Candace Lillian Drope ^{1 2 3}

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Census in 1910 in Holly, Prowers, CO. ³ Wiley J. House, stockman, 47, was married at age 24 to wife Irene J., 46. She had birthed 3 children, 2 were alive in 1910: Chesley C., stockman, son, 23; and Henry, son, 19. There are two others in the home: Candace L., daughter ? [can't read handwriting], 22, who was married and given birth to 1 child, Margaret L., granddaughter, 0. Everyone was born in Texas, except Candace and her parents were born in Canada. Wiley's parents were born in Tennessee, and Irene's father was born in West Virginia, and her mother in Arkansas.
[Note: Candace is the wife of Chesley, who is Charles Chesley.].

2. Census in 1920 in Holly, Prowers, CO. ¹ Charles C. House, farmer, 32, was living with wife Candace, 32; Lucile, 9; Newton, 8; twins Dorothy and Donald, 4 years 7 months; James, 11 months when the census was recorded on 2 Feb 1920. Also in the home: Lottie Drope, sister-in-law, 26, and Shelly Hayes, hired man, 17. Charles and his parents were born in Texas. Candace and her parents were born in Canada, and she was now naturalized as a US citizen.. All children were born in Colorado.

3. Occupation: author of the book "The Galbraiths and The Kootenays." in 1960.

Candace married Charles Chesley House, son of Wiley Judd House and Irene J. Barber, on 29 Jun 1909 in , Las Animas, CO. (Charles Chesley House was born on 18 Feb 1887 in Cisco, Eastland, TX ^{1 5} and died on 20 Nov 1963 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA ⁵.)