James Solon Laffer

  General Notes:

Married with children. Source: Frances Longergan Laffer.

Source: 1880 US census, Iowa, Keokuk Co, Sigourney twp, fam 66. He is Jame s, 2, son. IA OH IL.

Source: 1895 Iowa state census, age 17, Sigourney, Keokuk Co, Iowa. (no im age).

Source Citation: Year: 1900; Census Place: Sigourney, Keokuk, Iowa; Rol l: T623 441; Page: 13B; Enumeration District: 50.
James Laffer, July 1877, age 22, married 0 years, laborer at Cold Storage ?. IA OH IL.
Jeanne, wife, born Dec 1879, age 20, her parents from Germany.

Source: His father's will of 1904 shows him living in Eldon Missouri.

Source Citation: Year: 1910; Census Place: Saline, Miller, Missouri; Rol l: T624_799; Page: 3A; Enumeration District: 89; Image: 899. On High Stree t.
James S Laffer, head, m, w, 31, married once for 11yrs, IA IA IL, labor er for Railroad,
Jeanie C Laffer, wife, f, w, 30, married once for 11yrs, 1 ch 1 li v, IA WI Germany.
Geneva Laffer, dau, f, w, 9, single, IA IA IA.

Source Citation: 1918, World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, Re gistration Location: Miller County, Missouri; Roll: 1683405; Draft Boar d: 0.
Name: James Solon Laffer, 41, white, blue eyes, brown hair.
Residence: Eldon, Miller Co, Missouri
Birth Date: 3 Jul 1877
Switchman for the C.R.I. & P. Railroad.
Wife: Jeannette C.

Source: 1920 US census, Missouri, Saline Co, Eldon City, ED #103, sheet 13 B, fam 291, Roll: T625_935; image: 550.
.. he is a switchman. 1920 shows (barely legible) shows...
Laffer, James m 41 head IA IA IA
Jeannie C f 39 wife IA IA IA
Minerva ??? f 14/19 dau IA IA IA Geneva?
Henry m 5 son IA IA IA
Daughter is barely legible, name could even be Willard! age 14 or 19.

Source: 1930 federal census, Kansas, Wyandotte Co, Kansas City, District 2 7, page 27, fam 255...
Laffer, James S head white male, 52 divorced, 21 when married. IA OH IL
Henry, son white male, 16 single MO IA IA
Guild, Georgianna, mother, white female, 79, 16 when married. IL PA OH
He is a switchman for the railroad.

Source: SSDI, not found.

Source: ancestry.com OneWorldTree, he died 26 Aug 1943 in Kansas City KS ( not MO).

James married Jeannie C. Valerius in 1900. (Jeannie C. Valerius was born in Dec 1879 in Iowa and died on an unknown date.)