James Cyrus Boles
James is the bridge from George and Clara to Evelyn. His records connect a childhood household to a Montana marriage and, eventually, the daughter whose Boles family meets the Chambers family.
The 1900 census includes James C. in George Howard and Clara Boles’s household. Follow the original census for the exact spelling and age.
DocumentedSandy reports a 1912 Montana marriage record for James C. Boles and Lois A. Young. His obituary names a surviving widow Lois and daughter Evelyn Chambers. The original marriage scan is still needed here; Evelyn’s original 1915 birth certificate is now available on her page.
Strongly supportedSandy’s reviewed 1920 and 1930 census material places Evelyn and her twin Vincent in the Boles household. Those particular images have not yet been matched to an original in this site’s available files.
Working record reviewFamily & obituary
“Funeral Held For James C. Boles”
This notice names James’s surviving wife Lois and his daughter Mrs. Evelyn Chambers of Lemon Grove, California—Grandma Evelyn, connecting this remembrance to our family.
The obituary reports that James C. Boles of Garibaldi, Oregon, died March 8, 1960, in Anaheim, California, after a short illness. It gives his birth as June 26, 1888, in Carthage, South Dakota.
It describes a large family: six sons, two daughters, forty grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren. Funeral services were held Tuesday, March 15, at Waud’s Chapel; the notice records vault entombment at Sunset Heights Memorial Gardens.
Documented newspaper statements
The newspaper title, publication date, and page number are not visible in this clipping. Dates and family details above are attributed to the obituary; they are not silently treated as independently verified vital-record facts. This is Evelyn’s father, distinct from James Cyrus Boles the Elder.