Inez Verlette (Fitz Randolph) Wells (1870 - 1947)

Born 11 Oct 1870 in Farina, Illinois, United States

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Died 5 Feb 1947 at age 76 in Farina, Illinois, United States

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Biography

Inez was born in 1870 in Farina, Illinois, the daughter of Silas Fitz Randolph and Emily Ann Lusk. She married Oscar Clark Wells in 1891. They remained in Farina to farm and have six children together. Inez passed away in Farina in 1947 and is buried with her husband in the Farina Cemetery.

Inez's name is sometimes spelled 'Ines', including on her gravestone.

Obituary

The Sabbath Recorder, Vol 142, No 15, p 255, Apr. 14, 1947. (Posted at FindaGrave Memorial #102696803, accessed 24 Feb 2016)

"Inez Fitz Randolph Wells was born at Farina, Ill., October 11, 1870, and died at her home in Farina, February 5, 1947.

When a young woman she was baptized by Rev. C. A. Burdick and joined the Seventh Day Baptist Church. Here she was a faithful worker and attendant all her life.

February 21, 1891, she was united in marriage to Oscar Clark Wells, and to them six children were born, Ernest, dying in infancy. In 1941 they celebrated their golden wedding and the appreciation of the community for their long and faithful service was expressed in gifts of flowers, postal cards, and in expressions of good will.

Sister Wells will be greatly missed from her accustomed place in the home and in the community and from the church services from which she was seldom absent.

She is survived, aside from her husband, by five children: Mrs. Oma Morley and Mrs. Gail Alderdice of Battle Creek, Mich., Mrs. Elsie Russel of Berkeley, Calif., Glen of Farina, and George of Joliet, Ill.; by two sisters, Mrs. C. E. Persels and Mrs. Mabel Allen of Farina.

Funeral services were conducted at the church by her pastor, Rev. C. L. Hill, February 7, 1947, and burial was made in the Farina Cemetery. C. L. H."

Surname Note

In this Fitz Randolph family, Fitz appears to have been used by all family members in the family where Inez is a child as if part of their surname in addition to a middle name (Verlette for Inez).

While Silas maintained the Fitz as his middle name, the 1880 census at least does not apply the Fitz to anyone else in the family.

In some censuses and birth records, the family is recorded using 'FitzRandolph' or 'Fitz Randolph'. The current consensus is therefore to use the surname 'Fitz Randolph' as Last Name at Birth for Inez, her siblings and father. Please don't hesitate to contact the profile manager if you think this decision should be reviewed.

• 1880 census: Fitz only indicated as middle initial for Silas
• Inez's death record: no mention of Fitz
• 1947 obituary refers to her as 'Inez Fitz Randolph Wells', indicating that her maiden was considered 'Fitz Randolph'

Sources

• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXJF-W3V : 24 December 2015), Inis Randolph in household of S F Randolph, La Clede, Fayette, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district ED 107, sheet 236C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0206; FHL microfilm 1,254,206.

• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MK68-K5D : 29 October 2015), Ima V Wells in household of Oscar C Wells, Meacham, Marion, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 145, sheet 1B, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,374,319.

• "Michigan, County Marriages, 1820-1940", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCFK-FBC : 25 April 2016), Oscar Wells in entry for Lynn D. Alderdyce and Gail F. Wells, 1916.

• "Michigan Marriages, 1822-1995," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCV9-89Z : 4 December 2014), Inez Randolph in entry for Lynn D. Alderdyce and Gail F. Wells, 19 Sep 1916; citing reference 2:3VD61DL; FHL microfilm 1,009,299.

• "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MJHN-R5N : 14 December 2015), Ines Wells in household of Oscar Wells, Meacham, Marion, Illinois, United States; citing sheet 9A, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,820,391.

• "Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NQ9L-XZY : 4 December 2014), Ines Randolph in entry for Thomas J. Morley and Oma Wells, 28 Nov 1923; citing Battle Creek, Calhoun, Michigan, v 2 p 61 rn 914, Department of Vital Records, Lansing; FHL microfilm 2,342,754.

• "Michigan, County Marriages, 1820-1940", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VNK2-5MV : 22 April 2016), Ines Randolph in entry for Thomas J Morley and Oma Wells, 1923.

• "United States Census, 1930", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XSYZ-SZ5 : 8 December 2015), Ines R Wells in entry for Oscar C Wells, 1930.

• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KW4Y-3H3 : 17 May 2014), Ines Wells in household of Oscar Wells, Farina, La Clede Township, Fayette, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 26-8, sheet 1A, family 6, NARA digital publication T627 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012), roll 801.

• "Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NQ5R-C97 : 27 December 2014), Ines Verlette Wells, 05 Feb 1947; Public Board of Health, Archives, Springfield; FHL microfilm 1,991,702.

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/102696803/inez-verlette-wells: accessed 27 December 2022), memorial page for Inez Verlette Fitz Randolph Wells (11 Oct 1870–5 Feb 1947), Find a Grave Memorial ID 102696803, citing Farina Cemetery, Farina, Fayette County, Illinois, USA; Maintained by Jon Saunders (contributor 47674050).

• "California Death Index, 1940-1997," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VGB6-P2G : 26 November 2014), Randolph in entry for Elsie W Russell, 12 Jan 1980; Department of Public Health Services, Sacramento.

See also:

• http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=PED&db=jonsaunders&id=I82364