Hi According to the book Oregon Geographic Names: James John came to Oregon in 1843 He operated a ferry(1852) and died(28 May 1886 in the area that bears his name. For the history see the Oregonian Aug 29 1907, pt II Mar 29 1903 p40, may 29, 1886 p.5. The town was annexed to Portland in 1915 Kathy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jan Phillips" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, April 11, 2000 8:40 PM Subject: Re: [ORLINN] St. Johns, Oregon > Hi Nora, > > I've never heard of St. Johns, Oregon. You can request a lookup from > "Oregon Geographic Names" - by Heidi Graham - [email protected] and > perhaps she can find Sophia and St. Johns. > > Birth records - what year? What county? Follow some of the links here for > Oregon vital records information - > http://www.rootsweb.com/~orgenweb/vitals.html > > Jan Phillips > [email protected] > > At 01:36 PM 4/11/2000 -0700, you wrote: > >Hello, > > > >I'm trying to find out where St. Johns, Oregon [is or was] & where would > >I look for a birth record. > > > >Also [is or was] there a place called Sophia,[anything close to that > >spelling] Oregon, in 1865. also looking for a birth record. > > > >Thanks, Nora > >________________________________________________________________ > >YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! > >Juno now offers FREE Internet Access! > >Try it today - there's no risk! For your FREE software, visit: > >http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj. > > > > > > >