Hi, I am wondering if anyone can help. I am looking for the marriage between Beda Hemmingsson and Carl Swan. It was suppose to occur between 1900 - 1930 in Seattle. Thanks, -----Original Message----- From: Ed Godfrey [mailto:edgodfrey@seanet.com] Sent: Sunday, September 07, 2003 12:54 AM To: PSRoots-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [PSRoots] Seattle TMG Meeting next Saturday, September 13 The Seattle TMG [The Master Genealogist] Users Group meets next Saturday, September 13, 2:00-4:30 p.m. at Broadview Library. "Images as Exhibits" is the main topic this month. We'll also discuss the standard Probate/Will source templates of TMG, and the creation of a custom source template with split CDs. Everyone interested in learning more about TMG is welcome! Broadview Library is located at the intersection of 130th and Greenwood Ave. N. The Broadview Library parking lot is reserved for library patrons. Please find parking on the side streets. Driving directions and a map of the neighborhood can be found at the Seattle Public Library website. Saturday timetables and route maps for Metro routes 5 and 302 are at the King Co. Metro website. Broadview Library (driving directions and map): http://www.spl.org/neighborhoodlibs/broadview/brogettingthere.html Metro: Route #5 (Seattle/Shoreline): http://transit.metrokc.gov/tops/bus/schedules/s005_1_.html Route #302 (Aurora Village/Northgate): http://transit.metrokc.gov/tops/bus/schedules/s302_1_.html

Heritage Quest Research Library is offering the following class: USING YOUR COMPUTER SCANNER FOR GENEALOGY TOPICS: Scanning pictures, Editing and Printing MATERIALS: 1 old photo, slide or negative Instructor: Jim Johnson Cost: $10 When: Sat. September 13, 2003 Time: 9am to 11 am Where: Heritage Quest Research Library 909 Main St., Suite 5 Sumner, WA Phone: 253 863-0577

SGS Computer IG abt "Maps & Genealogical Travel" on Saturday, Sept 13th. September's Computer Interest Group program will be on "Using Maps to Travel and Locate Your Genealogical Interest", presented by Barbara McGinnis Raemer. She has used both the Internet sites and software programs that she will demonstrate during all of her recent trips for both pleasure and genealogical research. The first two examples will be the Internet sites: GNIS Locator and NACO. The remaining examples come from CDs: MapQuest, Streets & Trips, and Map’n Go. These programs are used to specifically plan the trip. During the trip, do you make changes in your plans? Barbara does and she won't leave home without her computer, Pocket PC, and these programs. She also brings patience and hope. Please join us on Saturday, September 13, 2003 from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and learn how Barb plans her travels for fun and research. We will meet in the SGS Library at 6200 Sand Point Way NE in Seattle, across the street from the US National Archives & Records Administration (NARA) Pacific Alaska Region. Parking is available on the nearby streets. On the Metro Transit #74 & #75 bus lines. Accessible to the Handicapped. MEETING LOCATION & TIME CHANGE? We have the opportunity to use the 2nd floor NARA meeting room across the street. The room capacity is 49 persons so we will be less crowded and we can all park in their parking lot. They also have excellent audio/visual equipment and a high speed Internet connection that we can use. To use this facility we will have to change our meeting day and time to the first Saturday of each month from 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. We will be voting on this possible change during the September meeting. The earliest change date will be the December 2003 meeting. Please come to the September meeting to let us know your thoughts and vote on the change. SGS 80th ANNIVERSARY BANQUET & SEMINAR: >From SGS Webmaster Trish Nicola: Event information about the SGS seminar on October 17th and 18th is on our web site? One page has general information. The other pages are a complete listing of each of the sessions with speaker and subject description. The third page is a registration form to print out and mail in to SGS. Click on http://www.rootsweb.com/~waseags/seminar.html David Ault, Chair, Seattle Genealogical Society Computer Interest Group Computer Interest Group E-mail: SGSComputerIG@Juno.com SGS Website: http://www.rootsweb.com/~waseags/ & Phone: 206-522-8658 SGS Office & Library: 6200 Sand Point Way NE, #101, Seattle, WA 98115 * ________________________________________________________________ The best thing to hit the internet in years - Juno SpeedBand! Surf the web up to FIVE TIMES FASTER! Only $14.95/ month - visit www.juno.com to sign up today!

The Seattle TMG [The Master Genealogist] Users Group meets next Saturday, September 13, 2:00-4:30 p.m. at Broadview Library. "Images as Exhibits" is the main topic this month. We'll also discuss the standard Probate/Will source templates of TMG, and the creation of a custom source template with split CDs. Everyone interested in learning more about TMG is welcome! Broadview Library is located at the intersection of 130th and Greenwood Ave. N. The Broadview Library parking lot is reserved for library patrons. Please find parking on the side streets. Driving directions and a map of the neighborhood can be found at the Seattle Public Library website. Saturday timetables and route maps for Metro routes 5 and 302 are at the King Co. Metro website. Broadview Library (driving directions and map): http://www.spl.org/neighborhoodlibs/broadview/brogettingthere.html Metro: Route #5 (Seattle/Shoreline): http://transit.metrokc.gov/tops/bus/schedules/s005_1_.html Route #302 (Aurora Village/Northgate): http://transit.metrokc.gov/tops/bus/schedules/s302_1_.html

The Pierce Co. Auditor's Office, or any title insurance company, or real estate office should be able to find that property description for you, or any alteration over the interim of that site. Carroll in Snohomish * * * 30 * * * ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dianne Luman" <ntrnotes@mindspring.com> To: <PSRoots-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, September 04, 2003 3:41 PM Subject: [PSRoots] Tacoma Property > Greetings! > > I'm hoping that someone can tell me where I can find the location of a property. I have a Will written in 1890 that describes a property as: > > Lot 12, in block Eight Hundred Seven in the city of Tacoma. > > I wrote to the County Assessor and he told me that they only have information going back 10 years, so he couldn't help me. > > Any help/suggestions would be greatly appreciated.:o) > > Dianne >

Greetings! I'm hoping that someone can tell me where I can find the location of a property. I have a Will written in 1890 that describes a property as: Lot 12, in block Eight Hundred Seven in the city of Tacoma. I wrote to the County Assessor and he told me that they only have information going back 10 years, so he couldn't help me. Any help/suggestions would be greatly appreciated.:o) Dianne

HELP is needed with Carl Nissen's gen. - I will post his information in hoping that someone out there may be of help to Carl in shagging more info re his ties. I will pass his information on just as he passed it on to me. I was able to send Carl pictures of his Dad when he grad. from good ol' Snohomish High School in 1915, but I won't be able to help on his Machias, Lake Stevens, Granite Falls genealogy, so I will post the information for those who could help him. Carl NISSEN is way down there in Florida but he has roots from up this way as he indicates in his words. Carroll in Snohomish, WA * * * 30 * * * ----- Original Message ----- From: can4618@aol.com To: w7iml@gte.net Sent: Thursday, September 04, 2003 7:54 AM Subject: Sno-Isle Genealogy Meeting Oh, woe is me! I didn't check back! My goof! Jens Carl Nissen died 08 September 1930; Christine Nissen died January (?) 1925, I think. They are buried in Machias Cemetery, however my correspondent said her records showed another cemetery nearby. I have been there. In 1957 my cousin, Jim Temples, showed me where; in 1979 I drove out of Lake Stevens with my Uncle Bill (William Nissen) and missed the cemetery, turned back to Lake Stevens, and there it was, up a hill on the right, and near the top were their graves. I made notes then but where in my clutter those notes are ??? I've got to get organized one of these days! My initial correspondence with Sno-Isle was e-mail; then hearing nothing I wrote a follow-up on 21 May 2003 to Carole Thul care of Sno-Isle Genealogical Society. If I remember correctly, she said she thought she could get obituaries, and death certificates. There was an obituary posted on Ancestry.com some time back for Jens Carl Nissen. Wish I could find it now. If my memory is correct it also mentioned Granite Falls. My research on the Jansen family in Iowa has progressed, I feel, to a positive conclusion. My contact's great grandfather was Peter Hartvig Jansen, wife Wilhelmine Unruh, suported by a family genealogy written by one of the Jansen family in 1969. She has a short chapter on the Unruhs. Most of her story is a match, except for Carl Unruh, where she mixes up names. Her story identifies "Minnie", my grandmother Nissen was Christine Unruh Nissen, and their younger sister, Josephine, married Thomas Philipsen (see Illustrated History, etc. page 854-855, which I got from Everett Public Library). With the help of Genforum: Minnesota Nos. 9370 & 9375; and Iowa Nos. 22937 & 22941 and Minnesota Death Index and Minnesota Historical Society providing Carl Unruh's death certificate (actually Auguat Carl Unruh) I have completed the Unruh story: Wilhelmine Jansen; Christine Nissen; Josephine Philipsen, and Carl Unruh. This last year has been intersting, but now that that is "known". I want ! to get back to finding more out about my grandparents Nissen. Whever you get a chance now, having missed last night's meeting, if you could find out "what ever" from Sno-Isle Genealogical Society, I would be thankful! If the information is available, great; if not, we live with disappointments; one step forward and two steps back, or is it two steps forward and one step back. I enjoy reading your stories on WASNOHOM. Best wishes, Carl Nissen in Florida; wondering if we'll catch a hurricane.

The following article appeared in the September 2003 issue of The Third Age (News and Information for Contemporary Seniors Vol.31, No. 1 ref page12 and 13. Titled Granite Falls ... second century mirrors its first Townspeople fee pride and share town's history Section: Perspective On The Past By : Louise Lindgren, author. I received Louise Lindgren's kind permission to copy this article to WASNOHOM-L@rootsweb.com and also to PSRoots-L@rootsweb.com for persons subscribing to these two genealogical sites/bulletins. In the Third Age copy there is an approx. 3" x 5" photo with the caption: "Pioneer Wirt Robe and his mother in their store. -Photo courtesy of Granite Falls Historical Society. Article quoted in full as follows: A hundred years ago the town of Granite Falls was incorporated, and townspeiple have been celebrating that fact for the past eight months with special programs and events that will continue through the year. They have much to think about as they look back and then forward, to the changes that are happening at such a swift pace that they almost mirror the early development of the town. The History of Snohomish County, written by William Whitfield in 1926, estimated there were 50-60 people in Granite in 1900. By 1904 there were over 400. Lontime residents of Granite Falls today may be able to relate to the feelings of the pioneers as they have watched their population jump from 911 in 1980 to over 2,900 today. Another interesting source of information for comparison in a different way is "The Coast" magazine of June 1902 which waxes poetic about the natural wonders of the area. "Four fresh water lakes lie in one direction from the place, and seven in another, which afford most excellent fishing. In the forests and along the lakes and streams, grouse, pheasants, ducks and wild geese are plentiful." The article goes on to describe the train trip leaving Granite for Robe Canyon and the town of Monte Cristo. "... the train passes for a few miles through a dense forest of fir, cedar, hemlock and larch. Suddently to the left of the track the curtain of trees falls away and one can see, hundreds of feet below, the rushing tumbling waters of the Stillaguamish River. Later, we cross the river and marvel at the pure, clear color of the splashing, hurrying waters below, whose roar can be heard above the noise of the train." Such language was used to lur city dwellers to the area for tourism and settlement. Does that differ from the efforts of real estate developers today who have platted streets with names like Paradise Parkway, Vista court, and Mountain View Street? Or, laid out a series of streets near the Jordan Road with names that evoke the beauty of lush forests - Pine, Cedar, and Dogwood Courts, as well as Hemlock Way? Human nature doesn't really change all that much. People want to feel pride in their chosen hom and want to share their stories with others, putting it all in the best light possible. Back in 1919, an album and history of Granite Falls was created that does just that. According to the Granite Falls Historical Society, the album, with text written in a flowing longhand, was probably put together by Anna Pugh. Mt. Pugh was named for one of her relatives, so she already must have felt a strong sense of connection with the history of the place. She speaks of the beginning: "When in the early part of the (nineteenth) century, hunters, trappers, and finally settlers came to locate at or near the present site of Granite, they found that it, and great stretches of the surrounding land, had been burned clean by a great forest fiee, such as has never been known in these parts since. They named this the the 'Big Burn.' "The settlement carried this name for about three years, when for some unknown reason it was changed to 'Portage.' But this cause confusion and after a period of about a year, ... the name 'Granite Falls,' was finally decided upon. The choice fell to this name because of the beautiful water bounding over the huge granite rocks nearby." Anna's attitude toward "Portage" was not shared by homesteader Martha Turner, who, according to the "Coast" article, fought hard for the name. Early pioneers called it "Portage" because the Indians carried canoes from one river to the other over this narrow piece of land. The album has a number of pioneer profiles that shed light on the diversity of the early settlers. For instance, "Mr. Joseph S. Enas was born December 10, 1854 in the Azores Islands." he worked in a brick factory upon arriving in the U.S. and quickly taught himself to speak English before settleing on a "squatter's claim" near Granite Falls. There was also Joseph Swartz, founder and owner of the Swartz Mills on Swartz Pond, a few miles distant from Granite Fall. He was born in Southern Russia in the Province of Podolsk in 1860 and acquired a college education before settleing here. She also praises the pioneers for their stamina and fearlessness, relating, "One, when but four families resided here, a homestead was molested by wolves which were quite numerouse. They not only attacked the small stock but also the horses and the cows." And, "The forests were also very dangerous, not only because of the ferocious animals which lurked in them, but because of the danger of falling trees. Once, whilt two brothers were traveling homeward from Snohomish with supplies on their back, a tree suddenly fell, striking one of the brohers on the head, which resulted in a serious injury." Her attitude toward courafge is that one must hav it, and she shows scorn for anyh she perceives as "timid." Thus, in speaking of the declining bear threat because of the "march of civilization," she states that in 1919 only a few bears remain near town, "...who sometimes appear suddenly from bushes and frighten over timid fisherman." In her eyes, every fisherman m u s t have courage! The album notes that Fred P. Anderson came in 1888. In 1892 he erected the pioneer shingle mill of the town and organized Granite Falls Manufacturing and Mercantile Company. By 1893 he and W.H. Davis had purchased the town's first mercantile store, established by Mark Swinnerton of Marysville. Anderson became sole owner in 1894, but lost the store in the business depression of 1895. He died in 1906, a victim of a premature blast in his mine near town. Anna refers to other pioneers as well, with names that are still in use on roads today. Henry Menzel established himself in 1888, with a claim four miles southwest of town. His family name lives on in Menzel Lake Road and Robe-Menzel Road. Ira Carpenter (the Carpenter Road) came in 1887, homesteading on Carpenter Creek. The brothers Wirt and T.K. Robe were extremely active in the early establishment of the homeastead at Robe in Robe Canyon, but also as businessmen in the town of Granite Falls. T.K. is credited with being one of two men who heavily promoted the town, and his name appears in connection with a number of diverse enterprises. Realizing that the Pugh album was created in 1919, when the United States was involved in the First World War, it is not surprising that there is one patriotic photo showing a boy and girl holding a flag on the steps of the high school - the girl dressed elaborately as "Lady Liberty." This is followed by a photo of Phyllis Parr, Abbertine Torrant, Babara Wichser and Ruth Curtiss with the statement, "These four girls that we see here represented have taken a pledge not to eat any candy during the war. The school is proud to say that such heroic and staunch patriotic spirit exists to enable these to do their bit to help in the present crisis." Forty three men and boys are listed as serving their country, a high proportion of a population hovering around 600. The album is a treasure for researchers of Granite Falls history as it covers all the bases, from the environment to business development, social activities to the development of churches, lodge, and schools. In short, in this centennial year it would be worthwhile to stop in for a visit at the Granite Falls Museum on the corner of Wabash and Union some Sunday afternoon. The album is just one of the historical surprises that awayt and may help with perspective on the past a n d present. End of the quoted article by Louise Lindgren that appeared in the September 2003 issue of The Third Age paper. * * * 30 * * * COMMENT : When I read this article, not only did I think that it was a great historical article to post on 2 of the rootsweb sites for Puget Sound and Snohomish County, but it also "hit home" for me as I come to learn that I have an ancestral Cousin living in Everett, WA. Margaret Summit, who has her Ph D in Eng. Lit. from CA (don't recall which well known Univ.) whom I will see at the Sno-Isle Genealogical Society meeting this Wednesday eve. who edits The Sounder - the Sno-Isle Gen Soc publication-this lady is steeped in Robe History and of her Robe Family. What is interesting is that her maiden name is ROBE, which was a surprise for me as I have been aware or the town of Robe from Snohomish County histories, so I was surprised to learn that the town for which Robe got its name is that of my ancestral Cousin's surname, and that she knows a lot about Robe and its history and the people who lived there. Cousin Margaret enters my Clark Genealogy via the MICHAEL ancestry ( a Palatine family from what is now called Germany - near the Pfalz region of the country in the 1700s - the Michael name became Anglicized from Michel, or Mikel per the ship's records of which I have a copy). However, way down the Line from that time was Anna Michael who married Jason S(quire) Clark, my Grt Grt Grandparents who came by ox team 1847 OR Trail from Indiana to Brownsville, OR. My Grt GF was only 2 yrs old when they came across those plains and rugged territory. The Michael Family and the Clark Family each had their own wagons and traveled together out West. It is through those two families that makes Margaret Summitt, and Carroll Clark ancestral Cousin. She and I share another Cousin from the Michael line who is an RN and lives in Banks, Oregon. We have exchanged a lot of genealogy over the years since we met in the 1980s. I have only met Cousin Margaret in the past few years, however. Another of our Cousins, from the Michael side, whom I have never met personally, has a cradle made from the covered wagon that the Michael Family used to come out this way over the Oregone Trail, 1847. I can recall having no brothers or sisters, and being raised by an Aunt and Uncle and having no knowledge that I had any family as I knew only a few my cousins whom I seldom saw and didn't know very well. I have found it uncanny and pure luck that I have found and proven so many lines ancestry that I would have thought impossible - especially with the name Clark, as a started. I am so appreciative of various sources who have helped me, but I became challenged by the pieces of the puzzle that kept popping up here and there over the years. I am so pleased that I made the effort to seek and find when I was young enought to get around and play the clues when I did. The timing turned out to be just right. I hope Cousin Margaret will tell us more about the tiny community of Robe so related to Granite Falls. * * * My copy of An Illustrated History of Skagit and Snohomish Counties, etc.is leather bound, printed by the Interstate Publishing Co. in 1906; has a table of contents, but no index and consists of 1,117 pages including the Biog. Sketches in a single volume, gold gilded page edges. If I want to see my Clark family I have to go to Clarence Bagley's History of King County where there is a Biographical Sketch of my Grandfather and his Clark Family history oriented toward White River Valley, Titusville, and Kent, WA early history. Carroll in Snohomish, WA Any typing errors are all mine! w7iml@gte.net. * * * 30 * * *

Dear Maxine, Thank you for the information on Tim Lockwood. Phoebe in CA

If you can access Marysville, WA on Thursdays, you might be interested in a Genealogy Class at the Baxter Senior/Community Center (Water Tower landmark location) The 1st mtg. will be THURSDAY Sept. 4, 2003 Time: 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. The Comeford Group is a group of very affable individuals, males and females, who have the "eyes, ears, nose, throat" and few other attributes for ferreting out genealogy. What's more, they have a fun time doing it. Lots of laughs, lots of good comraderie, and "celebrations" of goals attained, or those still adrift; i.e. a great social group, no "snootiness" or holyier than thou attitudes; just good, clean perspective. Come, get acquainted with us and enjoy genealogy. This Class is not new -It's been on the burner for quite some time. After a Hot Summer, we are in Hot Pursuit of Those Who Want to be Found ! Our ancestry ! Carroll in Snohomish * * * 30 * * *

I've gotten permission to post the following info from Ann of the Tampa Bay, FL area. She has ties with Granite Falls, WA and of Skagit Co. She's supplied the following information for anyone "out there" who might relate in any way to this info.: Ann recently visited WA: EATON surname in Granite FallsCemetery; in Union Cemetery in Skagit Co. she is looking for Macomber (including variant spellings of the surname); Eaton; Rayment - she has a Grt Grt Grt Aunt who m. a Rayment. She had a "ball" visiting her cousins in WA state. If any of this could tie or relate in any way, please write to Ann at: af892@tampabay.rr.com for more information or details as needed to perhaps add to her/your genealogy if the are any possible ties. Good Hunting and Good Luck on your Searches, and Communications. Carroll in Snohomish, WA SE of Everett, WA where the sun shines a 50+ days of this year, making for brown lawns and NO mowing! We wonder about our FALL and WINTER, coming up - the Farmer's Almanac sez we all is in for a Hard Winter & they claim 80% accuracy. Should I SELL THE LAWNMOWER!!! * * * 30 * * * Permission granted by Ann : ----- Original Message ----- From: Ann To: Carroll Clark Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2003 5:38 PM Subject: WA genealogy Carroll, ...back form my holiday in WA & what a great time I had visiting with my cousins! The genealogy was fabulous! The trip was so successful! I even found an article in an old newspaper that showed my gggrandfather was in the area and sold land...just need to find where he is buried now...can't find that record as of yet. Took loads of grave stone photos and am working on getting them to the cemetery project for WA (not just my family but people unknown to me just so that I could give back to the genealogy community.) What a great adventure I had!! Ann F (tampa bay area) * * * 30 * * * Finis

In the 1888 Puget Sound Directory there is a Timothy Lockwood, painter, res. 1921 E. Maxine Alexander

Does anyone have any information on these folks. Betsy (Melvin) Lockwood was born in NY about 1825. May have married Tim in MI or NY before 1850.. Moved to Tacoma about 1880. Please answer to the list. Phoebe

Mc MILLIN, KELLAR, LANGSTON Genealogy relating to Our Clark Genealogy >>><<< Rev. DAVID RICE McMILLIN or Rev. D.R. McMillin (sometimes mis-spelled Rev. D. R. McMillan) b. Oct 15, 1815 near Green Castle, KY; d. Oct , 1880 White River Valley, Wash. Territory.(now Kent, WA). He joined Presbyterian Church at age 15; moved to IL united with Cumberland Prestyterian Church. In the Fall of 1849 he joined Rushville Presbytery in McDonough Co., Ill. 1851 he moved to Pacific Coast settled at Lynn Co., OR where he united with the Presbytery 1863 he moved to WA Territory, White River Valley (now Kent, WA). The Protestant Methodists being the only religious organization in that section, he united with them and he was ordained in 1866. He traveled through the region holding revival meetings, classes, etc. He d. Oct , 1880. His position was taken over by Rev. D. L. Spaulding, White River Charge. He left wife, 9 children, 3 Grt Grand children. Margaret Ann McMillin b. Apr 6, 1841 Peoria, IL traversed the plains in 1850, m. Thomas Palmer, also b. Peoria, IL They settled at a farm called "Holle Prairie" subsequently the site is called Salem, OR; OR's capital city. Born at Holle Prairie were Josephine McMillin Palmer, Feb 22, 1865 It was at this point that her mother died and she was weaned on mule's milk, so the story goes. Thomas Palmer sold the farm moved to White River Valley (now Kent, WA). There Josephine Palmer was taken into the home of Uncle Lewis McMillin who m. Betsy Ann KELLAR, dau. of Capt. G. D. Kellar (Goddard D. Keller)a seaman b. July 23, 1808 at Thomaston, ME. Capt. Kellar came to Puget Sound as Master of the Schooner "Toland" in 1859 arriving at Port Gamble Mar. 30, 1859. He soon settled in the White River Valley farm where he lived till his death. He had 2 sons;3 daughters: 1.. Capt. Albert Kellar of the ship "James Cheston" of the Port Gamble Co., John Kellar lived on a farm (doesn't say where). 2.. Mrs. E. T. Munson of Olympia 3.. Mrs. Lewis McMillin 4.. Mrs. John Langston (Info re 2nd son is missing -CC.) Lewis McMillin of White River, King Co., WA Territory m. Betsy Ann KELLAR of East Machias, ME 10 a.m. Sept 6, 1863 at home of bride's father Capt. Goddard D. Kellar, White River, WA.Terr. Lewis McMillin b. Apr 7, 1837 Peoria IL crossedthe plains 1850 to OR; he came to WA Terr. King Co., 1847. He improved the farm where the town of Titusville, now Kent, is located. He served one term in the Legislative Assembly of WA Territory of 1881 and also as Sgt. At Arms. At age 44, he was a farmer in White River. In his latter years he was employed most of the time as a surveyor for Messrs. Whitworth and Thompson. He d. age 51 in 1888 a founding member of St. John Lodge A.F.A.M. Mrs. John Langston, nee KELLAR and her sister Betsy Ann Kellar b. Machias ME rounded The Horn (Cape Horn-CC) in her father's ship at age 3. The party landed at "Steilicom" WA Terr. John LANGSTON crossed the plains in 5 mo. To Calif. From there he took passage in a sloop to Port Townsend, WA Terr which took 33 days. John LANGSTON m. Miss Keller, July 30, 1870 at Kent. He opened the 1st store outside of Seattle at Kent 1867. 1870 he put into operation a cable ferry which mad the crossing of the White River at a point a bit down stream from Kent. (My Grandfather, Irving C. Clark used to take me on a drive along the river and point out this ferry landing called Langston's Landing or some such name - Carroll H. Clark). 1883 John Langston obtained contract for clearing 8 mi. of right of way for N.P.R. R. (Northern Pacific Rail Road - CC.) between White and Black Rivers. The Langstons moved to Seattle and lived at 8th and Union. On the opposite side of 8th Avenue they operated a boarding stable. Langston's Livery stable in 1880 was at the foot of Washington Street near Ocean Dock. John Langston died Aug 4, 1910. Mrs. Langston moved to 1138 - 9th Ave. in 1922. She died there about 1940 and was buried in Lake View Cemetery. Surviving them was Nellie Langston who m. Harry Watson of Bonney and Watson and Cecily (undertakers-Seattle -CC). * * * 30 * * * COMMENT: Laura Stella McMILLIN m. James William CLARK who went by "William" were my Grt Grandparents. Laura Stella McMILLIN was dau of David Rice McMILLIN ( I have a copy of their handwitten marriage application filed in King Co., WA. Territory date 23rd day of November A.D. 1867, and this is my tie to the persons above who occupied their place in Pacific NW History, and the History of Puget Sound, especially White River Valley, now Kent, WA and the early times and places of Seattle. (Ref. David Rice McMillin's 2nd marriage.-CC). I post this here in the hope that there might be persons who could relate in some way to this information - perhaps a descendant who still lives in the area and whom I would be pleased to contact despite the many years of decendancy. Carroll Clark, Snohomish, WA w7iml@gte.net * * * 30 * * *

Does anyone know the time frame of the influenza epidemic that hit pierce county other then from May to Nov 1918?

Also, I'm certain that someone at the Fort Lewis Museum will have answers. The museum's home page is at http://www.lewis.army.mil/DPTMS/POMFI/museum.htm and there are phone numbers and e-mail addresses there for you to send an inquiry to. Greg Nordlund ----- Original Message ----- From: Diane K. Hettrick To: PSRoots-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Saturday, August 23, 2003 3:04 PM Subject: Re: [PSRoots] Fwd: Re: Ft. Lewis WW 1 I don't know how much this will help, but I Googled "Siemscary" and got a Snohomish County WWI web page with this entry below. Maybe it's in Oregon. http://www.rootsweb.com/~waskagit/snohmil1.html John T. Anderson, Silvana Born 9 Aug 1888, at Silvana. Son of Mr. and Mrs. E. O. Anderson, Silvana. Entered the service at Camp Lewis, 25 May 1918, and was transferred from there to Vancouver Barracks. Served in the 87th Spruce Sqdn at South Beach OR and Siemscary. Discharged 6 Jan 1919 at Vancouver Barracks. Diane Hettrick dhettrick@earthlink.net

I don't know how much this will help, but I Googled "Siemscary" and got a Snohomish County WWI web page with this entry below. Maybe it's in Oregon. http://www.rootsweb.com/~waskagit/snohmil1.html John T. Anderson, Silvana Born 9 Aug 1888, at Silvana. Son of Mr. and Mrs. E. O. Anderson, Silvana. Entered the service at Camp Lewis, 25 May 1918, and was transferred from there to Vancouver Barracks. Served in the 87th Spruce Sqdn at South Beach OR and Siemscary. Discharged 6 Jan 1919 at Vancouver Barracks. Diane Hettrick dhettrick@earthlink.net

Hi guys... This is from the researcher and gives her source of the name Seimscary WA Darilee Albany Regional Museum <armuseum@peak.org> wrote: From: "Albany Regional Museum" To: "bookstorelady" Subject: Re: Ft. Lewis WW 1 Date: Sat, 23 Aug 2003 13:50:56 -0700 Thanks for all the input on my request about my mother's first husband. This is written in my mother's excellent writing on the lid of the box that contains their marriage certificate. Also written is born Aug. 3, 1893, died Nov. 19, 1918. Right after this is "Siemscary,Wn". Then, Richard Kenneth Wilmont, Pvt.115th Spruce Squad, Ft. Lewis, Washington. That is all the information I have of him, except the marriage license, May 17, 1918. And that is all except that he was from Portland, Oregon, and was from a prominent family. They were only married 6 months, and then she didn't marry again until 1923. The information about the spruce division is really great. thanks, again. Carol McKay----- Original Message ----- From: bookstorelady To: Albany Regional Museum Sent: Friday, August 22, 2003 2:01 PM Subject: Re: Ft. Lewis WW 1 Well, no... I haven't heard of Siemscary... and I'm not goin' to guess that it was a joke... semi-scary.... Let me ask around and see if someone can help identify it... I did not find it on the Washington Place Names List... created back in the 1930's which contains many obsolute names... http://www.tpl.lib.wa.us/v2/nwroom/WaNames.htm Darilee Albany Regional Museum <armuseum@peak.org> wrote: I am searching for more information about my mother's first husband, Prvt.Richard Kenneth Wilmont who served at Ft.Lewis as a Prvt. in 115th Spruce Squad in Beween May 1918 and Nov. 19 1918 when he died of the epdemic influenza. My records show that they were likving at Siemscary, Wn. when he died. I was trying to contact the town of Siemscary but can find no such listing. Do you people know of such a town? I'd appreceate any information you might have. Sincerely, Carol McKay Cataloger of Albany Regional Museum bookstorelady@prodigy.net http://www.rootsweb.com/~waskagit - Skagit USGW http://www.thirdstbooks.com - 3rd St. Book Exchange http://www.facesfromthewall.com - Faces From the Wall - Vietnam/Washington bookstorelady@prodigy.net http://www.rootsweb.com/~waskagit - Skagit USGW http://www.thirdstbooks.com - 3rd St. Book Exchange http://www.facesfromthewall.com - Faces From the Wall - Vietnam/Washington

The Spruce Divisions were loggers who spent most of their time in the backwoods cutting Spruce trees to be used in the construction of Airplanes... The also built and maintained roads etc. as part of their production work Hadn't thought about Spanaway... but it's a good idea. I hope the researcher will answer the email I sent asking the source... Janice Weihs <vinson@harbornet.com> wrote:Ginny, Could this be a very badly written or printed "Spanaway"? The town is not far from Ft. Lewis. Janice Weihs At 11:13 AM 8/23/2003 -0700, you wrote: >I have run into the same problems at other >places. often wondered and have talked with others if it could >be voting districts names. > >ginny baxter >baxter22@msn.com > ----- Original Message ----- > From: by way of Cyndi Howells > To: PSRoots-L@rootsweb.com > Sent: Saturday, August 23, 2003 12:16 AM > Subject: [PSRoots] Re: Ft. Lewis WW 1 > > > ATTN: Carol McKay, Cataloger > > I have "A Geographic Dictionary of Washington" published by the Washington > State Geologist in 1917. It does not have the name of your place .... > Siemscary, Wn. > > I am wondering where you obtained the name ... postmark? > handwritten? I was > trying to look under similar spellings, but no success. > > Would search further, but need more clues. > > Audrey Cox Vogelpohl > Seattle, Washington > > > I am sending the message below s to both lists because I need help with > it... > > > > I did check http://www.tpl.lib.wa.us/v2/nwroom/WaNames.htm (Thank you > to those > > who did this... for the Tacoma NW Library) > > > > And I did notice semi-scary as an anagram... > > > > So... Any Spruce Div researchers out there... > > > > Darilee > > > > PS... I do not send attachments... If you receive an attachment from > > "bookstorelady" it ain't me.... My computers are virus free > (according to > > McAfee)... etc. etc. etc. > > > > Albany Regional Museum wrote: > > From: "Albany Regional Museum" > > To: > > Subject: Ft. Lewis WW 1 > > Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2003 13:48:32 -0700 > > > > I am searching for more information about my mother's first husband, > > Prvt.Richard Kenneth Wilmont who served at Ft.Lewis as a Prvt. in 115th > Spruce > > Squad in Beween May 1918 and Nov. 19 1918 when he died of the epdemic > influenza. > > My records show that they were likving at Siemscary, Wn. when he > died. I was > > trying to contact the town of Siemscary but can find no such > listing. Do > you > > people know of such a town? I'd appreceate any information you > might have. > > > > Sincerely, > > > > Carol McKay > > > > Cataloger of Albany Regional Museum > > > > > > > > bookstorelady@prodigy.net > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~waskagit - Skagit USGW > > http://www.thirdstbooks.com - 3rd St. Book Exchange > > http://www.facesfromthewall.com - Faces From the Wall - > Vietnam/Washington > > bookstorelady@prodigy.net http://www.rootsweb.com/~waskagit - Skagit USGW http://www.thirdstbooks.com - 3rd St. Book Exchange http://www.facesfromthewall.com - Faces From the Wall - Vietnam/Washington

Ginny, Could this be a very badly written or printed "Spanaway"? The town is not far from Ft. Lewis. Janice Weihs At 11:13 AM 8/23/2003 -0700, you wrote: >I have run into the same problems at other >places. often wondered and have talked with others if it could >be voting districts names. > >ginny baxter >baxter22@msn.com > ----- Original Message ----- > From: by way of Cyndi Howells <cyndihow@oz.net> > To: PSRoots-L@rootsweb.com > Sent: Saturday, August 23, 2003 12:16 AM > Subject: [PSRoots] Re: Ft. Lewis WW 1 > > > ATTN: Carol McKay, Cataloger > > I have "A Geographic Dictionary of Washington" published by the Washington > State Geologist in 1917. It does not have the name of your place .... > Siemscary, Wn. > > I am wondering where you obtained the name ... postmark? > handwritten? I was > trying to look under similar spellings, but no success. > > Would search further, but need more clues. > > Audrey Cox Vogelpohl > Seattle, Washington > > > I am sending the message below s to both lists because I need help with > it... > > > > I did check http://www.tpl.lib.wa.us/v2/nwroom/WaNames.htm (Thank you > to those > > who did this... for the Tacoma NW Library) > > > > And I did notice semi-scary as an anagram... > > > > So... Any Spruce Div researchers out there... > > > > Darilee > > > > PS... I do not send attachments... If you receive an attachment from > > "bookstorelady" it ain't me.... My computers are virus free > (according to > > McAfee)... etc. etc. etc. > > > > Albany Regional Museum <armuseum@peak.org> wrote: > > From: "Albany Regional Museum" > > To: > > Subject: Ft. Lewis WW 1 > > Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2003 13:48:32 -0700 > > > > I am searching for more information about my mother's first husband, > > Prvt.Richard Kenneth Wilmont who served at Ft.Lewis as a Prvt. in 115th > Spruce > > Squad in Beween May 1918 and Nov. 19 1918 when he died of the epdemic > influenza. > > My records show that they were likving at Siemscary, Wn. when he > died. I was > > trying to contact the town of Siemscary but can find no such > listing. Do > you > > people know of such a town? I'd appreceate any information you > might have. > > > > Sincerely, > > > > Carol McKay > > > > Cataloger of Albany Regional Museum > > > > > > > > bookstorelady@prodigy.net > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~waskagit - Skagit USGW > > http://www.thirdstbooks.com - 3rd St. Book Exchange > > http://www.facesfromthewall.com - Faces From the Wall - > Vietnam/Washington > >