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AYERS, William

Male 1863 - 1922  (58 years)


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  • Name AYERS, William 
    Gender Male 
    Born 02 Mar 1863  Petaluma, Sonoma, California Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • BIRTH DATE & PLACE - per burial record
    Died 1922  Ventura County, California Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried 1922  Ventura, Ventura, California Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Person ID I16154  1. Schwald - WA-NY-OR-TX
    Last Modified 29 Mar 2014 

    Family CURRY, Sarah Evelyn,   b. 25 Oct 1873, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 07 Mar 1933, Ventura County, California Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 59 years) 
    Married 20 Sep 1893  Ventura County, California Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Children 
     1. AYERS, Ruth Elizabeth,   b. 03 Apr 1899, Ventura, Ventura, California Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 31 Jan 1991, Ventura County, California Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 91 years)
    Last Modified 29 Mar 2014 
    Family ID F5208  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 02 Mar 1863 - Petaluma, Sonoma, California Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 20 Sep 1893 - Ventura County, California Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 1922 - Ventura County, California Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - 1922 - Ventura, Ventura, California Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S201] AVS-Death-Burial - findagrave.com, (findagrave.com), http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=57077446.
      DEATH & BURIAL
      William Ayers
      Birth: Mar. 2, 1863
      Petaluma, Sonoma County, California, USA
      Death: 1922
      Ventura County, California, USA

      Son of Robert Ayers & Christina (Conner) Ayers,early settlers of Sonoma County, CA.
      Husband of Sarah Evelyn (Curry) Ayers. Parents of five children: Clifford Ayers, Ruth (Ayers) Suytar, Doris (Ayers)
      Gandaubert, Amos Lee Ayers & William Wayne Ayers.
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      From: History of Ventura County, Vol. II, (1926), p 19
      "William Ayers
      Of honored honored pioneer stock, William Ayers was a long recognized leader in the development of the fruit growing industry oif Ventura County, of which he was a resident for fifty-four years, and his life record constituted a fine example of manliness and industry. Genial, sympathetic and companionable , he was a man of many friends, and his demise in 1922 occasioned great sorrow.
      He was born March 2, 1863, near Petaluma, in Sonoma County, and was a son of Robert and Christina (Connor) Ayers. His father twice made the long and arduous journey to the coast by the overland route and on his second trip was accompanied by his wife. he was one of the earliest settlers of Sonoma, California, and there engaged in the hotel business. In 1888 he moved to Ventura County, locating in the Upper Ojai, and was afterward the owner of a place at Ojai. Later he sold the property and purchased the Baldwin Ranch, comprising five thousand and six hundred acres. He was a man of broad vision and keen intelligence, endowed with all the hardy qualities of the true pioneer, and became one of the largest landowners of southern California. He also found time for public affairs and served for one term on the board of county supervisors. His long and useful life was terminated in 1900, while his wife had responded to the final summons in 1893.
      In the acquirement of an educarion, Willliam Ayers attended the public schools of Ventura, Upper Ojai and Ojai, and afterward assisted his father in the conduct of the ranch. Eventually, he became the owner of eighteen acres of fertile land in the Casitas Valley, near Ventura, all of which was devoted to the growing of fruit. He raised chiefly apricots and apples and his orchard was one of the best in this part of the state. He had the expert knowledge of his occupation which results from years of study and experience. He advanced the standards of horticulture in Ventura county and converted his private property into a public asset......."

      Family links:
      Spouse:
      Sarah Evelyn Curry Ayers (1873 - 1933)*

      Children:
      Ruth Elizabeth Ayers Suytar (1899 - 1991)*
      Amos Lee Ayers (1903 - 1977)*
      William Wayne Ayers (1911 - 1939)*

      Burial:
      Ivy Lawn Memorial Park
      Ventura, Ventura County, California, USA

    2. [S136] AVS-Marriages - California, Ventura Co, Ventura County Genealogical Society, (venturacogensoc.org/Marriage.html), http://www.venturacogensoc.org/cpage.php?pt=104.
      MARRIAGE
      GROOM - BRIDE - DATE - BK/PAGE
      AYERS, Williams - CURRY, Sarah E. - Sep 20, 1893 -
      Bk 3:243