I will get back to you[hopefully} with the Elder/Elliott/Blount/Magnus connections right now I am in to change clothes and take boots off - -fire very close and we have done this before in the 87 Complex fire-=I am being attack from the air also. On Wed, Aug 21, 2013 at 1:15 PM, Margie <twigsnbranches@earthlink.net>wrote: > > I normally don't get involved with some of these threads since I no > longer > live > in Northern California - but I just have to jump in here as a 'former > Northern > California native' who unfortunately now lives near Trona, California in > Kern County - located in SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. > Have you asked the Library in Ridgecrest, CA about this question? That > would be the closest place where someone MIGHT know. The California > City > library which is the town (calls itself a city - NOT) closest to Trona > is > very limited - believe me - I live > here. > This area of the Mojave desert (at 2500 foot elevation) had a lot of > quarries and mining at one time (some, but not a lot, of gold, quartz, > etc) > and mostly these towns (I use that word lightly) are deserted and > derelict > places that time forgot. Sorry to those few people who still claim > Trona as > their home - but there are probably only one hand full of families > living > there now, if that many. > > > After that thunder and lightening storm we had come through > here a couple of days ago, Trona may have been washed away. That storm > had > huge lightening strikes VERY CLOSE to us - not mentioned in the media. > There still is mining in the hills around here - for borax and for other > stuff that gets hauled out going south on the few unmarked rail cars > each > evening. Just south of me in the town of Mojave they are opening up > one of > the deserted gold mines - but how much they are finding? They aren't > saying. > Margie > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Lars Oyane" <[1]loya@online.no> > To: <[2]norcal@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, August 20, 2013 1:28 PM > Subject: Re: [NORCAL] Howard Morton Elder,born FL 1876 - in California > 1920 - what became of him? - CADI? > Dear Marilyn and other Listers! > Thank you very much, Marilyn, for your latest message on the > Elder-topic. I > still have trouble seeing a connection between this Elder family and the > Elders in Sacramento, CA, but I have sent you off-line a copy of > Ferdinand > Elder's obituary from Tacoma, WA 1915 for you to study... > My three original questions about Howard Elder still stand "open". > Maybe > they are just impossible to solve... > >> * What is really Howard Elder's occupation at Trona, CA in 1920? > >> > >> * And, can Howard's death record be found in the CADI after 1920? > >> > >> * Or, does anyone have any suggestions what may have become of Howard > >> Elder after 1920? After all he was only 43 years old at the time... > Again, thanks a million for any suggestions! > Very sincerely yours, > Lars E. Oyane > > References > > 1. mailto:loya@online.no > 2. mailto:norcal@rootsweb.com > > > ----------------------------------------- > NORCAL ARCHIVES: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/ > Enter NORCAL. Browse by month. > Or click the "Search all archives" link to search by keyword. > ----------------------------------------- > To post a message to the NORCAL mailing list, send an email to > NORCAL@rootsweb.com > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NORCAL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Take care, Roland. I've been thinking of you since this latest fire got going. I recommend that you do like my sister, sleep with your boots on. EdrieAnne On Wed, Aug 21, 2013 at 1:20 PM, ROLAND ELLIOTT <rolandelliott2@wildblue.net > wrote: > I will get back to you[hopefully} with the Elder/Elliott/Blount/Magnus > connections right now I am in to change clothes and take boots off - -fire > very close and we have done this before in the 87 Complex fire-=I am being > attack from the air also. > > > On Wed, Aug 21, 2013 at 1:15 PM, Margie <twigsnbranches@earthlink.net > >wrote: > > > > > I normally don't get involved with some of these threads since I no > > longer > > live > > in Northern California - but I just have to jump in here as a 'former > > Northern > > California native' who unfortunately now lives near Trona, California > in > > Kern County - located in SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. > > Have you asked the Library in Ridgecrest, CA about this question? > That > > would be the closest place where someone MIGHT know. The California > > City > > library which is the town (calls itself a city - NOT) closest to Trona > > is > > very limited - believe me - I live > > here. > > This area of the Mojave desert (at 2500 foot elevation) had a lot of > > quarries and mining at one time (some, but not a lot, of gold, quartz, > > etc) > > and mostly these towns (I use that word lightly) are deserted and > > derelict > > places that time forgot. Sorry to those few people who still claim > > Trona as > > their home - but there are probably only one hand full of families > > living > > there now, if that many. > > > > > > After that thunder and lightening storm we had come through > > here a couple of days ago, Trona may have been washed away. That > storm > > had > > huge lightening strikes VERY CLOSE to us - not mentioned in the media. > > There still is mining in the hills around here - for borax and for > other > > stuff that gets hauled out going south on the few unmarked rail cars > > each > > evening. Just south of me in the town of Mojave they are opening up > > one of > > the deserted gold mines - but how much they are finding? They aren't > > saying. > > Margie > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Lars Oyane" <[1]loya@online.no> > > To: <[2]norcal@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Tuesday, August 20, 2013 1:28 PM > > Subject: Re: [NORCAL] Howard Morton Elder,born FL 1876 - in California > > 1920 - what became of him? - CADI? > > Dear Marilyn and other Listers! > > Thank you very much, Marilyn, for your latest message on the > > Elder-topic. I > > still have trouble seeing a connection between this Elder family and > the > > Elders in Sacramento, CA, but I have sent you off-line a copy of > > Ferdinand > > Elder's obituary from Tacoma, WA 1915 for you to study... > > My three original questions about Howard Elder still stand "open". > > Maybe > > they are just impossible to solve... > > >> * What is really Howard Elder's occupation at Trona, CA in 1920? > > >> > > >> * And, can Howard's death record be found in the CADI after 1920? > > >> > > >> * Or, does anyone have any suggestions what may have become of > Howard > > >> Elder after 1920? After all he was only 43 years old at the > time... > > Again, thanks a million for any suggestions! > > Very sincerely yours, > > Lars E. Oyane > > > > References > > > > 1. mailto:loya@online.no > > 2. mailto:norcal@rootsweb.com > > > > > > ----------------------------------------- > > NORCAL ARCHIVES: > > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/ > > Enter NORCAL. Browse by month. > > Or click the "Search all archives" link to search by keyword. > > ----------------------------------------- > > To post a message to the NORCAL mailing list, send an email to > > NORCAL@rootsweb.com > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > NORCAL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > ----------------------------------------- > NORCAL ARCHIVES: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/ > Enter NORCAL. Browse by month. > Or click the "Search all archives" link to search by keyword. > ----------------------------------------- > To post a message to the NORCAL mailing list, send an email to > NORCAL@rootsweb.com > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NORCAL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >