Aura Vivian Colton and John Lewis Coutts

JOHN LEWIS COUTTS was born May 10, 1887 in Rock Valley, Sioux, Iowa,²⁴³² and died March 1, 1952 in Marysville, Yuba, California.⁶⁹⁹⁰ He is buried in Sutter Cemetery, Sutter County, California.⁴⁵⁶

He married AURA VIVIAN COLTON on February 22, 1919 in Minnehaha County, South Dakota,⁵⁰¹ daughter of PAULINA JANE MILLER and JOHN EDMUND COLTON. She was born January 20, 1894 in Taopi, Minnehaha, South Dakota,⁶⁹⁶⁰ and died July 28, 1957 in Yuba County, California.²⁵⁰ She is buried in Sutter Cemetery, Sutter County, California.⁴⁵⁶

• Descendant Reports
  • Samuel Stanley Descendant Report (Ancestor of Aura V. Colton)
  • Joseph Baker Descendant Report (Ancestor of Aura V. Colton)
  • William Sutherland Descendant Report (Ancestor of Aura V. Colton)

Children of AURA VIVIAN COLTON and JOHN LEWIS COUTTS:

1. Daughter
2. Daughter
3. Son

Personal Information

• John Lewis Coutts was a member of the First Methodist Church, Marysville, Yuba, California. ⁶⁹⁹⁰

Work History

Obituaries

Daily Argus-Leader, March 3, 1952⁶⁹⁹⁰

Ex-S.D. Resident Dies in California

John L. Coutts, 64, a former resident of Colton and Sioux Falls, died at Marysville, Calif., according to information which has been received here by his sister, Mrs. William P. Armstrong, 708S. Summit Ave.

Mr. Coutts was born at Rock Valley, Ia., May 10, 1887. The family moved to a farm northwest of Colton in 1893. He lived in that vicinity most of the time until he moved to California in 1937, except for a short period when he lived in Sioux Falls and engaged in the building business with his brother, Ed.

He was married to Aura Colton, Feb. 22, 1919, at Colton. He was a member of the First Methodist church at Marysville. Mr. and Mrs. Coutts and son, John Jr., visited in South Dakota last year. Mr. Coutts suffered a heart attack on the return trip to California.

He was preceded in death by his parents and five brothers. Survivors are his widow; two daughters, Mrs. Ashley (Laila) Treat, and Mrs. Frank (Margaret) Cononica; his son, and four granddaughters, all of Marysville, and his sister in Sioux Falls.

Independent-Herald and Bi-County Farmer, August 1, 1957¹⁰⁹⁷⁰

Aura V. Coutts

Mrs. Aura V. Coutts, who was 63 years of age at the time of her death in Rideout hospital on Sunday, was buried in Sutter cemetery Wednesday afternoon following services held in the Ullrey Memorial chapel.

Mrs. Coutts, a native of Colton, S. D., and a resident of Yuba City for nearly 10 years, is survived by two daughters, a son and five grandchildren. The children are Mrs. Ashley Treat of Chico, Mrs. Frank Canonica and John W. Coutts of Yuba City. There are four sisters, Mrs. Edith Colton and Mrs. Ruth Peterson of South Dakota, Mrs. Helen Todnem of Minnesota and Mrs. Hattie Cox of Santa Barbara.

The Rev. Robert Sanford of the Marysville, Methodist church and the Rev. Howard Daulton of the First Methodist church, Yuba City, conducted the final rites. Mrs. Dean Yates was organist and soloist was Mrs. Doris Bush.

Census Records

Date	Location	Enumerated Names
June 15, 19006965	Taopi, Minnehaha, South Dakota	John Edmund Colton Paulina Jane Miller Melzar Glenn Colton Clarence Henry Peterson Ethel Aurora Colton Ruth Ellen Colton Hattie Jane Colton Aura Vivian Colton Helen Paulina Colton Esther Melvina Colton
May 11, 19106966	Mitchell, Davison, South Dakota	John Edmund Colton Paulina Jane Miller Melzar Glenn Colton Ethel Aurora Colton Ruth Ellen Colton Hattie Jane Colton Aura Vivian Colton Helen Paulina Colton Esther Melvina Colton
January 9, 19206988	Boyesen, Bowman, North Dakota	Aura Vivian Colton John Lewis Coutts
April 21, 19306971	Taopi, Minnehaha, South Dakota	Aura Vivian Colton John Lewis Coutts Daughter Daughter
April 12, 19406989	Lakeport, Lake, California	Aura Vivian Colton John Lewis Coutts Daughter Daughter Son Son