Hi Bonnie, Thanks for trying. :-] Yes, that is the wrong Gravel Hill. This is supposed to be here in Portland area. She lived in OR her entire life save the last year. I have to wonder if this was some local name for something like Rocky Butte or something and the few people that called wherever Gravel Hill was, Gravel Hill, that it never really caught on and got written about and nobody knows anymore where this Gravel Hill was. That is my guess anyway. Nathan --- [email protected] wrote: > There is a Gravel Hill, McNairy County, Tennessee. > My grandfather's family lived there for several > generations but after marrying my grandmother in > Texas in 1906, came to Oregon by train to Portland > and settled in Detroit Oregon. (Probably the wrong > Gravel Hill though). > Bonnie > > -----Original Message----- > From: "Nathan Haines Sr." <[email protected]> > Sent: Sep 30, 2004 12:09 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [GFO] Gravel Hill > > Hi all, > Has anyone ever heard of Gravel Hill? I have an > obit for a Mary Cassidy Arnspiger from the Oregonian > in 1936 and it says she was born in a log cabin on > Gravel Hill here in 1868. I am presuming that here > means Portland or at least near Portland. > Thanks, > Nathan > > > ==== ORFORUM Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe, send a message to > [email protected] that > contains (in the body of the message) only the > single word: unsubscribe > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the > new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click > to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > > >

The 1880 online free Ancestry/LDS census is indexed for every name, not indexed just for head of household. There is a 2 year old Mary Cassidy at Pocahontas, Baker city, outside the City, Dist 1, which would be in Baker County. Her parents are Henry and Ann Cassidy. Neither the 1870 US census by Heritage Quest or Ancestry is yet indexed by every name. Heritage Quest lists 3 Cassidy men 1870 census, Oregon. The first and third have no family. The 2nd is the record of John (age 25) and Louisa Cassidy, daughter Rose, 2 years, old and daughter Ada age 5/12. This is in Douglas County Oregon, Elkton precinct and PO. Both daughters were b. Oregon, John Cassidy b. Iowa, and Louisa Cassidy b. Missouri. Be nice to know the 'other' or middle name of Mary. In 1880 Oregon Census there are 15 entries for Cassidy. John Cassidy is a single person in North Salem, Marion County. The other 14 Cassidy individuals/families are in Wasco, Baker, or Multnomah County. The Multnomah man is 25 year old Robert Cassidy, a bricklayer, from Ireland, but he is single in 1880. Do you think your newspaper article could have been ten years off on her birth year? Obits are written from info given by family members, sometimes by family members who don't really know the exact details for such an elderly lady. And, under the stress of making the "arrangements", an adult child might miss by 10 years. At this point, don't"assume" anything. The word "here" may only mean somewhere in this state or even across the Columbia. The obit is in the Oregonian, probably she died in Oregon? We do have a copy of the Oregon Death INDEX at the GFO library. And, do you know where she is buried? It is likely the funeral home name is mentioned in the obit? SSDI - Mary Arnspiger, b. 1922 d. 1999 SS card issued in Oregon. Yes, I know this is someone else but perhaps a grandchild? Last contact was in Nevada. 1930 Oregon Census includes a Mary Arnspiger of Medford, Jackson Co, OR approximate year of birth 1914. She is the daughter of Olen and Helen M. Arnspiger. Both daughters Mary and Bertha are 16 years old. Daughter Frances is 13. Everyone in this family was born in Oregon. The mother and father of Olen Arnspiger were born in Oregon. Maybe Olen is son of Mary Cassidy Arnspiger? This same family (Olen Arnspiger) are in 1920 Census, Grants Pass, with their 3 daughters. What other names, especially of children, were also listed in the obit? Hello !! In the 1930 census, there is a Mary Arnspiger and her husband, John A. Arnspiger, living in unincorporated Fairhaven, West Riverside twp, Riverside County, California. She is 65 years old, he is 74. He is b. in Oregon, she in Wisconsin. Oops, maybe wrong lady? His parents b. Kentucky and Illinois. Her parents from Germany. Or did the census taker get the answer to this question backwards? They've got a Rabbit Farm. 1920 census has a Mary Jane Arnspiger living in Texas, b. c. 1847 (no I don't think so) and Mary E Arnspiger in Texas, b. c. 1886, (no I don't think so). There is still more to explore, including other ways to spell Cassidy and Arnspiger. If this is important to you, I hope I have suggested a few additional ways to search for her birth, life, and death. Maggie Sent: Sep 30, 2004 12:09 PM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: [GFO] Gravel Hill >> >> Hi all, >> Has anyone ever heard of Gravel Hill? I have an >> obit for a Mary Cassidy Arnspiger from the Oregonian >> in 1936 and it says she was born in a log cabin on >> Gravel Hill here in 1868. I am presuming that here >> means Portland or at least near Portland. >> Thanks, >> Nathan