James Watson Rollins

Brief Life History of James Watson

When James Watson Rollins was born on 24 May 1856, in San Bernardino, San Bernardino, California, United States, his father, James Henry Rollins, was 39 and his mother, Eveline Cressy Walker, was 33. He married Harriet Ann Eyre on 14 December 1881, in St. George Utah Temple, St. George, Washington, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Beaver, Beaver, Utah, United States in 1860. He registered for military service in 1919. He died on 10 December 1917, in Lyman, Uinta, Wyoming, United States, at the age of 61, and was buried in Lyman City Cemetery, Lyman, Uinta, Wyoming, United States.

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Family Time Line

James Watson Rollins
1856–1917
Harriet Ann Eyre
1864–1934
Marriage: 14 December 1881
Watson Loraine Rollins
1882–1978
Henry Melvin Rollins
1886–1971
Leona June Rollins
1889–1931
George Leon Rollins
1893–1995
Irene Rollins
1894–1991
James Hayward Rollins
1896–1986
Harriet Evaline Rollins
1900–1992
Joseph Leslie Rollins
1902–1988
Porter Eyre Rollins
1904–1992
Ruby Rollins
1907–1991

Sources (48)

  • Jas W Rawlins in household of J H Rawlins, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Utah, Select County Marriages, 1887-1937
  • James Watson Rollins, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (8)

1857 · 7.9 Earthquake In Fort Tejon

The Fort Tejon earthquake, on January 9, 1857, registered at 7.9, making it one of the largest earthquakes ever recorded in the United States. Only two people were killed, largely due to the sparse population in the area where the earthquake occurred. As a result of the large scale shaking, the Kern River was turned upstream and fish were stranded miles from Tulare Lake as the waters were rocked so far from its banks.

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: variant of Rolling , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s.

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

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A Short Story of the Life of Ida M. Rollins Hamblin -- by Ida M. Rollins

I was born of goodly parents in a very primitive cottonwood log house with a dirt roof on the 2nd day of October 1862 in a small pioneer village situated on the banks of the Bear River in the southwes …

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