Viola A. Vermilyer is the daughter of Mary Cummings and Charles Barnabas Vermilyer. Ollie, as she was known, was born 27 Aug 1862 in Batavia, Kane, Illinois. She died 28 Dec 1924 in Glendale, Los Angeles, California and was buried 30 Dec 1924 in Forest Lawn Cemetery, Glendale, Los Angeles, California.

On 5 Apr 1882, she married Marcellus Jones in Kane County, Illinois. He was born in 1852/1853 in New York and died 30 Apr 1936 in Los Angeles County, California.

Children of Viola A. Vermilyer and Marcellus Jones:

Thought to be a photo of Mary E. Jones, perhaps taken in 1902

1. Mary Ethel Jones was born 11 Dec 1882 in Minnesota. She married Mr. Burdick. She worked as a librarian in Los Angeles, California. She died 21 Mar 1959 at age 76 in Los Angeles County, California.
2. Jennie Jones was born in Mar 1885 in Minnesota.
3. John Paul Jones was born in Jul 1887 in Minnesota.
4. Mabel Edith Jones was born in Dec 1889 in California.
5. George Herbert Jones was born in Aug 1891 in California.

Sources

Viola: Birth, Death and Burial from her own death certificate, her husband, Marcellus, was the informant.
Marriage from the Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, 1763 - 1900.

Marcellus: Birth is from the 1910 census (Simi, Ventura, CA. p. 16).
Death is from the California Death Index.

Mary: Birth, Marriage and Death from California Death Records, 1940 - 1997 [RootsWeb]. 

All the children's births are from the 1900 census (Simi, Ventura, CA. p. 1).

Census Listings

The individuals in this family appear in the following census listings.

• Viola: 1870 Census. Geneva, Kane, Illinois. Page 371.
• Viola: 1880 Census. Geneva, Kane, Illinois. Page 386.
• 1900 Census. Simi, Ventura, California. Page 1.
• 1910 Census. Simi, Ventura, California. Page 16.