Joseph Elliott Wells

1906 - 1978  (72 years)

• Name	Joseph Elliott Wells  [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Birth	1906	Michigan, USA   [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Gender	Male
  Ethnicity	American  [1]
  Industry	Railroad  [4]
  Race	White  [1, 3, 4]
  Residence	Coloma, Berrien, Michigan   [2]
  Residence	1910	Watervliet, Berrien, Michigan, USA   [1]
  	StreetAddress: Center Street; 4 Age: 4; EnumerationDistrict: 0096; Single MaritalStatus: Single; Grandson RelationToHead: GrandSon
  Residence	1930	Berrien Springs, Berrien Springs, Berrien, Michigan, USA   [4]
  	StreetAddress: Main; 24 Age: 24; AbleToSpeakEnglish: Yes; AttendedSchool: No; CanReadWrite: Yes; ClassofWorker: Wage or salary worker; EnumerationDistrict: 0043; HomeOwnership: Rented; IsEmployed: Yes; LiveOnFarm: No; OwnedRadio: Yes; RegistrationDistrict
  Residence	1950	Royal Oak, Oakland, Michigan, USA   [3]
  	StreetAddress: Lincoln; 45 Age: 45; Salesman Occupation: Salesman; ClassofWorker: Private; EnumerationDistrict: 63-258; HoursWorked: 40; Industry: Automobile Clerk; LiveOnFarm: No; OccupationCategory: Working; ThreeOrMoreAcres: No; Head RelationToHead: He
  Death	29 Dec 1978	St Joseph, Berrien, Michigan   [2]
  	73 Age: 73
  Siblings	4 Siblings
  + 1. Joseph Elliott Wells,   b. 1906, Michigan, USA d. 29 Dec 1978, St Joseph, Berrien, Michigan  (Age 72 years) ▻ Majorie M Wells + 2. Josephine Wells,   b. 1912, Michigan, USA d. 13 Jun 2013, Dowagiac, Cass County, Michigan, USA  (Age 101 years) ▻ Samuel H Miller,  m. 1 Mar 1930   3. Living   4. Living + 5. Rolfe Leonard Wells, Jr,   b. 12 Aug 1920, Dowagiac, Cass County, Michigan, USA d. 11 Nov 2018, Niles, Berrien County, Michigan, USA  (Age 98 years) ▻ Wanda Kathlyn Allen,  m. 22 Feb 2001
  Person ID	I6520	FelsingFam
  Last Modified	21 Dec 2024

  
  

  Father	Rolfe Leonard Wells, Sr,   b. 31 Oct 1882, Pokagon Mich Cass County d. 17 Jul 1946, Rockford, Cass, Michigan, USA (Age 63 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Elsie B. Wells,   b. 1884, Michigan, USA d. 1956 (Age 72 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F2024	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Majorie M Wells,   b. 1908, Michigan, USA
  Children	1. Living   2. Living + 3. Living
  Photos		tibbettsholsinger
  Family ID	F2025	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Dec 2024

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 1906 - Michigan, USA Residence - StreetAddress: Center Street; 4 Age: 4; EnumerationDistrict: 0096; Single MaritalStatus: Single; Grandson RelationToHead: GrandSon - 1910 - Watervliet, Berrien, Michigan, USA Residence - StreetAddress: Lincoln; 45 Age: 45; Salesman Occupation: Salesman; ClassofWorker: Private; EnumerationDistrict: 63-258; HoursWorked: 40; Industry: Automobile Clerk; LiveOnFarm: No; OccupationCategory: Working; ThreeOrMoreAcres: No; Head RelationToHead: He - 1950 - Royal Oak, Oakland, Michigan, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.
  		henry felsing obit 12271906
  		M_lalonde_osborne07091900left
  		New York, Wills and Probate Records, 1659-1999

  
  

• Notes

  He was born Joseph Milton Wells. After a vicious divorce battle his mother renamed him Joseph Elliot Wells. He appears on the 1910 census as Joseph Milton (no last name) with his mother's new husband. The index uses Milton as a surname.

  
  

• Sources

  [S48] Ancestry.com, 1910 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2006;), Year: 1910; Census Place: Watervliet, Berrien, Michigan; Roll: T624_638; Page: 1A; Enumeration District: 0096; FHL microfilm: 1374651. Record for Joseph Milton https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=7884&h=11927180&indiv=try At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld. [S120] Michigan Department of Vital and Health Records, Michigan, U.S., Death Index, 1971-1996, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 1998;). Record for Joseph E Wells https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=3171&h=1927400&indiv=try [S51] Ancestry.com, 1950 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2022;), USA, Bureau of the Census; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: Royal Oak, Oakland, Michigan; Roll: 3557;. Record for Joseph E Wells https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=62308&h=179444844&indiv=try At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld. [S56] Ancestry.com, 1930 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2002;), Year: 1930; Census Place: Berrien Springs, Berrien, Michigan; Page: 11A; Enumeration District: 0043; FHL microfilm: 2340712. Record for Joseph E Wells https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=6224&h=13243905&indiv=try At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.