Vintage Postcard Mystery - Help me crack the Case!

[KCRfan1]

Lewis Jones is a bit difficult since the name is very common. Flossie Horning is easier....born December7, 1887 in South Dakota and died July 12, 1964 in LA. She married a man named Cecil John Cropp. Her formal name is Florence Cropp. All I've got so far. Neat postcards and a great idea to pass these on to decendents.

They married February 20, 1925 in Santa Barbara. No luck finding children though, yet.

[4reals]

Thanks Lou, that's awesome information!

So, if Flossie was born in Dec. of 1887 that makes her 22 years old at the time of these postcards and 37 the year she got married. Thirty seven isn't old but it's definitely later than most get married, especially back then. I wouldn't be surprised if there aren't any children, but hope I'm wrong. Quite a change of scenery her moving from central South Dakota to Southern California! For Lewis Jones is it possible to narrow the search down to South Dakota?

[4reals]

I did a follow up on ancestry.com and it also says she lived Newport Beach, CA. That would explain them finding their way into the collection of the father of the man I purchased these from. We're only an hour from there.

[KCRfan1]

We're looking in the same spots. She hung on to the postcards for all of her life. I imagine the postcards were a bit risque for the time.

[KCRfan1]

Lewis ( Lunis ) Jones, b 1862 Iowa 1910 Census Pennington SD. Looks like we have our man. Having trouble finding more info.

[4reals]

Lou,

I'm not finding any children unfortunately. I had a lead on a possibility for someone named Cynthia Cropp but her father just had the same name as Flossie's husband, no relation. Looks like we'll have to head down Lewis Jones' pathway.

[4reals]

Official strikeout on descendants for Flossie. She was born and raised in South Dakota, graduated from a local college and then moved to California between 1910 and 1920. She was a registered voter in Cerritos in 1920 where she claimed to be an actress in motion pictures. A quick imdb search pulled up no reference of her having any roles in any films. She married Cecil Cropp in 1925 at the age of 38 in Santa Barbara and they lived in Newport Beach until she passed in 1964. Flossie was Cecil's 2nd wife, he married Marie Leithoff in 1916 in Los Angeles and then they divorced between 1922-1924. Cecil had no children with either Marie Leithoff or Flossie Horning. He passed in 1978 in Los Angeles - presumably from the Dodgers losing back-to-back world series to the Yankees.