Household 658: Rolly LeRoy Durst & Louisa May (Louie) Copping

Household Record 658

Res.1/Male/Husb} Durst, Rolly LeRoy

Family History} Olson

Res.2/Fem./Wife} Copping, Louisa May (Louie)

HH Type} Historic household

Address/Location:
Name(s)}	Rolly & Louie Durst
Optional}	Ottawa County
Str./Apt.}	Sheridan Twp.
City/etc.}	Kansas

Household Dates:

Source} Exa 9 Jun 1900

Move-In} Bef 9 Jun 1900

Move-Out} Aft 2 Apr 1940

Source 1}	386 = 1900 USA cen
Source 2}	1178=1905 KS cen
Source 3}	1647=1910 USA cen
Source 4}	1178=1915 KS cen
Source 6}	512 = 1920 USA cen
Source 5}	1178=1925 KS cen
Source 6}	1178=1930 USA cen
Source 7}	1649=1940 USA cen
Source 8}	1614=Cemetery rec

Last Updated
by} Karen Hancock

Date Updated} 22 Aug 2014
Date Created} 11 Jul 2014

Notes: Rolly LeRoy Durst and Louisa May Copping were married 12 May 1896. In the 1900 U.S. census, they were living on their farm in Sheridan Twp., Ottawa, Kansas. This was still their home when they celebrated their fifthieth wedding anniversary in 1946. In the 1900 U.S. census, R.L. (Rolly) Durst, born Oct 1869 in Iowa, and L.M. (Louisa) Durst, born Feb 1875 in Iowa, had two children. These were Ethel, born Feb 1897 and Vesta, Jul 1898, both in Kansas. Rolly was a farmer and owned the farm free of mortgage.

In the 1905 Kansas State census, Rolly, 35, and Louie, 30, had three children. These were Ethel, 8, Vesta, 6, and Dora, 2. A daughter, Violet, died in infancy in 1901. In the 1910 U.S. census, the completed family included Rolla, 40, Louie, 35, Ethel, 12, Vesta, 11, Dora, 9, and Lillian, 2.

The 1915 Kansas State census enumerated R.L. Durst, 45, with Louie, 40, Ethel, 18, Vesta, 16, Dora, 12, and Lillian 7. The 1920 U.S. census enumerated Rolly L., 50, Louisa M., 44, Dora M., 17, and Vida L., 11. Both Dora and Vesta were no longer at home.

In the 1925 Kansas State census, R.L., 55, and Louie, 50, had only Lillian, 17, at home. Rolly was a grain farmer. Enumerated adjacent in the census was their daughter Vesta Smith, 26, her husband Rupert Smith, 26, and grandson Ivan Smith, 2.

In the 1930 U.S. census, Rolly L., 60, and Louisa, M., 55, were living alone. Rolly was farming, and they had a radio. Also farming in the Sheridan Twp., were Rupert and Vesta Smith, and Rupert's parents, Horace T. and Elizabeth J. Smith.

In the 1940 U.S. census, Rolly, 70, was still farming on his own account. He owned the farm, and their home was valued at $1600. He had completed eighth grade. Louisa, 65, had also completed eighth grade. Enumerated adjacent were Rupert, 41, and Vesta Smith, 41, with grandchildren Ivan, 17, and Lois, 13.

Rolly died 29 Mar 1948 in Delphos, Ottawa, Kansas. He is buried in the Delphos Cemetery, Delphos, Kansas. Louisa died in 1967 and is buried with her husband. Four of their children are buried there also.

Total # of Residents} 7

Other Residents:

Household	His Last HH} ___	His Next HH} 660
Links =>	Her Last HH} ___	Her Next HH} 660

3rd Res.}	Durst, Ethel E.	[headstone]	660
4th Res.}	Durst, Vesta Mary	[headstone]	659
5th Res.}	Durst, Violet	[headstone]	660
6th Res.}	Durst, Dora		___
7th Res.}	Durst, Lillian	[headstone]	660

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