FARRIS, Orie May

1889 -

• Name	FARRIS, Orie May
  Birth	9 Jan 1889	Illinois
  EVENT	25 Jul 1933	Chicago, Cook Co., IL   [1]
  		Farris' leave for World's Fair 1933 "Miss Erma and Orie Farris, Wm. Farris and daughter, Ruth, left Tuesday a. m. for the World's Fair." This world for the 1933 Chicago World's Fair.
  EVENT	24 Nov 1949	Blandinsville, McDonough Co., IL   [2]
  		Farris family Thanksgiving dinner 1949 Held at home of Mrs and Mrs. William N. Farris. Many family and relations attended. 34th wedding anniversary of William N. and Ellen Mae Farris (3 Dec 1949) also celebrated at the gathering.
  CENSUS	24 Apr 1950	Blandinsville, McDonough Co., IL   [3]
  	Living with sister Erma and next door to cousin Florence (Ashby) Fisher Lodger Fred Fisher living with them Marital status: never married Occupation: teacher Kind of business: high school Hours worked last week: 45
  		1950 US Census, E.D. 55-3, Blandinsville, McDonough Co., IL, p 2
  Person ID	I1400	Main
  Last Modified	13 Apr 2022

  
  

  Father	FARRIS Nathan Ward,   b. 25 Aug 1855, McDonough Co., IL d. 27 Nov 1923 (Age 68 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	WOODSIDE, Emma Jane,   b. Jan 1862, Illinois d. 24 Apr 1933 (Age 71 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Marriage	15 Oct 1885	McDonough Co., IL
  Family ID	F431	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 9 Jan 1889 - Illinois EVENT - 25 Jul 1933 - Chicago, Cook Co., IL EVENT - 24 Nov 1949 - Blandinsville, McDonough Co., IL CENSUS - 24 Apr 1950 - Blandinsville, McDonough Co., IL  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Documents

  Farris squash vine busts record 1938 "The most exiting thing in Blandinsville this week is a squash vine down at the Erma and Orie Farris home in the south part of town. It was grown by Fred Fisher from seed which weighed a small fraction of an ounce. And it has produced something over 400 pounds of squashes...Fred showed us his vine one morning last week. It covers three square rods of ground, has a parent stalk as big as your arm and leaves that look like palm-leaf fans. It had 33 squashes on it which weighed as much as.60 pounds per squash. Eight of them weighed well over 300, and that's à lot' of squash." Had to say who deserves more credit. Fred planted it, but the vines grew and were probably watered and tended by the Farris sisters. Women in this time rarely get credit for anything.

  
  

• Sources

  [S623] News articles: Blandinsville Star-Gazette, Blandinsville IL, (Blandinsville Star-Gazette, Blandinsville IL), 27 Jul 1933, 3 (Reliability: 2). [S623] News articles: Blandinsville Star-Gazette, Blandinsville IL, (Blandinsville Star-Gazette, Blandinsville IL), 1 Dec 1949, p 8 (Reliability: 2). [S508] 1950 US Census, Illinois, (National Archives), 24 Apr 1950, 2 (Reliability: 3).