I did look under Hill, but there were so many that I didn't mention them. (I'm used to that with the name Hill!!) Genealogy Bank doesn't have Starwood or Everett newspapers. I also have a Newspapers.com subscription, so I'll check there. Marian On Tue, May 19, 2015 at 12:10 AM, Lars E. Oyane <lars.e.oyane@sdsl.no> wrote: > Dear Marian and other Listers! > > Thank you very much for your comment on Emma Holte Hill Davey! > > I was afraid there wouldn't be much to be found in the Seattle, WA paper > in regard to Emma Davey, and am I right to believe, the Genealogy Bank > doesn't include the smaller newspapers from Stanwood or Everett? > > By the way, Marian, you mention that you have tried looking for Emma under > the Holte and Davey last names, but did you try under the name Emma HILL? > > The city directories from Seattle, WA from the early 1900's prior to 1918 > referred to by ancestry.com include several Emma Hills, and we have of > course no way of keeping them from eachother as long as they don't say like > "Emma HILL (wid. Erick)", but the articles themselves might have some > information connecting them to "our" Emma? > > I should add that a couple of the Everett, WA city directories from > 1903-1907 refer to an "Emma HILL (wid. James)", who appears to be a Mrs. > Emma Hill from the 1900 Everett, WA census born in WI Dec. of 1876 with > parents came from MI and VT. Maybe her husband was James, but I see no > mention of him! > > I feel we are so close to finding the answer to what happened to Erick and > where Emma was at the time, and yet they sure hide extremely well!! There > just has to be some write-up about this couple somewhere!? > > Thanks again for your wonderful assistance in this matter! > > Very sincerely yours, > > Lars E. Oyane > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > On May 18, 2015, at 8:30 PM, Marian Hill via wrote: > > I have a Genealogy Bank subscription, but I'm not finding much. > > There is a simple death notice in the Seattle Daily Times for March 14, > 1931 > > " > ​Davey, Emma - 1600 Terry Ave., 37 - March 12" > > There are some other references to an Emma Davey, but they are from 1939, > 1943, and 1949--too late for your Emma. > > There are also some articles about women named Emma Holte, but none are the > right Emma. > > Marian > > > ​ > > On Mon, May 18, 2015 at 5:14 PM, Lars E. Oyane via <norway@rootsweb.com> > wrote: > > Dear Mark and other Listers! > > > Thank you very much, Mark, for your efforts on my behalf. I am so > > grateful, but I guess we can only regret that Portland newspapers are so > > hard to find... > > > Now, you mention finding references to his wife Emma Hill in "Genealogy > > Bank" in the Washington newspapers. Do we have any listers who subscribe > > to that and who may be willing to help me? I would be so happy and for > > ever indebted... > > > Thanks again for your great assistance in this matter! > > > Very sincerely yours, > > > Lars E. Oyane > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > > On May 18, 2015, at 6:52 PM, Mark Erickson via wrote: > > > I looked for this man today, but noticed that there are very limited > > Portland newspapers for the year he died. I’m not sure why. There are > > plenty of other Oregon papers, but Portland seems to be missing 1894. Not > > just online, but also in microfilms. I haven’t done extensive research into > > the papers available for that date in Portland, but I did find him in the > > Oregon archives online. It says he died 2 April 1894, City of Portland. > > > His wife seems to show up in GenealogyBank in the Washington newspapers, > > but I don’t have a subscription to that. > > > -Mark > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > >