In a message dated 8/9/99 10:25:50 AM Pacific Daylight Time, ORMULTNO-D-request@rootsweb.com writes: <<This Isaac Hill was b West Virginia in 1836. His wife was Mary. they came to Oregon in 1862. He acquired the 165-acre tract under the homestead act. On today's map, it's bounded by NE 37th, NE 47th, NE Killingsworth and NE Prescott. Between 1882 and 1888 they sold most of the property for $40 per acre. He died 1917, aged 81, survived by a wife Mary and 5 children. Was a member of Centenary Methodist Church. >> Hi Julie Thanks for the info -- especially the streets that bounded his land. Do you know the names of the 5 children? Sue

Sue. >From the book "We Claimed this Land : Portland's Pioneer Settlers" by Eugene Snyder. . . I'm paraphrasing: This Isaac Hill was b West Viriginia in 1836. His wife was Mary. they came to Oregon in 1862. He acquired the 165-acre tract under the homestead act. On today's map, it's bounded by NE 37th, NE 47th, NE Killingsworth and NE Prescott. Between 1882 and 1888 they sold most of the property for $40 per acre. He died 1917, aged 81, survived by a wife Mary and 5 children. Was a member of Centenary Methodist Church. To be eligible for a DLC, they had to have come before (I think it was 1852). . . .so he was a late-comer and so didn't get a DLC. Hope this helps - Julie JulieKidd@compuserve.com http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/JulieKidd/

Hi Listers! I'm new to this list, so please forgive any possible breach of "netiquette"! I'm looking for info on John MINTO and his family/descendents. He was born Alex KICHA (or variation of spelling) in Wetlina, Galicia (although his death cert says he was Austrian--political semantics, at best!). His wife was (Mary?) LAZARYSZYN. Anyone else out there searching for these names? Kathy Hutson Poultney VT

Hi Again -- Another mystery I am trying to solve concerns the Donation Land Claim (DLC) of ISAAC HILL. His name is given on maps from the 1880s as the owner of a DLC in NE Portland -- specifically Twp. 1N Range 1E Section 24. It is around 41st Ave. and the south side of Killingsworth St. The problem is that his name is not in the index for DLCs at the Oregon History Center for anything in the Portland area. (There is a man by that name with a claim in southern Oregon.) On the map of DLCs as of 1860, there are no claims shown in Section 24 of Twp 1N R 1E. Can anyone help me determine if Isaac Hill had a claim in that area? Does anyone know anything about Isaac Hill -- like where he came from, names of children, etc.? Thanks, Sue in Virginia

Hi Everyone -- I am hoping that someone has information about Waters CARMAN. He took Donation Land Claim # 74 (Certificate # 1663). It was for 326 acres in the northwest corner of Clackamas County, just a mile from the Multnomah Co border. It was in Twp. 2S Range 1E; today it is in Lake Oswego near highway I-5. Carman Drive in that area must have been named for him. From records in the Oregon History Center, Waters Carman was born in 1811 in Luzerne Co., PA and was in Oregon before Dec. 1, 1850. He married in 1852 to Mrs. Lucretia Gurney. This Waters Carman could have been the brother of Rachel Carman; who lived in Sangamon Co., Illinois in the 1830s. Rachel was born in 1814 in NY or PA and married Jacob E. Roll, and later his cousin, Pierson Roll. Parents of Rachel Carman (and therefore Watters Carman) were Jacob Carman and Mahala Golden. I am interested in Waters Carman and what he did after arrival in Oregon. Did he have an earlier marriage? any children? Can anyone confirm the connection to Rachel Carman and her parents? Thanks, Sue in Virginia

I am trying to locate a marriage record for these people (abt 1938) and also death information on Dr. Fisher (after 1953). Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Lon Mason in Arizona

Lon - I can check the Multnomah County Marriages - as soon as we unpack them. The Genealogical Forum has the originals - I think up to that date. If not the full record, we do have the indexes. But, as we're in the middle of a move, those are unavailable right now. When they're unpacked, I'll check. Might be a week or two. Julie JulieKidd@compuserve.com http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/JulieKidd/

--part1_4b0d251f.24c669dd_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I'm still researching these names. Is it possible for some one to check these out for me or amybe call the local library there to see if they can do it. This would mean alot to me. Thank You, Sincerely, Justin L. Dingman, Tacoma, WA Reseaching these names: DINGMAN, DEPUTY, FREIHEIT, GRAHAM, WATSON, DOWNEY, WINFREY, COLEMAN --part1_4b0d251f.24c669dd_boundary Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Return-path: JLD4321@aol.com From: JLD4321@aol.com Full-name: JLD4321 Message-ID: <4b0d251f.24be87b2@aol.com> Date: Wed, 14 Jul 1999 20:39:14 EDT Subject: Lookup Obituaries in Portland area To: ORMULTNO-L@rootsweb.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: AOL 2.5 for Windows Is there someone from the Portland area that can do obituaries lookups. I need the following obituaries for these persons: Edward G. JOHNSON, died Feb 1976, Portland Herman FREIHEIT, died Dec 1979, Portland Helen FREIHEIT, died Dec 1978, Portland Arthur FREIHEIT, died 2 Nov 1993, Cedar Hills Arthur FREIHEIT, did 26 May 1991 Arthur FREIHEIT, died 2 Oct 1990 Any help anyone can give me would be greatly appreciated. Thanking you kindly for your assistance and time on this matter. If you do find one, please send to me at: 3719 North Huson, Tacoma, WA 98407-4121. I will pay for postage and for copying. Sincerely, Justin L. Dingman --part1_4b0d251f.24c669dd_boundary--

Is there someone from the Portland area that can do obituaries lookups. I need the following obituaries for these persons: Edward G. JOHNSON, died Feb 1976, Portland Herman FREIHEIT, died Dec 1979, Portland Helen FREIHEIT, died Dec 1978, Portland Arthur FREIHEIT, died 2 Nov 1993, Cedar Hills Arthur FREIHEIT, did 26 May 1991 Arthur FREIHEIT, died 2 Oct 1990 Any help anyone can give me would be greatly appreciated. Thanking you kindly for your assistance and time on this matter. If you do find one, please send to me at: 3719 North Huson, Tacoma, WA 98407-4121. I will pay for postage and for copying. Sincerely, Justin L. Dingman

> Is there a current day town named Lentz, OR in Multnomah Co? If not what Lents is now outer SE Portland. At the Portland Police Bureau web site there is a nice online map showing the Portland neighborhoods; see http://www.teleport.com/~police/PDFs/98map.pdf. Regards, Dave

I guess everybody is resting up from the fourth. I am not real familiar with this but there is a Lents area in Portland. In fact in the church that I grew up in they had a Lents-Gilbert congregation. I would imagine it would be included in the Portland mailing area. As I recall it is on the east side Verdena Veelle Mulino, OR -----Original Message----- From: Dorothy Hungerford <hungerford@znet.com> To: ORMULTNO-L@rootsweb.com <ORMULTNO-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Monday, July 05, 1999 4:44 PM Subject: Re: [ORMULTNO-L] Re: Lentz, OR > >>Is there a current day town named Lentz, OR in Multnomah Co? If not what >>would be its re-name? Lentz, OR appears on the residence place of a 2nd >>granduncle of mine named Jon Walrod m. to Emily Jones who lived there in >>19teens . >>Thanks from Jan in Blmgtn, MN. >> >Jan >I'm hoping someone from Multnomah Co. can answer your question. There is a >wonderful website >http://www.livgenmi.com/1895.htm that has an 1895 atlas that you can find >things by State, County and City. >>From above site index, I found that there was a LENTS in NW Multnomah Co. >However, I could not find it on the map they provide. Following is the >Multnomah site; maybe it's there & I just don't see it: >http://www.livgenmi.com/multnomahOR.htm >Perhaps Lents is now part of Portland??? The map does show Lake Oswego as >"Oswego." >I hope someone will be able to give you an answer. >Dorothy >Soquel, California >

>Is there a current day town named Lentz, OR in Multnomah Co? If not what >would be its re-name? Lentz, OR appears on the residence place of a 2nd >granduncle of mine named Jon Walrod m. to Emily Jones who lived there in >19teens +. >Thanks from Jan in Blmgtn, MN. > Jan I'm hoping someone from Multnomah Co. can answer your question. There is a wonderful website http://www.livgenmi.com/1895.htm that has an 1895 atlas that you can find things by State, County and City. >From above site index, I found that there was a LENTS in NW Multnomah Co. However, I could not find it on the map they provide. Following is the Multnomah site; maybe it's there & I just don't see it: http://www.livgenmi.com/multnomahOR.htm Perhaps Lents is now part of Portland??? The map does show Lake Oswego as "Oswego." I hope someone will be able to give you an answer. Dorothy Soquel, California

There have been two new additions to the Multnomah Co. USGenWeb page in the past week. First is a listing of the burials in the Escobar Pioneer Cemetery and the Gresham Pioneer Cemetery. The second is a growing set of historic pictures of Multnomah Co. including portraits of the founders of Portland. Links to these new resources can be found on the Resource page under Churches and Cemeteries and Miscellaneous respectively. Matthew Porter

Is there a current day town named Lentz, OR in Multnomah Co? If not what would be its re-name? Lentz, OR appears on the residence place of a 2nd granduncle of mine named Jon Walrod m. to Emily Jones who lived there in 19teens +. Thanks from Jan in Blmgtn, MN.

The Genealogical Forum of Oregon Library closes Friday, 2 July, for moving. We expect to re-open in the new location mid to late August. For more details, visit the Forum web page at: http://www.gfo.org Regards, Dave Reynolds

Hi, looking for Roy E. Williams married 1912 to Della Gertrude Nelson b. nov. 10, 1899 Mo., daughter of William Nelson of Sumner Co., Kans. She grow up in Kans. married, They were living in Portland, Ore. in July of 1936, at the time of her mothers death. Does anyone have a address directory for 1936? and could do a lookup? anything sound familiar? any help appreciated. Linda

Could someone look up in the 1920 Census for Portland a Vernon Byron Mathews and wife Anna Mathews, and also a Mrs H. L Marston... looking to see if anyone was living with them in Portland...also looking for a marriage record for Mary Louise Mathews to Lewis Leslie Warnock , filed I believe in Multonomah Co, around 1907 I believe looking to find there marriage Certificate.... Thanks for any help Robin

Lynne - I looked up Knute Telin when I was at the GFO library tonight - they had an 1887, 1893, then a 1904 city directory so I checked those - In the 1887 city directory is the following listing: Knute Telin, tailor, Borquist & Reffling, res 5 3rd. [that would be Number 5, 3rd Street] Borquist & Reffling was located at 31 Washington Street, owned by Charles B. Borquist & Aksel Reffling. 1893 and 1904 he is no longer listed - I looked at the Forbes entries to see if there was a seeming connection, but could not find one. He is the only Telin listed. Julie JulieKidd@compuserve.com http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/JulieKidd/

>I am planning a vacation in July and was wondering where to locate records for Birth in 1912 in Multnomah county. Are they held at the court house, or somewhere else. I also need to know where several other records can be located in Lane County and if they are held at the State Archives in Salem. Specifically I am looking for Marriage and birth records for 1910 and 1912 and possibly any divorce records for about 1915 in Multnomah county. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Liz< Liz - There's a 100 year restriction on birth records - so you have to go through the Dept of Health for those - and pay a lot. You might look at newspapers as an alternative, though there is no index to births. Marriage records are available at the Genealogical Forum of Oregon library - they have the originals. Divorce records are in the circuit court office at the county court house. What records are available at the State Archives are all listed on-line - at: <http://arcweb.sos.state.or.us/welcome.html> Julie JulieKidd@compuserve.com http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/JulieKidd/

Searching for information on Oral Ralph and Mae (Rood) HOCKETT. Oral Ralph was born 25 Feb 1892 and died 9 Aug 1982, son of Thomas Albert and Sallie D. (Davis) Hockett. Oral Ralph Hockett's family lived in Portland, Oregon for some time. Looking for any descendants that might be able to help in my research. Thank You. Susan "Hockett" Cooper