1900 census Chico, Butte, CA: Chas M. Kenyon, aged 43, born Jan 1857, farmer, bp CA, father NY, mother LA; Elizabeth aged 36, born Jun 1863, married 21 years, ten children w/ten living, bp IA, father IL, mother NY; Evie aged 16, born Aug 1883; George B. aged 15, born Feb 1885; Evert aged 13, born Aug 1886; Andrew aged 12, born Apr 1888; Mary E. aged 10, born Jan 1890; Floyd aged 8, born Apr 1892; Roy aged 6, born May 1894; Nellie aged 4, born Dec 1895; Clyde aged 6 months, born Nov 1899 -- all born CA.
1910 census Chico, Butte, CA: Charles M. Kenyon, aged 52, works planing mill, bp CA, father NY, mother IL; Sarah E. aged 43, first marriage for both of 31 years, eleven children w/ten living, bp IA, father IL, mother NY; Nellie B. aged 14; Clyde M. aged 10; Susie J. aged 7 -- all born CA.
Butte County, CA Marriage Records, 1853-1920, by Paradise Genealogical Society, Book K, p. 581. Text: Jesse Lee Trumbo, aged 19, marries Nellie Kenyon, aged 17, both of Chico, on Feb 13, 1913, at Oroville.
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Chico Enterprise, Thursday Evening, February 13, 1913, pg 3 col 5: “Weds Girl To Avoid Being Jailed. The law was circumvented this morning when, in order to avoid a prosecution for seduction under promise of marriage, Jesse Trumbo, who has been known as Jesse Chandler, 19 years of age and son of Mrs. Ernest Olmstead, residing in Nord avenue, agreed to immediately marry pretty 17-year-old Nellie Kenyon, daughter of C.M. Kenyon, residing in Fourth street at South Main, whom it was alleged he wronged, and for which offense he was arrested at midnight last night by Constables Charles McEldowney and Douglas Crum in the home of Charles Beck, six miles below Butte City.
“Immediately after the arrest this morning the parents of the two youths held a consultation with Assistant District Attorney George Le Rossignol and Justice J.L. Barnes, before whom the complaint in seduction was signed by the father of the girl, and agreed that in order to spare the young couple, it was agreed to keep the matter out of the criminal courts through the medium of a matrimonial alliance. With Constable Crum the girl and boy and parents left for Oroville on the 10:20 Northern Electric train to consummate the plan to evade a serious prosecution of Chandler. They were married there by Justice of the Peace Parks.
“The young people have been in the public eye before because of their youthful companionship. Upon promise of the parents to keep them apart, the matter of prosecution was dropped. The father of the girl refused to permit a marriage, but consented this morning, believing that the best interest of both young people would be conserved in the end.
“The couple are well known in Chico, where they have both attended school.”
~~~
1920 census Chico, Butte, CA: Jessie Trumbo, aged 25, driver truck hauling, bp MO, both parents U.S.; Nellie aged 23, bp CA, father CA, mother IA; Leland aged 6, bp CA. [Census taken Jan 2, 1920].
1930 census Oakland, Alameda, CA: Nellie Trumbo, aged 33, widow, first married aged 17, bp CA, father CA, mother IA; son Leland, aged 16, bp CA, father MO, mother CA.
M 2) Alfred Boyd circa 1930.
The Chico Enterprise-Record, Chico, CA, Monday, Jul 23, 1956, pg 3: "Nellie Bly Boyd --- Funeral services were conducted in the Brusie Funeral Home this afternoon for Mrs. Nellie Bly Boyd, who died Wednesday.
"Rev. Earl Barnett, pastor of the First Baptist Church, officiated at the services. Carl Hunter sang 'In the Garden' and 'Beyond the Blue Horizon.'
"Interment was in the Chico Cemetery. Casketbearers were Horace Boyd, Joe Rivers, L. Imhoff and Robert Ott." - Contributed by Carolyn Dowd, January 1, 2021.
1910 census Chico, Butte, CA: Charles M. Kenyon, aged 52, works planing mill, bp CA, father NY, mother IL; Sarah E. aged 43, first marriage for both of 31 years, eleven children w/ten living, bp IA, father IL, mother NY; Nellie B. aged 14; Clyde M. aged 10; Susie J. aged 7 -- all born CA.
Butte County, CA Marriage Records, 1853-1920, by Paradise Genealogical Society, Book K, p. 581. Text: Jesse Lee Trumbo, aged 19, marries Nellie Kenyon, aged 17, both of Chico, on Feb 13, 1913, at Oroville.
~~~
Chico Enterprise, Thursday Evening, February 13, 1913, pg 3 col 5: “Weds Girl To Avoid Being Jailed. The law was circumvented this morning when, in order to avoid a prosecution for seduction under promise of marriage, Jesse Trumbo, who has been known as Jesse Chandler, 19 years of age and son of Mrs. Ernest Olmstead, residing in Nord avenue, agreed to immediately marry pretty 17-year-old Nellie Kenyon, daughter of C.M. Kenyon, residing in Fourth street at South Main, whom it was alleged he wronged, and for which offense he was arrested at midnight last night by Constables Charles McEldowney and Douglas Crum in the home of Charles Beck, six miles below Butte City.
“Immediately after the arrest this morning the parents of the two youths held a consultation with Assistant District Attorney George Le Rossignol and Justice J.L. Barnes, before whom the complaint in seduction was signed by the father of the girl, and agreed that in order to spare the young couple, it was agreed to keep the matter out of the criminal courts through the medium of a matrimonial alliance. With Constable Crum the girl and boy and parents left for Oroville on the 10:20 Northern Electric train to consummate the plan to evade a serious prosecution of Chandler. They were married there by Justice of the Peace Parks.
“The young people have been in the public eye before because of their youthful companionship. Upon promise of the parents to keep them apart, the matter of prosecution was dropped. The father of the girl refused to permit a marriage, but consented this morning, believing that the best interest of both young people would be conserved in the end.
“The couple are well known in Chico, where they have both attended school.”
~~~
1920 census Chico, Butte, CA: Jessie Trumbo, aged 25, driver truck hauling, bp MO, both parents U.S.; Nellie aged 23, bp CA, father CA, mother IA; Leland aged 6, bp CA. [Census taken Jan 2, 1920].
1930 census Oakland, Alameda, CA: Nellie Trumbo, aged 33, widow, first married aged 17, bp CA, father CA, mother IA; son Leland, aged 16, bp CA, father MO, mother CA.
M 2) Alfred Boyd circa 1930.
The Chico Enterprise-Record, Chico, CA, Monday, Jul 23, 1956, pg 3: "Nellie Bly Boyd --- Funeral services were conducted in the Brusie Funeral Home this afternoon for Mrs. Nellie Bly Boyd, who died Wednesday.
"Rev. Earl Barnett, pastor of the First Baptist Church, officiated at the services. Carl Hunter sang 'In the Garden' and 'Beyond the Blue Horizon.'
"Interment was in the Chico Cemetery. Casketbearers were Horace Boyd, Joe Rivers, L. Imhoff and Robert Ott." - Contributed by Carolyn Dowd, January 1, 2021.
1900 census Chico, Butte, CA: Chas M. Kenyon, aged 43, born Jan 1857, farmer, bp CA, father NY, mother LA; Elizabeth aged 36, born Jun 1863, married 21 years, ten children w/ten living, bp IA, father IL, mother NY; Evie aged 16, born Aug 1883; George B. aged 15, born Feb 1885; Evert aged 13, born Aug 1886; Andrew aged 12, born Apr 1888; Mary E. aged 10, born Jan 1890; Floyd aged 8, born Apr 1892; Roy aged 6, born May 1894; Nellie aged 4, born Dec 1895; Clyde aged 6 months, born Nov 1899 -- all born CA.
1910 census Chico, Butte, CA: Charles M. Kenyon, aged 52, works planing mill, bp CA, father NY, mother IL; Sarah E. aged 43, first marriage for both of 31 years, eleven children w/ten living, bp IA, father IL, mother NY; Nellie B. aged 14; Clyde M. aged 10; Susie J. aged 7 -- all born CA.
Butte County, CA Marriage Records, 1853-1920, by Paradise Genealogical Society, Book K, p. 581. Text: Jesse Lee Trumbo, aged 19, marries Nellie Kenyon, aged 17, both of Chico, on Feb 13, 1913, at Oroville.
~~~
Chico Enterprise, Thursday Evening, February 13, 1913, pg 3 col 5: “Weds Girl To Avoid Being Jailed. The law was circumvented this morning when, in order to avoid a prosecution for seduction under promise of marriage, Jesse Trumbo, who has been known as Jesse Chandler, 19 years of age and son of Mrs. Ernest Olmstead, residing in Nord avenue, agreed to immediately marry pretty 17-year-old Nellie Kenyon, daughter of C.M. Kenyon, residing in Fourth street at South Main, whom it was alleged he wronged, and for which offense he was arrested at midnight last night by Constables Charles McEldowney and Douglas Crum in the home of Charles Beck, six miles below Butte City.
“Immediately after the arrest this morning the parents of the two youths held a consultation with Assistant District Attorney George Le Rossignol and Justice J.L. Barnes, before whom the complaint in seduction was signed by the father of the girl, and agreed that in order to spare the young couple, it was agreed to keep the matter out of the criminal courts through the medium of a matrimonial alliance. With Constable Crum the girl and boy and parents left for Oroville on the 10:20 Northern Electric train to consummate the plan to evade a serious prosecution of Chandler. They were married there by Justice of the Peace Parks.
“The young people have been in the public eye before because of their youthful companionship. Upon promise of the parents to keep them apart, the matter of prosecution was dropped. The father of the girl refused to permit a marriage, but consented this morning, believing that the best interest of both young people would be conserved in the end.
“The couple are well known in Chico, where they have both attended school.”
~~~
1920 census Chico, Butte, CA: Jessie Trumbo, aged 25, driver truck hauling, bp MO, both parents U.S.; Nellie aged 23, bp CA, father CA, mother IA; Leland aged 6, bp CA. [Census taken Jan 2, 1920].
1930 census Oakland, Alameda, CA: Nellie Trumbo, aged 33, widow, first married aged 17, bp CA, father CA, mother IA; son Leland, aged 16, bp CA, father MO, mother CA.
M 2) Alfred Boyd circa 1930.
The Chico Enterprise-Record, Chico, CA, Monday, Jul 23, 1956, pg 3: "Nellie Bly Boyd --- Funeral services were conducted in the Brusie Funeral Home this afternoon for Mrs. Nellie Bly Boyd, who died Wednesday.
"Rev. Earl Barnett, pastor of the First Baptist Church, officiated at the services. Carl Hunter sang 'In the Garden' and 'Beyond the Blue Horizon.'
"Interment was in the Chico Cemetery. Casketbearers were Horace Boyd, Joe Rivers, L. Imhoff and Robert Ott." - Contributed by Carolyn Dowd, January 1, 2021.
1910 census Chico, Butte, CA: Charles M. Kenyon, aged 52, works planing mill, bp CA, father NY, mother IL; Sarah E. aged 43, first marriage for both of 31 years, eleven children w/ten living, bp IA, father IL, mother NY; Nellie B. aged 14; Clyde M. aged 10; Susie J. aged 7 -- all born CA.
Butte County, CA Marriage Records, 1853-1920, by Paradise Genealogical Society, Book K, p. 581. Text: Jesse Lee Trumbo, aged 19, marries Nellie Kenyon, aged 17, both of Chico, on Feb 13, 1913, at Oroville.
~~~
Chico Enterprise, Thursday Evening, February 13, 1913, pg 3 col 5: “Weds Girl To Avoid Being Jailed. The law was circumvented this morning when, in order to avoid a prosecution for seduction under promise of marriage, Jesse Trumbo, who has been known as Jesse Chandler, 19 years of age and son of Mrs. Ernest Olmstead, residing in Nord avenue, agreed to immediately marry pretty 17-year-old Nellie Kenyon, daughter of C.M. Kenyon, residing in Fourth street at South Main, whom it was alleged he wronged, and for which offense he was arrested at midnight last night by Constables Charles McEldowney and Douglas Crum in the home of Charles Beck, six miles below Butte City.
“Immediately after the arrest this morning the parents of the two youths held a consultation with Assistant District Attorney George Le Rossignol and Justice J.L. Barnes, before whom the complaint in seduction was signed by the father of the girl, and agreed that in order to spare the young couple, it was agreed to keep the matter out of the criminal courts through the medium of a matrimonial alliance. With Constable Crum the girl and boy and parents left for Oroville on the 10:20 Northern Electric train to consummate the plan to evade a serious prosecution of Chandler. They were married there by Justice of the Peace Parks.
“The young people have been in the public eye before because of their youthful companionship. Upon promise of the parents to keep them apart, the matter of prosecution was dropped. The father of the girl refused to permit a marriage, but consented this morning, believing that the best interest of both young people would be conserved in the end.
“The couple are well known in Chico, where they have both attended school.”
~~~
1920 census Chico, Butte, CA: Jessie Trumbo, aged 25, driver truck hauling, bp MO, both parents U.S.; Nellie aged 23, bp CA, father CA, mother IA; Leland aged 6, bp CA. [Census taken Jan 2, 1920].
1930 census Oakland, Alameda, CA: Nellie Trumbo, aged 33, widow, first married aged 17, bp CA, father CA, mother IA; son Leland, aged 16, bp CA, father MO, mother CA.
M 2) Alfred Boyd circa 1930.
The Chico Enterprise-Record, Chico, CA, Monday, Jul 23, 1956, pg 3: "Nellie Bly Boyd --- Funeral services were conducted in the Brusie Funeral Home this afternoon for Mrs. Nellie Bly Boyd, who died Wednesday.
"Rev. Earl Barnett, pastor of the First Baptist Church, officiated at the services. Carl Hunter sang 'In the Garden' and 'Beyond the Blue Horizon.'
"Interment was in the Chico Cemetery. Casketbearers were Horace Boyd, Joe Rivers, L. Imhoff and Robert Ott." - Contributed by Carolyn Dowd, January 1, 2021.
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