Jewell Holland

Jewell Holland

• Father: William Holland b. 15 June 1854, d. 29 May 1908
• Mother: Josephine Brown b. 13 December 1856, d. 29 April 1952

• Jewell Holland was born on 22 June 1888 in Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas.
• William Holland and Josephine Brown appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1900 in Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas. Other members of the household included Jewell Holland. Also in the household were sons W. C. (age 18) and Clyde (14), daughters Sally (8), Ara (6) and Edna (3), and step-son M. C. Higginbotham (25).
• Josephine Brown appeared in the US federal census of 15 April 1910 in Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas, at 637 Avenue E. Other members of the household included Jewell Holland. Also in the household were son McClellan Higginbothem (age 35) and Holland children Clyde (age 23), JHallie (19), Ora (16) and Edna (12).
• She was employed as a cashier in a department store, according to the 1910 census.
• She married Walter Clifton Adams, son of John Howell Adams and Roberta C. Powell, on 13 September 1914 in Jefferson County, Texas.
• Walter Clifton Adams registered for the draft on 12 September 1918 in Liberty County, Texas, while living with his wife Jewell at 1308 Travis in Houston, and employed there as a salesman by Swift & Company.
• Walter Clifton Adams and Jewell Holland appeared in the US federal census of 1 January 1920 in Brenham, Washington County, Texas, at 614 East Main Street. It appears that Jewell also was enumerated boarding at the YWCA in Beaumont, employed as a cleark in a retail department store.
• She officially witnessed the death of Walter Clifton Adams on 6 April 1927 at Scott & White Hospital in Temple, Bell County, Texas.
• Jewell Holland became a widow at the 6 April 1927 death of her husband Walter Clifton Adams.
• Jewell Holland appeared in the 1927 Beaumont, Texas, City Directory at 1545 Avenue F listed as widow of Walter C. Adams..
• Jewell Holland appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1930 in Beaumont, Jefferson County, texas, at 1545 Avenue F enumerated n he household of her brother-in-law James D. Blevins.. Other members of the household included Walter Clifton Adams Jr., Edna Halora Adams and Jane Susannah Adams.
• She was employes as an assistant in a flower shop, according to the 1930 census.
• Jewell Holland appeared in the 1935 Beaumont, Texas, City Directory at 1545 Avenue F listed as widow of Walter C. Adams, employed by Magnolia Petroleum Company..
• Jewell Holland appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1940 in Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas, at 1809 Liberty. Other members of the household included Walter Clifton Adams Jr. and Edna Halora Adams.
• She was employed as a comptometer operator by a petroluem refinery, according to the 1940 census.
• At the time of her death, her usual residence was in Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas, at 795 Lindberg Drive.
• Jewell Holland died on 6 July 1968 at age 80 in Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas, at Milam Nursing Home #1 . Her death was officially witnessed by Jane Susannah Adams.
• She was interred at Magnolia Cemetery, Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas.

• Last Edited: 10 Sep 2015

• Charts: Descendants of ADAMS Felix Grundy & Huldah Ann Shields