Hi Nora, Have you checked the 1880 Linn Co. census? There is a Gatts family in the Center Precinct, house #187: Gatts, William, J., 31, HH, farmer, b. WV, father b. WV, mother b. WV Mary F., 29, Wife, keeping house, b. IL, father b. VT, mother b. KY Mabell, 8, dau., b. IL Sarah E., 6, dau., b. OR Nellie, 4, dau., b. OR William W., 1, son, b. OR I don't have the 1905 census, but in the 1910 Lebanon precinct: GATTS William w HH 60 Virginia Mary w Wife 59 Illinois HOWARD Ronald H. w Grandson 2 7/12 Oregon and GATTS Francis M. w HH 65 W.Virginia Grover H. w Son 21 Nebraska GOLWAY Charles w Nephew 31 Iowa Neva w Niece 22 California Lebanon Criterion newspaper: Notice of Final Settlement in estate of W. J. Gatts, deceased. V. V. Gatts, administrator. [Feb. 28, 1913 paper] There is a marriage of Nellie L. Gatts to David E. Hare, 7/12/1893, marriage book H #1669. And Linn County people who died at the Salem Asylum: Anna Gatts, d. 4 Jan 1899, age 50, b. IL Hope this helps, Jan Phillips [email protected] Linn County Coordinator for the USGenWeb Project \At 12:30 PM 10/27/1999 -0700, you wrote: >New to the list, searching for ancestors of Vernon Vance Gatts, born; >1881, Lebanon, Linn Co. OR. > >Nora >[email protected] > >___________________________________________________________________ >Get the Internet just the way you want it. >Free software, free e-mail, and free Internet access for a month! >Try Juno Web: http://dl.www.juno.com/dynoget/tagj. > > >==== ORLINN Mailing List ==== >To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] with the word "unsubscribe" (without the quotes) in the body of the message. > > >