You can find maps to both Cooper Mountain Cemeteries in Washington County at: _http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=15515_ (http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=15515) Click on cemeteries, Click on Washington County, Click on Cooper Mountain Cemetery OR Cooper Mountain Evangelical Cemetery. Anne

I think that the map for Cooper Mountain Cemetery on Grabhorn Road, near 190th and Miller Hill Road is the one pictured at: _http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=150284_ (http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=150284) You will need to zoom in and scroll up slightly to see the names of all of the roads. Anne

I received a nice email from Anne on this list regarding my search for Cooper Mountain Cemetery. After reading it and thinking and searching some more, I found that there is another Cooper Mountain Cemetery, on Grabhorn Rd. Look at: http://members.tripod.com/dgrawrock/Cemeteries/Cooper%20Mountain.htm It turns out that that cemetery had been transcribed and I did find my wife's ancestors in that list. I tried to look on Google Earth for that cemetery but I can't find anything that looks like a cemetery on Grabhorn Road. Does any know about this cemetery and could maybe tell me a cross street or some other info so I can locate it? Also, does anyone know who owned this cemetery or who maintains it now? (my wife's ancestors buried there are Laura and Thomas Young and George and Mary Miller. - anyone related to them? Thanks, Mark DiVecchio PS: My family web site is at: http://www.silogic.com/genealogy/genealogy.html -- Mark DiVecchio K3FWT markd@san.rr.com http://www.silogic.com My Genealogy Web Stie : http://www.silogic.com/genealogy/genealogy.html

Re your question about Cooper Mountain Cemetery: See: _http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/or/washington/cemeteries/coopmtcc.txt_ (http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/or/washington/cemeteries/coopmtcc.txt) which lists the names of those markers remaining at the cemetery and states: "A list of markers read in 1968 was published in St. Cecelia’s Parish’s "The First Century: A History of Catholic Life in the Beaverton Area, 1876-1976" (Oregon: the parish, 1976) [Family History Library US/CAN Book Area 979.5 A1 no. 142; Film 1321491, Item 1], p. 66." and, "The Cooper Mountain Catholic Cemetery served Sts. Peter and Paul Mission Church, part of St. Cecelia’s Parish (Beaverton, Oregon). Sts. Peter and Paul was established in 1902 on a couple acres on the top of Cooper Mountain. The church, built at the east side of the parcel, has long since disappeared. What remains is the cemetery with about 25 stones. Most stones are legible. All but a few are quite covered with lichens and moss. All but those noted below face south." A search for the Parish address turned up: St. Cecilia 5105 SW Franklin Ave., Beaverton, OR 97005 503-644-2619 FAX 503-626-7204 email: _general@stcecilia.pvt.k12.or.us_ (mailt:%20general@stcecilia.pvt.k12.or.us) _www.stceciliachurch.org_ (http://www.stceciliachurch.org) Wishing you success in your search. Anne

I'm hoping someone on this list can help me. My wife's family moved to Washington Co in the early 1890's. I've been tracing her family and have found out a lot of new information. I've started a simple web site at: http://www.silogic.com/clarno/Bette%20Baker.htm I've been able to get death certs from the Oregon State Archives for several of her ancestors. Four or five are buried at Cooper Mountain Cemetery located on the northeast corner of SW Kemmer Rd. and SW 190th Ave., Aloha, Oregon. I prevailed on my sister-in-law who lives in Beaverton to visit the cemetery. She did and sent me several photos: http://www.silogic.com/clarno/Cooper%20Mountain%20Cemetery,%20Aloha,%20OR.htm The cemetery was still there but no tombstones from our family. From the death certs, these people should be buried there: Eliza Smith died:6 Aug 1920 buried:7 Aug 1920 Cooper Mountain Mary Alice Smith Miller died:19 May 1925 buried:22 May 1925 Cooper Mountain Laura Ann Smith Baker Young died:28 Dec 1930 buried: ?? George Miller died:22 Dec 1929 buried:24 Dec 1929 Cooper Mountain Thomas Young died:9 Dec 1944 buried 14:Dec 1944 Cooper Mountain Do you know of any resource which has records for that cemetery or a plot map or anything to confirm my wife's ancestors burial location? Thanks, Mark DiVecchio PS: My family web site is at: http://www.silogic.com/genealogy/genealogy.html -- Mark DiVecchio K3FWT markd@san.rr.com http://www.silogic.com My Genealogy Web Stie : http://www.silogic.com/genealogy/genealogy.html

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/5cB.2ACI/607.1.1 Message Board Post: Yes, Benjamin Cornelius who was married to Rachel McKinney is the one who was shot by his son-in-law, John Powers. One of Benjamin's and Rachel's daughters, Sarah, was married to Powers. I know a little bit about Benjamin and Rachels children as some of them are listed in the newspaper article about the pistol duel. Also, Sarah and the 2 daughters she had with Powers lived with her family following the incident. So I have some census records of the family after 1881. Beyond that I don't know much about the Cornelius family. Both of Sarah and John Powers daugthers had difficulties/tragedy as young adults. Daughter Minnie died in a shipwreck of a steamship about 6 months after she married. The other daughter, Maude, was widowed young and was in an accident that left her disfigured. I'd be happy to send you further info if you need it.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/5cB.2ACI/607.1 Message Board Post: Thou, I know nothing of your question... I have just begun looking into my family- Benjamin Cornelius b. 1802, who was married to Elizabeth Adams. They had 7 children and came to Oregan across the "Meek Cut-off". They had a Benjamin Cornelius born in 1831, and married to Racheal McKinney. My realitive was a younger brother John Henry b. 1843. Could this be the same family?

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5cB.2ACI/709.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Charlie Glenn Thompson Born Sept 22, 1920 in Glen Cove, Texas Died June 2, 1992 Gerald Champion Hospital, Alamogordo New Mexico. Military service: 10/6/1942 Alamogordo NM (unmarried) to 1/9/1946 Portland, OR., (married by 1946) 6/26/1946 Portland OR to 8/30/1949 Klamath Falls, OR 9/23/1942 entered Army. Dates are confusing. On 26 June 1946 he entered the Army in Portland Oregon, his second enlistment. Note that his brother Neil Thompson lived in Oregon ten years earlier. His sister, Claudine Carey lived in Oregon at 414 North Main St, Ashland, Oregon in 1946. He was married by 1946 to Bernice (Mc Cracken) and they had a (step)son, Carl E. Mc Cracken, her son by a previous marriage. Charlie and Bernice lived in Hillsboro, Oregon at address Box 356 in 1946. In Alamogordo, NM on 13 July 1942 he enlisted in the US Engineers as a Rodman. Note: His brother, Neil, was a surveyor. He had at that time a high school education but no years completed in college. Thus it can be said he married Bernice between 1942 and 1946. He was in the hospital 12 Nov 1943 at AAF Station 169 APO 638 for pneumonia and related illnesses. By 22 Aug 1949 he lived near Klamath Fall Oregon and received a physical exam at that time. He was 71 ½ inch tall and weighted 181 pounds. Report does not state his martial status. He was admitted to the Sheridan WY VA Hospital 1-12-1954. He may have been divorced by this time. By 1984 records show that he was divorced. jcnreno@sbcglobal.net

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/5cB.2ACI/709.1.1.1 Message Board Post: What was Charlie's middle name or date of birth? I'll do some more checking......

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5cB.2ACI/709.1.1 Message Board Post: Laura, Thank you! That gives me a starting point. I've never done research in Oregon. I found some lookup volunteers on the net but none for Washington Co. I'll also check the FHC for microfilm. That may be the easiest and less costly. There must have been a military base in that county in 1942 as my uncle entered the Army there and apparently married while in the service nearby. Charles

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/5cB.2ACI/709.1 Message Board Post: Hi Charles: Here's where you can talk to the clerk regarding marriages: Public Services Bldg. 155 N. 1st Hillsboro, OR 97124 Clerk: (503) 846-8752 Courts: (503) 846-8767 Marriage Records 1842-1961 Series documents the recording of marriages by the county and includes applications, marriage certificates and licenses, and indexes to marriage records. Information includes the names and residences of bride and groom; justice of the peace, minister, or name of individual officiating; fees charged; date filed; volume and page numbers where recorded; certificate number; date and place of marriage; and signatures of witnesses and county officials. Washington County Courthouse, Basement Room B3: Marriages [includes certificates and affidavits], 1900-1960 (53 reels of microfilm). I hope this helps with your search! Laura

You can write to the County Clerk and ask how much it would cost to get it from them and then send them the money for it. Verdena Veelle ----- Original Message ----- From: jcnreno@sbcglobal.net To: ORWASHIN-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Tuesday, November 29, 2005 6:56 PM Subject: [OR-WASHINGTON CO] Charlie Thompson / Bernice Mc Cracken This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5cB.2ACI/709 Message Board Post: I'm looking for the marraige of Charlie Thompson to Bernice Mc Cracken (her second marriage) 1942 to 1946. He lived in Hillsborro then Ashland then Klamath Falls. He probably married in Washington County. I can not figure out how to order a search for his marriage record. Can any one help with some ionstructions. Thanks a million ==== ORWASHIN Mailing List ==== Visit the USGenWeb Project site http://www.usgenweb.com

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5cB.2ACI/709 Message Board Post: I'm looking for the marraige of Charlie Thompson to Bernice Mc Cracken (her second marriage) 1942 to 1946. He lived in Hillsborro then Ashland then Klamath Falls. He probably married in Washington County. I can not figure out how to order a search for his marriage record. Can any one help with some ionstructions. Thanks a million

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: CAMPBELL, RANSON, VARNELL Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5cB.2ACI/708 Message Board Post: Request lookup in Portland City Directories for any VARNELL surnames listed, please. Years specifically interested in are 1942-1945. Thank you in advance for your kind generosity.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5cB.2ACI/707.1 Message Board Post: In looking at this site I see they have moved Willamette University to Portland, Oregon. Old Bearcats are whirling. Don't know how to get it corrected.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5cB.2ACI/707 Message Board Post: Pacific University, Forest Grove, OR Class of 1889 roster on line at old-yearbooks.com http://www.old-yearbooks.com/2y/or/pacificuniv1889.html

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: LANGLEY Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5cB.2ACI/706 Message Board Post: Can you tell me how best to request an obit from 1995? I am looking for Martin LANGLEY, who died (per SSDI) Dec 1995. The Beaverton city directory shows him living there in 1995, but the Oregon Death Index does not show his death as being in Oregon. Thank you for any help!! Susan in New York State

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5cB.2ACI/705 Message Board Post: There are three old diaries that were handwritten by Gertrude James of Portland, Oregon for sale on eBay. These diaries belong in the hands of family descendants, so I'm posting this with hopes that this will help bring the diaries "home". Here are links to the auctions: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=2196&item=7362000917 http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=2196&item=7362215178 http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=2196&item=7362218046

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5cB.2ACI/704 Message Board Post: There are three old diaries that were handwritten by Gertrude James of Portland, Oregon for sale on eBay. These diaries belong in the hands of family descendants, so I'm posting this with hopes that this will help bring the diaries "home". Here are links to the auctions: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=2196&item=7362000917 http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=2196&item=7362215178 http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=2196&item=7362218046

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5cB.2ACI/703 Message Board Post: There are three old diaries that were handwritten by Gertrude James of Portland, Oregon for sale on eBay. These diaries belong in the hands of family descendants, so I'm posting this with hopes that this will help bring the diaries "home". Here are links to the auctions: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=2196&item=7362000917 http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=2196&item=7362215178 http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=2196&item=7362218046