Hi Kathryn - Happy St. Pat's Day to you, too!!! Your being connected to George Fox College in Newberg, OR, really caught my attention. Have you been part of that community for generations? I have a beloved Quaker former mother-in-law, Mrs. Marjorie Eunice (Lewis) Simmons born 9 March 1913 in North Newberg (Yamhill Co.) OR, whose ancestors were said to have played an important role in the establishment of George Fox College, which I would like to verify. Apparently one of their Quaker friends who belonged to the Society of Friends Church in Eugene, OR, in the 1950s, Ralph Beebe, wrote a history of the Newberg Friend's Church? Are you familiar with it? Any church literature you would recommend? Marjorie's parents were Eula Idell Hodson and Russell William Lewis. Eula's father was Aaron Thomas Hodson who married Nancy Elizabeth Tuell. Nancy left Thomas and later married Bert Clark. I believe Russell Lewis was a professor at George Fox College around 1920. Marjorie Lewis attended a Pacific College (there?) and then George Fox University, married Winfred George ("Pete") Simmons where they attended Friends College in Wichita, KS. They lived for sevearl years in Rose Hill (Butler Co.) KS and attended a local Quaker Church there. Many family members are buried in that Quaker churchyard in Rose Hill, just across the border from Wichita. Winfred George Simmons' father was William Henry Simmons from North Carolina and his mother was Dora Cox, whose father, William, was a Quaker preacher. Per family lore, in earlier generations Mary Folger married Henry Mills, left IN for Newberg, OR and their daughter was Marietta E. Mills from IL (her father from North Carolina and her mother from Nantucket Island?). Marietta (who is our line for sure) apparently married Levi Ellis Lewis. **** Family lore makes a connection to the whaling trade and Quaker Starbucks and Folgers of Nantucket Island in the 1700s, the story of which can be found in Nathaniel Philbrook's "In The Heart Of The Sea," but I have been unable to prove this, although my former mother-in-law, Marjorie (Lewis) Simmons swears the family had a whale vertebrae from earlier generations that was used as a foot rest .... Anything ring a bell? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kathryn Becker" <kbecker@georgefox.edu> To: <ireland@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, March 17, 2009 8:06 AM Subject: Re: [IRELAND] Nora Sullivan 1869 > Happy St. Patrick's day to you! Thank you for the information- I will > check it out. > Kathryn > > Kathryn Becker > Financial Affairs > George Fox University > 414 N. Meridian > Newberg, OR 97132 > 503-554-2166 > kbecker@georgefox.edu > -----Original Message----- > From: ireland-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:ireland-bounces@rootsweb.com] > On Behalf Of hiflyte > Sent: Monday, March 16, 2009 6:45 PM > To: ireland@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [IRELAND] Nora Sullivan 1869 > > Maybe these will help, not sure if the data is the correct family but a > start. Gives you the film number to look for at your FHC > > Bob > Cdn > ----------------------------------------------------------- > SULLIVAN, Norah Birth > Gender: Female > Birth Date: 20 Aug 1873 Birthplace: Skibbereen, Cork, Ire > Recorded in: Cork, Ireland > Collection: Civil Registration > Father: Denis SULLIVAN > Mother: Eliza REGAN > Source: FHL Film 255887 Dates: 1873 - 1874 > ------------------------------- > SULLIVAN, Margaret Birth > Gender: Female > Birth Date: 18 Sep 1875 Birthplace: Skibbereen, Cork, Ire > Recorded in: Cork, Ireland > Collection: Civil Registration > Father: Denis Sullivan > Mother: Eliza Regan > Source: FHL Film 255943 Dates: 1875 - 1875 > ==================================================== > > Kathryn Becker wrote:<SNIP>...Looking for my ggrandmother, Nora Sullivan > > (born aprox. 1869 OR 1874) in Cork. She and her sister, Elizabeth > =============================================== > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > IRELAND-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > IRELAND-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > -- > This message has been scanned for viruses and > dangerous content by MailScanner, and is > believed to be clean. > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG. > Version: 7.5.557 / Virus Database: 270.11.15/2004 - Release Date: > 3/16/2009 7:04 AM > >

Hi Jean, we have corresponded before. My grandparents and their children were Quakers and lived in Chehalem Center, (suburb of Newberg) from about 1920 until the mid 1950's. My mother, Helen Carter, her sisters Edna, Wanda and Faye all attended Newberg High school, and also her brother Richard. I have a scrap book Nana put together of newspaper clippings and stories about the family and a lot of other Quaker families in the area. I have begun to put some of these articles online in the Quaker website- listed as, I believe, Nana's scrapbook in the archives. When I get some time I will try to look and see if any of these names are mentioned. I will be making a trip to Spokane this early summer ( I seem to remember you live there) My memory may have failed me, but if you do live there, I will bring the scrapbook for you to look thru if you are interested. When I lived in Bend, Ore, I traveled to George Fox College and spent many hours copying the Carter, Mendenhall, etc family notations in the Hinshaw books. That was years ago and I have copies of all the books except Vol 3. But I do have the CD. Such a small world. Joan Whitney on the sunny but cold southern Washington State coast. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jean R." <jeanrice@cet.com> To: <ireland@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, March 17, 2009 10:21 AM Subject: Re: [IRELAND] re your Newberg, OR Quaker connection,Kathryn -- Nora Sullivan 1869 > Hi Kathryn - Happy St. Pat's Day to you, too!!! Your being connected to > George Fox College in Newberg, OR, really caught my attention. Have you > been part of that community for generations? I have a beloved Quaker > former > mother-in-law, Mrs. Marjorie Eunice (Lewis) Simmons born 9 March 1913 in > North Newberg (Yamhill Co.) OR, whose ancestors were said to have played > an > important role in the establishment of George Fox College, which I would > like to verify. Apparently one of their Quaker friends who belonged to > the > Society of Friends Church in Eugene, OR, in the 1950s, Ralph Beebe, wrote > a > history of the Newberg Friend's Church? Are you familiar with it? Any > church literature you would recommend? > > Marjorie's parents were Eula Idell Hodson and Russell William Lewis. > Eula's > father was Aaron Thomas Hodson who married Nancy Elizabeth Tuell. Nancy > left Thomas and later married Bert Clark. I believe Russell Lewis was a > professor at George Fox College around 1920. > > Marjorie Lewis attended a Pacific College (there?) and then George Fox > University, married Winfred George ("Pete") Simmons where they attended > Friends College in Wichita, KS. They lived for sevearl years in Rose Hill > (Butler Co.) KS and attended a local Quaker Church there. Many family > members are buried in that Quaker churchyard in Rose Hill, just across the > border from Wichita. Winfred George Simmons' father was William Henry > Simmons from North Carolina and his mother was Dora Cox, whose father, > William, was a Quaker preacher. > > Per family lore, in earlier generations Mary Folger married Henry Mills, > left IN for Newberg, OR and their daughter was Marietta E. Mills from IL > (her father from North Carolina and her mother from Nantucket Island?). > Marietta (who is our line for sure) apparently married Levi Ellis Lewis. > > **** Family lore makes a connection to the whaling trade and Quaker > Starbucks and Folgers of Nantucket Island in the 1700s, the story of which > can be found in Nathaniel Philbrook's "In The Heart Of The Sea," but I > have > been unable to prove this, although my former mother-in-law, Marjorie > (Lewis) Simmons swears the family had a whale vertebrae from earlier > generations that was used as a foot rest .... > > Anything ring a bell? > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Kathryn Becker" <kbecker@georgefox.edu> > To: <ireland@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, March 17, 2009 8:06 AM > Subject: Re: [IRELAND] Nora Sullivan 1869 > > >> Happy St. Patrick's day to you! Thank you for the information- I will >> check it out. >> Kathryn >> >> Kathryn Becker >> Financial Affairs >> George Fox University >> 414 N. Meridian >> Newberg, OR 97132 >> 503-554-2166 >> kbecker@georgefox.edu >> -----Original Message----- >> From: ireland-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:ireland-bounces@rootsweb.com] >> On Behalf Of hiflyte >> Sent: Monday, March 16, 2009 6:45 PM >> To: ireland@rootsweb.com >> Subject: Re: [IRELAND] Nora Sullivan 1869 >> >> Maybe these will help, not sure if the data is the correct family but a >> start. Gives you the film number to look for at your FHC >> >> Bob >> Cdn >> ----------------------------------------------------------- >> SULLIVAN, Norah Birth >> Gender: Female >> Birth Date: 20 Aug 1873 Birthplace: Skibbereen, Cork, Ire >> Recorded in: Cork, Ireland >> Collection: Civil Registration >> Father: Denis SULLIVAN >> Mother: Eliza REGAN >> Source: FHL Film 255887 Dates: 1873 - 1874 >> ------------------------------- >> SULLIVAN, Margaret Birth >> Gender: Female >> Birth Date: 18 Sep 1875 Birthplace: Skibbereen, Cork, Ire >> Recorded in: Cork, Ireland >> Collection: Civil Registration >> Father: Denis Sullivan >> Mother: Eliza Regan >> Source: FHL Film 255943 Dates: 1875 - 1875 >> ==================================================== >> >> Kathryn Becker wrote:<SNIP>...Looking for my ggrandmother, Nora Sullivan >> >> (born aprox. 1869 OR 1874) in Cork. She and her sister, Elizabeth >> =============================================== >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> IRELAND-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> IRELAND-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> -- >> This message has been scanned for viruses and >> dangerous content by MailScanner, and is >> believed to be clean. >> >> >> >> -- >> No virus found in this incoming message. >> Checked by AVG. >> Version: 7.5.557 / Virus Database: 270.11.15/2004 - Release Date: >> 3/16/2009 7:04 AM >> >> > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > IRELAND-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >