SERLES, Quincy Van Rinslar[1, 2, 3]

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Name SERLES, Quincy Van Rinslar Birth 17 May 1839 Chautauqua, New York, USA [4, 5, 6]
Gender Male Residence 1850 Township 10 N 4 E, Knox, Illinois [7]
Military 4 May 1862 Civil War California Cavalry, First Regiment of Cavalry, Company F [1, 8, 9]
Occupation 1870 Works in Plow Factory [10]
Census 19 Aug 1870 Canton Ward 4, Fulton, Illinois [11]
- Searle, Quincy / Age 33 / Male / White / Working in Plow Factory / Real Estate $1000 / Birthplace New York-
Census Mar 1875 Humboldt, Allen, KS USA [12]
- Serles, QVR / Age 34 / Male / White / Occupation Laborer / Value of Personal Property 100 / Place of Birth: New York / Place before Kansas: Illinois-
Census 17 Jun 1880 Hollister, San Benito, California, USA [13]
- Living as servant in household of Horace Gould & family: Serles, Quincy / White / Male / Age 45 / Servant / Widowed / Birthplace New York / Birthplace Father New York / Birthplace Mother New York
Physical Description 1898 Height 5' 7-1/4", Light complexion, blue eyes, gray hair [14]
Civil California [2]
Civil Obituary From the Hollister Free Lance, 7 Jan 1910:
Death of Q. V. R. Serles.
Q. V. R. Serles, an old Grand Army man, and an old pioneer of this section quietly passed away at his home in San Jose Tuesday, the immediate cause of his death being pneumonia.
Deceased was born in New York seventy-two years ago. He lived here a number of years and was highly esteemed and respected by all who knew him. About five years ago he moved to Peach Tree, Monterey County, and lived there for a few years. Last year he returned to Hollister, where he lived for a short. time and then moved to San Jose, where he answered the last call.
He leaves two brothers, two sisters, two sons and a daughter to mourn his loss.
From San Jose Mercury, Jan 7, 1910, p. 14 col 2
SERLES - In San Jose, January 5, 1910. Quincy Van Rausler Serles, husband of Mary E Serles, father of Estella, George and Logan Serles, a native of New York, aged 70 years, 7 months and 19 days.
Friends are respectively invited to attend the funeral today (Friday), January 7, 1910, at 9 o'clock a.m. from the funeral chapel of Curry and Gripenstraw, 48-50 N. Second Street. Interment Hollister cal. [15]Occupation 1898 Carpenter [14]
Residence 1898 Fairview District (Hollister), San Benito County, CA [14]
Residence 1900 Peachtree, Monterey, California [16]
Death 5 Jan 1910 San Jose, Santa Clara Co, CA [17, 18]
Burial 7 Jan 1910 IOOF Cemetery, Hollister, San Benito, California, USA Notes Person ID I1241 Hugh Byrne and Nanette Asimov Lines Last Modified 18 May 2025
Father SERLES, Milan, b. 1797, New York, USA d. 1880, Knox, Illinois, USA
(Age 83 years)
Mother PUTNAM, Candace, b. 8 Jan 1801, Guilford, Windham, Vermont, USA d. 3 Feb 1881, Rio, Knox, Illinois, USA
(Age 80 years)
Marriage 1818 Chautauqua, New York, USA [5]
Family ID F768 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 LEONARD, Minerva E, b. 1849, Illinois d. Bef 1880 (Age < 30 years)
Marriage 11 Sep 1866 Knox, Illinois, USA [21]
- Another record lists marriage date as the 19th of Sep.
Children 1. SERLES, Milan Leonard, b. Abt 1868, Illinois 2. SERLES, Estrella, b. Feb 1872, Illinois, USA d. 29 Sep 1963, Eagle Rock Sanitarium, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA
(Age 91 years)
3. SERLES, George, b. 4 Sep 1875, Illinois, USA d. 22 Sep 1948, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA
(Age 73 years)
Family ID F537 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 18 May 2025
Family 2 RUE, Olive Esalia, b. Feb 1864, Gardner, Johnson, KS, USA d. 1 Dec 1927, San Benito Street, Hollister, San Benito, CA USA
(Age 63 years)
Marriage 9 Sep 1883 Hollister, San Benito, California, USA [22, 23]
Children 1. SERLES, Esther, b. 6 Feb 1890, Hollister, San Benito, California, USA d. 7 Aug 1890, Hollister, San Benito, California, USA
(Age 0 years)
2. SERLES, Logan Wellington, b. 29 Aug 1891, Hollister, San Benito, California, USA d. 20 Nov 1965, 9 Place Adolphe Cherioux, Paris 15e, France
(Age 74 years)
Documents Q V R Serles Olive E Rue Wedding License Family ID F532 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 10 Mar 2014
Family 3 MATTHIS, Mary E, b. 10 Jan 1850, Springfield, Sangamon, Illinois, USA d. 1 Mar 1940, San Jose, Santa Clara, CA, USA
(Age 90 years)
Marriage 15 Jan 1900 Salinas Hotel, Salinas, Monterey, CA USA [24, 25]
Family ID F538 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 16 May 2025
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Headstones Quincy VR Serles
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- [S1635] Quincy Serles in the 1870 US Census.
- [S1634] QVR Serles in the 1875 Kansas Census.
- [S1660] QVR Serles in th 1880 Census.
- [S144] 1898 Great Register of San Benito County, Serles, QVR, Carpenter, Age 60, Ht. 5' 7-1/4", light complexion, blue eyes, gray hair, native of New York, Fairview District.
- [S1616] QVR Serles Obituary.
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- [S1658] QVR Searle in trouble.
- [S1659] QVR Searle not lynched.
- [S1636] Minerva E Leonard-in the Illinois, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1800-1940.
- [S113] San Benito County Historical Society, San Benito County Marriage Record Books, RUE, Olive E., resident of Hollister, aged 21, native of Kansas, SEARLES, Q.V.R., resident of Hollister, aged 46, native of New York, affadavit date: September 7, 1883, marriage date: September 9, 1883, witness: W.S. Frost, Book 1, Page 374.
- [S621] Affidavit for Marriage License.
- [S64] Hollister Freelance, Married -- SERLES-LYNN -- at Salinas, Jan. 15, Q.V.R. SERLES of Hollister and Mrs. Mary E. LYNN of Peach Tree, Monterey county., Jan 26, 1900.
- [S1633] Serles / Lynn Marriage.
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