Ernest Wayne SLY

1883 - 1943  (60 years)

• Name	Ernest Wayne SLY
  Born	26 Jul 1883	Mackinaw City, Cheboygan, Michigan, United States
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	Logger, trapper, lemon rancher, carpenter
  _UID	FE982C1C80CE4248A3A10CCCBD0221944625
  Died	7 Sep 1943	Highland, San Bernardino, California, United States
  Buried	11 Sep 1943	Loma Linda, San Bernardino, California, United States   [1]
  Person ID	I317	SteveParker
  Last Modified	15 Aug 2014

  
  

  Father	Alvannah Loren SLY,   b. Abt 1854, Michigan, United States ,   d. Aft 1888, United States  (Age ~ 35 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth Close,   b. 25 Dec 1858, , Adams, Indiana, United States ,   d. 8 Jul 1919, Eureka, Lincoln, Montana, United States  (Age 60 years)
  Married	23 Sep 1877	Hinton, Mecosta, Michigan, United States
  _UID	4A0B3E8410B25E4F9E642F48963532D3CF92
  Family ID	F26	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Blanch Rebecca HOLBROOK,   b. 25 Jan 1886, Pine Valley, Baker, Oregon, United States ,   d. 9 May 1964, San Bernardino, San Bernardino, California, United States  (Age 78 years)
  Married	30 Jun 1907	Kalispell, Lincoln, Montana, United States
  _UID	5333005797270E48BB7348CBD4771CD56ED3
  Notes	Lawrence Sly in entry for Earnest W. Sly and Blanch R. Holbrook, "Montana, County Marriages, 1865-1950" Name: Earnest W. Sly Titles and Terms: Event Type: Marriage Event Date: 30 Jun 1907 Event Place: Kalispell, , Montana Age: 24 Marital Status: Single Previous Wife's Name: Race: White Birth Date: Birthplace: Mack City, Mich. Birth Year (Estimated): 1883 Father's Name: Lawrence Sly Mother's Name: Elizabeth Close Additional Relatives: X Spouse's Name: Blanch R. Holbrook Spouse's Age: 21 Spouse's Marital Status: Single Spouse's Race: White Spouse's Birth Date: Spouse's Birthplace: Pine Valley, Oregon Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated): 1886 Spouse's Father's Name: Henry W. Holbrook Spouse's Mother's Name: Mahala E. Neil Reference ID: V3p513 GS Film number: 1902479 Digital Folder Number: 4350527 Image Number: 287
  Children	1. Olive Emerald SLY,   b. 14 May 1908, Montana, United States ,   d. 2000  (Age 91 years)   2. Reba Irene SLY,   b. 18 Nov 1909, Montana, United States ,   d. 5 Feb 1985, South San Francisco, San Mateo, California, United States  (Age 75 years)   3. Walter Ernest SLY,   b. Apr 1911, Oregon, United States ,   d. 6 Jun 1932, California, United States  (Age ~ 21 years)   4. Living
  Last Modified	29 Mar 2021
  Family ID	F213	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Mack City could be Mackinaw City, Cheboygan, Michigan; or Mackinac Island, Mackinac, Michigan. Monecito Memorial Park The following was taken from a letter dated 17 May, 1977, to Marilyn Parker from Olive Sly Huff, daughter of Ernest Sly. "Papa (Ernest) always said that he was 5 years old when his father (Lorn Sly) left for the West and that he really didn't remember him. Papa was born in 1883, so his father would have left Michigan in 1888. Dick Smith was a roomer (boarder) in Elizabeth Sly's home . According to law, if a person disappeared and was not heard from for seven years, they were legally dead. So Dick and Elizabeth probably married in about 1895 in Michigan." This could be our Earnest as Addie Mae was living with Aunt Torisa in Wisconsin in1900 census 1900 United States Federal Census Name: Earnest Slyh Home in 1900: Rutland, Dane, Wisconsin Age: 17 Birth Date: Jul 1882 Birthplace: Michigan Race: White Gender: Male Relationship to Head of House: Servant Marital Status: Single Occupation: Neighbors: Household Members: Name Age Fred H Rogers 23 Eddith M Rogers 20 Ruth Rogers 3/12 Earnest Slyh 17 servant, farm labor, went to school 4 months of year Earnest and Reba and 2 children are listed in the 1910 federal census in Lincoln County, Montana on April 20th. In 1910 Earnest Sly is said to have left Montana with his wife Blanch's brother to work on a cattle ranch in East Oregon. Blanche and the children and her mother followed by train in the fall of 1910. In the 1920's, Ernest Sly was logging and trapping in Washington and Oregon. Later he moved to San Bernadino, California and farmed 5 acres of lemons. 1910 United States Federal Census Name: Earnest W Sly Age in 1910: 29 [27] Estimated birth year: abt 1881 [abt 1883] Birthplace: Michigan Relation to Head of House: Head Father's Birth Place: United States of America Mother's Birth Place: Indiana Spouse's name: Blanch R Home in 1910: Glen Lake School District, Lincoln, Montana Marital Status: Married Race: White Gender: Male Neighbors: Household Members: Name Age Earnest W Sly 29 Blanch R Sly 24 bp Oregon Bertha Lois Sly 2 daughter BP Montana Roba Susan Sly 6/12 (Reba) daughter BP Montana Edwin J Holbrook 34 boarder (brother in law?) BP Iowa World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 Record about Earnest Wain Sly Name: Earnest Wain Sly City: Scotts Mills County: Marion State: Oregon Birth Date: 26 Jul 1883 Race: White Roll: 1852135 DraftBoard: 2 Serial # 1521 order # A1375 Medium build, medium height, grey eyes, black hair, farmer, married to Blanch Sly 12 Sep 1917 1920 United States Federal Census Name: E W Shy [E W Sly] Home in 1920: Scotts Mills, Marion, Oregon Age: 36 years Estimated birth year: abt 1884 Birthplace: Michigan Relation to Head of House: Head Spouse's name: Blanche Father's Birth Place: Indiana Mother's Birth Place: Indiana Marital Status: Married Race: White Sex: Male Home owned: Rent Able to read: Yes Able to Write: Yes Image: 1184 Household Members: Name Age E W Shy 36 Blanche Shy 33 BP Oregon, father BP Massachusetts, Mother BP Wisconsin Olive Shy 11 Reba Shy 10 Walter Shy 6 Mokkla Holbrook 72 Mother in law , widow, BP Wisconsin, (parents BP both Maine) 1930 United Staes Federal Census Name: Ernest W Sly Home in 1930: Redlands, San Bernardino, California Age: 46 Estimated birth year: abt 1884 Birthplace: Michigan Relation to Head of House: Head Spouse's name: Blanche R Race: White Occupation: Carpenter, Education: Military Service: no Rent/home value: Age at first marriage: Parents' birthplace: Household Members: Name Age Ernest W Sly 46 Blanche R Sly 44 Walter E Sly 17 Farm labor Evangeline Sly 8 Fred Miller 29 Farm labor

  
  

• Sources

  [S5] Death record.