Wells Family - Person Sheet
Wells Family - Person Sheet
NameJeremiah Simeon “Jerry” Wells 
Birth2 Dec 1870, Clay Co, IL
Census7 Jun 1880, Sanford, Clay Co, IL
Memoroll#182, pg 374
Census8 Jun 1900, East St Louis, St Clair Co, IL
Memoroll#340, pg 8 (Wd 2)
Census19 Apr 1910, East St Louis, St Clair Co, IL
Memoroll#322, pg 152
Census5 Jan 1920, East St Louis, St Clair Co, IL
Memoroll#404, pg 3
Census14 Apr 1930, East St Louis, St Clair Co, IL
Memoroll#556, pg 15
Census18 Apr 1940, East St Louis, St Clair Co, IL
Memoroll#881, pg 14
Census5 Apr 1950, East St Louis, St Clair Co, IL
Memoroll#4724, pg 14
Occupationmachinist helper
FatherSamuel Wells (1838-1912)
MotherAmanda Margaret Stewart (1845-1927)
Never married
Misc. Notes
Age 9 in the Jun 1880 census, and shown as born Dec 1870 in 1900, as contrasted with the SSN application which has 1871.
Listed as James in the 1910 census.
Listed with his parents thru 1910, and then with his widowed mother in 1920.
Living with his brother Henry in 1930, working as a laborer on the steam railroad; and still with Henry, Cora and Grace in 1940 as Jerry (69, IL) working as a machinist helper at the railroad terminal.
Listed as Jerry Wells (80, IL) and head of household in 1950, with Cora (70), Will (69), Grace (65), Henry (82), and Clarence (67) on 27th street, in their parents home.
Listed in the East St Louis city directories as Jerry S. Wells as late as 1957.
Listed as James in the 1910 census.
Listed with his parents thru 1910, and then with his widowed mother in 1920.
Living with his brother Henry in 1930, working as a laborer on the steam railroad; and still with Henry, Cora and Grace in 1940 as Jerry (69, IL) working as a machinist helper at the railroad terminal.
Listed as Jerry Wells (80, IL) and head of household in 1950, with Cora (70), Will (69), Grace (65), Henry (82), and Clarence (67) on 27th street, in their parents home.
Listed in the East St Louis city directories as Jerry S. Wells as late as 1957.