Olive Lucinda Vassar Lea (1870-1946)

Olive Lucinda Vassar Lea

Birth

21 Jun 1870

California, USA

Death

25 Oct 1946 (aged 76)

Alameda County, California, USA

Burial

Kelseyville Cemetery

Kelseyville, Lake County, California, USA Show Map

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The first found reference of Olive Lucinda Vassar is the 1880 U.S. Census in Cloverdale, Sonoma County, California in the household of 67 year-old Elizabeth Johns. She was born the daughter of William J. Vassar and Leamoiza Rogers, both of Missouri. She was the third of eleven children.

Marriage to Orlando is contingent on resolution of "John" on this and daughter Dolly's grave marker.

Olive is shown as the mother of James in Hopland, California, 1896, and living south of there in Cloverdale by 1904. In the 1920 U.S. Census, she is found widowed with Lilas and Aletha/Dolly in Richmond, California. She continues there with Dolly through 1930.
The children of (John) Orlando and Olive were:
James Mervyn Lea b. Dec 12, 1894 Hopland, CA m. Mary Emily Hornby; dau. Ledo Mary May 6, 1935 Texas m. P.F. Whitfield 1975)
Hazel Lea Smith b. 1896
Raymond Lea b. 1901
Dolly/Aletha E. Lea b. 1906
Lilas Lea 8

Any known explanation of the name John preceding Orlando would be very welcome. It is being assumed it has something to do with Elizabeth Johns.

William Jasper VASSAR
Birth 2 APR 1842 in Daviess Co., MO
Death 01 JUL 1914 in Hopland, Mendocino, California, USA Sonoma Co., CA (once had a grave listing in Cloverdale)

Leomiza Rodgers
Birth 18 MAY 1847 in Missouri, USA
Death 03 FEB 1931 in Hopland, Mendocino, California, USA
Married in California, January 18, 1866
Children
George L Vassar 1867 – 1891
John Edward Vassar 1868 – 1946
Olive Lucinda Vassar 1870 – 1946
Silas Vassar 1873 –
William Jasper Vassar 1875 – 1930
Eugene Vassar 1878 – 1939
Ernest N Vassar 1880 – 1881
James F Vassar 1882 – 1912
Aubrey Vassar 1885 – 1911
Orvetta May Vassar 1886 – 1918
Bessie R Vassar 1891 – 1914