Jay Kimball Hubbard - From Wisconsin to California

Jay Kimball Hubbard worked on the railroad and he asked his sweetheart, Ella Myrtle Chubb, to marry him through Morse code. What a story!  She said yes in 1907 and they married in Portland, Oregon.  In those days, it was terrible if one showed one's ankle, so family folklore tells us that Myrtle tore up her wedding photo because her ankle showed in the photograph.  Needless to say, if she saw some of the wedding photos in this day and age, she would faint.

He was a gentle man who loved music, animals and building projects.  When his youngest daughter, Neyda was a young child, he built her a playhouse with electricity, window...the works!

When Jay Kimball HUBBARD was born on September 20, 1877, in Alderly*, Ashippin, Dodge County, Wisconsin, his father, Amenzo Jabez Hubbard, was 27 and his mother, Delinda Ophelia Greene, was 22. He married Ella Myrtle CHUBB on June 5, 1907, in Portland, Multnomah, Oregon.  He worked for the railroad most of his life.  They had five children in 21 years. He died on March 8, 1955, in Woodland, California, at the age of 77.  He had one brother, James Arthur.

Alderley is an unincorporated community located in the Town of Ashippun, Dodge County, Wisconsin, United States