Rev Austin Howell Jolly

Brief Life History of Austin Howell

When Rev Austin Howell Jolly was born on 14 December 1852, in Rockland, Venango, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Thomas Jolly, was 30 and his mother, Sarah Jane Young, was 21. He married Ella Bell Hays on 19 October 1880, in Lawrence, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Trafford, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, United States in 1920 and Edgewood, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States in 1930. He died on 20 November 1939, in Washington, Washington, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 86, and was buried in Highwood Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Family Time Line

Rev Austin Howell Jolly
1852–1939
Ella Bell Hays
1856–1933
Marriage: 19 October 1880
William Hays Jolly
1882–1919
Mary Delena Jolly
1883–1916
Francis McAteer Jolly DDS
1886–1934
Austin Howell Jolly Jr
1888–1956

Sources (9)

  • A H Jolly in household of C S Mcclelland, "United States Census, 1880"
  • Austin H. Jolly, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Austin H Jolly, "United States Passport Applications, 1795-1925"

World Events (8)

1861

Florida has had 6 Constitutions since it became a state. The first Constitution was drafted in Saint Joseph, now known as Port St. Joe. Presently Florida is governed by the Constitution of 1968.

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii

In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.

Name Meaning

English, Scottish, and French: nickname for someone of a cheerful or attractive disposition, from Middle English, Old French jolif, joli ‘cheerful, lively, pretty’. In North America, this surname is also an altered form of the most common French variant Joly .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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THE JOLLY FAMILY OF PENNSYLVANIA By Reverend Austin H. Jolly

Source: "The Jolley Family Book" published by Brigham Young University Press 1966, written by Bryant Manning Jolley and his committee. THE JOLLY FAMILY OF PENNSYLVANIA By Reverend Austin H. Jolly 403 …

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