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Selena Alice Jarvis Hundley |
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Selena Jarvis Hundley was my great-grandmother, mother
of Marjorie Hundley Wootten. Born on 11/22/1880 (or 1878?) in Crickett
Hill (Mathews County), she was the daughter of Francis
Pollard Jarvis and Sarah Ann Borum Jarvis. She was one of seven children.
Her siblings were:
Richard F. (5/1868)
Lena was named for her aunt. Josephine (Marjorie and her brothers called
her "Aunt Jo") was named for one of her father's old girlfirends.
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Lena's sister was nicknamed "Virgie" but later also nicknamed
"Bear." She earned her second nickname by way of the toy bear she gave
to Emmett (Marjorie's brother) who was just starting to talk. Marjorie
later inherited the bear from her brothers; it was called "Pickduck". Emmett
and Weldon had fun playing keep-away with it, and one day it landed in
a pot of soup. After that episode he disappeared!
After Virgie's first husband died (Wilkins Miller), she moved to Baltimore. There she met George Powell, a tugboat captain. Later they moved back to Norfolk (Ghent, Fairfax Ave.) when daughter Grace was 3 years old. Eventually mother Sarah and sister Jo (who never married) moved in with them.
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Lena (age 18) |
Richard Jarvis (Lena's brother) |
Emmett Jarvis (Lena's brother) |
Richard Jarvis ("Uncle Dick") played homemade instruments (like a saw).
He married Mary Haynes and had four children (Casper, Cecil, Howard, Iona
(died young), and Mamie.The 1900 census lists his occupation as a farmer.
He is bured at Harmony Grove (Middlesex County).
Emmett Jarvis had a store and supported his mother and the rest of the family after his father died. The 1900 census lists his occupation as "merchant and post master." John Jarvis is shown on the 1900 census as an "oysterman", which I imagine was not an uncommon trade on the Northern Neck. Link to Jarvis Bible notes
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| Lena died 4/5/1932 of a ruptured gall bladder. She lived only 3 days after the surgery (age 54). Marjorie was 16, a senior in high school. |
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