Posted on: Calaveras County, Ca Query Forum Board URL: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ca/Calaveras?read=268 Surname: AIROLA, TAYLOR, YOKUM ------------------------- Venus May Airola was born on 3/2/1914 at 4 PM. The Doctor was E. W. Wenrich, MD (spelling?) Her Father was John Henry Airola, Carson Hill, White, Age 23, Place of Birth: Ca, Occupation: Millman Her Mother was Lunleau Elizabeth Taylor, Carson Hill, White, Age 18, POB: CA, Occ: Wife & Mother Recorded Calaveras County Records, Book 5 page 61 Her birth was announced in the Calaveras Prospect, 3/7/1914 as: Birth of a daughter to Mrs. Jack Airola of Carson Hill. John Henry Airola, White, Male, born 1/12/1890; died 5/6/1975 3:15 PM; age 85. Father: Augustus Airola, POB: CA Mother: Melinda Yokum, POB: Oregon John Henery was a Citizen of the USA, SSN: 560-09-XXXX, Widowed Occ: Self Employed Rancher for 55 years, raising Cattle. POD: Mark Twain Hospital, San Andreas, Calaveras Co., CA Residence: Hwy 49, Carson Hill, Calaveras Co., CA Cause of Death: Carcin Matosis, due to CA Bladder. Buried: Altaville Catholic Cemetery Informant: Jacquelyn Callahan, Angels Camp, Calaveras Co., CA Recorded in Calaveras County Records, Book 14, page 103. The Calaveras County Archives has a great deal of material on Airola, they will copy it for you at 25 cents per page. You can limit how much you are willing to pay. They have a story from a newspaper telling how the Airolas came to California about 1848'ish. Also, they told me that a woman in the S.F. Bay area was writing a book, or wrote a book, on the family.