This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Rees, Dale Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/zV.2ADI/1751 Message Board Post: Would like help finding obit for: Edward Carroll Rees b. 10 Mar 1863 CA c. 2 Jan 1923 Oakland, CA Wife was Addie Dale No further info. Thanks!

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From Sunday's Oakland Tribue (April 10, 2005) Article Last Updated: 4/10/2005 06:31 AM Gravesite mystery unveils Oakland religious history Inside Bay Area LOCAL historian Barbara Smith estimates that she has been leading guided tours of Mountain View Cemetery since the early 1970s, and something in particular has long been bothering her. "We know where (the) Rev. Laurentine Hamilton (of Mount Hamilton fame) is buried, but his name does not appear on the grave marker," she said. "So unless someone comes on a tour with us, there isn't any way to find the place were he is interred." While Smith greatly enjoys leading tours throughout the cemetery, "easily one of the most historical in all of California," she maintains � pointing out where famous people are buried � she decided to see if she could set things in motion to have Hamilton's name added to the marker "so that anyone can find it for themselves." According to the history files, Hamilton, who died in 1882, was associated with two early Oakland church congregations that are still active today. Why not approach them both and see how this oversight could be rectified, Smith thought. The two churches in question were the First Presbyterian Church (founded in 1853 and, since 1912, located on Broadway and 20th Street), and the Unitarian Church, built in 1890, in Romanesque Revival style, on 14th and Castro streets. Initially, starting in 1864, Rev. Hamilton served the parishioners of First Presbyterian (at their former location on 14th and Franklin streets) but subsequently left the church over a theological disagreement five years later. "Several of the parishioners, who sided with Hamilton, evidently left with him," Smith said. The breakaway group decided to form a new church, calling themselves first "the Independent Presbyterians," and later "Unitarians." Hamilton continued to lead the new congregation until his death (in the midst of preaching an Easter Sunday sermon). Undaunted by the unexpected loss, the Unitarians turned to new leader the Rev. Charles A. Wendte, and purchased land from Jane Sather, of UC Berkeley's Sather Gate fame, whose palatial home and garden was located nearby. Prominent early architect Walter Mathews was selected to build a rusticated masonry structure (thought to be the first in Oakland) with fine stained glass windows, crafted by the Goodhue firm of Boston. Then $80,000, then a goodly sum, was listed as the construction cost. Dedicated in 1891, the new building became a cultural center with "an active program of lectures, readings and recitals by national figures like William Howard Taft, Julia Ward Howe, Alexander Graham Bell, and Jack London." In the meantime, the original group of Presbyterians continued to meet in their twin-spired, wood-framed church, five blocks east on 14th Street. Before relocating to the soon-to-be-named neighboring town of Berkeley, the early version of the College of California occupied the block across the street. Church leaders Samuel Bell and Henry Durant, among others, appealed to the State Legislature to establish what would later become the nondenominational state university. The 14th and Franklin Street Church, with its distinctive towers, appears frequently in early photographs of downtown Oakland, and served the congregation for some 37 years. Their new English Gothic-inspired church on Broadway was built in 1912, and reflected the expansion of neighborhoods north of 20th Street during that decade. Church architect William C. Hays, trained at the Ecole des Beaux Arts and affiliated with John Galen Howard, was tapped to create the stately complex, also graced with handsomely crafted stained glass windows. "Both of these churches have such a long standing tradition here in Oakland, and while there may have been some philosophical divergence early on, both groups today were pleased to cooperate together on this renaming project, I am happy to say," said Smith. "Although there is a handsome monument atop the plot where Hamilton and his wife are buried, another family name appears there. The two church groups have come up with the funds to add the Hamilton name to the granite tombstone and we will be unveiling the revised marker next Sunday, the 17th, at 3 p.m." Kathy Huff and Cinnamon Daniel, co-ministers of the Unitarian Church will be joined by the Rev. Chandler Stokes of First Presbyterian, making brief remarks at the gravesite, to be followed by fellowship and refreshments at the Mountain View Chapel, said Tom Haw, event committee volunteer. The public is invited. For more information, call the Unitarian Church at 893-6129, or Haw at 220-2181. Mountain View Cemetery guided tours are offered on the second Saturday of every month, except in December. For more information, go to http://www.mountainviewcemetery.org Learn more about the historic churches of Oakland on a walking tour with the Oakland Tours Program, 238-3234, www.oaklandnet.com/walkingtours. George --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Small Business - Try our new resources site!

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: SEVERSON HARNEY Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/zV.2ADI/1750 Message Board Post: I am trying to locate two cousins of my husband. Their father was Gordon Severson who was born in Montana and died in Oregon in 1966. Their mother's name was Gyna Ellen Harney Severson - born in Montana and died in Alameda in 1993. At one time, I heard the names Marilynn and Marion or something like that - I believe living in the Alameda area. I have no idea of married names. If anyone has any information or clues about these gals, please contact me. Thank you so much!

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/zV.2ADI/1749.1 Message Board Post: Helen Here is the address for the O.U.S.D. <http://webportal.ousd.k12.ca.us/index.aspx > you also might want to check with Oakland Library History Room, http://www.oaklandlibrary.org/ for they also have information on the School, with photos George

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This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/zV.2ADI/1748.1 Message Board Post: Helen Here is the web site for Mt. View Cemetery, with their address http://www.mountainviewcemetery.org/ George

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/zV.2ADI/1749 Message Board Post: Need address for the school board in Oakland. Had a cousin that was a teacher there all his life. Also does anyone know if you can get info from the TEACHER"S Associations? Thanks, Helen

Helen Here is the address for the O.U.S.D. <http://webportal.ousd.k12.ca.us/index.aspx > you also might want to check with Oakland Library History Room, http://www.oaklandlibrary.org/ for they also have information on the School, with photos George [email protected] wrote: This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/zV.2ADI/1749 Message Board Post: Need address for the school board in Oakland. Had a cousin that was a teacher there all his life. Also does anyone know if you can get info from the TEACHER"S Associations? Thanks, Helen ==== CAALAMED Mailing List ==== Alameda Co, California CAGenWeb http://www.cagenweb.com/alameda/ Transcribed census for Alameda County: 1860: http://www.rootsweb.com/~cenfiles/ca/alameda/1860/ 1870: http://www.rootsweb.com/~cenfiles/ca/alameda/1870/ --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Small Business - Try our new resources site!

Helen Here is the web site for Mt. View Cemetery, with their address http://www.mountainviewcemetery.org/ George [email protected] wrote: This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/zV.2ADI/1748 Message Board Post: Looking for the address for: MOUTAIN VIEW MAUSOLEUM. Thanks, Helen ==== CAALAMED Mailing List ==== Alameda Co, California CAGenWeb http://www.cagenweb.com/alameda/ Transcribed census for Alameda County: 1860: http://www.rootsweb.com/~cenfiles/ca/alameda/1860/ 1870: http://www.rootsweb.com/~cenfiles/ca/alameda/1870/ --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Small Business - Try our new resources site!

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/zV.2ADI/1748 Message Board Post: Looking for the address for: MOUTAIN VIEW MAUSOLEUM. Thanks, Helen

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Royalty Hendricks Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/zV.2ADI/1741.1.1 Message Board Post: Thanks for the tip. Judy

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/zV.2ADI/1741.1 Message Board Post: if you do a search for Hayward Historical Society, go to their web site and their should be a way to contact them via email. They should provide you with a lookup, they have a good selection of obits from hayward.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: MATHESON, LITWIN Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/zV.2ADI/1747 Message Board Post: If you would like to read the obituary for Deborah Susan MATHESON, you will find it on the Yolo County CA RootsWeb Message Board at this web address: <http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=board&r=rw&p=localities.northam.usa.states.california.counties.yolo>

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/zV.2ADI/1730.1.1 Message Board Post: Any info you have woule be great; also any obits... I am related thru Sarah (Sallie) Frances Waldrop or Waldrep: daughter of Samuel Waldrop & Civility Partridge. Samuel was my great great grandfather. You probably have more info than I do on this family, but I will share anything you may not have My line is as follows: Samuel Waldrep m. Civility Partridge Jefferson Davis Waldrop m Nora Edgeworth Minnie Bell Waldrop m James William Ingram Nelly Faye Ingram had affair with Rober tJesse Reed Debra Ann Gray(myself) m Robert burdeaux; m David Judson Elliott I was given up for adoption(Claude Gray & Margaret Ann Patterson) My family tree is a mess LOL

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/zV.2ADI/1730.1 Message Board Post: Hi... Paul Hazen here...let me know what info you need, I have it all...

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: George Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/zV.2ADI/1746 Message Board Post: I am looking for a Virgil Clarence George who died in Alameda County, CA on 22 Dec 1957. I believe he was born in California on the 21 Jan 1915, probably in Bishop, Inyo County. Can anyone find his obit for me? Thanks!

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/zV.2ADI/1745 Message Board Post: Hi subscribers..... Some of you may already know me. I am the state contact for the CAGenExchange, and the mail list administrator. I have watched as our mail list has grown, and I am excited to see the number of folks joining our ranks. Please feel free to look through the entire site and, if you live in CA, or have access to information for CA, we could sure use your help. When you are researching a certain county and there is no coordinator, we would love to have you contact us with information from your local phone books or other sources available to you in your area. My commitment is that this GenExchange Project be one of the top projects on the web. It is entirely dedicated to free raw data and is here for you to use and explore. Living in any of the counties and having access to a local phone book, even for just one city, can make the difference in someone's research somewhere in the world. Please know that you can never be sure what you might contribute that might make a brick wall crumble for someone. It's amazing what a little generosity can do for others. We need the addresses of local cemeteries, funeral homes, libraries and archives (including university archives), museums, genealogical associations, historical associations and societies, churches in your communities, historians, courthouses, monuments and other historical sites, newspapers, schools, etc. If you would like to adopt a county for which you have access to records and raw data, I would be happy to send you the County Coordinators guidelines. If not, know that you can become an invaluable assistant to the project by entering information from your local phonebook or records you may have. Please help me help you in your research endeavors and let's join together to create an outstanding project for others to do their research. Any comments and contributions will be graciously accepted. Thanks you, Lureigne Gimay CAGenExchange State Coordinator http://www.genexchange.org/state.php?state=ca GenExchange: www.genexchange.org Help Keep Genealogy Free..Volunteer GenExchange http://www.genexchange.org/volunteering.cfm

I recently received the death certificate of my great-uncle, Delbert Lamb and I have a couple of questions that I hope someone can help me with. First, can anyone tell me what "removal" is in place of burial or cremation. Second, could anyone help me with an obit. He died at Fairmont hospital, outside of San Leandro, on March 2, 1946. I would appreciate any help. Gary Sellers Lansing, Michigan

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: coppock Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/zV.2ADI/1743.1.1 Message Board Post: Thanks so much for your time and information George! This is fantastic. Sadly, Thomas' widow died 2 months later from Tuberculosis. It adds a piece to our family research though.