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Jewel Rich

Jewel Rich

Female 1894 - 1978  (83 years)

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  • Name Jewel Rich  [1, 2, 3, 4] 
    Nickname Jullie 
    Birth 25 Dec 1894  , , Decatur County, Georgia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Alt. Birth Abt 1898 
    • 1930 Census: age 32
    Census: Federal 15 Jun 1900  Pinehill Road, Bainbridge, Decatur County, Georgia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    • 1) Euzema Rich, head, white male age 31, married 10 years, born Nov 1868 in GA, parents born in GA, farmer, owns farm #111
      2) Menla Rich, wife, white female age 29, mother of 4, all living, born Oct 1871 in GA, parents born in GA
      3) Roy Rich, son, white male age 9, born Aug 1891 in GA
      4) Jewel M. Rich, daughter, white female age 5, born Dec 1894 in GA
      5) Lloyd Rich, son, white male age 3, born Aug 1896 in GA
      6) Ross Rich, son, white male age 1, born Sep 1899 in GA
      7) Susan McCall, house servant, widowed black female age 51, born 1849 in VA, parents born in VA
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    News Article 13 Aug 1909  USA, Georgia, Decatur County, Bainbridge, The Post-Searchlight (newspaper)-301 North Crawford Street Find all individuals with events at this location 
    "Mr. and Mrs. E. Rich and girls, Jewel and Gladys, spent Sunday in Colquitt." 
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    Census: Federal 15 Apr 1910  Pinehill Road, Bainbridge, Decatur County, Georgia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    • 1) Euzema Rich, head, white male age 41, married 20 years, born in GA, parents born in GA, general farmer, owns farm #8
      2) Menla Rich, wife, white female age 37, mother of 11, 9 living, born in GA, parents born in GA
      3) Roy C. Rich, son, white male age 18, born in GA, attended school
      4) Jewell Rich, daughter, white female age 15, born in GA, attended school
      5) Robert L. Rich, son, white male age 13, born in GA, attended school
      6) Ross Rich, son, white male age 11, born in GA, attended school
      7) William J. Rich, son, white male age 9, born in GA, attended school
      8) Emory G. Rich, son, white male age 7, born in GA, attended school
      9) Gladis Rich, daughter, white female age 6, born in GA, attended school
      10) Lois Rich, daughter, white female age 2, born in GA
      11) Infant Rich, son, white male age 6 months, born in GA
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    Census: Federal 23 Apr 1930  801 Jersey Avenue, Elizabeth, Union County, New Jersey, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    • 1) Ernest E. Kistner, head, white male age 43, married at 35, born in NJ, parents born in Germany, engineer in the petroleum industry, pays $65 rent, owns a radio, WWI veteran
      2) Jewel Kistner, wife, white female age 32, married at 24, born in GA, parents born in GA
      3) Gladys Rich, sister-in-law, single white female age 25, born in GA, parents born in GA, sales lady for a department store
    Move to Orlando, FL 
    Death 3 Mar 1978  , Orlando, Orange County, Florida, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Person ID I238  My Genealogy
    Last Modified 26 Sep 2023 

    Father Euzema Rich,   b. 8 Nov 1868, Pinehill Road, Bainbridge, Decatur County, Georgia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Jan 1944, Planter Street, Bainbridge, Decatur County, Georgia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years) 
    Mother Menla Powell,   b. 22 Oct 1871, , , Decatur County, Georgia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Aug 1927, , Bainbridge, Decatur County, Georgia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 55 years) 
    Marriage 29 Oct 1889  , Cyrene, Decatur County, Georgia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [8, 9, 10, 11] 
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    Photos
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    Family ID F124  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Walter R. Milton,   b. Est 1894   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Marriage 21 Jun 1914  , , Decatur County, Georgia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [12, 13] 
    • According to family history, Jewel eloped with a pharmacist named Walter Milton and Euzema got in the car and went after her in another county.  The marriage was very short-lived.  Jewel went to Reno, alone, to obtain a divorce and while there, the boarding house where she was staying burned to the ground.
    Family ID F905  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 29 Jan 2006 

    Family 2 Ernest Emile Kistner,   b. 13 Nov 1885, , , , New Jersey, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 May 1976, , Orlando, Orange County, Florida, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 90 years) 
    Family ID F109  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 23 Jun 2004 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsNews Article - 13 Aug 1909 - USA, Georgia, Decatur County, Bainbridge, The Post-Searchlight (newspaper)-301 North Crawford Street Link to Google Earth
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    Pin Legend<  : Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  • Reference  Gail Rich Nestor. "Jewel Rich". A Family Tree from Roots to Buds. https://roots2buds.net/getperson.php?personID=I238&tree=nestortree (accessed September 28, 2023).

  • Sources 
    1. [S796] Clerk of Court, Decatur County, Georgia, Will & Probate Proceedings Books, last will and testament of Euzema Rich, filed 8 Jan 1944, E:221.

    2. [S51] William Harden, A History of Savannah and South Georgia, 2 volumes, 1009.

    3. [S128] Pete and Jean Rich, notes from 1968 Rich Family Reunion in Tallahassee, Florida.

    4. [S20] Social Security Administration, "Social Security Death Index," database, Ancestry.com, entry for Jewel Kistner, 1978, SS no. 262-43-5233.

    5. [S1261] Georgia, Decatur County, 1900 U.S. census, Ancestry.com, Digital images, T623, roll 191, Pine Hill-Militia District 1188, enumeration district (ED) 37, p. 16B, dwelling 314, family 323, Euzema Rich household, accessed 7 Jul 2008.

    6. [S1260] Georgia, Decatur, 1910 U.S. census, Ancestry.com, Digital images, T624, roll 183, Pine Hill-Militia District 1188, enumeration district (ED) 57, p. 1B, dwelling 13, family 14, Euzema Rich household, accessed 16 Jun 2008.

    7. [S1334] New Jersey, Union County, 1930 U.S. census, Ancestry.com, Digital images, T626, roll 1389, Elizabeth, enumeration district (ED) 185, p. 17B, dwelling 251, family 456, Ernest E. Kistner household, accessed 2 Jul 2008.

    8. [S793] Clerk of Court, Decatur County, Georgia, Marriage Record Books, marriage of Euzema Rich & Menla Powell, 29 Oct 1889, B:625.

    9. [S795] Georgia Department of Human Resources, Division of Public Health, certificate of death for Menla Powell Rich (1927), state file no. 18727.

    10. [S52] The Post-Search Light, Bainbridge, Georgia, on microfilm, obituary for Menla Powell Rich, vol. 12 no. 13, Thursday, 11 Aug 1927, page 8.

    11. [S25] Decatur County Historical Society, compiler, Decatur County, Georgia - Past and Present 1823-1991, 341 by Pauline (Rich) Cooper.

    12. [S368] Jordan Dodd, "Decatur County Georgia Marriage Records, 1824 - 1945," database, Decatur County, Georgia Rootsweb, marriage of Walter R. Milton & Jewel Rich, 21 Jun 1914, E-576.

    13. [S19] Personal Correspondence, e-mail from (edandjune@comcast.net) to Gail Rich Nestor on 29 Jan 2006.


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