pretty sure i know this family. My computer in the shop, In a week or so let me know again and i will search for you. if its who i think. Sent from my iPad > On Oct 26, 2013, at 4:45 PM, "gc-gateway@rootsweb.com" <gc-gateway@rootsweb.com> wrote: > > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Author: firebirdmike69 > Surnames: stevens, harman, elkerton > Classification: queries > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.oregon.counties.umatilla/921/mb.ashx > > Message Board Post: > > My name is Jennifer (Borrowing my husbands account) I am looking for information on a Myrtle Ann Stevens, born around 1940. She is my mothers biological mother with Leslie Edward Harmon. All the information that I currently have is that she resided for awhile in Hermiston Oregon and my mother Rebecca was born in 1958 while they resided there. Myrtle also resided in California and supposedly Married in Nevada, we think to a george elkerton. It is also supposed that she resided in the state of Washington a couple years ago. My mother was placed for adoption in 1960. > > If anyone has any links, or possible connections anything and everything is greatly appreciated! > > Important Note: > The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board. > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ORUMATIL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: marmie1961 Surnames: Rich Classification: obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.oregon.counties.umatilla/923/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Please HELP!!! Help with obituary for Gyle E "Guy" Rich died 17 Nov 1997 Gyle E "Guy" Rich B:22 Sep 1915 in Kansas, USA D:17 Nov 1997 in Umatilla, Umatilla County, Oregon, USA Your help in this endeavor is greatly appreciated. Sincerely, Ray Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board. <br>

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: jimper1975 Surnames: Howard Classification: cemetery Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.oregon.counties.umatilla/922/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I'm trying to find William Howard who died in Umatilla county between 1891 and 1900. He was born about 1816 (according to census records). I think he was living near the historical town of Albee/Alba at the time of his death. Any information or advise would be greatly appreciated. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board. <br>

I've "rescued" an old photograph identified as Mrs. C. B. SMILEY of Hillsdale, Montana. The photograph appears to have been taken in the 1890's with Mrs. SMILEY likely in her 30's at the time the photograph was taken. Based on limited research I was able to locate the following information regarding her husband, which I'm hopeful will lead us to her identity: 1880 census of Lena, OR: Isaac B. SMILEY, age 57, a Farmer, born ME, parents born ME Charles SMILEY, son, age 18, at Home, born ME, parents born ME Laura E. SMILEY, dau, age 24, Housekeeping, born ME, parents born ME 1900 census of Glasgow, MT: Charles B. SMILEY, age 37, born Aug 1862, a widower, born ME, parents born ME, a Sheep Man (guessing that the woman in the photograph was Charles' first wife who died sometime prior to the 1900 census) 1910 census of Valley County, MT: Charles SMILEY, age 40, 2nd marriage 9 years, born ME, parents born USA, a Laborer Katie E. SMILEY, wife, age 35, 2st married 9 years, 1 child/1 living, born IA, parents born WI/IL Leslie B. SMILEY, son, age 8, born MT 1920 census of Valley County, MT: Charles B. SMILEY, age 55, born ME, parents born ME Katie E. SMILEY, wife, age 44, born IA, parents born WI Lesley B. SMILEY, son, age 18, born MT I'm hoping to locate someone from her family so that this wonderful old photograph can be returned to the care of family. If you are a member of this SMILEY Family, or you know someone who might be, please contact me. Thanks, Shelley

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: PatKennedy45 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.oregon.counties.umatilla/921.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Another thought: If you are a member of FaceBook, you might post a "looking for" on this site and then pick up some new info of some one knowing the family or???? Go to FaceBook: Hermiston, Oregon History in Photos This site is about posting older photos of Hermiston, Umatilla County, OR and a number of people of all ages will tell stories of their memories etc. You would be more than welcome to ask about these people that you are looking for on this site. I think others have done the same, looking for family etc. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board. <br>

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: firebirdmike69 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.oregon.counties.umatilla/921.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Thank you so much. I have done some searches for the names listed above and looked through public member trees listing those above and have mailed some of them. So far there is no match, but I am still searching and appreciate your response. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: PatKennedy45 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.oregon.counties.umatilla/921.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: book: Abstracts of Obituaries from the Hermiston Herald by: L. L. Masters --- pne (1) Stevens listed ---- Wayne Ray Stevens Vol 38 # 18 14 Dec 1944 ~~~ 9 year old son of F. E. Stevens (in Armed Forces) and Mrs. Delores Nelson of Hermiston. Died 7 Dec 1944 Harmon: Carrie Harmon, Vol 49, #38 25 Aug 1955 -- age 74 of Condon, survived by dau., Mrs Gerald Lynch, Sons" Del and Glenn -- Internment Ecko Cemetery. Not much big info., but maybe a follow up ~~~~~~~ Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: firebirdmike69 Surnames: stevens, harman, elkerton Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.oregon.counties.umatilla/921/mb.ashx Message Board Post: My name is Jennifer (Borrowing my husbands account) I am looking for information on a Myrtle Ann Stevens, born around 1940. She is my mothers biological mother with Leslie Edward Harmon. All the information that I currently have is that she resided for awhile in Hermiston Oregon and my mother Rebecca was born in 1958 while they resided there. Myrtle also resided in California and supposedly Married in Nevada, we think to a george elkerton. It is also supposed that she resided in the state of Washington a couple years ago. My mother was placed for adoption in 1960. If anyone has any links, or possible connections anything and everything is greatly appreciated! Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: shmarvier Surnames: Royse, White Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.oregon.counties.umatilla/920/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I am looking for an obit or death notice for the following individuals in Umatilla County. William Royse DOD 6 March 1887 Elizabeth White Royse DOD 30 Dec 1906 Any assistance is appreciated!! Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: judyartley53 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.oregon.counties.umatilla/915.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hi, IF you're still looking for this obit, you can contact the Blue Mountain Genealogy Society, www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~orbmgs/. Successful Searching! Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: MelaniePike59 Surnames: Denning, Dinnin Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.oregon.counties.umatilla/919/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Searching for info on Daniel DENNING/DINNIN, who d. 14 May 1883. In the New Brunswick, Canada, newspaper "Carleton Sentinel", dated 9 Jun 1883, there is a notice reading: "d. Willow Springs, Umatilla Co., Oregon, 14th ult., Daniel DENNING, formerly of Eel River (Carleton Co.) N.B. Full particulars of his death can be obtained by addressing G.W. DeBECK, Pendleton, Umatilla Co., Oregon." I believe that Daniel is brother to my great great grandfather, John Patrick DINNIN, but have been able to find no cemetery info on him. The surname Dinnin has been spelled many different ways, including by the family, and Denning is one of the ways. The family had settled in Carleton and York Counties in New Brunswick. I would appreciate it if someone could look up a death record and/or obit for Daniel. I'd like to confirm the relationship, if at all possible. Please feel free to e-mail me directly at mpike@rochester.rr.com. Thank you! Melanie Pike Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: sherryk180 Surnames: O'Neil, McLeod Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.oregon.counties.umatilla/918/mb.ashx Message Board Post: PART ONE: Grant was a town between Rufus and Biggs in Sherman County, OR. This from an 1889 unidentified newspaper: "ANOTHER MYSTERY. Word was received at this office last Tuesday morning of the mysterious death of the twelve-year-old son of Barney O'Neil of Grant. The boy was found on Monday about 12 o'clock lying at the foot of the high precipice just back of town in a mangled condition, the bones of his body and limbs being more or less all broken. From the position of the body it is surmised that he either fell, or was thrown, over the cliff, a distance of about 150 feet, and thereby met his death. The facts of the case as we have gathered them are as follows: The boy was missed from his home on Sunday evening and as he failed to return a search was begun. No trace was found, however, until he was discovered on Monday as above stated. When found he was entirely naked. Search was then made for his clothes which were found lying near a small lake just on top of the mountain. Tracks ! of two parties were discovered leading from the lake to the cliff - only a short distance - and investigation went to show that the tracks of only one party was found to lead back to where the clothes were lying. It is thought that the boy had a companion, but just who it was cannot yet be ascertained. The tracks leading back to the clothes were those of a boy or a young man, which goes to show plainly that it was not a case of suicide or accident. The question is, was it murder? And who was the perpetrator of the crime? Investigations are being made whereby some light may be thrown upon the way in which he met his death. At present, it is all a mystery." PART TWO The Times-Mountaineer, The Dalles, Oregon, Tuesday, November 5, 1889: "A Sad Death. A Boy Twelve Years Old Falls Over a Bluff Two Hundred Feet High and is Found Dead in a Nude Condition. The little town of Grant was thrown into a terrible state of excitement yesterday over the loss of a boy, who had been missed since the proceeding afternoon. John Henry O'Neil, aged about 12 years, a resident of Umatilla, and son to Mr. Barney O'Neil, had been visiting at Grant for some days past. Last Sunday afternoon he left in company with some other boys, and on the arrival of the west-bound passenger train, which was three hours late, a message came to Mr. Neil McLeod to send the boy home on the first train. Mr. McLeod began to search for the boy, and continued it until 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon, when he was found dead under a bluff about two hundred feet high in a nude condition. One arm and leg was broken and there were bruises about the head. His clothes were found near a lake, above the bluff, and it is supposed he was bathing and in playing aroun! d fell over the declivity. His parents came from Umatilla on the afternoon train yesterday, and the first view they had of their darling boy was when his mangled remains were brought to the depot. There is considerable mystery around the death of this boy which perhaps will never be explained. It is very strange that on such a cool day as Sunday he should have bathed in the cold water, and that in his nude condition he should have wandered to the edge of the precipice. If it had been light he could have seen and avoided the danger, and it is inexplicable that he did not clothe himself after nightfall. Johnnie was a good boy, and had the reputation of being very obedient to his parents. What induced him to bathe at that particular time, and apparently alone, cannot be explained. The little town was perfectly horror-stricken when he was found, and it is the most tragical event that has ever happened in the history of Grant. Mr. McLeod came to the city on a freight yesterday e! vening and procured a casket, and the remains will be taken to East Po rtland for interment. The entire community sympathize with the grief-stricken parents in their sad affliction." Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: huntancestor54 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.oregon.counties.umatilla/917/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hey fellow Ancestor Hunters! I've been doing Ancestry and family trees for almost 20 years now across the USA. I've done thousands of family trees for thousands of families and it has been a blast! Over the last 6 months I've put together the how to guide I wrote on finding your ancestors, breaking down those walls and finding the answers you have had a hard time looking for. You can get a free copy if you would like :) In addition to the guide I wrote, I also made a point and click program that works on any computer, PC or Apple, Windows. Gives you point and click access to Census, family trees, adoption & adoptee sources cemeteries, Revolutionary War, civil war, WW1, WW2 and Korean War, old land deeds, obituaries old state maps, county formations Slave index, Indian rolls and hundreds of thousands of searchable newspaper archive from the mid 1850s to today just to name a few along with thousands of Facebook groups and social media groups to network with others, finding family in other states and trading old ancestor pictures! Also threw in my guide to Native American heritage ancestry. Can be difficult figuring out which tribe your ancestors came from. From the thousands of family trees I have done, quite a few of them had roots that went into tribes all across the USA, so I have quite a bit of experience in the area of native American ancestry. All family trees spread out in many states, So I have included every state in my program :) Every State and Every county in the USA. So, whether your just getting started in ancestry or if you have been doing it for years, my Ancestor Hunt program will help you out and help you break down the walls. I've also included a database of people across the USA in each state that offer free lookups, so if you can't get to a certain state or if it's too far away just contact these people and they will do their best to help you out :) Also included is easy family tree program that is by far the easiest program to create your actual family tree. You can create your tree, Save it, print it out or publish it online, all from my program. Also, for some extra fun I added some celebrities, presidents etc family trees to see if you might be in the same line as them :) If you would like a free copy just send me a e-mail ancestorhunt1958@gmail.com There is a $6.00 shipping handling fee, to cover the shipping and creation of the CD-ROM. As I said before it works on any platform computer. PC, Apple, any version of windows etc. Happy Hunting!! Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: zmon400 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.oregon.counties.umatilla/119.2.1.1.1.1.1.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: birdie mahaffey was my grandmother's first cousin. her mother was mary elizabeth hamilton o'kelley, daughter of anderson hamilton and elizabeth elliott . have quite a bit of information on the hamilton branch. my grandmother was esther graves emery franks. her mother was hema hamilton graves, also a daughter of anderson hamilton. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: genealogy126126 Surnames: stafford ramsay ramsey pell turner burkhart hardman pugh thompson hervey gilbert boyles wainscott Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.oregon.counties.umatilla/916/mb.ashx Message Board Post: !2013jun from Warren Forsythe --and this is my best contact for this family: genealogy118 (at) fairpoint.net The following new May 2013 work announces twice as many descendants of the 1852 Oregon Trail Pioneer family of Prissilla Ramsay and William STAFFORD (1814 Indiana - 1888 WA) CROSS, DUFFEY AND RAMSAY LINES (2013 3rd ed), by Lowell M Duffey and Marcia P Peura - in 2013 that book can be obtain by sending ff to Marcia P Peura, (where the f symbol rhymes with jive) 5340 W 135th St, Hawthorne CA 90250-4945. [co-author Lowell M Duffey, 802 14th Ave NE, Jacksonville, AL, 36265], pages 336-344 has improved the Stafford descendancy significantly! ; My first attempt to integrate most of these new Stafford descendants is posted at: http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=REG&db=ildaunewtest&id=I1368 ~~Warren Forsythe for database ildaunewtest at http://wc.rootsweb.com Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: marlenesteinerann_1 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.oregon.counties.umatilla/915/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I would for get an obit on Maxine Bradd Hendrickson of Umatilla County Oregon.. She was born in 1915 in Baker Oregon daughter of James and Pearl Bradd and died on Aug 31 1991 in Umatilla County Oregon... Thank you Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: GLester8838 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.oregon.counties.umatilla/119.2.1.1.1.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Oregon Vital Records: Deaths 1903-1998 Name: Mahaffey, William Spouse Name: Birdie Death Date: 02 Apr 1939 County: Wallowa Birth Date: Age: Certificate No.: 13 Name: Mahaffey, Maude E Spouse Name: Maude E Death Date: 29 Jan 1952 County: Wallowa Birth Date: Age: Certificate No.: 3621 This is the only female death in the same county as William. Name: Mahaffey, Elmer Lawrence Spouse Name: Elsie Death Date: 06 May 1998 County: Marion Birth Date: 18 Jan 1917 Age: Certificate No.: 98-09501 Did not find a death record for Elsie Mae Mahaffey. Name: Mahaffey, Russell Clay Spouse Name: Judy Death Date: 08 Jun 1993 County: Deschutes Birth Date: 14 Dec 1948 Age: Certificate No.: 93-12150 Did not find a death record for Lynda Mae Mahaffey. Found this record in the Oregon State Archives Historical Records Index: Name Year Record Type County Source Number Mahaffey, Birdie Manila O'Kelley 05/01/1898 Delayed Birth Crook Health 3745 http://genealogy.state.or.us/ Ancestry has Oregon Death Records later than 1998, if that's when some of the Mahaffey's died. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: pykitty Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.oregon.counties.umatilla/119.2.1.1.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: My Name is Dawn Mahaffey, William Early Mahaffey and Birdy{O'Kelley}Mahaffey were my great grandparents. My grandparents are/were Elmer Lawrence Mahaffey and Elsie Mae{Cook} Mahaffey and my parents are/were Russell Clay Mahaffey and Lynda Mae{Raines}Mahaffey. I have One sister Tracy Lynn {Mahaffey} Rodgers. Any info that could be shared would be so very helpful. Also I may be able to assist with useful updates, as we now have grown families ourselves !! I would love to hear from any long lost family memeber or friends of the family !! Thank You So Much Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: Gen4You Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.oregon.counties.umatilla/914/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Would someone be willing to look up some land records for me? I'm willing to pay, if it's not too expensive. My 2x g-gf, Clark Folts, had a land homestead patent in LaGrande, Umatilla, OR in 1884. The record is here... http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/details/patent/default.aspx?accession=ORLGAA 085671&docClass=SER&sid=kp01amaa.wcp I'm hoping to find out what happened to this land.. I know that by 1888 Clark had moved to Arkansas. I am hoping to find some documents that proved he did, indeed, live there, homestead that land, and what happened to it. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

The person who is pushing for it. Permission is granted to circulate to as many as you can, get the people to contact their state representatives to vote down the bill. The Governor HIMSELF! Here is the statement at the beginning of the bill http://landru.leg.state.or.us/13reg/measures/hb2000.dir/hb2093.intro.html "Introduced and printed pursuant to House Rule 12.00. Presession filed (at the request of Governor John A. Kitzhaber, M.D., for Oregon Health Authority)"