Hey! Maybe you should take another look! Yaquina Bay is still there! The tiny town of New Port has grown since then and officially swollowed up the town of Yaquina. There is a likely hood that they are under the town of New Port as what was your town is now considered a sunburb or part of the other and so technickly non-existant. You might wish to check with the local Genealogy Society as well as the Oregon Historical Society in Portland, Oregon for possible records. August The only person that is guarenteed to fail is the one that never gets started. Remember: Even the woodpecker owes his success to the fact that he uses his head and keeps pecking away until he finishes thr job he starts. ----- Original Message ----- From: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Sent: Friday, February 11, 2005 7:42 AM Subject: Re: [OREGON] Town or County Name - Help In a message dated 2/11/2005 7:08:10 AM Pacific Standard Time, [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> writes: > I am looking at a 1917 draft card registration. The person was born 1888 > in Oregon. Place of birth reads: Yauquina or Youquina or maybe Yanquina. > After searching around the Oregon Web site and place location sites, I > just don't find anything similar. I am sure the first letter is Y and I > am sure of the "quina" part. Does this place name mean anything to > anyone familiar with Oregon? > There is a place called Yaquina about 4 miles east of Newport. As I recall it was the end to the railroad at one time. It is right on the Yaquina River. I grew up not far from there. ==== OREGON Mailing List ==== To see the website for Oregon http://www.rootsweb.com/~orgenweb/<http://www.rootsweb.com/~orgenweb/> -=* To see what this list is doing *=- http://www.wvi.com/~wb/Oregon.html<http://www.wvi.com/~wb/Oregon.html> For ALL list business Admin, leave, or the archives. http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/usa/OR/misc.html<http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/usa/OR/misc.html> ============================== Find your ancestors in the Birth, Marriage and Death Records. New content added every business day. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13964/rd.ashx<http://www.ancestry.com/s13964/rd.ashx>

I sent this earlier but it hasn't appeared on the list so will try again. At 08:07 AM 2/11/2005, [email protected] wrote: >I am looking at a 1917 draft card registration. The person was born 1888 >in Oregon. Place of birth reads: Yauquina or Youquina or maybe Yanquina. >After searching around the Oregon Web site and place location sites, I >just don't find anything similar. I am sure the first letter is Y and I am >sure of the "quina" part. Does this place name mean anything to anyone >familiar with Oregon? Yaquina Bay, fed by the Yaquina River, is on the central Oregon Coast and the small city of Newport is located on the bay. Yaquina City no longer exists except as an historic area but was about 3 miles east of Newport. Here are some links to see more about Yaquina City and its importance to early coastal development: http://www.newportnet.com/newport/cc/heritage.htm http://osulibrary.orst.edu/guin/geoterms/detail/yaquina_city.htm http://www.brian894x4.com/YaquinaRailroad.html Best wishes, Beth

It's called Yaquina. Ray Powell ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, February 11, 2005 8:07 AM Subject: [OREGON] Town or County Name - Help >I am looking at a 1917 draft card registration. The person was born 1888 in >Oregon. Place of birth reads: Yauquina or Youquina or maybe Yanquina. After >searching around the Oregon Web site and place location sites, I just don't >find anything similar. I am sure the first letter is Y and I am sure of the >"quina" part. Does this place name mean anything to anyone familiar with >Oregon? > > Thanks, > > Kathy Sullivan > Charlotte, North Carolina > > > > ==== OREGON Mailing List ==== > *-<Welcome to the OREGON LIST>-* > To see the website for Oregon > http://www.rootsweb.com/~orgenweb/ > -=* To see what this list is doing *=- > http://www.wvi.com/~wb/Oregon.html > For ALL list business Admin, leave, or the archives. > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/usa/OR/misc.html > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx >

Yaquina, Lincoln county, Oregon ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, February 11, 2005 8:07 AM Subject: [OREGON] Town or County Name - Help I am looking at a 1917 draft card registration. The person was born 1888 in Oregon. Place of birth reads: Yauquina or Youquina or maybe Yanquina. After searching around the Oregon Web site and place location sites, I just don't find anything similar. I am sure the first letter is Y and I am sure of the "quina" part. Does this place name mean anything to anyone familiar with Oregon? Thanks, Kathy Sullivan Charlotte, North Carolina ==== OREGON Mailing List ==== *-<Welcome to the OREGON LIST>-* To see the website for Oregon http://www.rootsweb.com/~orgenweb/ -=* To see what this list is doing *=- http://www.wvi.com/~wb/Oregon.html For ALL list business Admin, leave, or the archives. http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/usa/OR/misc.html ============================== Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx --- avast! Antivirus: Inbound message clean. Virus Database (VPS): 0506-1, 02/11/2005 Tested on: 2/11/2005 7:10:22 AM avast! - copyright (c) 2000-2004 ALWIL Software. http://www.avast.com --- avast! Antivirus: Outbound message clean. Virus Database (VPS): 0506-1, 02/11/2005 Tested on: 2/11/2005 7:52:54 AM avast! - copyright (c) 2000-2004 ALWIL Software. http://www.avast.com

At 08:07 AM 2/11/2005, [email protected] wrote: >I am looking at a 1917 draft card registration. The person was born 1888 >in Oregon. Place of birth reads: Yauquina or Youquina or maybe Yanquina. >After searching around the Oregon Web site and place location sites, I >just don't find anything similar. I am sure the first letter is Y and I am >sure of the "quina" part. Does this place name mean anything to anyone >familiar with Oregon? Yaquina Bay, fed by the Yaquina River, is on the central Oregon Coast and the small city of Newport is located on the bay. Yaquina City no longer exists except as an historic area but was about 3 miles east of Newport. Here are some links to see more about Yaquina City and its importance to early coastal development: http://www.newportnet.com/newport/cc/heritage.htm http://osulibrary.orst.edu/guin/geoterms/detail/yaquina_city.htm http://www.brian894x4.com/YaquinaRailroad.html Best wishes, Beth

Becky Hogenkamp, librarian at South Wasco County Library in Maupin, Oregon contacted me the recently to share something she is really excited about. An old book with the caption “Tygh Valley Drug Store” has been donated to the library. It contains prescription blanks from November 1904 to October 1905 of patients of Dr. John L. Elwood. Becky says the book contains many local family names in the Maupin-Tygh Valley area and what they were prescribed. Becky has been attempting to gather as much data for research in the library as possible She will continue to let us know when new materials arrive at the library and is very helpful answering queries. The library can be contacted at: Maupin Library P.O. Box 328 410 Deschutes Avenue Maupin, OR 97037 541-395-2208 [email protected] Earline Wasser Member of Columbia Gorge Genealogical Society c/o The Dalles/Wasco County Public Library 722 Court Street The Dalles, Oregon 97058 http://community.gorge.net/genealogy [Note: new website address] Browse http://historysavers.com/orwasco/ recently updated information regarding Wasco County - Links are at the bottom of page The Dalles Chronicle http://www.thedalleschronicle.com/ http://searches.rootsweb.com/ "Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds you plant." Robert Louis Stevenson Incoming and Outgoing mail protected by Trend Micro PC-cillin program

Salinas Weekly Index Thursday, 24 May 1894 Personal & Social – -Mr.&Mrs. A.C. BALCH of Portland, Oregon, arrived in Monterey last Tuesday on a visit to Mrs. BALCH’s parents, Mr.&Mrs. D. JACKS, for a couple of weeks. They were accompanied by Miss Mary JACKS, who went to San Francisco to meet them. Source: [email protected] Copied and submitted by Earline Wasser Member of Columbia Gorge Genealogical Society c/o The Dalles/Wasco County Public Library 722 Court Street The Dalles, Oregon 97058 http://community.gorge.net/genealogy [Note: new website address] Browse http://historysavers.com/orwasco/ recently updated information regarding Wasco County - Links are at the bottom of page The Dalles Chronicle http://www.thedalleschronicle.com/ http://searches.rootsweb.com/ "Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds you plant." Robert Louis Stevenson Incoming and Outgoing mail protected by Trend Micro PC-cillin program

BIG VALLEY GAZETTE – BIEBER, LASSEN COUNTY, CAL. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 1, 1905 David Dodson, who has been visiting his parents since Christmas, left this morning for Oregon, where he has held forth for the last few years. Source: [email protected] Copied and submitted by Earline Wasser Member of Columbia Gorge Genealogical Society c/o The Dalles/Wasco County Public Library 722 Court Street The Dalles, Oregon 97058 http://community.gorge.net/genealogy [Note: new website address] Browse http://historysavers.com/orwasco/ recently updated information regarding Wasco County - Links are at the bottom of page The Dalles Chronicle http://www.thedalleschronicle.com/ http://searches.rootsweb.com/ "Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds you plant." Robert Louis Stevenson Incoming and Outgoing mail protected by Trend Micro PC-cillin program

BIG VALLEY GAZETTE – BIEBER, LASSEN COUNTY, CAL. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1905 Word was received here Tuesday, says the Lake County Examiner, that an unknown sheepman of Silver Lake [Oregon] and a Mr. McKune, another Silver Lake sheepman, had some trouble over the range. The man went to McKune’s camp about 20 miles east of Silver Lake and a shooting serape resulted, in which McKune had one of his thumbs shot off. The six shots that were fired, were said to be awarded, equally between the two combatants. Mr. McKune came to Paisley Monday to have his wound dressed. So far as we have heard, no arrests have been made. Source: [email protected] Copied and submitted by Earline Wasser Member of Columbia Gorge Genealogical Society c/o The Dalles/Wasco County Public Library 722 Court Street The Dalles, Oregon 97058 http://community.gorge.net/genealogy [Note: new website address] Browse http://historysavers.com/orwasco/ recently updated information regarding Wasco County - Links are at the bottom of page The Dalles Chronicle http://www.thedalleschronicle.com/ http://searches.rootsweb.com/ "Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds you plant." Robert Louis Stevenson Incoming and Outgoing mail protected by Trend Micro PC-cillin program

Salinas Weekly Index Thursday, 3 May 1894 Over 100 Years Old -- Mrs. Henrietta WILSON, the grandmother of Mrs. James A. HORTON of Salinas, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. John STEPHENS, in Mercer county, Illinois, March 28, 1894. The deceased was born in Maryland, September 8, 1893, and was consequently in the 101st year of her age at the time of her death. When quite young she was married to Noble GRIMES in Ohio, and shortly afterwards they moved to Indiana, where her husband died. A few years afterwards she married Allen WILSON and in 1835 they moved to Illinois. In 1854 her 2nd husband died. To her fist marriage were born 3 children, one of whom, Noble GRIMES, resides in Oregon and is nearly 75 years old. To the last union were born 7 children. A local paper states that Mrs. WILSON was the oldest person in Mercer county, Illinois, and perhaps the oldest Methodist in this world, she having belonged to that church over 80 years. She retained the use of her faculties in a marked degree to the last. Her sight was keen, her hearing good and memory excellent. The morning of her death she was up early and drank a cup of coffee. Shortly afterwards she asked to be helped to her bed where she died as peacefully as though she were going to sleep. Source: [email protected] Copied and submitted by Earline Wasser Member of Columbia Gorge Genealogical Society c/o The Dalles/Wasco County Public Library 722 Court Street The Dalles, Oregon 97058 http://community.gorge.net/genealogy [Note: new website address] Browse http://historysavers.com/orwasco/ recently updated information regarding Wasco County - Links are at the bottom of page The Dalles Chronicle http://www.thedalleschronicle.com/ http://searches.rootsweb.com/ "Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds you plant." Robert Louis Stevenson Incoming and Outgoing mail protected by Trend Micro PC-cillin program

Thanks don't think he is mine. Delbert

Albert DeSpain, actually Martin A, was son of Jeremiah and Nancy DeSpain was born in Umatilla County. His parents are buried in Pendleton. There is a good deal of info available about the family. If you will respon directly to me and tell me what you would like to know we will gladly help. Blue Mountain Genealogical Society P.S. The rodeo performer was John Spain. I have Albert DeSpain born Sept 1869 Oregon and Constance A. DeSpain born Sept 1886, can anyone tell me were I can fill in the blanks? Thanks _______________________________________________ No banners. No pop-ups. No kidding. Make My Way your home on the Web - http://www.myway.com

There was a BARNEY DeSPAIN in Pendleton in the 1940's and 1950's. He had a café on the South end of town. Clyde ----- Original Message ----- From: Marlene Norris<mailto:[email protected]> To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, January 30, 2005 6:16 PM Subject: Re: [OREGON] Re: DESPAIN born Oregon Hi, some DeSpain's live in Heppner, OR (used to be in Ione OR) Just look in the white pages and you will find their phone number. MDN. ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> To: <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> Sent: 30 January 2005 05:54 PM Subject: [OREGON] Re: DESPAIN born Oregon > I have Albert DeSpain born Sept 1869 Oregon and Constance A. DeSpain born > Sept 1886, can anyone tell me were I can fill in the blanks? Thanks, > > > Delbert > > > ==== OREGON Mailing List ==== > To see the website for Oregon > http://www.rootsweb.com/~orgenweb/<http://www.rootsweb.com/~orgenweb/> > -=* To see what this list is doing *=- > http://www.wvi.com/~wb/Oregon.html<http://www.wvi.com/~wb/Oregon.html> > For ALL list business Admin, leave, or the archives. > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/usa/OR/misc.html<http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/usa/OR/misc.html> > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx<http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx> > ==== OREGON Mailing List ==== To see the website for Oregon http://www.rootsweb.com/~orgenweb/<http://www.rootsweb.com/~orgenweb/> -=* To see what this list is doing *=- http://www.wvi.com/~wb/Oregon.html<http://www.wvi.com/~wb/Oregon.html> For ALL list business Admin, leave, or the archives. http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/usa/OR/misc.html<http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/usa/OR/misc.html> ============================== Find your ancestors in the Birth, Marriage and Death Records. New content added every business day. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13964/rd.ashx<http://www.ancestry.com/s13964/rd.ashx>

The rodeo museum in Pendleton has information on a Despain who was a famous rodeo star. His sister, Rose, was a registered nurse during WWI. She dropped the de and became just Spain. It's possible that other members of the family did the same.

Thanks, if they were born in 1869 I don't think they are in the phone book now (joke). Delbert

I have Albert DeSpain born Sept 1869 Oregon and Constance A. DeSpain born Sept 1886, can anyone tell me were I can fill in the blanks? Thanks, Delbert

DeSpain is also in Pendleton...street name and DeSpain Gulch...to name a few... Blue Mountain Genealogical Society would also be a help as they have indexed most of the cemeteries in the area. I Googled and came up with this link...sure there are others. http://singletonfamily.org/library/others/rsmith/Singleton_Family_16.html Trish ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, January 30, 2005 5:54 PM Subject: [OREGON] Re: DESPAIN born Oregon >I have Albert DeSpain born Sept 1869 Oregon and Constance A. DeSpain born > Sept 1886, can anyone tell me were I can fill in the blanks? Thanks, > > > Delbert > > > ==== OREGON Mailing List ==== > To see the website for Oregon > http://www.rootsweb.com/~orgenweb/ > -=* To see what this list is doing *=- > http://www.wvi.com/~wb/Oregon.html > For ALL list business Admin, leave, or the archives. > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/usa/OR/misc.html > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > >

Hi, some DeSpain's live in Heppner, OR (used to be in Ione OR) Just look in the white pages and you will find their phone number. MDN. ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: 30 January 2005 05:54 PM Subject: [OREGON] Re: DESPAIN born Oregon > I have Albert DeSpain born Sept 1869 Oregon and Constance A. DeSpain born > Sept 1886, can anyone tell me were I can fill in the blanks? Thanks, > > > Delbert > > > ==== OREGON Mailing List ==== > To see the website for Oregon > http://www.rootsweb.com/~orgenweb/ > -=* To see what this list is doing *=- > http://www.wvi.com/~wb/Oregon.html > For ALL list business Admin, leave, or the archives. > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/usa/OR/misc.html > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx >

Do you have any idea if this is Mrs. Wallis Nash of Nashville, Oregon? Earline Wasser wrote: > BIG VALLEY GAZETTE ? BIEBER, LASSEN COUNTY, CAL. > WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 4, 1905 > > Mrs. W. D. Nash, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thos Summers, is here from Oregon > on a visit to her parents. She is accompanied by two of her daughters. > > Source: [email protected] > > Copied and submitted by Earline Wasser > > Member of Columbia Gorge Genealogical Society > c/o The Dalles/Wasco County Public Library > 722 Court Street > The Dalles, Oregon 97058 > http://community.gorge.net/genealogy > [Note: new website address] > > Browse http://historysavers.com/orwasco/ recently updated information > regarding Wasco County - Links are at the bottom of page > > The Dalles Chronicle http://www.thedalleschronicle.com/ > > http://searches.rootsweb.com/ > > "Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds you plant." > Robert Louis Stevenson > > Incoming and Outgoing mail protected by Trend Micro PC-cillin program > > ==== OREGON Mailing List ==== > To see the website for Oregon > http://www.rootsweb.com/~orgenweb/ > -=* To see what this list is doing *=- > http://www.wvi.com/~wb/Oregon.html > For ALL list business Admin, leave, or the archives. > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/usa/OR/misc.html > > ============================== > Jumpstart your genealogy with OneWorldTree. Search not only for > ancestors, but entire generations. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13972/rd.ashx

BIG VALLEY GAZETTE – BIEBER, LASSEN COUNTY, CAL. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 4, 1905 Mrs. W. D. Nash, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thos Summers, is here from Oregon on a visit to her parents. She is accompanied by two of her daughters. Source: [email protected] Copied and submitted by Earline Wasser Member of Columbia Gorge Genealogical Society c/o The Dalles/Wasco County Public Library 722 Court Street The Dalles, Oregon 97058 http://community.gorge.net/genealogy [Note: new website address] Browse http://historysavers.com/orwasco/ recently updated information regarding Wasco County - Links are at the bottom of page The Dalles Chronicle http://www.thedalleschronicle.com/ http://searches.rootsweb.com/ "Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds you plant." Robert Louis Stevenson Incoming and Outgoing mail protected by Trend Micro PC-cillin program