Jessie Irene Laffer

  General Notes:

Source: Her father's will of 1904 shows her living in Sigourney Iowa. H er maiden name is shown, so she is not yet married in 1904.

Source: 1895 Iowa state census, Jessie Laffer, age 8, w, b Keokuk Co, res iding Sigourney, Keokuk Co, Iowa.

Source: 1900 US census, Keokuk Co, Iowa, Sigourney, page 27, family 352. a ge 14, born Jan 1886. At school.

Source: 1905 Iowa state census, Line: 712, Roll: IA_94.
Georgianna, Irene, and Glen. No further info.

Source: 1910 US census, Iowa, Washington Co, Washington 3-ward, T624_42 7, p257b, ed 135, E Washington St., fam 119. She is Jessie Laffer, sist er (in-law), f, w, 22, single, IA OH OH, some kind of clerk at district co urt. Living with married sister Nell Needham.

Source: 1915 Iowa state census, Washington Co, Washington ward 2, Line: 33 2, Roll: IA1915_494.
Jessie L Dewey, 29, f, w, married, Methodist, IA OH IL. 1year of college.


Source Citation: Year: 1920;Census Place: Washington Ward 2, Washington, I owa; Roll: T625_516; Page: 6A; Enumeration District: 139; Image: 491. Addr ess: 210 North Second Ave.
Household Members: Name Age
Charles A Dewey, head, m, w, 42, married, IA OH IA, District judge.
Jessie Dewey, wife, f, w, 34, married, IA OH IL.
Almon R Dewey, son, m, w, 8, single, IA IA IA.
Adelma Leesman, servant, f, w, 16, single, IA IA IA, servant for private f amily.

Source: 1925 Iowa state census, Washington Co, Washington, roll IA1925_19 79.
Jessie I Dewey, f, w, wife, 39, married, born IA.
[ Mother: Georoiana Crist of IL abt 1851. Father: Henry Laffer of OH. Pare nts married in Iowa. ]
Charles A Dewey. With husband and son.

Source Citation: Year: 1930; Census Place: Des Moines, Polk, Iowa; Roll: 6 74; Page: 17B; Enumeration District: 11; Image: 217.0. Address: about 39 00 Grand.
Household Members: Name Age
Charles A Dewey, head, m, w, 52, married at age 32, IA OH IA, federal judg e.
Jessie L Dewey, wife, f, w, 44, married at age 24, IA IA IL.
Christena Jorgensen, maid, f, w, 26, IA Denmark IA, maid in private home.
Almon Dewey, son, m, w, 18, single, IA IA IA, no occ.

Source: 1935 March, New Orleans Passenger Lists. Port of Departure: Puer to Castilla, Honduras
Ship Name: Sixaola, Port of Arrival: New Orleans, Louisiana, National Arch ives' Series Number: T905_155.
Charles A Dewey, 57, m, married, born Sept 11 1877 in Washington, Iowa.
Jessie Dewey, 49, f, married, born 17 Jan 1886 in Sigourney, Iowa.
Address 3919 Grand Ave, DesMoines, Iowa.

Source: SSDI not found.

Source: ancestry.com OneWorldTree. Middle name Irene.

Jessie married Judge Charles A. Dewey in Sigourney, Keokuk Co, Iowa. (Judge Charles A. Dewey was born on 11 Sep 1877 in Washington, Washington Co, Iowa, died on 1 Mar 1958 in Desmoines, Polk, Iowa and was buried on an unknown date in Washington, Washington Co, Iowa.)