Harry Jessee Public Records Return

Harry Jessee

Public Records



1900 Census - City of Downs, Ross township, Osborne Co, Kansas

Jesse, Abraham Lincoln
born July 1867, 32 years old, married 7 years, born Virginia,
parents born Va; job: "employee in RR Round House".
wife Odie D born Oct 1874, 25, 3 children, 3 living, Kansas, NY, PA.
Benj. Harrison; 6; born Apr. 1894.
Ethyl Theo, 4
Clarence Lincoln, 1

Also in the 1900 census for Downs, is Harry's grandparents, Augustus & Mary Jane Roberts Wildey.
They will soon all be leaving for Orange County, California.

1910 U.S. Census - Westminister, Orange County, Calif.

Jessee, Abraham L./b> 42, married 17 years, "General Farm Labor"
Della 31; 7 children, 7 living
Harry 16; "Laboror, home farm"
Ethyl, 13; Clarence,12; Helen, 7; Edith, 7; Doris, 5; Glenn, 2

Mary Jane Roberts Wildey passed in 1906; Harry's grandfather Augustus living with his daughter Sarah and her husband Alfred Warren in Santa Ana, Orange Co.

Harry Jessee's 1917 draft record


Harry Benjamin Jessee
Home Address: Stockton RFD 5, Box 38, Cal
Born: April 21, 1894
Birthplace: Downs, Kansas USA
Occupation: Farming
Employer: "Self" at "Union Island"
Dependents?: "child"
Physical: "medium height, slender build" - Light blue eyes, dark brown hair

1920 Census - Bristol St, Santa Ana, Calif

Harry Jessee, 25, "engineer, Steam Dredger"
Gladys, 27, born Oregon, father Illinois, mother California
Paulyne, 5
Warren, 2
Harold, 1

Grandpa Augustus Wildey, 84, living with the Warrens also in Santa Ana

Father and Mother, A.L. and Odie Jessee living in Huntington Beach, Orange Co.


1930 Census - Central Ave, Santa Ana, Calif

Benjamin H., 35, "engineer, Steam Shovel" - value of home $5,000
Gladys, 37, born Oregon, father born "Ireland", mother "Ireland"
Paulyne, 15
Warren, 12
Harold, 11
Loren K, 9
Linnie R, 7
Abraham L. Jessee, father, 61

Grandpa Augustus Wildey, 94, living with the Warrens also in Santa Ana

Father and Mother have separated, Odie Jessee living in Huntington Beach, Orange Co.
The family was living at 125 East Central Avenue, Santa Ana, in a Hispanic barrio known as Delhi. The Jessee house is still standing in 2009.

1936 Social Security Application

Harry Jessee 1936 Social Security Application.