This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: VanSomeren/Schock Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/AW.2ADI/1210.2.2.2.1 Message Board Post: Thank you for the information, I spent last night looking through most of the paperwork that I have. I know that Gysbert came from Holland in 1910 and is found on the 1910 census in Sanger Wyoming. The next time I find him is on the 1920 census in Kelso Washington. I have pictures of Gysbert on Sarah's father ranch in Oregon City (West Linn) Oregon some time between 1910 and 1920. Sarah and Gysbert were married in Clatsop Co., Oregon in 1918. I find them next on the 1920 census in Astoria Oregon. I know that some time between 1920 and 1930 Gysbert went to work on the Occidental Ranch near Port Kenyon. They lived on the Ranch at least until Feb of 1938. I have a post card that Gilbert sent to his sister Kate addressed to the Occidental on that date. Kate got her in Nov of 1938 and they then lived in Eureka on Pine St. Sarah died in April of 1939 so I think that I have narrowed it down to about 10 years at the Occidental. I have many pictures on the ranch, as well as information that Gilbert boarded in Ferndale while he went to high school. We only live down in the San Francisco bay area so we plan on making a trip up there in about 2weeks to see what else we can find. My father-in-law Gilbert spent the rest of his life talking about the Occidental and Ferndale and even subscribed to the Ferndale newspapers as well as the Ferndale historical society even though they lived in Hemet in southern California. Any help you might have from this information would be great! Carolle