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/AW.2ADI/1266 Message Board Post: Hello, I'm looking for info about my great grand parents. Oluf Moller(sometimes people spelled it Miller) and Georgina Marcussen married and had son Harry Peter Moller in 1906 in Loleta, Humboldt County, California, and Elmer Carl "Dutch" Moller in 1911. I know that Georgina had relatives in Ferndale. Thankyou for your help, Teresa

Melissa: Do you have a middle name for William? What was his profession or job skills? I have started looking through our local printed indexes, but have found little of interest so far. There was a child mentioned in one, the daughter of W. J. McCOLLUM, 18 months old, who died on 19 March 1880 (Yes, the name is spelled differently). I will continue going through these indexes, looking for matches and/or near matches. By 1870 the "Gold Rush" was pretty much over, but a possibility. If I don't find anything, remind me to give you a citation to a good book on Northern California researching, and tell you more about Humboldt County's own prime researcher. Regards, Don Tunison-Campbell Eureka, Humboldt County Melissa Young wrote: >Hi List, > >I'm seeking advice on how to start my research in the USA. So far I've only need to search Australia so it's been relatively easy. > >My GGGG Grand father (William McCallum) left Australia c1869, he deserted his family. It's known that he travelled to Euraka CA as his last contact was by letter dated 1870. In the letter he says that he could be contacted at "Euraka Post Office Humboldt Bay San Francisco California " >Its not known where he went after this. >Could someone offer me suggestions as to where I should look fro more information on this? We assume he would have died within a few years of this letter. >He could have been using his mothers maiden name of Hodge(s). His wife was Anne nee McDermott. >Thanks in advance for any help >_______ > >Melissa > >0034/2004 >assilem2@OBVIOUSozemail.com.au <--remove the OBVIOUS > > > > >

Greetings: The Fickert Ranch Cemetery is about to be sold out of the control of the Fickert family descendants. For more information, please go to this link: http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ca/state/Fickert_Ranch_Cemetery_Kern.htm The Bear Valley Community Services District will vote on the sale of this cemetery on August 14, 2004. If you agree that the property the cemetery is on should be left undeveloped to preserve the cemetery and promote the history of this area, please contact the district at the addresses given on the website. You may email them at: randij@bvcsd.com If you would like to cut and paste the following, please feel free to do so. I would appreciate if you would copy me at ssilver1951@jps.net and danarmstro@aol.com . Robert T. Sheppard, Jr., President Bear Valley CSD 28999 South Lower Valley Rd. Tehachapi, CA 92561 (via Email) Re: Fickert Family Cemetery, Lot #3431-105 Dear Honorable Board: I/WE oppose the sale of the lot on which the Fickert Family Cemetery is located and encourage you to withhold the sale of this lot forever so that you may help preserve the cemetery and promote the history of your community. The Fickert family were THE pioneers who settled the place you all now call home. Please show this small consideration for their memory and their descendant family members. Please preserve this last remnant of the Fickert family and the ranch they built in your county's earliest history. Respectfully, Your name Your mailing address Your city, state and zip Your phone number (optional) Your email address (optional) Thank you in advance for your support in helping this family protect it's historic cemetery. Sue Silver, State Coordinator California Saving Graves

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/AW.2ADI/1265 Message Board Post: Hi, I was wondering if anyone would be willing to donate their old genealogy books to me. I am looking to open a genealogy library in California after I receive my masters in Library Science. (probably at least 4 years from now). Also, if anyone wants to send their family pedigrees or history to me that would be great too! Feel free to email me with any questions. Thank you! Amy

Hi List, I'm seeking advice on how to start my research in the USA. So far I've only need to search Australia so it's been relatively easy. My GGGG Grand father (William McCallum) left Australia c1869, he deserted his family. It's known that he travelled to Euraka CA as his last contact was by letter dated 1870. In the letter he says that he could be contacted at "Euraka Post Office Humboldt Bay San Francisco California " Its not known where he went after this. Could someone offer me suggestions as to where I should look fro more information on this? We assume he would have died within a few years of this letter. He could have been using his mothers maiden name of Hodge(s). His wife was Anne nee McDermott. Thanks in advance for any help _______ Melissa 0034/2004 assilem2@OBVIOUSozemail.com.au <--remove the OBVIOUS

Greetings: Recent news has been noted regarding the El Monte Cemetery, also known as the Savannah Pioneer Cemetery and Savannah Memorial Park, in the City of Rosemead, Los Angeles County. The El Monte Cemetery Association is apparently experiencing financial difficulty and is contemplating selling the cemetery to developers. If this were to occur, it has been stated that the 3,000 graves in the cemetery will have to be disinterred and relocated elsewhere. If you have family ancestors or loved ones who were interred in this cemetery, you are encouraged to contact the El Monte Cemetery Association. I have posted a page covering what I've learned about the present situation and other information I have found about the cemetery at the following link: http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ca/state/El_Monte_Cemetery_Rpt.htm If you have any questions about the information on the webpage, please contact me off list. Thank you, Sue Silver, State Coordinator California Saving Graves

Hello, In follow up to the below posting, I have sent the following letter to the editors of the Pasadena Star News and the San Gabriel Valley Tribune newspapers. I have also notified the State Cemetery and Funeral Bureau in Sacramento. Sue Silver, State Coordinator California Saving Graves ************************************* Begin letter text: Re: Savannah Memorial Park Editor: The El Monte Cemetery Association has quite a dilemma on its hands if it cannot afford to continue to hold, operate or maintain the Savannah Memorial Park in Rosemead. This cemetery is also known as the El Monte Cemetery or at least that is the name the State recorded when it conducted surveys of California cemeteries between 1950 and 1985. It is by all means one of California's historic cemeteries and represents the early exploration and settlement in California, probably before and after the Mexican War. The State's register for this cemetery cites that it was established in 1852, just two years after California attained statehood. I do not know when the El Monte Cemetery Association acquired the cemetery, but they were not incorporated until 1920. California's statutes governing cemeteries provided for the incorporation of Rural Cemetery Associations in 1859 (Repealed 1931). It does appear that the cemetery was in use by the public for some 60+ years before the El Monte Cemetery Association became a legal California cemetery corporation and was duly authorized to own, operate and maintain a cemetery in the state. From these few facts and presumptions, it would be our opinion that the title to the El Monte Cemetery, as it was used by the public previous to the formation of the El Monte Cemetery Association, vested in the PUBLIC through operation of California law (former Political Code section 3105, now substantially embodied as Health and Safety Code section 8126). The public acquired legal title to the cemetery as a result of its continuous and uninterrupted use of the cemetery for five or more years after January 1, 1873. The public's title was and is superior to that of the El Monte Cemetery Association as the law prohibits adverse possession of lands in public title. Even if the above were not accepted as factual, cemetery associations formed under the former Rural Cemetery Association Act are subject to regulation by the Dept. of Consumer Affairs Cemetery and Funeral Bureau. This means that the El Monte Cemetery Association must abide by the laws and regulations of the Health and Safety Code pertaining to Private Cemeteries. The El Monte Cemetery Association cannot by law sell this cemetery to any entity that has not been issued a Certificate of Authority by the Cemetery and Funeral Bureau to operate the cemetery. It cannot sell the land as other than cemetery land unless it removes all human remains from its acreage and petitions the Superior Court of California to remove the land's dedication to cemetery purposes. The situation faced by the El Monte Cemetery Association is not unique in California. Many small cemetery associations have functioned for many years without establishing endowed care funds to provide for the cemeteries when they can no longer generate revenues. As is being contemplated by this Association, those cemeteries are basically abandoned, along with all the many original citizens of our state. California on the whole has a dismal record in its treatment of its cemeteries, both historic and modern. Remove a cemetery and you remove the evidence of all those people and the history their lives represented to the very community the cemetery represents. The history of the community is, in essence, often entirely removed. It is a shame that the Asian peoples who have moved into this community cannot be convinced to respect the cemeteries that existed there before they arrived. Their discomfort with the location of the cemeteries is NOT a criteria reviewed by the Superior Court of California when it approves applications to remove and relocate cemeteries. We believe the dead should be left to rest in peace. We believe the cemeteries of our state's early and historic communities should be left unmolested as their original founders intended. We would be willing to assist any interested persons who would like to help preserve this cemetery so that it may remain where it was established in 1852. Sincerely, Sue Silver, State Coordinator California Saving Graves Email: ssilver1951@jps.net California Website: www.usgennet.org/usa/ca/state/ Worldwide Website: www.savinggraves.org End letter text. (See below for original list posting.) ******************************************* ----- Original Message ----- From: <Larakathy@aol.com> To: <CALOSANG-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, July 30, 2004 9:31 AM Subject: [CALosAngeles] Savannah Memorial Park > > Whittier Daily News > > Grant cemetery landmark status > Thursday, July 29, 2004 - THE Savannah Memorial Park in Rosemead has been > the final resting place of San Gabriel Valley residents for more than 150 > years. And before that, it was an Indian burial ground. > The cemetery on Valley Boulevard was the site where pioneers on the Santa Fe > Trail would bury those who had died on the journey from points east to what's > now Rosemead and El Monte. It has been the scene of a few tragic suicides > and a fatal shootout between police and robbers. It is also the site where > Chinese characters adorn the headstones of two Japanese immigrants, the > first-known use of the writing in a public place outside of Chinatown. > Resting beneath its grassy fields are the founding families of the region, > Civil War veterans and even a veteran of the War of 1812. And the graves are > not limited to the park others are known to be underneath Valley Boulevard and > the the surrounding businesses. > Unfortunately, all that history may be forced to make way for development, as > staff writer Jason Kosareff reported Sunday. > The El Monte Cemetery Association, which owns the graveyard, is saying that > without help, the group will soon be forced to sell the land to developers > salivating over the property. > Of course, the graves would be moved and the relatives notified. But moving > such an old cemetery would mean losing a piece of the Valley's heritage in a > community that frankly, has not done well in preserving historic resources. > Ideally, the association would like to make the cemetery a historic landmark > with the state. However, the group fears it does not have the resources to > pull it off. > That's a call for help that should be heeded. Where are those groups that say > Rosemead needs to maintain its old-town atmosphere? With the ferocity that > some groups are showing to oppose a Wal-Mart, ardent Rosemead residents should > fight for this forgotten treasure. > Perhaps Wal-Mart itself can kick in some bucks? With all its talk about > giving back to the community, here's a chance for the retail behemoth to puts its > money where its mouth is. > As for the Asian businesses who see the Savannah Memorial Park a hindrance to > their patrons, they need to respect the history that made their businesses > possible. > > >

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/AW.2ADI/1264 Message Board Post: Hi, I wanted to let you all know that there is a new CaGenWeb Archives Project. It was begun on June 28th and is growing rapidly. You can find it at http://www.cagenweb.com/archives If you have any records you would like to submit, would like to help with transcribing data, or want to offer suggestions and ideas, please email me. Thank you, Kathy Sedler Coordinator, CaGenWeb Archives Project kathysedler@hotmail.com

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/AW.2ADI/754.2 Message Board Post: Hi Loran- I believe I saw you as a tiny baby. Your mother and I were best friends through high school. We both graduated in 1947. I have lots of pictures of her (snapshots that we took). She was living in Bayside and I was in Arcata. I have yearbooks, etc. in Arcata and we do visit there often. If there is anything I can share with you - let me know. My name was "Peterson" back then.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Peterson, Chaffey Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/AW.2ADI/1254.1.2 Message Board Post: Hi Helen - Thanks for your response. I have been looking for Greta, but no luck so far. The Historical Society was no help, nor was the phone book, but I will keep trying. My grandfather, Carl August (Charles) was naturalized in 1896 in Eureka so may have been here at the same time your grandfather was. I do remember hearing of the Chaffey family. Did they live on Alliance Road? There was a builder named "Rice" that my grandfather worked with. Were you originally from the Arcata area? Contact me by e-mail if you would like. Thanks again Sharley (Peterson) Beacham

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/AW.2ADI/1254.1.1 Message Board Post: Hi Helen-

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Peterson, Chaffey Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/AW.2ADI/1254.1 Message Board Post: Try contacting Greta Peterson, who may be related and has done quite a bit of family research in the Arcata aka 1840's) "UNION TOWN". If you can't find a phone listing in Arcata, try to address a message here directly to her. If that doesn't work, try e-mailing the Humboldt County Historical Society in Eureka [google has their snail and e addresses] Coincidentally my grandfather was a carpenter/contractor. He built a few barns but mostly houses in the Alliance area and the Arcata Bottom and Arcata. He came later from Canada in 1886. In the meantime, I will attempt to contact a cousin that lives in the area and knows Greta personally. Only problem is my cuzz and hubby travel alot. If you get ahold of Greta, tell her her half cousin by marriage (?) Helen descendent of Chaffey family says howdy. blah, blah Be patient and good luck.

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/AW.2ADI/1263.1 Message Board Post: The above information was located and sent to us by a wonderful gentleman in Humboldt County. It is "random acts of kindness" that make this possible and fun.

Marykay: I was unable to locate a marriage record for Frances McManus in Humboldt County records. Without a married surname, it is pretty difficult to find a death record for her in Humboldt Country records. My partner and I (Ron Kuhnel, are attempting to photograph all of the headstones in all Humboldt County cemeteries - but have not gotten down to Garberville as of yet. (Bull Creek is as far south as we have gotten). One suggestion: Westport is in the extreme northwest part of Mendocino COunty. Is it possible that she was married in Mendocino COunty? If you could find her listed in the Mendocino County marriage records, that would give us a married surname to use for additional research in both counties! I note that the only records that I find for McManus deaths in Humboldt County was for a James Philip, a lumberman also, died on 31 October, 1921 in Eureka when he was crushed between two logs. Regards, Don Tunison-Campbell Eureka marykay135@hotmail.com wrote: >This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > >Surnames: McManus/Hopper >Classification: Query > >Message Board URL: > >http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/AW.2ADI/1263 > >Message Board Post: > >I am looking for information about Frances McManus. > >In June 1900 Frances (age 11), along with her brother Hubert (age 9) lived with the O'Mara Family (Cornelius and Julia O'Mara) in Pacific Township, Humboldt County, California. According the the 1900 census their parents were from New York (father) and Ireland (mother). > >Frances' father Frank and brother George were probably working on the coast in lumber. > >Frances married and this is were we lost her. She remained in Humboldt County. Frank and George, along with their sister Marie are working in Wesport in 1910 according to the census. > >Frances lost a daughter due to a accidental drowing in the tub. > >The family story is that Frances froze to death. They were in a wagon or buggy on a road near Redway or Garberville. The axle broke. Frances was left at the wagon while the men went to get help. Upon their return she had died of exposure. > >I imagine this story must have made the local papers. > >According to the family she is buried in the Garberville Cemtery. I have found little reference to the place online - any information, location, phone number, etc, would be appreciated. > >I don't have a good idea on the dates. This probably happened between 1910-1930. She was a young woman when she died. > >Thank you for your help and direction. > >Mary > > > > > >

Ralph: My partner, Ron Kuhnel (Ron@kuhnel.com) has photos of every headstone in the Ferndale Cemetery, also nearby cemeteries: St. Mary's, Table Bluff, St. Patrick's). The Ferndale Museum (Jerry Lessandro) as a beautiful recently drawn Ferndale Cemetery plot map with all names drawn in. Regards, Don Tunison-Campbell mailto:soup@humboldt1.com ralphebyrd1@comcast.net 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/an/AW.2ADI/684.1 > >Message Board Post: > >I have a digital picture (attached) of the Ferndale cemetery plot map with many names on individual plots. Not sure how accurate it is though. My father, Ralph E. Byrd, Sr., who is buried there, prepared it a few years ago. He was born in Ferndale in 1935, the youngest of 14 children born to Edward and Della Frankie Byrd, my grandparents. Della's maiden name was Crawley. My grandparents are buried in the cemetery with my Aunt Emily, one of their daughters who died as a young mother of four, buried between them. I also have some digital photos of head stones in the cemetery of Byrds and Crawley family members and a few others. > > > > >

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: McManus/Hopper Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/AW.2ADI/1263 Message Board Post: I am looking for information about Frances McManus. In June 1900 Frances (age 11), along with her brother Hubert (age 9) lived with the O'Mara Family (Cornelius and Julia O'Mara) in Pacific Township, Humboldt County, California. According the the 1900 census their parents were from New York (father) and Ireland (mother). Frances' father Frank and brother George were probably working on the coast in lumber. Frances married and this is were we lost her. She remained in Humboldt County. Frank and George, along with their sister Marie are working in Wesport in 1910 according to the census. Frances lost a daughter due to a accidental drowing in the tub. The family story is that Frances froze to death. They were in a wagon or buggy on a road near Redway or Garberville. The axle broke. Frances was left at the wagon while the men went to get help. Upon their return she had died of exposure. I imagine this story must have made the local papers. According to the family she is buried in the Garberville Cemtery. I have found little reference to the place online - any information, location, phone number, etc, would be appreciated. I don't have a good idea on the dates. This probably happened between 1910-1930. She was a young woman when she died. Thank you for your help and direction. Mary

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/AW.2ADI/684.1.1 Message Board Post: Thank you so much for the plot map of the Ferndale Cemetery. I have copied it and will spend some time now looking for my ancestors gravesite. Thanks again for your help.

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/AW.2ADI/684.1 Message Board Post: I have a digital picture (attached) of the Ferndale cemetery plot map with many names on individual plots. Not sure how accurate it is though. My father, Ralph E. Byrd, Sr., who is buried there, prepared it a few years ago. He was born in Ferndale in 1935, the youngest of 14 children born to Edward and Della Frankie Byrd, my grandparents. Della's maiden name was Crawley. My grandparents are buried in the cemetery with my Aunt Emily, one of their daughters who died as a young mother of four, buried between them. I also have some digital photos of head stones in the cemetery of Byrds and Crawley family members and a few others.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: SILER, CORUM, ANDERSON, BOYDSTON, COOGAN, O’BRIEN, BROWN, CHAVEZ Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/AW.2ADI/1262 Message Board Post: Ralph W. Siler Funeral Notices Ralph W. Siler passed peacefully out of this life on Sunday, June 20, 2004, in Woodland, California. He was born on Feb. 20, 1916 in Jellico, Tennessee, the second of seven children born to Randolph and Mary Stephens Siler. In 1934 he joined the U.S. Marine Corps and served in the Pacific in World War II and in Korea. He retired from the Corps in 1956 and afterwards became a firefighter, market gardener and fisherman. He loved fishing and operated a boat out of Crescent City, California, until he was into his eighties. He was a loving, kind, and generous husband, father, brother and friend and will be missed by all who knew him. He is survived by his wife, Lois Corum Siler of Dunnigan; son Ralph, Jr. and daughter-in-law Jeanne of Carlin, Nevada; daughter Mary E. Siler Anderson of Briceland, California; step-daughter Diane Boydston of Tabihina, Oklahoma; grandchildren Erica Siler of Carlin, Sigurd and Christina Anderson of Redway, California, Isaac Coogan and his wife Brandi Coogan of Rio Dell, California, and Julia Anderson of Briceland; great-grandchildren, Savannah and Nicholas Anderson of Briceland, and Cody, Melina and Kailey Coogan of Rio Dell; brothers Woodrow Siler of Albuquerque, New Mexico, and John Siler and his wife Genevieve Siler of Zamora, and his sister Elsie Siler O'Brien and her husband Richard O'Brien of Anaheim, California. He was preceded in death by his parents and his sisters Ruby Siler Brown of Pasadena, Flora Siler Chavez of Venice, and Maude (Midge) Siler Pierce of Folsom; and brother-in-law, Hal Corum of Pollock Pines. Interment was at the Garberville, California, Cemetery, as he had expressed a wish to be near his grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Memorial contributions can be made to the VFW Post 6354 Honor Guard, P.O. Box 544, Garberville, Ca 95542. Kraft Bros. Funeral Directors of Woodland assisted the family with the arrangements. (Obituary from the Woodland "Daily Democrat," Thursday, July 8, 2004, (Woodland, Yolo County, California). Submitted with the permission of the "The Daily Democrat," 711 Main St., Woodland, CA 95695. <http://www.dailydemocrat.com/> Please note: I am not related to the family listed above, and I do not have any further information on this family.)

I would like to comment on the attached email. The Humboldt Room is at the Humboldt County Library and is staffed by volunteers of the Library, some of which may be, coincidentally, members of the Humboldt County Historical Society. The Humboldt County Historical Society does not provide volunteer staff to the Humboldt Room. The Society has a research room at the Barnum House on 8th and H Streets in Eureka. The website listed below is that of the Society not the Library. We welcome anyone who is searching in Humboldt County to also visit us at the Society. The telephone number for the Society is 707/445-4342. Lois M. Bozarth At 08:25 AM 7/2/2004 -0600, webb@humboldt1.com 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/an/AW.2ADI/1248.1 > >Message Board Post: > >There is a wonderful room in the local library in Eureka, CA called the >Humboldt room that has an amazing library just for family research. There >is always someone there from the Humboldt Historical Society to answer all >of your questions. They also have a site, but it seems to be for >researching further back history but you can e mail them. >www.humboldthistory.org Good Luck!