unsubscribe ----- Original Message ----- From: <md-request@rootsweb.com> To: <md@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, September 17, 2006 5:19 AM Subject: MD Digest, Vol 1, Issue 20 > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Winfield Oler- Baltimore to Alaska (NANCY LAUER) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sat, 16 Sep 2006 21:52:32 -0400 > From: "NANCY LAUER" <NANLAUER@comcast.net> > Subject: [Maryland] Winfield Oler- Baltimore to Alaska > To: "Oler Mailing List" <OLER-L@rootsweb.com>, > <MD-BALTIMORECITY-L@rootsweb.com>, <MD-L@rootsweb.com>, > <MDBALTIM-L@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: <001a01c6d9fb$f1c0a230$6501a8c0@nallaptop> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > Hello Oler Researchers, > > > > Family lore has it that Winfield OLER (born about 1861) left Baltimore, > Maryland for the gold fields of Alaska and was never heard from again. > Taking the challenge, I have learned that he sailed from San Francisco in > June of 1891, and went to Nome, Alaska where he purchased No. 29 Eldoado > Quartz mine in 1896 while living in Forty Mile, Alaska. However, it didn't > pan out for him, and he sold the mine. > > > > On the 1880 Census, he is living in Baltimore with his family. On the 1910 > Census, he is living in Suisun, Solano, California and on the 1920 Census; > he is living in Circle, Alaska Territory. The last official record I have > for him is in the Fairbanks Newspaper: He was found on a passenger list of > persons taking the Tony Trate Auto Stage on October 8, 1920, from Fairbanks, > Alaska Territory, to the Chitina Railroad Terminal. > > > > I can't find him on the 1900 Census and believe he has died before the 1930 > Census. > > > > If anyone has any information on Winfield, I'd really appreciate hearing > from you. > > > > Thanks, > > > > Nancy > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > To contact the MD list administrator, send an email to > MD-admin@rootsweb.com. > > To post a message to the MD mailing list, send an email to MD@rootsweb.com. > > __________________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MD-request@rootsweb.com > with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the body of the > email with no additional text. > > > End of MD Digest, Vol 1, Issue 20 > *********************************