Daniel and Azalea had eight children, some of who are still alive, in January 2022. US census reports 1930 & 1940.
Biography of Daniel Leroy (D.L.) written by his son, Warren.
Daniel Leroy, or Roy, as Azalea called him, worked all his life in agricultural work of one kind or another, along with the normal type of work that goes along with farming- carpenter work, mechanic work, etc. His mother died when he was about seven years old. When his father Zoro remarried, D.L. didn't get along well with his new step-mother, and from that time on he spent most of his time at his grandfather Rater's. He did chores and worked on his grandfather's farm, and got to go to school only when there was time to do so. I remember him saying he got through McGuffy's Third Reader, which I used to think meant he only got through the third grade. I have since seen some of the old McGuffy books and know that he got further than that. I at one time had a McGuffy Fifth Reader, and it contained Algebra problems and the like that one would encounter well up into high school. So I suppose he had about the equivalent of a sixth-grade education. Regardless of that, he had a good mind, and when I was in High School he could work Algebra problems in his head that gave me trouble working "by the book".
He struck out on his own when he was still in his teens, and at about 17 or 18, he and a fellow named Gus French started traveling around the country, working at various places, then moving on. They worked on harvesting crews, lumber camps, railroad work gangs, and the like. I believe he worked on the Moffett tunnel which goes through the mountain near Denver. They pretty well got around the entire country- out to Washington once, and even up into Canada. Eventually, he got back to the Mid-West and was working down in Southern Nebraska on a melon seed farm when he met my mother, Azalea DeLarm. They were married on Oct. 9, 1901.
They lived in Nebraska for a time, their first son Dee was born there. Then they went out to Colorado where D.L. worked in his father Zoro's coal mine for several years, at the same time farming 80 acres of ground that he and Mother had homesteaded. LaVera, Eva, and Dale were born during that time. They eventually moved on to Utah where they leased a farm that was part of a Ute Indian Reservation. Frank was born there. Then they went to Winnie, Texas, where D.L. bought a farm, but this apparently didn't work out too well. D.L. got malaria, and I guess there were other problems, so they sold out and moved to California, settling in Yuba City, where D.L. did orchard work and hauling with his team of horses. Mahalia (Halie) was born there.
The next move was to Corning, CA where Thelma and Warren were born, where D.L. worked many years for the man I was named after- Warren N. Woodson. (However, Mr. Woodson's middle name was Nicholas, which my father didn't like, so he named me Warren Norris, after Senator Norris of Nebraska.) Mr. Woodson was known as the Daddy of Corning and had extensive land holdings, orchards, rental houses, etc. D.L. did the orchard work, straw-bossed the picking crews did maintenance work on the rental houses, repaired the farm equipment, and about everything you can think of. Then in about 1940, Mr. Woodson sold his large olive orchard to Ira Well and D.L. went with the orchard. He then worked for Mr. Well until his death in 1955. By that time, he had accumulated enough property- about three city blocks- so that when my mother sold it off two or three years later and went up to Tacoma with Eva, there was enough money to keep her until her death in 1969. This property has since been developed into a fine residential area.
Contributor: Kathleen (50694842)
Biography of Daniel Leroy (D.L.) written by his son, Warren.
Daniel Leroy, or Roy, as Azalea called him, worked all his life in agricultural work of one kind or another, along with the normal type of work that goes along with farming- carpenter work, mechanic work, etc. His mother died when he was about seven years old. When his father Zoro remarried, D.L. didn't get along well with his new step-mother, and from that time on he spent most of his time at his grandfather Rater's. He did chores and worked on his grandfather's farm, and got to go to school only when there was time to do so. I remember him saying he got through McGuffy's Third Reader, which I used to think meant he only got through the third grade. I have since seen some of the old McGuffy books and know that he got further than that. I at one time had a McGuffy Fifth Reader, and it contained Algebra problems and the like that one would encounter well up into high school. So I suppose he had about the equivalent of a sixth-grade education. Regardless of that, he had a good mind, and when I was in High School he could work Algebra problems in his head that gave me trouble working "by the book".
He struck out on his own when he was still in his teens, and at about 17 or 18, he and a fellow named Gus French started traveling around the country, working at various places, then moving on. They worked on harvesting crews, lumber camps, railroad work gangs, and the like. I believe he worked on the Moffett tunnel which goes through the mountain near Denver. They pretty well got around the entire country- out to Washington once, and even up into Canada. Eventually, he got back to the Mid-West and was working down in Southern Nebraska on a melon seed farm when he met my mother, Azalea DeLarm. They were married on Oct. 9, 1901.
They lived in Nebraska for a time, their first son Dee was born there. Then they went out to Colorado where D.L. worked in his father Zoro's coal mine for several years, at the same time farming 80 acres of ground that he and Mother had homesteaded. LaVera, Eva, and Dale were born during that time. They eventually moved on to Utah where they leased a farm that was part of a Ute Indian Reservation. Frank was born there. Then they went to Winnie, Texas, where D.L. bought a farm, but this apparently didn't work out too well. D.L. got malaria, and I guess there were other problems, so they sold out and moved to California, settling in Yuba City, where D.L. did orchard work and hauling with his team of horses. Mahalia (Halie) was born there.
The next move was to Corning, CA where Thelma and Warren were born, where D.L. worked many years for the man I was named after- Warren N. Woodson. (However, Mr. Woodson's middle name was Nicholas, which my father didn't like, so he named me Warren Norris, after Senator Norris of Nebraska.) Mr. Woodson was known as the Daddy of Corning and had extensive land holdings, orchards, rental houses, etc. D.L. did the orchard work, straw-bossed the picking crews did maintenance work on the rental houses, repaired the farm equipment, and about everything you can think of. Then in about 1940, Mr. Woodson sold his large olive orchard to Ira Well and D.L. went with the orchard. He then worked for Mr. Well until his death in 1955. By that time, he had accumulated enough property- about three city blocks- so that when my mother sold it off two or three years later and went up to Tacoma with Eva, there was enough money to keep her until her death in 1969. This property has since been developed into a fine residential area.
Contributor: Kathleen (50694842)
Daniel and Azalea had eight children, some of who are still alive, in January 2022. US census reports 1930 & 1940.
Biography of Daniel Leroy (D.L.) written by his son, Warren.
Daniel Leroy, or Roy, as Azalea called him, worked all his life in agricultural work of one kind or another, along with the normal type of work that goes along with farming- carpenter work, mechanic work, etc. His mother died when he was about seven years old. When his father Zoro remarried, D.L. didn't get along well with his new step-mother, and from that time on he spent most of his time at his grandfather Rater's. He did chores and worked on his grandfather's farm, and got to go to school only when there was time to do so. I remember him saying he got through McGuffy's Third Reader, which I used to think meant he only got through the third grade. I have since seen some of the old McGuffy books and know that he got further than that. I at one time had a McGuffy Fifth Reader, and it contained Algebra problems and the like that one would encounter well up into high school. So I suppose he had about the equivalent of a sixth-grade education. Regardless of that, he had a good mind, and when I was in High School he could work Algebra problems in his head that gave me trouble working "by the book".
He struck out on his own when he was still in his teens, and at about 17 or 18, he and a fellow named Gus French started traveling around the country, working at various places, then moving on. They worked on harvesting crews, lumber camps, railroad work gangs, and the like. I believe he worked on the Moffett tunnel which goes through the mountain near Denver. They pretty well got around the entire country- out to Washington once, and even up into Canada. Eventually, he got back to the Mid-West and was working down in Southern Nebraska on a melon seed farm when he met my mother, Azalea DeLarm. They were married on Oct. 9, 1901.
They lived in Nebraska for a time, their first son Dee was born there. Then they went out to Colorado where D.L. worked in his father Zoro's coal mine for several years, at the same time farming 80 acres of ground that he and Mother had homesteaded. LaVera, Eva, and Dale were born during that time. They eventually moved on to Utah where they leased a farm that was part of a Ute Indian Reservation. Frank was born there. Then they went to Winnie, Texas, where D.L. bought a farm, but this apparently didn't work out too well. D.L. got malaria, and I guess there were other problems, so they sold out and moved to California, settling in Yuba City, where D.L. did orchard work and hauling with his team of horses. Mahalia (Halie) was born there.
The next move was to Corning, CA where Thelma and Warren were born, where D.L. worked many years for the man I was named after- Warren N. Woodson. (However, Mr. Woodson's middle name was Nicholas, which my father didn't like, so he named me Warren Norris, after Senator Norris of Nebraska.) Mr. Woodson was known as the Daddy of Corning and had extensive land holdings, orchards, rental houses, etc. D.L. did the orchard work, straw-bossed the picking crews did maintenance work on the rental houses, repaired the farm equipment, and about everything you can think of. Then in about 1940, Mr. Woodson sold his large olive orchard to Ira Well and D.L. went with the orchard. He then worked for Mr. Well until his death in 1955. By that time, he had accumulated enough property- about three city blocks- so that when my mother sold it off two or three years later and went up to Tacoma with Eva, there was enough money to keep her until her death in 1969. This property has since been developed into a fine residential area.
Contributor: Kathleen (50694842)
Biography of Daniel Leroy (D.L.) written by his son, Warren.
Daniel Leroy, or Roy, as Azalea called him, worked all his life in agricultural work of one kind or another, along with the normal type of work that goes along with farming- carpenter work, mechanic work, etc. His mother died when he was about seven years old. When his father Zoro remarried, D.L. didn't get along well with his new step-mother, and from that time on he spent most of his time at his grandfather Rater's. He did chores and worked on his grandfather's farm, and got to go to school only when there was time to do so. I remember him saying he got through McGuffy's Third Reader, which I used to think meant he only got through the third grade. I have since seen some of the old McGuffy books and know that he got further than that. I at one time had a McGuffy Fifth Reader, and it contained Algebra problems and the like that one would encounter well up into high school. So I suppose he had about the equivalent of a sixth-grade education. Regardless of that, he had a good mind, and when I was in High School he could work Algebra problems in his head that gave me trouble working "by the book".
He struck out on his own when he was still in his teens, and at about 17 or 18, he and a fellow named Gus French started traveling around the country, working at various places, then moving on. They worked on harvesting crews, lumber camps, railroad work gangs, and the like. I believe he worked on the Moffett tunnel which goes through the mountain near Denver. They pretty well got around the entire country- out to Washington once, and even up into Canada. Eventually, he got back to the Mid-West and was working down in Southern Nebraska on a melon seed farm when he met my mother, Azalea DeLarm. They were married on Oct. 9, 1901.
They lived in Nebraska for a time, their first son Dee was born there. Then they went out to Colorado where D.L. worked in his father Zoro's coal mine for several years, at the same time farming 80 acres of ground that he and Mother had homesteaded. LaVera, Eva, and Dale were born during that time. They eventually moved on to Utah where they leased a farm that was part of a Ute Indian Reservation. Frank was born there. Then they went to Winnie, Texas, where D.L. bought a farm, but this apparently didn't work out too well. D.L. got malaria, and I guess there were other problems, so they sold out and moved to California, settling in Yuba City, where D.L. did orchard work and hauling with his team of horses. Mahalia (Halie) was born there.
The next move was to Corning, CA where Thelma and Warren were born, where D.L. worked many years for the man I was named after- Warren N. Woodson. (However, Mr. Woodson's middle name was Nicholas, which my father didn't like, so he named me Warren Norris, after Senator Norris of Nebraska.) Mr. Woodson was known as the Daddy of Corning and had extensive land holdings, orchards, rental houses, etc. D.L. did the orchard work, straw-bossed the picking crews did maintenance work on the rental houses, repaired the farm equipment, and about everything you can think of. Then in about 1940, Mr. Woodson sold his large olive orchard to Ira Well and D.L. went with the orchard. He then worked for Mr. Well until his death in 1955. By that time, he had accumulated enough property- about three city blocks- so that when my mother sold it off two or three years later and went up to Tacoma with Eva, there was enough money to keep her until her death in 1969. This property has since been developed into a fine residential area.
Contributor: Kathleen (50694842)
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