Family in Crisis, circa 1920

Daisy Isabelle Hollis born in WV

Apr 10, 1891

Hollis Family in Colorado

Jun 30, 1900

Sometime in the late 1890's Grandpa and Grandma Hollis moved their young family to HollyColorado

Daisy Marries Claude

Mar 2, 1908

Shotgun wedding a couple counties over, one of each parent signed the license. She's like 8 and a half months pregnant.

Birth of Granny in CO

Apr 10, 1908

Granny always said they lived with one of their parents when she was born. Maybe Grandma and Grandpa Hollis?

Daisy Divorces Claude in CO

Sep 18, 1908

They were divorced in LaJunta, Otero County, Colorado

Daisy marries Ralph Cromer in Ks

Dec 21, 1908

Aunt Gladys born in KS

Mar 7, 1910

shown on census as unnamed in April, still, believe it or not!

Betts in Long Beach

Apr 21, 1910

Grandma & Grandpa Hollis in CO

Apr 25, 1910

Census registers Grandma and Grandpa Hollis in CO

Ralph Cromer & Family in Ks

Apr 26, 1910

Census shows them living in Garden City, KS with a baby daughter without a name yet, Aunt Gladys

Aunt Edna born in KS

Jun 28, 1912

Edna Josephine Cromer, her middle name from Ralph's mother's first name. EDNA ... who knows.

Ralph Cromer & Family moves to SoCal

Jan 1, 1915

Unsure of Date - but both of them are listed on voter registrations for 1916 in SoCal.

George Cromer born in SoCal

Aug 6, 1915

Los Angeles County is all I know.

Grandpa Hollis dies

May 7, 1916

He was born in Aldwinkle, Northhamptonshire, England on 03 January 1837; died in Holly, Colorado. Yes, he totally robbed the cradle when he got married ;)

Ralph moves family to Reedley

Jan 1, 1917

Ralph registers for the draft for WW1 in Fresno County, so they'd already moved to Reedley by then. Why did they move to Reedley, I wonder?

America Enters WWI

Apr 6, 1917

1918-1920 Killer Flu Pandemic

Jan 18, 1918

Last cases of this world-wide killer flu were reported during 1920 - it could be what happened to Aunt Edna

Betts living in Long Beach

Apr 1, 1919

Ralph Cromer & family live in Reedley

Apr 1, 1919

Uncle Ted born in Reedley

Jul 19, 1919

At least, I believe they were in Reedley by then. Certainly in Fresno County, though.

Bays lve in Fresno

Apr 1, 1920

The Bay family (Grandma Josie, Ralph's mother) live in the city of Fresno. George is enumerated with them.

Aunt Edna dies of illness

Aug 15, 1920

Exact day unknown, Granny's notes only say August; they lived in Reedley at the time, this may have been the flu

Daisy and Ralph Cromer divorce

Jan 1, 1921

Exact day and year unknown. They were divorced 1921-1923 sometime, records should be in Fresno County if we want to go dig them up.

George Adopted Out

Jan 1, 1921

George adopted out to the Betts home in Long Beach and becomes George David Betts. Exact date unknown. 1920-1922 sometime. Records may be here or in So. Cal.

Daisy marries John H. Snow

Mar 10, 1923

The Snow family were settlers in Tulare County (3 Rivers area?) - In the 1920 census John Henry Snow lived with his mother's household near/in Dinuba, so this marriage record could be either in Tulare or Fresno County.

Granny is raped at age 15 :(

Oct 19, 1923

Approx date, calculated from Aunt Zoa's birthday. Possibly happened in Kingsburg - again, this could be recorded in either Tulare County or Fresno County.

Aunt Zoa is born

Jan 1, 1924

Aunt Zoa is born in So. Cal, Los Angeles County, at a home for unwed mothers. {date obfuscated}

Trial of Granny's rapist

Jan 1, 1924

Exact date unknown: 1923-1924 sometime. Uncle Ted remembers Grandma taking a pregnant Granny to the courthouse to attend the trial, and he had to wait outside. Whether it was Tulare County or Fresno County, or who the man was, nobody knows.

Granny & Grampy get married!

Jun 6, 1925

We believe they were married in Tulare County

John Henry Snow dies

Jan 1, 1926

(Or they get divorced. I swear Granny told me he died) All we can do is speculate on the date range, 1924-1929

Grampy Adopts Aunt Zoa

Jan 1, 1926

Tulare County - records were sealed, tho. We're pretty sure this happened as soon as he could after their 1 year anniversary.

Auntie Betty born

Jul 29, 1926

Betty was born to the newlyweds :)

Black Friday: Stock Markets Crash

Oct 25, 1929

Bays lve in Covina

Apr 2, 1930

Census puts Grandma and Grandpa Bay in Covina for 1930. Don't know how long, though.

Betts live in Long Beach

Apr 8, 1930

Census lists the Betts Family still living in Long Beach in 1930, with George. :)

Grandma Daisy lives in Reedley

Apr 8, 1930

Grandma Daisy listed in 1930 census as widower living in Reedley, with Rob Stokes as her ... boarder :)

Betty Ann dies from accident

Jul 4, 1930

Betty Ann dies of complications after an accident on the farm. :(

Grandma Daisy marries Uncle Rob

Jan 1, 1931

Nobody seems to know when they were married, I'm going to guess 1931. Surely this was in Fresno County? I don't think it was his first marriage, either. And They Lived Happily Ever After! YAY Grandma, finally!

Momma born

Jan 1, 1932

{date obfuscated}

Auntie Em born

Jan 1, 1936

{Date obfuscated}

Grandma Daisy dies

Oct 27, 1966

Weeks after the death of her beloved husband, Daisy Isabelle joins him