Stults, Emmett Dean

Birth Name Stults, Emmett Dean
Gramps ID I6015
Gender male
Age at Death 79 years, 9 months, 11 days

Events

Event Date Place Description
Sources Notes
Birth 1869 Indiana, USA  
 
Census 1870 Roanoke, Jackson Twp, Huntington Cty, Indiana, USA  
1a
Census 1880 Warren, Salamonie Twp, Huntington Cty, Indiana, USA  
2a
Census 1900 Hoisington, Barton Cty, Kansas, USA  
3a
Census 1910 Hoisington, Barton Cty, Kansas, USA  
4a
Census 1920 La Junta, Otero Cty, Colorado, USA  
5a
Census 1940 Pueblo, Pueblo Cty, Colorado, USA  
6a
Death 1948-10-12 Los Angeles Cty, California, USA  
 
Burial   Rose Hills Memorial Park, Whittier, Los Angeles Cty, California, USA  
 

Parents

Relation to main person Name Birth date Death date Relation within this family (if not by birth)
Father Stults, David C. [I6014]1845-02-131919-01-11
Mother Minnich, Harriet [I5827]18481918-01-28
         Stults, Emmett Dean [I6015] 1869 1948-10-12
    Brother     Stults, Charles Henry [I6016] 1871 1943
    Sister     Stults, Bessie Dell [I6017] 1873 1947
    Brother     Stults, Ora Jay [I6018] 1885-07-25 1963-11-04

Families

    Family of Stults, Emmett Dean and Wilkinson, Lillian M. [F1974]
Married Wife Wilkinson, Lillian M. [I6069] ( * 1875 + ... )
   
Event Date Place Description
Sources Notes
Marriage      
 
Divorce      
 
  Children
Name Birth Date Death Date
Stults, Evelyn E. [I6076]
Stults, Harlie Elmer [I6070]1895-08-111949
Stults, Oretta M. [I6071]1900-08-301979-11-28
Stults, Vivan S. [I6072]1902-08-311987-04-03
Stults, Velma M. [I6073]1904-06-201987-09-07
Stults, Amos Dean [I6074]1908-07-031964-04-22
Stults, Harriette A. [I6075]1908-07-031999-08-18
Stults, William Emmett [I6082]19111989-12-04

Narrative

Note: The marital history of Emmett Dean Stults

The picture I have of Emmett's family history is somewhat fragmented, owing to my unsuccessful attempts at records searches for him, his spouses, and to some degree his children. I have not located any marriage or divorce records for Emmett, and I have not found birth or death records for any of his spouses.

He appears to have married Lillian M. Wilkinson (b. about 1876 in Illinois) between 1894 and 1895, presumably in Kansas, and the first of their eight children was born in August of 1895. The family remained in Kansas for many years, but between 1911 and 1920 Emmett and his family had relocated to Colorado, where he and his wife and all but one of his children were counted in the 1920 US Census in La Junta, Otero Cty, Colorado. (His eldest son, Harlie, had married and become a father himself by 1920, and was living nearby in La Junta.)

Not long after this it appears that Emmett and Lillian divorced, because in the 1930 US Census the four youngest children (Amos, Harriette, Evelyn, and William) are found in Florence, Fremont Cty, Colorado living with their mother and her second husband, Lee Noah Gaudy. Also living with them are Amos' wife Edith Maude (Antrobus) Stults and their daughter, Colorado-born Jeannine Marie Stults, along with the Utah-born six-year-old Lillian Arvilla Gaudy, apparently the daughter of Lillian and Lee. This suggests that the elder Lillian and Emmett divorced prior to the younger Lillian's birth in 1924.

It's here that I'll note a large discrepancy in the ages reported for Lillian between the US Census records from her years married to Emmett (1900 through 1920) and the one found for her with Lee in 1930 (with no record found so far for either Lee or Lillian in 1940). In the first three records, her age was reported as twenty-five, thirty-four, and forty-three, all of which line up for her presumed birth year of 1876. In 1930, she was reported as forty-two, when in actuality she was nearly fifty-four. This would have made her around forty-seven or forty-eight at the birth of daughter Lillian Arvilla, and this casts some doubt as to whether Lillian Wilkinson was her biological mother. In a California marriage record from 1946, though, Lillian Arvilla (bearing the surname Garrabrant) clearly names her parents Lee Noah Gaudy and Lillian M. Wilkinson, and her birth year as 1924, so it's entirely possible. I have no information on any previous marriage of Lee's, though in the 1930 US Census he indicated he was twenty-two at the time of his first marriage.

I have not located a 1930 US Census listing for Emmett, and he doesn't appear in the listings I've found so far for any of his children in that same year, but in 1940 he's listed as married and resident in Pueblo, Pueblo Cty, Colorado. With him are a Colorado-born wife, Lola M. Stults, age fifty-one, a thirty-two-year-old male lodger (Ben Smith) from Kansas, and thirty-seven-year-old Elsie Patton from Kansas, listed as a daughter of the household. I had originally speculated that this might have been Emmett's daughter Evelyn E. Stults, but the listing clearly gives her age as thirty-seven, which would be about six years too old to be Evelyn. It's possible that Elsie is a daughter of Lola's, but assuming the ages are reported correctly, that would mean Lola would have been about fourteen at Elsie's birth, which is possible but not terribly likely. At this point, I can't clearly identify whose daughter she might be, and I also cannot more clearly identify Lola, as I have not found any previous maiden or married name for her, nor any marriage record for her and Emmett, nor any divorce or death record for her.

The only further record I can find for Emmett is his listing on FindaGrave.com, with the photo of his stone inscribed with his name as "Emmett D. Stults," and giving his vital dates as only the years (1869 - 1948) and the phrase "our dad." The listing includes specific dates without sources, and the birthdate in the listing (23 Feb 1872) clearly conflicts with the year presented in the photo. The listing places his burial in Rose Hills Memorial Park in Whittier, Los Angeles Cty, California - the same cemetery where his son Amos is buried, and where it appears his youngest son William is buried as well. I've not located a specific death record for him to confirm his vital dates at this point.

Pedigree

  1. Stults, David C. [I6014]
    1. Minnich, Harriet [I5827]
      1. Stults, Emmett Dean
        1. Wilkinson, Lillian M. [I6069]
          1. Stults, Harlie Elmer [I6070]
          2. Stults, Oretta M. [I6071]
          3. Stults, Vivan S. [I6072]
          4. Stults, Velma M. [I6073]
          5. Stults, Amos Dean [I6074]
          6. Stults, Harriette A. [I6075]
          7. Stults, Evelyn E. [I6076]
          8. Stults, William Emmett [I6082]
      2. Stults, Charles Henry [I6016]
      3. Stults, Bessie Dell [I6017]
      4. Stults, Ora Jay [I6018]

Ancestors

Source References

  1. US Census of 1870 [S0020]
      • Date: 1870-06-06
      • Citation:

        "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXXB-84P : 17 October 2014), Harriet Stults in household of David C Stults, Indiana, United States; citing p. 11, family 84, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 545,824.

        Event Year 1870
        Event Place Ronaoke, Huntington, Indiana, United States
        David C Stults M 23 Ohio, United States
        Harriet Stults F 22 Ohio, United States
        Emmot V Stults M 1 Indiana, United States

  2. US Census of 1880 [S0045]
      • Date: 1880-06-02
      • Citation:

        "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MH9H-8NP : 24 December 2015), Harriet Stults in household of David C Stults, Warren, Huntington, Indiana, United States; citing enumeration district ED 193, sheet 508B, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0285; FHL microfilm 1,254,285.

        Event Date 1880
        Event Place Warren, Huntington, Indiana, United States
        David C Stults Self M 33 Ohio, United States
        Harriet Stults Wife F 30 Ohio, United States
        Emmett D Stults Son M 11 Indiana, United States
        Charles Stults Son M 8 Indiana, United States
        Bessie D Stults Daughter F 6 Indiana, United States

  3. US Census of 1900 [S0039]
      • Date: 1900-06-11
      • Citation:

        "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMT9-T5Y : 20 January 2015), Emmett Stults, Homestead Township Hoisington city, Barton, Kansas, United States; citing sheet 10B, family 170, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,240,471.

        Event Year 1900
        Event Place Homestead Township Hoisington city, Barton, Kansas, United States
        Emmett Stults Head M 30 Indiana
        Lillie Stults Wife F 25 Illinois
        Harlie Stults Son M 6 Kansas

  4. US Census of 1910 [S0040]
      • Date: 1910-04-15
      • Citation:

        "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M2H2-VQJ : 29 October 2015), Emmett Stults, Hoisington, Barton, Kansas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 16, sheet 1B, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,374,445.

        Event Date 1910
        Event Place Hoisington, Barton, Kansas, United States
        Emmett Stults Head M 40 Indiana
        Tillie M Stults Wife F 34 Illinois
        Harley E Stults Son M 15 Kansas
        Oretta M Stults Daughter F 9 Kansas
        Vivan S Stults Son M 7 Indiana
        Velma M Stults Daughter F 5 Kansas
        Amos D Stults Son M 1 Kansas
        Harriet A Stults Daughter F 1 Kansas
        Evelyn E Stults Daughter F 0 Kansas

  5. US Census of 1920 [S0041]
      • Date: 1920-01-19
      • Citation:

        "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXL4-H3V : 14 December 2015), Oretta M Stults in household of E D Stults, La Junta, Otero, Colorado, United States; citing sheet 1A, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,820,169.

        Event Date 1920
        Event Place La Junta, Otero, Colorado, United States
        E D Stults Head M 49 Indiana
        L M Stults Wife F 43 Illinois
        Oretta M Stults Daughter F 19 Kansas
        Viran Stults Son M 17 Indiana
        Velma Stults Daughter F 15 Kansas
        Amos Stults Son M 11 Kansas
        Hariette Stults Daughter F 11 Kansas
        Evelyn Stults Daughter F 10 Kansas
        William Stults Son M 8 Kansas

  6. US Census of 1940 [S0043]
      • Date: 1940-04-03
      • Citation:

        "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VRD4-Z32 : 17 May 2014), Emett D Stults in household of Elsie Patton, Pueblo, Election Precinct 16, Pueblo, Colorado, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 51-19, sheet B, family 152, NARA digital publication T627 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012), roll 475.

        Event Date 1940
        Event Place Pueblo, Election Precinct 16, Pueblo, Colorado, United States
        Elsie Patton Daughter F 37 Kansas
        Ben Smith Lodger M 32 Kansas
        Emett D Stults Head M 72 Indiana
        Lola M Stults Wife F 51 Colorado