The Family of Rolla Chester Ireton

Rolla Chester "R.C." Ireton was the second son of Frank Austin, born March 10, 1891 in Burlington, Coffey County, Kansas. R.C. married Lillie Foust May 10, 1911 in Putnam, Oklahoma. They had five children; Elva, Alma, Merion Frank, Charles, and Betty Jo. They lived in Oklahoma, New Mexico, and Texas before moving to Redwood City, California where R.C. worked in the shipyards during WWII. After the war, they moved to Idaho where they bought a farm near Meridian. Lillie died in February 17, 1981 and R.C. died March 19, 1984 in Jerome, Idaho.

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1936, Muleshoe, Texas - Merion Frank, Lillie, Rolla & Charles, Eda and Betty, and Elva.

Frank, Charles, and Rolla (R.C.) with R.C.'s drilling rig near Muleshoe Texas


Children of R.C. and Lillie

Elva (Ireton) Gregory
Alma Ireton
Merion Frank Ireton
Charles Edward Ireton
Betty Jo (Ireton) Wright

Pictures

~1907 Oklahoma Rolla (left) and Jim Ireton on horses
Sept. 1910 Hobert, OK - Picking cotton. Austin A. Ireton, Affil Ireton (wife of Austin), and Rolla Ireton
1910 Putman, OK - Rolla Chester Ireton and Lillie Foust (on right) with friends (left).
1910 Putman, OK - Rolla Chester "R.C." Ireton and Lillie Foust
1911 - Marriage Certificate for Rolla and Lillie Ireton. Recorded on May 10, 1911 in Dewey County, OK.
~1935 - Texas - Lillie, M. Frank, and R.C. Ireton
1943 - Clovis, NM - R.C.’s Clovis Air Field pass
1945 - Redwood City, CA - R.C.’s California driver’s license
~1950 - Meridan, ID - Lillie and R.C. Ireton
~1958 - Meridian, ID - R.C. Ireton
1961 - Meridian, ID - Rolla and Lillie Ireton’s 50th Anniversary. James and Elva Gregory, Danny Gregory, Jay Gundy, Dot Gundy, Lillie and Rolla Ireton, Larene & Frank Ireton with son Michael. Front: Robert Gregory, Thane & Louise Gundy, (unknown Gundy daughter), Heidi Gregory (daughter of Bill Gregory), Charles Ireton with son Carl
1961 - Meridian, ID - Lillie and Rolla
NEW 1961 Nampa, ID - 50th Anniversary: unknown (Austin?), Larene, R.C., Lillie, James Gregory, Elva (Ireton) Gregory, M. Frank, Charles, JoAnne
4-19-76 - Jerome, ID - 65th Anniversary. Rolla and Lillie Ireton
~1980 - Jerome, ID - Lillie Ireton

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