Hello, listers. Today I am trying to track down a family that was in Iowa for about 20- 30 years, then moved several times, and am trying to determine roughly WHEN they relocated. On June 4, 1884, May STANDRING married Myron W. HARDEN (this was in either Decorah or Burr Oak, IA I believe). At some point, they moved to Grafton, ND, then to Marshall/ Lake Bent, Minnesota "early in the 1890s". Myron died in Marshall in 1921. May moved to Oakland, California (and died there aprox. 1942) with their daughter, Mate HARDEN, who was the widow of William GATEWOOD. I believe their son was Harden William GATEWOOD, who died in Oakland in 2001. His obituary states that he "returned to California" with his mother, grandmother, and sister Mary Ann SMITH. My major need is to confirm that Harden William GATEWOOD is indeed the son of Mate & William, and to try to figure out roughly when the family (Mate, her mother May, and Mate's children) went "back to California", or for that matter when Mate moved to California in the first place. Can anyone help? It would be so very appreciated. Thank you, Lana Piche' Saskatchewan, Canada

Lana, In 1920 the Myron Harden family is in the town of Marshall in LYON co. Mn. In the h/h are daughter Mate Gatewood & Myron's grand young 'uns Harden W., 4 4/12 and Mary Ann, 2 0/12 Gatewood. Both kidz born Ca. The Mn. on-line death index has a William Emerson Gatewood who died in Lyon co. on 10/14/1918. The soc. sec. master file indicates the Harden W. Gatewood who died in Oakland, Alameda co. on 24 Jul, 2001 was born 20 Aug, 1915. Requesting his ss5, (application for soc. sec. card) should give you his father's full name and mother's maiden name. In 1930 May Harden, Mate Gatewood & the 2 children are in Berkley, Alameda co. City directories for Berkley may indicate their arrival period. Dick May you live to be a hundred, with an extra year to repent! (Irish proverb) Lana wrote: >Hello, listers. Today I am trying to track down a family that was in Iowa for about 20- 30 years, then moved several times, and am trying to determine roughly WHEN they relocated. >On June 4, 1884, May STANDRING married Myron W. HARDEN (this was in either Decorah or Burr Oak, IA I believe). At some point, they moved to Grafton, ND, then to Marshall/ Lake Bent, Minnesota "early in the 1890s". Myron died in Marshall in 1921. May moved to Oakland, California (and died there aprox. 1942) with their daughter, Mate HARDEN, who was the widow of William GATEWOOD. I believe their son was Harden William GATEWOOD, who died in Oakland in 2001. His obituary states that he "returned to California" with his mother, grandmother, and sister Mary Ann SMITH. >My major need is to confirm that Harden William GATEWOOD is indeed the son of Mate & William, and to try to figure out roughly when the family (Mate, her mother May, and Mate's children) went "back to California", or for that matter when Mate moved to California in the first place. Can anyone help? It would be so very appreciated. > > >