----- Original Message ----- > Message-ID: <38EA9D83.D9D3EA0B@bellsouth.net> > Date: Tue, 04 Apr 2000 21:57:24 -0400 > From: Chris <cris1967@bellsouth.net> > To: "Evelyn W." <westwynd1@excite.com> > Subject: Re: [GIFFORD] Roll Call > > My Giffords are an elusive bunch. I know only the following: > > Robert H. Gifford born ~1846 in New York; married Cora Delphine Maynard ~1867. > I have a family picture of them with all their children. It was taken ~1886 or > so. > > Children: > Emily Gifford ~1868 in Wisconsin > Charlotte Gifford ~1870 in Iowa (most likely Pilot Mound) > Ira Gifford (male)~1872 in Iowa (most likely Pilot Mound); I have a picture of > him as a child; supposedly he just up and disappeared one day and was never > heard from again > Alma Gifford (female)~1876 in Iowa (most likely Pilot Mound) > Olive Luthera Gifford - November 3, 1877 in Pilot Mound, Boone Co., IA (my great > great great aunt); married John W. Knight April 29, 1896 and had 12 children > Florence Gifford~1879 in Iowas (most likely Pilot Mound) > Cora Adell Gifford (Della; Garbo) - March 20, 1880 in Pilot Mound, Boone Co., > IA; married Orland Eugene Blyton December 31, 1903 in Kamiah, Idaho Co., ID; > died October 9, 1983 in Clarkston, Asotin Co., WA; mother of 6 children with one > still living (my great great grandmother) > > Supposedly, Robert H. Gifford's wife Cora died in 1892/3 and he subsequently > remarried in IA and then left to ID. He had another child named Esther who > married a McCoy. Second wife's name is not known. Esther only came to light as > a result of an obituary I received a copy of. > > Cora Adell Gifford married Orland Eugene Blyton as above. > > Children: > > Bernice Joy Blyton - born November 11, 1904 (my great grandmother); married > Albert Byron Blutcher December 15, 1920 in Nez Perce Co., ID; Second marriage to > Walter Graupman; died June 14, 1998 in Colville, Stevens Co., WA; Bernice and > Bert had three children (all males) - one, Dean, died as a toddler of pneumonia; > the other two are still alive (one is my grandfather) > > Elvira Esther Blyton - born April 17, 1906 in Clarkston, Asotin Co., WA; married > William Hood; died August 1991 in Prescott, Yavapai Co., AZ. They had three > male children - two are still alive, one died at birth because the cord was > around his neck. > > Harriet Olive Blyton~1907 in Clarkston, Asotin Co., WA; married Clifford > Johnson; died in 1966 in Wenatchee, Chelan Co., WA; adopted one female child > (presumed still alive) > > Male Child born 1908 in Clarkston, Asotin Co., WA - still living; married; > adopted one female child and one male child; this relative is supposed to have a > lot of family history but I have been unable to drive to his state to go through > it all. He has kept the Gifford name alive as part of his name and his son's > name and his grandson's name. > > Laura Mae Blyton - December 1, 1909 in Clarkston, Asotin Co., WA; married twice > to Daniel Grim , Jr and then once to Martin H. Anderson; died March 28, 1995 in > Clarkston, Asotin Co., WA; no known children (rumors, though) > > Paul Blyton - died in infancy > > Now, one of Elvira's children supposedly also has a lot of family history info > on the Giffords and Blytons but this is all I have. I have been unable to get > passed Robert H. and Cora Delphine and no one seems to recognize these names > together. > > "Evelyn W." wrote: > > > Hello all! > > > > Sorry I have been silent for so long about the results of the poll "to Roll > > Call or not." > > > > I have been very busy with work as well as planning for my upcoming wedding > > in July. (Sorry, these are the best excuses that I could come up with.) > > > > Well, the results were overwhelmingly in favor of doing it. SO..... > > > > Here we go. I am officially requesting a "Roll Call" from all of us. If > > you would please share your ancestors and other relevant information. > > > > Maybe we will find out that we are all related after all. > > > > Also, I am limiting the time for this roll call to 4 weeks from today. That > > > > puts us finishing up around Good Friday - April 21st. I will do another in > > 3 to 6 months after that, depending on the results of this one. > > > > Thanks so much and Happy Hunting! > > > > Evelyn White > > List Admin. > > <evelynw7@mindspring.com> > > <westwynd1@excite.com> > > > > Please address any comments or suggestions regarding this matter or any > > others to either of the above e-mail addresses. > > > > _______________________________________________________ > > > > Evelyn > > > > _______________________________________________________ > > Get 100% FREE Internet Access powered by Excite > > Visit http://freelane.excite.com/freeisp > Evelyn _______________________________________________________ Get 100% FREE Internet Access powered by Excite Visit http://freelane.excite.com/freeisp