Rodella Montague (Pope) Stearns (1874 - 1948)

Born 13 Mar 1874 in Missouri, United States

Ancestors

Died 6 Aug 1948 at age 74 in Los Angeles, California, United States

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Biography

Rodella Montague Pope was born in 1874 in Missouri, the daughter of Henry Orson and Elizabeth S. (Montague) Pope. Rodella married Lincoln M. Stearns on 7 December 1893.theybhad six children, two of whom died young. Rodella died 6 August 1948 in Los Angeles County, California. ^{[1] [2]}

In 1910, Rodella and Lincoln lived at 410 W. 5th, Jamestown, Chautauqua, New York. The household included Lincoln, 38, born in NY, as were his parents, an Assistant Secretary in a factory, who owned their house with a mortgage, and who had been married for 16 years; his wife, Rodella M., 36, born in Missouri, as was her mother, and whose father was born in New York. Rodella had had six children, four of whom were living; and their four children: Melvin C., 13, born in Missouri, in school; H. Pope, 10, born in Missouri, in school; John P., 2, born in New York; and Jane M., four months, born in New York. The parents and the two older children could read and write. ^[3]

In 1930, Rodella, 56, a widow, lived at 325 Grand Avenue, Long Beach, California. She lived with her widowed father in law, Melvin H. Stearns, who owned the house valued at $7500. They also had a radio. Rodella was married at age 19. She and Melvin could both read and write. ^[4]

Rodella’s father in law passed away in 1931.

In 1940, Rodella was again living in Jamestown, New York, and had been for at least five years.she was 66, and a widow. ^[5]

Rodella died on 6 August 1948, aged 74 in Los Angeles, California. She is buried with her husband Lincoln in Bellefontaine Cemetery, St. Louis, Missouri. ^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ Ancestry.com Pedigree Resource File (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:3828-3CB)
2. ↑ California Death Index, 1940-1997 (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VPQ1-HNS)
3. ↑ 1910 US Census, Jamestown Ward 2, Chautauqua, New York (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M59J-RGG)
4. ↑ 1930 US Census, Long Beach, Los Angeles, California (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XCJK-85Q)
5. ↑ 1940 US Census, Jamestown, Ward 4, Jamestown City, Chautauqua, New York (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KQ13-GRJ)
6. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #153591098