Nellie Hays
b. circa 1896
| Father | Oscar Lee Hays1,2,3 b. Dec 6, 1870, d. Jan 7, 1939 |
| Mother | Pruda Stowers1,2,3 b. circa 1876 |
Nellie was born in KS circa 1896.1,2,3,4
Nellie Hays was listed as a resident in Oscar Lee Hays's household in the census report in Smith Center, Smith Co, KS, in 1905.1,5
Nellie Hays was listed as a daughter in Oscar Lee Hays's household on the 1910 Census in Smith Center, Smith Co, KS.2,6
From Smith County Journal, September 19, 1912, page 5: "Miss Nellie Hays, who has so pleasantly and persistently collected freight bills around town for the last two or three years, said to our news man, Monday: "You may announce in your paper that I have a lot better job in view in the management of a young insurance man in Iowa, whose name I'm not going to tell you. We will be married November 1."
From Smith County Journal, September 26, 1912, page 5: "Miss Nellie Hays says it is all a mistake about her going to wed November 1st. It was her sly way of stringing our news sleuth and he took it in earnest. A girl can make a man believe most any fable she wants to tell him.".7,8
Nellie Hays was listed as a resident in Oscar Lee Hays's household in the census report in Smith Center, Smith Co, KS, in 1915.4
Nellie Hays was listed as a resident in Oscar Lee Hays's household in the census report in Smith Center, Smith Co, KS, in 1905.1,5
Nellie Hays was listed as a daughter in Oscar Lee Hays's household on the 1910 Census in Smith Center, Smith Co, KS.2,6
From Smith County Journal, September 19, 1912, page 5: "Miss Nellie Hays, who has so pleasantly and persistently collected freight bills around town for the last two or three years, said to our news man, Monday: "You may announce in your paper that I have a lot better job in view in the management of a young insurance man in Iowa, whose name I'm not going to tell you. We will be married November 1."
From Smith County Journal, September 26, 1912, page 5: "Miss Nellie Hays says it is all a mistake about her going to wed November 1st. It was her sly way of stringing our news sleuth and he took it in earnest. A girl can make a man believe most any fable she wants to tell him.".7,8
Nellie Hays was listed as a resident in Oscar Lee Hays's household in the census report in Smith Center, Smith Co, KS, in 1915.4
Citations
- [S142] 1905 Census -- KS, Smith Co, Mitchell Hays.
- [S143] 1910 Census -- KS, Smith Center, Hays.
- [S375] 1915 Census -- Kansas, Smith Co, Smith Center.
- [S375] 1915 Census -- Kansas, Smith Co, Smith Center , Smith Center part 2, page 1, line 15, dwelling 205, family 212, O.L. Hays household.
- [S142] 1905 Census -- KS, Smith Co, Mitchell Hays , page 17, family 120, line 16 (Oscar Hays household).
- [S143] 1910 Census -- KS, Smith Center, Hays , ED 200, sheet 2B, dwelling 42, family 43 (Oscar Hayes household).
- [S207] News clippings, Hays, Nellie joke.
- [S207] News clippings, Hays, Nellie joke , KSHS film S1476, page 5 (9/19) and page 5 (9/26).