Beyond our Elusive William Daniel

Fannie Ella JONES, 1876–1940 (aged 63 years)

Name
Fannie Ella /JONES/
Given names
Fannie Ella
Surname
JONES
Source: Daniel, James
Citation details: 22 Oct 2001, 9:13 PM
Quality of data: primary evidence
Note: She changed her name to Ella May.
Name
Ella May //
Given names
Ella May
Birth
April 1876
Benton County, Arkansas, USA
Latitude: 34.563955 Longitude: -92.586854
Citation details: census 1900, Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory, Series: T623 Roll: 1853 Page: 302
Quality of data: primary evidence
Date: July 4, 2006
Marriage
William Mark BRYAN — View this family
( after death)
Occupation
Note: Cook
Birth of a daughter
Barbara A. BRYAN
June 1897
Antlers, Pushmataha, Oklahoma, USA
Latitude: 34.231111 Longitude: -95.62
Citation details: Record for Barbara Allen Bryan, 31 Jul 2001
Quality of data: primary evidence
Text:

Provided by James Daniel

Citation details: census 1900, Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory, Series: T623 Roll: 1853 Page: 302
Quality of data: primary evidence
Date: July 4, 2006
Divorce filed
William Mark BRYAN — View this family
1899 (aged 22 years)
Occupation
1900
Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory, USA
Citation details: census 1900, Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory, Series: T623 Roll: 1853 Page: 302
Quality of data: primary evidence
Date: July 4, 2006
Note: dress maker
Divorce
William Mark BRYAN — View this family
May 8, 1901 (aged 25 years)
Marriage
James Kirkpatrick DANIEL — Fannie Ella JONES — View this family
June 16, 1901 (aged 25 years)
Muskogee, Muskogee, Oklahoma, USA
Latitude: 35.747778 Longitude: -95.369444
Label for husband: Husband
Label for wife: Wife
Source: Caddo Herald
Citation details: "Local Items," 21 Jun 1903, p. 3, col. 2; digital images, \i Newspapers.com\i0  (newspapers.com : accessed 19 May 2020).
Text:

J. K. Daniel left Saturday for Muskogee. He married Sunday to whom he failed to tell us. He wa here several months and built a number of nice dwellings.

Quality of data: primary evidence
Date: May 19, 2020
Shared note: The 1910 census records say they were married 10 years. Is this true?

The 1910 census records say they were married 10 years. Is this true?

On 21 June 1901 the newspaper in Caddo, Oklahoma said he had married in Muskogee the previous Sunday. Proof needs to be found. No record of a divorce from Elizabeth has been found, and this is the first mention of a marriage date that has been located. After a thorough search of online scans of the marriage records of that county during that time, there is no mention of the marriage in the indexes, and although I have not done a through search of every single record other than the indexes for the books, I am pretty confident that there was no legal marriage at that time.
Family status
James Kirkpatrick DANIEL — Fannie Ella JONES — View this family
Unknown
before 1904
Birth of a son
James Konawa DANIEL
December 16, 1904
Konawa, Seminole, Oklahoma, USA
Latitude: 34.959444 Longitude: -96.7525
Citation details: State File No. 8347
Quality of data: primary evidence
Text:

Death Certificate of James C. Daniel in possession of James Edward Daniel.
Birth of a son
Frank E. DANIEL
1908
Oklahoma, USA
Latitude: 32.778105 Longitude: -96.795614
Marriage
William TORRENCE — View this family
after 1920 (aged 43 years)
Birth of a grandson
James Edward DANIEL
June 23, 1926
San Jose, Santa Clara, California, USA
Latitude: 37.339444 Longitude: -121.893889
Citation details: about James Edward Daniels
Quality of data: primary evidence
Date: October 23, 2011
Source: Legacy.com
Citation details: obituary of James Edward Daniel, published in Spokesman-Review on July 2, 2014
Quality of data: primary evidence
Date: October 12, 2014
Text:

James Edward DANIEL (06/23/1926 - 06/28/2014)
Obituary
DANIEL, James Edward (Age 88) Passed away June 28, 2014, at age 88, surrounded by his loving family. He was born in San Jose, CA on June 23, 1926 to parents James and Alma Daniel. He grew up in California until he joined the Merchant Marines at the age of 16. While in the Service he was granted leave and went to visit relatives in Michigan. What started out as a family get together ended up being a 70 year love affair with his beautiful bride Elizabeth M. Daniel. They married six months later and just celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary on April 28th. Together they have four lovely daughters: Joan (Jerry) Clauder, Susan Daniel, Linda (Cliff) Brown, and Sharon (Rich) Daniel. He has four grandchildren: Lisa (Rob) Skellenger, Andrea (Sean) McManamy, Stacey (Troy) Lobdell, and Adam (Leha) Zachary. He has 11 great- grandchildren. He was preceded in death by grandson Michael Arnold. Jim worked as a city bus driver in San Francisco, and in the CA grocery industry until retirement at age 55. It was at that time he turned his passion for cactus into a full time business and become known worldwide for his cactus nursery based out of San Jose, CA, aptly named "Cactus Gem's". He would get to be able to travel the world, looking for new specimens and ultimately propagating his own cacti and succulents, even naming them after his children and grandchildren. He was a brilliant man who enjoyed genealogy, photography, Indian artifacts, reading and traveling. His deep voice, hearty laugh and twinkling blue eyes will truly be missed here on Earth- but held in our hearts forever.

Published in Spokesman-Review on July 2, 2014
Birth of a granddaughter
Ruth Ella DANIEL
February 7, 1930
Corcoran, Kings, California, USA
Latitude: 36.098056 Longitude: -119.559444
Death
after 1940 (aged 63 years)
San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA
Latitude: 37.775 Longitude: -122.418333
Family with William Mark BRYAN
ex-husband
Birth:
Marriage:
Divorce filed: 1899
Divorce: May 8, 1901
Marriage: after May 8, 1901
Occupation:
Death:
Ancestors Compact tree Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Bell SURRETT Cecil (UNKNOWN) Family with spouse Fannie Ella JONES Barbara A. BRYAN
William Mark BRYAN
…–…
Birth:
Death:
herself
Birth: April 1876 — Benton County, Arkansas, USA
Marriage:
Divorce filed: 1899
Occupation: 1900 — Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory, USA
Divorce: May 8, 1901
Marriage: June 16, 1901 — Muskogee, Muskogee, Oklahoma, USA
Family status: Unknown — before 1904
Marriage: after 1920
Occupation:
Death: after 1940 — San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA
Ancestors Compact tree Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse William Mark BRYAN Barbara A. BRYAN Family with spouse Fannie Ella JONES James Konawa DANIEL Frank E. DANIEL Family with spouse William TORRENCE
Fannie Ella JONES
1876–1940
Birth: April 1876 — Benton County, Arkansas, USA
Death: after 1940 — San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA
Marriage — —
Divorce — May 8, 1901 —
-4 years
daughter
Birth: June 1897 — Antlers, Pushmataha, Oklahoma, USA
Marriage:
Death: 1973 — Stockton, San Joaquin, California, USA
Ancestors Compact tree Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Thurston BRUMMETT
Barbara A. BRYAN
1897–1973
Birth: June 1897 — Antlers, Pushmataha, Oklahoma, USA
Death: 1973 — Stockton, San Joaquin, California, USA
Family with Fannie Ella JONES
James Kirkpatrick Daniel
Birth: January 27, 1853 — Honoraville, Crenshaw, Alabama, USA
Marriage: December 26, 1875 — Mexia, Limestone, Texas, USA
Marriage: June 16, 1901 — Muskogee, Muskogee, Oklahoma, USA
Family status: Unknown — before 1904
Occupation:
Death: about 1920
Ancestors Compact tree Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Elizabeth Caledonia SHANKS Lula May DANIEL Garfield DANIEL Willia Daisy DANIEL Lenore Elizabeth DANIEL Infant DANIEL Infant DANIEL Charles Reese DANIEL Lottie Bernadine DANIEL Family with spouse Fannie Ella JONES James Konawa DANIEL Frank E. DANIEL
James Kirkpatrick DANIEL
1853–1920
Birth: January 27, 1853 — Honoraville, Crenshaw, Alabama, USA
Death: about 1920
Birth: between 1876 and April 1878 — Benton County, Arkansas, USA
Occupation: dress maker — 1900 — Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory, USA
Marriage: June 16, 1901 — Muskogee, Muskogee, Oklahoma, USA
Family status: Unknown — before 1904
Occupation: cook
Death: after 1940 — San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA
Ancestors Compact tree Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse James Kirkpatrick DANIEL James Konawa DANIEL Frank E. DANIEL
Fannie Ella JONES
1876–1940
Birth: between 1876 and April 1878 — Benton County, Arkansas, USA
Death: after 1940 — San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA
Marriage — June 16, 1901 — Muskogee, Muskogee, Oklahoma, USA
4 years
Birth: December 16, 1904 — Konawa, Seminole, Oklahoma, USA
Marriage: December 23, 1923 — Waurika, Jefferson, Oklahoma, USA
Occupation:
Death: June 29, 1951 — Little Rock, Pulaski, Arkansas, USA
Burial: July 3, 1951 — Lee's Chapel Cemetery, Independence County, Arkansas, USA
Religion:
Ancestors Compact tree Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Alma Mary FREESE James Edward DANIEL Ruth Ella DANIEL
James Konawa DANIEL
1904–1951
Birth: December 16, 1904 — Konawa, Seminole, Oklahoma, USA
Death: June 29, 1951 — Little Rock, Pulaski, Arkansas, USA
4 years
Birth: 1908 — Oklahoma, USA
Death: Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA
Ancestors Compact tree Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Doris (UNKNOWN)
Frank E. DANIEL
1908–…
Birth: 1908 — Oklahoma, USA
Death: Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA
Family with William TORRENCE
husband
Marriage: after 1920
Death:
Ancestors Compact tree Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Fannie Ella JONES
William TORRENCE
…–…
Death:
herself
Birth: April 1876 — Benton County, Arkansas, USA
Marriage:
Divorce filed: 1899
Occupation: 1900 — Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory, USA
Divorce: May 8, 1901
Marriage: June 16, 1901 — Muskogee, Muskogee, Oklahoma, USA
Family status: Unknown — before 1904
Marriage: after 1920
Occupation:
Death: after 1940 — San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA
Ancestors Compact tree Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse William Mark BRYAN Barbara A. BRYAN Family with spouse Fannie Ella JONES James Konawa DANIEL Frank E. DANIEL Family with spouse William TORRENCE
Fannie Ella JONES
1876–1940
Birth: April 1876 — Benton County, Arkansas, USA
Death: after 1940 — San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA
Marriage — after 1920 —
William Mark BRYAN + Bell SURRETT
ex-husband
Birth:
Marriage:
Divorce filed: 1899
Divorce: May 8, 1901
Marriage: after May 8, 1901
Occupation:
Death:
Ancestors Compact tree Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Bell SURRETT Cecil (UNKNOWN) Family with spouse Fannie Ella JONES Barbara A. BRYAN
William Mark BRYAN
…–…
Birth:
Death:
ex-husband’s wife
Birth:
Marriage: after May 8, 1901
Death:
Ancestors Compact tree Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse William Mark BRYAN Cecil (UNKNOWN)
Bell SURRETT
…–…
Birth:
Death:
Marriage — after May 8, 1901 —
-3 years
ex-husband’s son
Birth: 1897
Death:
Ancestors Compact tree Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree map Relationships
Cecil (UNKNOWN)
1897–…
Birth: 1897
Death:
Birth
Citation details: census 1900, Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory, Series: T623 Roll: 1853 Page: 302
Quality of data: primary evidence
Date: July 4, 2006
Occupation
Citation details: census 1900, Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory, Series: T623 Roll: 1853 Page: 302
Quality of data: primary evidence
Date: July 4, 2006
Marriage
Source: Caddo Herald
Citation details: "Local Items," 21 Jun 1903, p. 3, col. 2; digital images, \i Newspapers.com\i0  (newspapers.com : accessed 19 May 2020).
Text:

J. K. Daniel left Saturday for Muskogee. He married Sunday to whom he failed to tell us. He wa here several months and built a number of nice dwellings.

Quality of data: primary evidence
Date: May 19, 2020
Name
Source: Daniel, James
Citation details: 22 Oct 2001, 9:13 PM
Quality of data: primary evidence
Note: She changed her name to Ella May.
Shared note
Citation details: census 1900, Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory, Series: T623 Roll: 1853 Page: 302
Quality of data: primary evidence
Date: July 4, 2006
Source: Caddo Herald
Citation details: "Local Items," 21 Jun 1903, p. 3, col. 2; digital images, \i Newspapers.com\i0  (newspapers.com : accessed 19 May 2020).
Quality of data: primary evidence
Date: May 19, 2020
Text:

J. K. Daniel left Saturday for Muskogee. He married Sunday to whom he failed to tell us. He wa here several months and built a number of nice dwellings.
Occupation

dress maker
Marriage
Shared note

The 1910 census records say they were married 10 years. Is this true?

On 21 June 1901 the newspaper in Caddo, Oklahoma said he had married in Muskogee the previous Sunday. Proof needs to be found. No record of a divorce from Elizabeth has been found, and this is the first mention of a marriage date that has been located. After a thorough search of online scans of the marriage records of that county during that time, there is no mention of the marriage in the indexes, and although I have not done a through search of every single record other than the indexes for the books, I am pretty confident that there was no legal marriage at that time.
Occupation

Cook
Name

She changed her name to Ella May.
Shared note

Ella May was married to a Mr. Bryan before JKD and had a daughter, "Barbara Bryan." In 1899 she started divorce proceedings against William Mark Bryan that cost $8.10. The divorce became final 8 May 1901. Mark Bryan became enamored with his next -door neighbor Bell Surrett who was 21 years old. She became pregnant and had a son named Cecil who was born in 1897--the same year as Barbara Allen Bryan. She also married a Wm. Torrence after JKD. per Jim Daniel. She ran Jordan Cafe in Addington, OK in 1920s. She, James & Frank are on the 1920 Census, Jeff. Co., Oklahoma. She is listed as a widow, 41 who can read and write. It says she was born in AR. She and her sons are listed as farm laborers. The children, James K (15) and Frank E. (12) did not attend school after 1 Sep 1919 according to this census. (Census record provided by James Daniel, June 2001) In the 1940's Ella was employed as a cook for a Southern Pacific Railroad construction gang in Gilroy, CA. See her family information in CCA's files, under James K. Daniel. She may be "Fannie Ella Jones b 1876 in Benton Co", re Jim Daniel.

A month after her divorce from Bryan, she supposedly married James Daniel. No record of that marriage has been found yet other than a newspaper announcement. The legal marriage record book does not show them in the index.

Census:
1900, Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory, Series: T623 Roll: 1853 Page: 302
500/518, Jones, Melsina, head, w, f, Apr 1843, 57, wd, 3 children, 3 living, AR, KT, IL, peddling medicine, read, write, speak Eng., rent, house
Bryan, Ella, dau., w, f, Apr 1878, 22, divorced, 1 child, 1 living, AR, GA, AR, dress maker, read, write, speak Eng.
----, Barbara A., G-dau., w, f, Jun 1897, 2, s, Indian Territory, AL, AR

Citation details: census 1900, Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory, Series: T623 Roll: 1853 Page: 302
Quality of data: primary evidence
Date: July 4, 2006
Source: Caddo Herald
Citation details: "Local Items," 21 Jun 1903, p. 3, col. 2; digital images, \i Newspapers.com\i0  (newspapers.com : accessed 19 May 2020).
Quality of data: primary evidence
Date: May 19, 2020
Text:

J. K. Daniel left Saturday for Muskogee. He married Sunday to whom he failed to tell us. He wa here several months and built a number of nice dwellings.