Lowell Orin Hays

b. Jan 4, 1913, d. Jun 28, 1987
FatherOrice Lee Hays1,2,3 b. Dec 15, 1884, d. Dec 4, 1945
MotherEffie Viola DeWitt1,2,3 b. Apr 8, 1888, d. Dec 29, 1935
     Lowell was born in Chapman, Dickinson Co, KS, on Jan 4, 1913.4,5,3
     
     
Vernon, Clarence, Lowell, Fern, Verda, Mervin
(labeled on back)
circa 1920?

     Lowell Orin Hays was listed as a son in Orice Lee Hays's household on the 1920 Census in Junction City, Geary Co, KS.6
     Lowell Orin Hays was listed on the roll as a student in Brookside School, Smoky Hill Township, Geary Co, KS, in 1922; he was in the second grade.7

     Lowell Orin Hays attended Moonlight School in 1925 in Hays Township, Dickinson Co, KS.8

     Lowell Orin Hays was listed as a son in Lee Hays's household on the 1930 Census in 401 East Republic, Salina, Saline Co, KS.3
     He married Jennie Elizabeth Shaw on Oct 15, 1934.9
     Lowell Orin Hays and Jennie Elizabeth Hays lived in Jun, 1941 in Galveston, TX.10
     Lowell Orin Hays and Jennie Elizabeth Hays lived on Oct 20, 1944 in 600A DeHard, San Francisco, CA.11
     He resided in San Francisco, CA, December, 1945.12
     The Hays family gathered at Jim and Margie's house in Hutchinson in February 1946.
Bill, Lowell, Jim, Delbert, Clarence, and Mervin Hays
Hays Family, Feb 1946, Hutchinson, KS
Back row: Lowell, Jim, Mervin, Pearl
Middle row: Nelda, Rosie, Lila, Verda
Front row: Bill, Delbert, Clarence
Hays Family, Feb 1946, Hutchinson, KS
Stan Jantz writes: Jim and Marges house in Hutch near prison. Jim, Delbert, Jack (uniform), Vernon, Barbra, Donna
on back: Hays Sisters
Back row: Lila Jantz, Pearl Hays, Verda Lady
Front row: Nelda Hays
RosaLee Goodwin
Taken at Cleins
Feb 1946
Hutchinson, Kansas

     
Lowell, Jennie, Gary Hays & Ping
2434 Esmond Ave.
Richmond, Calif.
July, 1955

     Lowell Orin Hays and Jennie Elizabeth Hays lived in Jul, 1955 in 2434 Esmond Ave., Richmond, CA.4
     
Gary, Jennie and Lowell Hays
June 8, 1968

     He resided in San Francisco, CA, on Nov 28, 1969.13
     Lowell Orin Hays lived in Dec, 1976 in Richmond, CA.14
     
Lowell and Jennie Hays

     Lowell and Jennie celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on October 13, 1984, at son Gary's house in California.
Lowell and Jennie Hays
50th Anniversary
taken at Gary & Cheryl Hays'
Calif

October 13, 1984
(anniversary is October 15)

     Lowell Orin Hays lived in Meadow Valley, Plumas Co, CA.5
     Lowell died on Jun 28, 1987 at age 74.15,5 He was buried in Meadow Valley Cemetery, Meadow Valley, Plumas Co, CA.15

Family

Jennie Elizabeth Shaw b. February 2, 1915, d. May 18, 2001

Citations

  1. [S154] Chapman Advertiser, January 2, 1936, page 1, column 5.
  2. [S175] Sharon Shellhorn Phelps, Descendants of Barnet DeWitt, online www.familytreemaker.com/users/p/h/e/sharon-s-phelps/index.html.
  3. [S1062] 1930 U. S. Census, unknown cd2, Kansas, Saline County.
  4. [S632] Lowell Hays, Jennie Hays and Gary Hays Photograph, July 1955, Julia Langel, labeled on back "Lowell, Jennie, Gary Hays and Ping; 2434 Esmond Ave. Richmond, Calif., July, 1955. Ages: Lowell - 42, Jennie - 40, Gary - 14."
  5. [S856] Lowell Hays, no. 511-10-6920, Social Security Death Index, RootsWeb.
  6. [S32] 1920 U. S. Census, Kansas, Geary County, Junction City, ED 61, sheet 7B, line 94, dwelling 127, family 142.
  7. [S225] Mervin Hays, School Souvenir Booklet, 1922 Julia Langel.
  8. [S226] Mervin Hays, School Souvenir Booklet, 1925 Julia Langel.
  9. [S579] Lowell and Jennie Hays 50th Wedding Anniversary photo, October 13, 1984, Julia Langel, Text on back says "Lowell and Jennie Hays 50th Anniversary. Taken at Gary & Cheryl Hays, S____? City, Calif., Oct. 13, 1984. Anniversary is Oct. 15."
  10. [S581] Gary Lee Hays photo, June 1941, Julia Langel.
  11. [S331] Lowell Hays, Jennie Hays and Gary Lee Hays photograph, Oct 201944, Julia Langel.
  12. [S24] Salina Journal, December 6, 1945.
  13. [S46] The Salina Journal, November 28, 1969, page 19.
  14. [S644] Salina Journal, December 10, 1976.
  15. [S690] Meadow Valley Cemetery, online http://www.csuchico.edu/chem/rcooke/mvcem.html#anchor245515
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