Household 753: Randolph (Dolph) , Jr. Smith & Irene H. Jones

Household Record 753

Res.1/Male/Husb} Andrus, Randolph (Dolph), Jr.

Family History} Olson

Res.2/Fem./Wife} Jones, Irene Higbee

HH Type} Historic household

Address/Location:
Name(s)}	Dolph & Irene Andrus
Optional}	Iron County
Str./Apt.}
City/etc.}	Cedar City, Utah

Household Dates:

Source} Exa 28 Feb 1920

Move-In} Bef 1920

Move-Out} Aft 1930

Source 1}	1824=Genealogy
Source 2}	1725=Marriage rec
Source 3}	1839=Marriage rec
Source 4}	1783=Birth certif
Source 5}	1837=1920 USA cen
Source 6}	1838=1930 USA cen
Source 7}	1735=S.S. record
Source 8}	1784=Cemetery rec
Source 9}	1841=Biography

Last Updated
by} Karen Hancock

Date Updated} 24 Oct 2015
Date Created} 15 Oct 2015

Notes: According to various sources, Randolph Andrus, Jr., was born 14 Jul 1890 in Washington, Washington, Utah. He went by Dorph his entire life. His parents were Randolph Andrus and Matilda Sandberg. He graduated from the Southern Branch State Normal School, and received his teacher's certificate from the University of Utah. Irene H. Jones was born 22 Jul 1889 in Cedar City, Iron, Utah. Her parents were Uriah Trehame Jones and Mary Alice Higbee. She graduated from the Southern Branch State Normal School, and received a nursing certificate from the Branch Normal School in Cedar City.

Dolph and Irene were married 24 Dec 1912 in the St. George L.D.S. Temple, St. George, Washington, Utah. Marriage records show an additional marriage date of 26 Dec 1912 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake. They lived in Orderville, Kanarraville, and Bluff, before settling in Cedar City, Utah. Dolph was a teacher and principal, a Postmaster, a Maxwell car salesman, and tourism promoter.

In the 1920 U.S. census, Dolph Andrus, 29, and his wife Irene Andrus, 30. were living in Cedar City, Iron, Utah. Dolph was the manager of a flour mill. They had a daughter, Torma Andrus, 5. Also living in the household was Stanley S. Ivans, 28, a farm superintendant.

In the 1930 U.S. census, Cedar City, Dolph Andrus*, 39, and his wife, Irene, 40, were enumerated in the household of Mary A. Jones, 67. Mary was the mother of Irene. Mary owned the house, located at 246 So. 3rd. West, valued at $10,000. Dolph was a house carpenter. Dolph and Irene's children were Torma, 16, and Quentin, 10. Also in the household were two other grandchildren of Mary - Beverly J. Andrus, 7, and Berwin Andrus, 1. *Ancestry.com indexes the family as Andress.

The family is shown at left on a trip to California in 1941. Dolph was the general contractor for the Parowan High School Building, and eventually became a licensed architect. He was the Chief Architect for the FHA in Salt Lake City, and worked in the LDS Church Architect Office.

Irene died 25 Dec 1980 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah. Dolph died 8 Feb 1981 in Salt Lake City. They are buried in the Wasatch Lawn Memorial Park, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah.

Total # of Residents} 6

Other Residents:

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

3rd Res.}	Andrus, Torma	754
4th Res.}	Andrus, J. Quentin	___
5th Res.}	Andrus, Beverly Jane	___
6th Res.}	Andrus, Berwyn Jones	___
7th Res.}	Ivans, Stanely S.	___
8th Res.}	Jones, Mary A.	___

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