Joel Eveland

Birth: about 1826, Windsor, Morgan Co, OH

• "Death of Joel Eveland," The Pajaronian (Watsonville, California), 15 Dec 1904, p. 1, col. 4; Newspapers.com, accessed 8 November 2024.

Death: 15 Dec 1904, Watsonville, Santa Cruz Co, CA

• "Death of Joel Eveland," The Pajaronian (Watsonville, California), 15 Dec 1904, p. 1, col. 4; Newspapers.com, accessed 8 November 2024.

Spouse: Jemima Hyler
Marriage: 1867, CA

• "Death of Joel Eveland," The Pajaronian (Watsonville, California), 15 Dec 1904, p. 1, col. 4; Newspapers.com, accessed 8 November 2024.

1. Ralph Washington Eveland, born 25 Aug 1874, CA

Jemima Hyler

Spouse: Joel Eveland
Marriage: 1867, CA

• "Death of Joel Eveland," The Pajaronian (Watsonville, California), 15 Dec 1904, p. 1, col. 4; Newspapers.com, accessed 8 November 2024.

1. Ralph Washington Eveland, born 25 Aug 1874, CA

Darius Harold Eveland

Birth: 19 Aug 1900, Watsonville, Santa Cruz Co, CA

• "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:CXRD-Z1T2 : accessed 8 November 2024), Darius Harold Eveland birth (1900); FHL 1290908.
• "U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947," database with images, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/18176659:2238 : accessed 9 Nov 2024), card for Darius Harold Eveland, serial number T150, order number T11491, dated 15 Feb 1942; Watsonville, California; Selective Service Board, Records of the Selective Service System, Record Group Number 147, National Archives and Records Administration.

Death: 3 Jan 1988, Contra Consta Co, CA

• "California, U.S., Death Index, 1940-1997," database, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/2203788:5180 : accessed 9 Nov 2024), Darius Harold Eveland (1988); citing California Death Index, 1940-1997, State of California Department of Health Services, Center for Health Statistics, Sacramento, California.

Father: Ralph Washington Eveland
Mother: Laura Esther Wheelock

Spouse: Jane Agnes Atkins
Marriage: 8 Jul 1923, Santa Cruz Co, CA

• "Atkins-Eveland Wedding," Santa Cruz Evening News (Santa Cruz, California), 10 July 1923, p. 10, col. 1; Newspapers.com, accessed 9 November 2024.

Notes:

In 1930, Darius was a truck driver, living in Watsonville with his wife, Jane, no children. They were in Watsonville again in 1940 and 1950, no children. In 1940, their nephew, Desmond Jones (son of his sister, Velma), was living in the household.

Ruth Ella-Ann Eveland

Birth: 31 Dec 1901, Watsonville, Santa Cruz Co, CA

• "California Death Index, 1940-1997," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VGBJ-5QY : accessed 8 November 2024), Ruth Ellaann Fitzpatrick (1981); Department of Public Health Services, Sacramento.
• "Ruth Fitzpatrick," obit, Record Searchlight (Redding, California), 3 Mar 1981, p. 2, col. 4; GenealogyBank.com, accessed 9 November 2024.

Death: 28 Feb 1981, Redding, Shasta Co, CA

• "California Death Index, 1940-1997," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VGBJ-5QY : accessed 8 November 2024), Ruth Ellaann Fitzpatrick (1981); Department of Public Health Services, Sacramento.
• "Ruth Fitzpatrick," obit, Record Searchlight (Redding, California), 3 Mar 1981, p. 2, col. 4; GenealogyBank.com, accessed 9 November 2024.

Burial: Lawncrest Memorial Park, Redding, Shasta Co, CA

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/262829343/ruth_ella-ann-fitzpatrick: accessed November 9, 2024), gravestone photo for Ruth Ella-Ann Eveland Fitzpatrick (31 Dec 1901–28 Feb 1981), Find a Grave Memorial ID 262829343, Lawncrest Memorial Park, Redding, Shasta Co, CA, maintained by Ross Adam Wood Sr. (contributor 47496100).

Father: Ralph Washington Eveland
Mother: Laura Esther Wheelock

Spouse: Percy R. Taylor
Marriage: 30 Dec 1922, Monterey, Monterey Co, CA

• "Eveland-Taylor Wedding," Santa Cruz Sentinel (Santa Cruz, California), 5 Jan 1923, p. 5, col. 3; Newspapers.com, accessed 9 November 2024.

Spouse: Edward Joseph Fitzpatrick
Marriage: 26 May 1950, Santa Clara Co, CA

• "California, U.S., Marriage Index, 1949-1959," database, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/20230676:5186 : accessed 9 Nov 2024), Ruth E. Taylor and Edward J. Fitzpatrick (1950); California Department of Health and Welfare.

Notes:

She married Percy R. Taylor in 1922. By 1930 they were living separately, and by 1940 they were divorced.¹ No apparent children from the marriage.

Percy later married Bernice (Steele) Stinson.²

Per obit, dated 3 Mar 1981, Ruth Fitzpatrick was survived by her husband, Edward, brother Darius Eveland of El Sobrante; and sister Erma Byram of Gooding, Idaho.³

Sources:

1. "Seven Divorces Granted," Percy Richard Taylor and Ruth Taylor, Santa Cruz Sentinel (Santa Cruz, California), 19 Aug 1939, p. 8, col. 5; Newspapers.com, accessed 9 November 2024.; see also 1940 U.S. census, Percy R. Taylor, Watsonville, Santa Cruz County, California, divorced, living in the household of Miller and Alice Taylor (his parents); Ruth Eveland Taylor, Monterey, Monterey County, California, divorced, an employee of the Peninsula Community Hospital.
2. Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/81067122/bernice-taylor: accessed November 11, 2024), gravestone photo for Bernice Steele Taylor (1905–1996), Find a Grave Memorial ID 81067122, Mount Hope Cemetery, Pescadero, San Mateo Co, CA.
3. "Ruth Fitzpatrick," obit, Record Searchlight (Redding, California), 3 Mar 1981, p. 2, col. 4; GenealogyBank.com, accessed 9 November 2024.

Velma Adele Eveland

Birth: 1903, CA

• 1910 U.S. census, Watsonville, Santa Cruz County, California, household of Ralph and Laura Eveland.
• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/119002774/velma_adele-jones: accessed November 8, 2024), gravestone photo for Velma Adele Eveland Jones (1903–1931), Find a Grave Memorial ID 119002774, Pioneer Cemetery, Watsonville, Santa Cruz Co, CA.

Death: 24 Dec 1931, Santa Cruz Co, CA

• "California, U.S., Death Index, 1905-1939," databse, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/5187 : accessed 8 Nov 2024), Velma Jones (1931).
• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/119002774/velma_adele-jones: accessed November 8, 2024), gravestone photo for Velma Adele Eveland Jones (1903–1931), Find a Grave Memorial ID 119002774, Pioneer Cemetery, Watsonville, Santa Cruz Co, CA.

Burial: Pioneer Cemetery, Watsonville, Santa Cruz Co, CA

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/119002774/velma_adele-jones: accessed November 8, 2024), gravestone photo for Velma Adele Eveland Jones (1903–1931), Find a Grave Memorial ID 119002774, Pioneer Cemetery, Watsonville, Santa Cruz Co, CA.

Father: Ralph Washington Eveland
Mother: Laura Esther Wheelock

Spouse: James Earl Jones
Marriage: 1 Jan 1925, Santa Cruz Co, CA

• "Jones-Eveland Marriage," Santa Cruz Evening News (Santa Cruz, California), 3 Jan 1925, p. 8, col. 3; Newspapers.com, accessed 8 November 2024.

Notes:

In 1930 Velma and Earl J. Jones were living in Watsonville with two children, Earl D. Jones, 3, and Adell M. Jones, 1. In 1940, after their mother died, Adele was living with her grandmother, Laura Eveland, in Watsonville, and Earl Desmond Jones was living with his uncle, Harold Eveland, also in Watsonville.

James Earl Jones

Birth: about 1904, TX

• 1930 U.S. census, Watsonville, Santa Cruz County, California, household of Earl J. and Velma Jones.

Spouse: Velma Adele Eveland
Marriage: 1 Jan 1925, Santa Cruz Co, CA

• "Jones-Eveland Marriage," Santa Cruz Evening News (Santa Cruz, California), 3 Jan 1925, p. 8, col. 3; Newspapers.com, accessed 8 November 2024.

Notes:

James Earl Jones is listed in the 1930 census as Earl J. Jones, age 26, born in Texas. He may be the James Earl Jones who was born 18 Aug 1903 in Galveston, Texas.¹ He has not been definitively located after 1930. His children were living with Velma's relatives in 1940. A tree on Ancestry.com indicates a death date of 15 June 1935, no source specified.²

Sources:

1. "Texas, U.S., Birth Index, 1903-1997," database, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/177903:8781 : accessed 10 Nov 2024), James Earl Jones (1903).
2. Jenelle Bartholomew, "Bartholomew Family Tree," Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/108502459/person/372444986925/facts : accessed 10 Nov 2024).

Clifford Wesley Eveland

Birth: 13 Mar 1907, CA

• "California Death Index, 1940-1997," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VPW3-V1Y : accessed 8 November 2024), Clifford Wesley Eveland (1956); Department of Public Health Services, Sacramento.

Death: 17 Dec 1956, Santa Cruz Co, CA

• "California Death Index, 1940-1997," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VPW3-V1Y : accessed 8 November 2024), Clifford Wesley Eveland (1956); Department of Public Health Services, Sacramento.

Father: Ralph Washington Eveland
Mother: Laura Esther Wheelock

Spouse: Ruth Lucille Hunt
Marriage: about 1933

• "Many Couples Assert Marriage Intentions Before County Clerk," Santa Cruz Sentinel (Santa Cruz, California), 13 Aug 1933, p. 5, col. 8; Newspapers.com, accessed 10 November 2024.

Notes:

In 1950, he was a mechanic in Watsonville, living with his wife Ruth, sons Jerry, 15, Ronald, 10, and daughter Carol Ann, 7.

Erma Louise Eveland

Birth: 24 Sep 1908, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz Co, CA

• "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:C26V-VFW2 : accessed 8 November 2024), Erma Louise Eveland (1908); FHL 005580295.

Death: 31 Dec 2004

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/210962089/erma_louise-byram: accessed November 8, 2024), gravestone photo for Erma Louise Eveland Byram (24 Sep 1908–31 Dec 2004), Find a Grave Memorial ID 210962089, Elmwood Cemetery, Gooding, Gooding Co, ID, maintained by Danny Driesel (contributor 47276463).

Burial: Elmwood Cemetery, Gooding, Gooding Co, ID

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/210962089/erma_louise-byram: accessed November 8, 2024), gravestone photo for Erma Louise Eveland Byram (24 Sep 1908–31 Dec 2004), Find a Grave Memorial ID 210962089, Elmwood Cemetery, Gooding, Gooding Co, ID, maintained by Danny Driesel (contributor 47276463).

Father: Ralph Washington Eveland
Mother: Laura Esther Wheelock

Spouse: Harold Denman Byram
Marriage: 26 Jun 1926, Sacramento, CA

• "Harold D. Byram," obit, The Times-News (Twin Falls, Idaho), 30 Nov 1982, p. 14, col. 3; Newspapers.com, accessed 10 November 2024.
• "Marriage Licenses," Erma Louisa Eveland and Harold Denman Byram, The Sacramento Union (Sacramento, California), 18 July 1926, p. 6, col. 2; Newspapers.com, accessed 10 November 2024.

Jane Agnes Atkins

Birth: 5 Dec 1902, CA

• "California, U.S., Death Index, 1940-1997," database, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/5180/ : accessed 9 Nov 2024), Jane A Eveland (1971); citing California Death Index, 1940-1997, State of California Department of Health Services, Center for Health Statistics, Sacramento, California.

Death: 27 Feb 1971, Santa Cruz Co, CA

• "California, U.S., Death Index, 1940-1997," database, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/5180/ : accessed 9 Nov 2024), Jane A Eveland (1971); citing California Death Index, 1940-1997, State of California Department of Health Services, Center for Health Statistics, Sacramento, California.

Father: Harry Atkins
Mother: Agnes Catherine Work

Spouse: Darius Harold Eveland
Marriage: 8 Jul 1923, Santa Cruz Co, CA

• "Atkins-Eveland Wedding," Santa Cruz Evening News (Santa Cruz, California), 10 July 1923, p. 10, col. 1; Newspapers.com, accessed 9 November 2024.

Harry Atkins

Spouse: Agnes Catherine Work
Marriage: about 1896

• "Marriages Licenses," Harry Aitken and Miss Aggie C. Work, Monterey Cypress (Monterey, California), 26 Dec 1896, p. 3, col. 5; Newspapers.com, accessed 9 November 2024.
• Mrs. Agnes Catherine Atkins obit, Santa Cruz Sentinel (Santa Cruz, California), 29 Nov 1944, p. 6, col. 1; Newspapers.com, accessed 9 November 2024.

1. Jane Agnes Atkins, born 5 Dec 1902, CA

Agnes Catherine Work

Birth: 17 Sep 1863, Scotland

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/149910685/agnes_catherine-atkins: accessed November 9, 2024), gravestone photo for Agnes Catherine Work Atkins (17 Sep 1863–26 Nov 1944), Find a Grave Memorial ID 149910685, Pioneer Cemetery, Watsonville, Santa Cruz Co, CA.
• 1900 U.S. census, Soquel, Santa Cruz County, California, household of Agnes and Harry Atkins.

Death: 26 Nov 1944, Watsonville, Santa Cruz Co, CA

• Mrs. Agnes Catherine Atkins obit, Santa Cruz Sentinel (Santa Cruz, California), 29 Nov 1944, p. 6, col. 1; Newspapers.com, accessed 9 November 2024.

Burial: Pioneer Cemetery, Watsonville, Santa Cruz Co, CA

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/149910685/agnes_catherine-atkins: accessed November 9, 2024), gravestone photo for Agnes Catherine Work Atkins (17 Sep 1863–26 Nov 1944), Find a Grave Memorial ID 149910685, Pioneer Cemetery, Watsonville, Santa Cruz Co, CA.

Spouse: Harry Atkins
Marriage: about 1896

• "Marriages Licenses," Harry Aitken and Miss Aggie C. Work, Monterey Cypress (Monterey, California), 26 Dec 1896, p. 3, col. 5; Newspapers.com, accessed 9 November 2024.
• Mrs. Agnes Catherine Atkins obit, Santa Cruz Sentinel (Santa Cruz, California), 29 Nov 1944, p. 6, col. 1; Newspapers.com, accessed 9 November 2024.

1. Jane Agnes Atkins, born 5 Dec 1902, CA