, Myrtle F. Forest Lawn, Glendale"
Clifford Jerome -
"What a super and fun dad he was. He held a number of different jobs.
One for the electric company, climbing and hooking up electric wire
lines.....he was a Locomotive engineer for the Santa Fe Railroad" (see
20 above)
1910 AZ R60 Navajo county Winslow E.D9P1A L29
Clifford Wiley 45y roomer married at 30 CA CA MO railroad locomotive engineer
.
2 RUTH
B Feb1888
D 13Jan1889
Buried beside Florence in Lower Lake cemetery
Lake county death records state "11 months"
"FUNERAL NOTICE." [note: no year given]
The funeral of the infant child of J. L. and Florence
V. Farris will take place Sunday January 13th at 1
o'clock P. M. Services at the grave.
Friends and acquaintences are invited to attend."
MISC
note #4:
Joseph L. Farris
B 7Dec1854 Iowa
D 6Aug1932 LA, CA
M 26Mar1882 Lake C CA
Florence Virginia Wilson
B 18June1857 Farmington, Van Buren, IA
D 2May1890 Fresno, Fresno, CA
Parents Henry H. Wilson and Mary Henkle
*three children*
1. unavailable
2. unavailable
3. Ruth Farris
B 1887 Lower Lake, Lake CA
source: patron batch 458869 /LDS church
note for #13
Joseph Farris entry for every year, not all copied, following are ones copied out -
1894 39, 6'1", light complexion, blue eyes, dark hair, laborer, born Iowa, resides Hyde Park, PO
address Centinela
1896 Newhall CA
1902 47, 5th Supv Dist, 67 Assy, resides Newhall
1904 49, 2nd Supv Dist, 71 Assy, 38 Senatorial, resides 506 Carolina Street
1910 55, Pct 89, 2nd Supv Dist, 73 Assy, 38, Senate resides 606 E 4th Street, occupation driver,
Republican
1880 CA Lake county Excelsior Roll 66 page 9A
Henry H. Willson 48 IN MD NH
Mary 43 IL VA IL
Flora V. 22 IA
Edith 20 IA
Katie A. 17 IA
Henry O. 13 CA
W. Ward 7mo CA
Henry Oroville Wilson 45, married Lena Anna Cox, 44, PA on 29Sept1912, parents are Henry
Harrison Wilson and Mary Hinkle, IL
Lake County Bee 10Apr1913 obit for Henry H. saying he was survived by two sons, Henry O. and
Ward, and one daughter, Miss Kate.
Lake county files have no record of marriage for Edith Wilson
