Another article that Prof. Edmund Meany wrote in his accounting of Pioneers of Seattle and King County was that of Mrs. Henrietta A. Carr, May 21, 1919 In this article which names James S. and Anna (Michels) Clark - this is a misnomer in that the name correction should read Jason S. and Anna (Michels [Michaels] Clark. I added the Michaels spelling for that is the one they used after they arrived in America - The Michael's Fam.- Palatinates-CC). When Jason and Anna (my Grt Grt grandparents arrived by ox team IN>OR 1847, Henrietta A. CLARK was b. in DouglasCo., OR b. 1860 - her older bro. James William Clark, who went by "William" was but 5 yrs old at that time, my Grt GF-to-be- CC.) The family estab. a homestead in what is now the town of Kent, known as the Clark Addition to Kent, just S of Seattle. Miss Clark eventually became the bride of Clarence REID of Portland, OR 1876. Some yrs later, Clarence Reid d. and left 2 children, that became Mrs. Mildred Reid HENDRICKSON, and Will H. REID of Seattle in those times. By 1887, Mrs. REID m. Ulrich A. CARR, son of Edmiund CARR, one of the 1st regents of the territorial Univ. of WA. They had 3 children, but only one survived - Mrs. Ruth Carr GARRISON, Seattle. There is a Story that goes with this - one in which there was dealing of a trade of flour for baskets with local Indians (Nat. Amer) and how frontier life was testing at times. I won't expound on this story as it might be offensive to some persons reading it so I will leave that episode out. Life was a bit on edge at times among the pioneers and their dealings. Mrs. Carr became a member of the Pioneer Association of the State of Washington. She lived at 6330 Fortieth Ave.S.W., in Seattle in her later years. I posted these two articles in the hope that someone Out There might relate or even tie to this sort of information and we can become acquainted - we would have much to share, I am sure.CC. I know that Cousin Margaret Summitt can readily relate to this for she has MICHAEL blood cursing thru her veins. She earned her Dr. degree in English Lit from CA, and I was never great at Literature, tho' I envy those who are. I will get to visit with her again, when the Sno-Isle Gen. Soc. re-convenes in Sept. coming up. Marge Reid keeps me appeased and on my toes. I tried to establish a REID tie in with her, recently, but it didn't "take" so we ain't Cousins, yet ! Adage: Snohomish Library is a COOL place to visit - its genealogy section is growing, too ! Carroll in Snohomish, WA * * * 30 * * *

While trying to think of an idea for beating our "heat wave" of 80s & 90s deg. F Summer heat, as well as the pounding noise & debris of having a new roof installed at my home, I thought of our brand new $8meg. Snohomish Library- looked at my watch and it was about 10:30 a.m., so I travelled the 10 short blocks and parked in front of the place. There is lots of parking at this new spot, but when I entered this beautiful new library was the cool part. Not only is this new library COOL, it is also C O O L in many ways. The air conditioning immediately made it so, so I knew that I'd come to the right place. What's more it has a brand new Genealogical Section in the 929 + section. I spent an interim from 10:30 til 2:45 p.m. just in that section alone, marveling at all the information available in just this one section. Among the various offerings, I found a soft cover booklet by Prof. Edmund Meany who'd written about Pioneers of Seattle and King Co. areas. Upon hitting the Index, I began to see some familiar names that took my eye. One entry was among the surname Clark listings, and among them was Jason S. - that must be my Grt Grt GF on page 9, so I went for it. It was an article about Mrs. Lydia Stark dated Nov. 15, 1915- familiar to me as one of my Jason's daughters. I found that Mrs. Lydia Stark had a home called "The Maples" at Lyndwn, in Whatcom Co.& that she was described as a frail little white haired lady who, according to Prof. Meany, had every right to be included among the earliest pioneers of the Pacific Northwest. Then it goes on to describe her at age 4 as having left Indiana 1847 with her parents, Jason S. and Anna Clark bound for the Far West by ox team transportation. Lydia was obviously an outdoors type, and was of much help to her mother - which was expected and a part of that kind of life experience. The article explains that she became an expert horsewoman, and as she grew older she attended the Umpqua Academy (loc. in OR. nr. Roseburg, cap of Douglas Co.-I visited the area in about 1984 where I found the State Museum at Roseburg very helpful to my quest!) located at Wilbur, OR. The article tells that Lydia earned a prize of a black silk dress for her proficiency in spelling from her father, who'd become a teacher there an Supt. of Sunday School at Umpqua Academy - I know this from the full sized pulpit Bible that had an entry in it proclaiming Jason S. Clark as Supt. of Sunday School and this bible was presented to him in 1865 when he & his family would leave for Washington Territory (now Kent, WA.- I photographed that Bible which I found in Portland, OR when I was scouting my Clark ancestry among newly found relatives in 1984 questings). Lydia fell in love with one of her teachers, James Rice STARK while at Umpqua Academy -Methodist Father James Wilbur was founder of the Academy which was also known as Wilbur Academy as well as Umpqua Academy. ( I was able to get an early photograph of the Wilbur Academy at the museum in Roseburg when I slept overnight in the back of my Volvo 1800 ES sportwagon in order to access the State Museum there - across from the Police Station in a parking lot.-CC). Not only did Lydia fall in love with her teacher, she also became a teacher at the Academy and shortly became married. The article states that in 1864 (but actually it was 1865, I have documented among my findings-CC) that Jason Clark and his new son-in-law decided to "hit out" for Puget Sound country. Why they chose White River Valley, I'm not sure, but little did they know that in the future it would become known as Titusville, and then Kent, WA just S of Seattle, and near Slaughter (imagine the horse drawn "stage" pulling up to a place and the stagedriver yelling - "Slaughter House !! Everyone out! - that became the neighbor, Auburn, WA townsite-CC). The new Starks worked hard over the many years. What is prominant in Prof. Meany's account is that young mother Lydia would live there many lonely months w/o seeing another white woman! (They even learned to speak and understand the Indian - now called Nat. Amer. - language of the local tribes. It was necessary.-CC). James Stark was busy building bridges, teaching school, preaching the gospel, clearing land and farming much of it. (The "Kent-to-be, or White River Valley as it was called was very inundated with watery areas so that the expertise of Indian's canoes had to be quickly learned in order to get around the area with any expertise - CC.) The schoolhouse that was established in the area was across the river, as were the sparse friends of the area. Dugout canoes had to be made from knowledge that the Indians were experts at and the canoe was the main means of transportation of people and goods. (One of their sons was "Wilbur" no doubt from their friendly mentor, Rev. James Wilbur of Wilbur Academy/Umpqua Academy days. "Father" Wilbur was a huge, very tall man and among the Indians he was very well liked and could speak the various languages among them in those early times. He was a respectful, kindly man from the descriptions I found of him - CC.). In this article it is told that this son Wilbur when he became age 20 carried his Mother Lydia out to a carriage, when 20 yrs earlier, she had carried him as a baby from the ox-drawn wagon that had carried them to their new found home in Oregon - actually, Brownsville, OR. (My Grt GF James Clark was only 2 yrs old when Jason and Anna made the journey from IN to Brownsville, OR - they soon moved a short distance away to Harrisburg - now just across from I-5- which I found myself having to visit back in about 1984 when I seeking those areas-CC). The Starks eventually decided to move to Lynden to give their family advantages in education at a normal school located at Lynden in those times. James and Lydia Stark were asked to take charge of Stickney Home, an Indian industrial school loc. in the Lynden area. They got the assistance of their daughters, Mollie and Alice Stark. When James Stark passed away due to illness, his youngest Mollie Stark Williams and her youngest son, James Frederick Stark, took over the tasks. Via the Everett Public Library back in the 80s I discovered a typewritten account of the Starks as a result of a D.A.R. account of the family. It was there that I discovered that this James Stark was a desc. of the famed Gen. STARK of Revolutionary War - so I collected a bit of that kind of information about this family. Snohomish Library is a real Cool Place in many ways! There will be a Part 2 to this article as a separate surname: Carroll in Snohomish, WA * * * 30 * * *

The August meeting of the Seattle TMG Users Group is next Saturday, August 9, at Broadview Library. We meet at 2:00 p.m. for general Q&A, and the main demo and discussion begins at 2:30 p.m. The main topic this month is Names (of people) including variant names and name styles. Feel free to bring and share examples of particularly troublesome and/or amusing name problems you've encountered in your research. Broadway Library, a branch of Seattle Public Library, does not sponsor our meetings, but provides us meeting space free of charge. Please find parking on the surrounding streets, as the library parking lot is reserved for library patrons. Driving directions to Broadview library are given below, as well as Metro transit information. Everyone interested in learning more about TMG is welcome! Driving directions to Broadview Library (including a map): http://www.spl.org/neighborhoodlibs/broadview/brogettingthere.html Metro Transit Saturday schedules and route maps: Route 5: http://transit.metrokc.gov/tops/bus/schedules/s005_1_.html Route 302: http://transit.metrokc.gov/tops/bus/schedules/s302_0_.html

Our Comeford Group -Genealogists met at Marysville Sr. Ctr. and it was there that I met Jim Ransopher who is a sleuth on the "towne" of Lowell - no, not Lowell, MAss, but Lowell, WA now a part of Everett, unfortunately, as time does things to pioneer places! The Snohomish Indian called Chi-cha -ee, with the apparent accent on the middle "syl-lah'-ble" (Carroll's pronunciation for the word syllable). This was long before the Snohomish Tribe became absorbed by the Tulalip (Group of ) Tribes. Anyway, Lowell is celebrating 140 years of settlement this Saturday from 11 a.m. - 4 p.m. with parade, picnic, & tours. For the Story re this: Ref. The HERALD, Everett, WA. Date: Fri, Aug 1, 2003 Section: Local Site: http://www.heraldnet.com/about Article: Lowell celebrates 140 years By Janice Podsada, Herald Writer COMMENT: Please note that in the article you will read that Jim Rancifor will be among those retired firefighters ( we used to call 'em firemen in the old days - CC.), but according to my genealogical data, Jim's name should be spelled Jim Ransopher, cuz that's the way he spelled it on our Genealogy Class Names for Sept. 2002. Well, its phonetically correct like some of the stuff I've written in the Past on this Bulletin. Lowell was settled originally by E.D. Smith in 1863 but it didn't become "civilized" for another 11 yrs. when he sent for his childhood sweetheart, Margaret Gretchell. Gail Chism is Lowell's historian. Dave Dilgard who keeps tabs on this region's history will be on tap also for the event. And no doubt, Jim Ransopher will be taking it all in and adding to the stories of the area. He and I have talked about persons who used to live in Lowell - one of my (Carroll's) best pals had an "eye" for a cute little gal that lived in Lowell, and tho' nothing really came of it, I found that she married a fellow of great character who worked with me at Boeing Spares Division of Boeing Aircraft Co. in Everett. My, what a small World this has turned out to be! Our paths keep crossing each other. No wonder I have come to say my old adage: They Want To Be Found ! Keep Cool and have Fun, and Stay Well ! Carroll in Snohomish * * * 30 * * *

Diane: This Dobson book is at Seattle Public Library (call # R929.373 D656Db). It's in the online catalog <http://ipac.spl.org/>. A keyword search for "Barbados" brings up 47 items. Some of the nongenealogy items including a novel may be of interest to you. A keyword search for "Barbados genealogy" (without the quotes) brings up 9 items. A search by author name (Dobson, David) brings up 16 items, some of which pertain to the Caribbean and Maryland genealogy but are _not_ on the other 2 lists above. You can e-mail the results of your SPL searches to yourself from the web site and thus have a handy list to take to the library. Seattle Public Library system will be closed August 25 through September 1 due to city-wide budget cuts. Even the online catalog will be shut down during that time. --Ida Skarson McCormick, idamc@seanet.com, Seattle At 04:35 PM 07/31/2003 -0700, Diane K. Hettrick wrote: >Would someone be kind enough to tell me if this book is >available in Seattle libraries? SGS? Fiske? LDS >Family History centers (MLT or other locations?) > >Dobson, David. Directory of Scots Banished to the >American Plantations 1650-1775, Baltimore: 1983. > >I have at least two ancestors who were white slaves in >Barbados<snip>

Would someone be kind enough to tell me if this book is available in Seattle libraries? SGS? Fiske? LDS Family History centers (MLT or other locations?) Dobson, David. Directory of Scots Banished to the American Plantations 1650-1775, Baltimore: 1983. I have at least two ancestors who were white slaves in Barbados and I'll probably find more as my husband and I both have a lot of colonial Maryland ancestry. One was Ninian Beale / Bell, a Scotsman, and the other was Thomas Dowden, whom I believe was an Englishman - probably from the Somerset area. Both of them went to colonial Maryland when their terms of service were up. There were thousands of Irish slaves in the West Indies and a smaller number of Scots. I don't know what my Englishman was doing there - probably a religious dissenter. Most of the information on the web deals with prisoners transported to Australia, but that came later. I'd appreciate any suggestions for books, web site, Google keywords... Diane Hettrick Shoreline dhettrick@earthlink.net

Hello Phoebe: Our Pierce Count Death records have a Mrs. Wm. Pitt d, 6 May 1896 age 97. Maxine Alexander

Dear List, I just joined and was happy to see an active historian with my first e-mails? For starters I would like to ask if Orcus Island is located in or near Pierce Co. for how far away it is from Tacoma. My Washington map is not that great. My great great aunt Beulah Betsy (MELVIN) LOCKWOOD with her husband, TIMOTHY LOCKWOOD from Oregon to Tacoma sometime about 1880/90. I understand that her mother, ELIZA (WISNER) (MELVIN) PITT was with her and died in Tacoma. Her brother, my great grandfather, MILAN MORREL MELVIN was up in the San Juan Islands, Orchus (excuse spelling) to be near them where he had a heart attack and died in 1894. I wonder if there are any good websites that I could visit to start looking for these deaths. I visited the Pierce Co. website, but did not find any type of search engine. Would appreciate any direction one could give me to try to locate information on this family. Please reply to the list as this e-mail name cannot accept e-mails. Thank you, Phoebe in CA

I have been watching History Detectives on PBS Channel 9 KCTS on MONDAYS; PBS Channel 12 KBTC WEDNESDAYS at 8 p.m. and I find it quite interesting - sleuthing, history, records searching, using clues, seeking, ferreting, genealogy techniques- and I think you will, also. I have given you the two channels for Puget Sound, so if you live outside of the coverage of these PBS TV stations, check your TV guides for PBS stations that carry HISTOR DETECTIVES. I think you will like what you see. There is a variety of subjects on each program. PBS.org is the site for more information re this program for your areas. Carroll in Snohomish * * * 30 * * *

Been lookin' for interesting articles but I don't find that many, but I thot this one was worthwhile, so here 'tis: August, 2003 -The Third Age - Perspective On The Past by louise lindgren Titled: Centennial cities share common bonds Quoted: What do the cities of Arlington, Monroe and Standwood share in common? Just for starters, a 100 year history. Each is celebrating their centennial of incorporation this year with community celebrations and special events. Beyond that, however, there is much among these river-based cities that can be counted as shared experience. Name and location changes, railway influence, river access, slow but progressive development, jajor industries - all three cities have experienced these and more. A 100 year anniversary means a great deal to any community, but all three of these cities can trace their development back to an earlier time, two to the 1860s, long before their official incorporations. A fourth centennial city, Granite Falls, will be featured in nex month's Perspective on the Past. Stanwood, at the out let of the Stillaguamish River into Puget Sound, was first known as Centerville in the late 1860s, a name so common that the U.S. Post Office insisted on another moniker when the office was moved. Thus, pioneer D.O. Pearson submitted his wife Clara's maiden name, Stanwood, and that was accepted in 1878. Monroe started out as "Monroe at Park Place." When the great Northern Railway survey was finalized and the tracks were planned to cross wood's Creek at the county road about a mile farther east, the businessmen at Park Place saw that their prosperity depended on moving their shops to the rail line. The post office was moved there as well, abandoning Park Place, and the name Monroe was chosen for the budding community along the railway. Arlington did not chage its name, but the original center of business was at Haller City, north and across the river from Arlington, founded in 1888.. By 1890, J. W. McLeod had come to the area with his pet project, founding a town named for Lord Henry Arlington, a member of the nororious "Cabal" cabinet of Charles II of England. Again, a railway's decision to locate its station made all the difference. The Seattle, Lakeshore and Eastern Railway favored the Arlington plat rather than Haller City. True to form, the businesses of Haller City began to move toward the train station, knowing their future depended upon this vital connection. The Great Northern Railway"s decision to locate its station a mile east of Stanwood, at a location that became the competing town of East Standwood, effectively created a dual community that lasted until 1960, when the two cities finally combined as one. Having the station a mile east of town resulted in John Hall's entrepreneurial scheme which produced the "World's Shortest Railway," the H. & H., that shuttled goods from the East Stanwood station to the established older town. River access was important to all three towns long before rail lines were even a possibility. Homesteaders of all three areas depended, in the earliest days, upon canoe travel and the expertise of Native Americans who were familiar with waterways of Puget Sound and the inland rivers. They often hired these skilled people to ferry their goods upriver loaded on canoes, sometimes lashed together to form a sort of catamaran for transport of heavy loads. Travel by water was much easier than trying to hack through virgin timber before roads were created. And the ride was much smoother than trying to take a wagon down a bumpy puncheon road with bogs, marshes, fallen timber and gigantic tree roots in the way. Steamships of the popular "Mosquito Fleet" regularly served Stanwood from Puget Sound; others went up to Monroe on the Snohomish River. Arlington had only sporadic service as the Stillaguamish River was often blocked by huge logjams. All three cities had their major industries in addition to logging and farming which dominated the exconomic scene. Remnants of these industries are visible today and serve as landmarks of the communities. In Arlington, there is the condensery, a huge building used for transforming raw milk into canned, condensed and powdered milk. It was built in 1920 by the Snohomish Copunty Darymen's Association using the trademark, "Darigold." In Monroe, another condensery was built in 1908 by the Pacific Coast Milk Products Co., later called "Carnation Co." It had its won brick powerhouse and a railroad spur to serve it. Two large smokestacks marked the site; one of them 60 ft. high and five feet in diameter. Although the condensery has been gone for years, one of the smokestacks still stands and is used as a meeting spot for locals and those from out of town. Stanwood had a condensery as well, built in 1914 by Pacific Coast Milk Products. In aaddition it had a major cannery which evolved into Twin City Foods, still a thriving concern. It also had a lumber mill along the river and the smokestack for that mill stands as another community landmark, now decorated with a huge numeral "100" overlaying the repainted "Hamilto Lbr. Co." sign. All these cities have long and varied histories and many publications are available for those who want to delve into the past in detail. Some were written years ago, such as The Stanwood Story by Alice Essex, drawing heavily upon back issues of the Stanwood News. The Stanwood Historical Society has also produced a new pictorial history written by Karen Prasse, a highly respected historian of the area. The Stillaguamish Valley Genealogical Society came out in early 2003 with its pictorial history, Arlington Centennial: 1903 - 2003 and Monroe's history has been documented in two volumes by Nellie Robertson. All of the publications noted can be purchased at local museums. It is a credit to each community that these cities have museums which thrive; Stanwood's Pearson House, the Stillaguamish Valley Pioneer Museum in Arlington, and in Monroe, a museum converted from, and and thereby saving, the old City Hall. A visit this year to any of these centennial cities will be filled with opportunities to celebrate the past and enjoy the offerings of communities that, in spsite of recent growth, still retain a "small town" feeling. End of article, except to say that there is a PIX captioned: Stanwood's D.O. Pearson House, still a landmark in this Centennial Year. -photo couresty of stnwood historical society. (near turn of the last century group of persons standing in front of the house. What a far cry from the hustle, bustle of traffic and people among these historical places over the 100 yrs. of time. Carroll in Snohomish * * * 30 * * *

Try this: King County Recorder http://www.metrokc.gov/recelec/records Gloria Lester >>^. .^<<

I want to post this in appreciation of Ida's e-mail to me and to the various persons who have e-mailed me with incentives, and offers of help. I have found persons who are related to this Line of Damons and who are willing to share with me the info that I seek. Also, I will take Ida's suggestion to me that I try for the interlibrary loan route, utilizing our brand new $8meg. Snohomish Library a part of the Sno-Isle Library system. The adrenalin is surging again and I am off into the green pastures of those "who want to be found" despite the years we devote to that pursuit. Thanks a meg. for people like Ida who go to bat for the inquisitive ! As Ida said to me, we surely miss our devoted friend, John Wm. SLONIKER who supplied so many gens. with answers to their questions. We all certainly miss him on here - I lovingly tagged him our "Ferrett" because he could find answers for people and he was so generous with his help. We sorely miss him! Carroll in Snohomish ----- Original Message ----- From: "Carroll Clark" <w7iml@gte.net> To: "Ida Skarson McCormick" <idamc@seanet.com> Sent: Sunday, July 27, 2003 12:01 PM Subject: Re: [PSRoots] Damon Fam book/data: > Thank you Ida for your most informative response to my quest. I greatly > appreciate this and your former responses to me over the years. > I first saw you at a lecture or talk you gave at the Bothell > LDS meeting circa 1984, and my budding interest in genealogy. > I don't get down to Seattle any more - I used to camp down there in the > older Library with pockets of nickles and dimes for the copying machines. I > miss being able to do that. > Using what you have sent me will help me to find a copy somewhere. I > understand that a fellow who lives in Ellensburg, WA got permission from his > wife before she passed away to reproduce some of the volumes of the Damon > Family of Wayland, Mass. > I have tried to contact him by his e-mail but I haven't heard from him as > yet. I have his address and may have to write to him. > Again, I want you know how appreciative I am for your > input of information to me. I am sure that it will help. > > Best Regards, and Best of Health, > > Carroll Clark, Snohomish, WA > w7iml@gte.net > > * * * 30 * * * > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ida Skarson McCormick" <idamc@seanet.com> > To: <PSRoots-L@rootsweb.com> > Cc: "Carroll Clark" <w7iml@gte.net> > Sent: Friday, July 25, 2003 4:45 PM > Subject: Re: [PSRoots] I Hit Pay Dirt! Eureka! [Seattle Pub Lib] > > > > Carroll: > > > > This book on the Damon family is at the Seattle Public Library downtown > > temporary location. I just checked the library catalog online > > <http://ipac.spl.org/>. Because it is a temporary location, there is a > > space problem. The family genealogies are currently being housed in the > > basement, but retrieval is quick. > > > > The Damon family of Wayland, Massachusetts > > by Damon, Richard A. > > Penobscot Press ; R.A. Damon [distributor], c1997. > > Call #: 929.2 D187Dr > > > > It is 439 pages, indexed. > > > > ISBN: > > 0897253019 > > > > Note the Seattle Public Library system will be closed Monday August 25 > > through Monday September 1 due to citywide budget cuts. > > > > Downtown temporary library location: 800 Pike Street, across the street > > from the Convention Center. > > > > --Ida Skarson McCormick, idamc@seanet.com, Seattle > > > > > > At 08:12 AM 07/25/2003 -0700, "Carroll Clark" <w7iml@gte.net> wrote: > > >After many years of searching, seeking, e-mailing, and contacts with the > > >Damon surname bulletin of rootsweb.com, I hit "pay dirt"- persistance, > > >tenacity has paid off on a whole new venture with a Line to explore. > > ><snip> > > >Now, I hope to attain a copy of 'Richard A. Damon, Jr. book The Damon > Family > > >of Wayland, Massachusetts' which should enlighten information about this > > >Damon Line which I have sought for so many years. > > > > >

At one time there were King County records of marriages, divorces, property transfers and some court cases on the internet. Does anyone have the URL? Your help would be most appreciated. Thank you, Ann Vasconi

Carroll: This book on the Damon family is at the Seattle Public Library downtown temporary location. I just checked the library catalog online <http://ipac.spl.org/>. Because it is a temporary location, there is a space problem. The family genealogies are currently being housed in the basement, but retrieval is quick. The Damon family of Wayland, Massachusetts by Damon, Richard A. Penobscot Press ; R.A. Damon [distributor], c1997. Call #: 929.2 D187Dr It is 439 pages, indexed. ISBN: 0897253019 Note the Seattle Public Library system will be closed Monday August 25 through Monday September 1 due to citywide budget cuts. Downtown temporary library location: 800 Pike Street, across the street from the Convention Center. --Ida Skarson McCormick, idamc@seanet.com, Seattle At 08:12 AM 07/25/2003 -0700, "Carroll Clark" <w7iml@gte.net> wrote: >After many years of searching, seeking, e-mailing, and contacts with the >Damon surname bulletin of rootsweb.com, I hit "pay dirt"- persistance, >tenacity has paid off on a whole new venture with a Line to explore. ><snip> >Now, I hope to attain a copy of 'Richard A. Damon, Jr. book The Damon Family >of Wayland, Massachusetts' which should enlighten information about this >Damon Line which I have sought for so many years.

Clare, I would be happy to look up the obit for you. My e-mail address is huff@willapabay.org. I will get a copy of it, let you know when I have it in hand, and will mail it to you. Evelyn ----- Original Message ----- From: Clare Stoppa <stoppa1@nrtco.net> To: <PSRoots-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2003 12:39 PM Subject: [PSRoots] Re: Obit Look-up request please > Would S K S on the list look up an obit for James T. Dunbar > who died Feb 14, 1949 and was burried in Shelton Memorial Park, > Mason County WA with a U S flag draped over his coffin. > He lived in Shelton for 20 years. > If this is not the proper list for such a request, please let me know > where I should be applying to. > Any assistance greatly appreciated. > Clare in Canada >

After many years of searching, seeking, e-mailing, and contacts with the Damon surname bulletin of rootsweb.com, I hit "pay dirt"- persistance, tenacity has paid off on a whole new venture with a Line to explore. At the bottom of this was my query, giving as much data as I had available to me, and directly below was the answer to my query which allows me to know the name of my Great Grandmother, now known to me as Joanna Gillett Damon whereas I only knew her as "Annie G. Damon" mother of my Grace Idella (nee Gibson) Clark, both of Leominster, MA but the later of Kent, WA. I want to share this on this bulletin to show my appreciation of the rootsweb.com system, but also to display surnames here who might possibly have a tie with any of the surnames mentioned. I own a copy of Gibson Family, a book about John Gibson of Cambridge, Massachusetts and His Descendants 1634 - 1899 by Mehnitable Calef Coppenhagen Wilson, 1900. Now, I hope to attain a copy of 'Richard A. Damon, Jr. book The Damon Family of Wayland, Massachusetts' which should enlighten information about this Damon Line which I have sought for so many years. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard Damon" <richard@damon.name> To: "'Carroll Clark'" <w7iml@gte.net> Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2003 7:45 PM Subject: RE: [DAMON] MASS. DAMON Query : Carrol, Richard A Damon, Jr in his book The Damon Family of Wayland, Massachusetts, in entry 1147 lists: JOANNA GILLET DAMON (William7, William B6, Thomas5, Thomas4, Ebenezer3, Thomas2, Thomas1) dau. Of William and Lucy (Byant) Damon b. Leominster Apr 23, 1850; d Nashua, N.H. Jan 10, 1881; mar in Leominster Jan 24, 1871 John Francis (J. Frank) Gibson son of John Alexander and Mary Samantha (Davis) Gibson b Salem Apr 21, 1849; he was of Leominster, Boston, and Kent, Washington; he mar (2) Feb 19, 1882 Clara Mary Stewart b. Port Medway, Nova Scotia May 1, 1859 Children of John Francis and Joanna Gillet (Damon) Gibson 1737 Ernest Almon b. Leominster Oct 29, 1871 1738 Grace Idella b. Leominster Dec 23, 1872; mar Apr 25, 1895 Irving C. Clark of Kent Wash, town clerk; one child, Cecil Irving Clark b Aug 21, 1896 While this is not an exact match (Birth dates differ by a week) it could be a good start. Richard in his book traces this line back to Thomas1 and then probable links back to England. He unfortunately does not cite his sources, but has proved reliable for me. Richard Damon -- rbrdamon@rcn,.com (Home) rdamon@beltronicsinc.com (Work) richard@damon.name (Genealogy) -----Original Message----- From: Carroll Clark [mailto:w7iml@gte.net] Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2003 2:13 PM To: DAMON-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [DAMON] MASS. DAMON Query : Annie G. DAMON, b. Leominster, MASS. b. April 18, 1850; d. Nashua, N.H. Jan 10, 1881 at the home of her son Ernest Almon Gibson of Nashua, N.H. he was b. Leominster, Mass Oct 29, 1871; unmarried. Annie G. DAMON m. John Francis (J. Frank) GIBSON of Leominster and Boston, MASS. and later Kent, WAshington. They m. Jan 24,1871. J. Frank Gibson, later m. 2) Feb 19, 1882, Clara Mary STEWART, b. Port Medway, Nova Scotia, May 1, 1859. Can anyone provide information relating to Annie or Anna G. DAMON who was my Great Grandmother on my GIBSON/DAMON side? Thank you for any possible help you might provide for me. Carroll Clark in Snohomish, Washington w7iml@gte.net * * * 30 * * * ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237

I am new to the list and I do need some help. For years I have been trying to find some information about the brothers of my grandfather. Harry and Arthur Choate grew up in Madison County, Iowa. Their parents were Able and Caroline Choate. Around the turn of the century, both Harry and Arthur left home and the story that was passed down to me was that they were never heard from again. Able died in 1908. His will was written in 1906. It stated that these sons had already received their share of the estate and would receive no more. In the probate packet were the names and addresses of all of Abel's children. Both men were listed but there was a question mark where their addresses should have been. A year or so ago, I found on the message board at Ancestry.com a query about Harry's ancestors. I e-mailed back but never got a response. The message stated that Harry had lived in Washington but had changed his name to Harry Young. I would like to know why. He had died in Seattle in 1941 , I think. I would very much like to correspond with anyone who might know anything about either Harry or Arthur. Their nieces would be very interested as well as other members of the family. I would be happy to share the information I have about the Choate family if someone would contact me. Marjorie Kinkade

Hi, The next Puget Sound Association of Professional Genealogists [PS-APG] chapter meeting will be Saturday, August 2, 10 a.m. to noon in the upstairs meeting room at the National Archives, 6125 Sand Point Way NE, Seattle. Guests are welcome. Our speaker will be PS-APG member, Evelyn Roehl, Kin Hunters, Seattle. Her presentation will be on passenger lists with an emphasis on German records. We will have a summary of the membership survey that was taken by Lisa Petersen and Cathi Vannice and an update on our chapter web page and brochure. The other important part of our meetings is networking so come and visit with other professional genealogists. If you would like more information about our Chapter or the upcoming meeting, please contact one of us listed below. Besides conducting research for hire, professional genealogists also lecture, write, provide consulting services, work in libraries, oversee historical research projects, etc. To find out more about APG go to www.apgen.org. Let us know if you are planning on attending the meeting so we can set out enough chairs for everyone. Trish Hackett Nicola, CGRS, phn@familytraces.com Wendy Brown, bwendy3@msn.com Heather McLeland-Wieser, <heather.mcleland-wieser@spl.org>

Would S K S on the list look up an obit for James T. Dunbar who died Feb 14, 1949 and was burried in Shelton Memorial Park, Mason County WA with a U S flag draped over his coffin. He lived in Shelton for 20 years. If this is not the proper list for such a request, please let me know where I should be applying to. Any assistance greatly appreciated. Clare in Canada

On the old windy road from Snohomish toward Machias stood a log cabin on a beautiful knoll at a turn in the road. We as kids always admired the cabin as a friendly, beautiful landmark. We even went to Central School in Snohomish with a family that lived in that log cabin. School children would be transported out to the site to see a genuine pioneer log cabin. Eventually that cabin was removed and it was transported to the site of the extreme North portion of Snohomish Cemetery - the cemetery located at 2nd and Cypress through which Hwy 2 was cut through the near center of the very old cemetery with Caucasian and Indian (Native. Amer.) burials therein. The complete cemetery was not exhumed but just the portion that was for the Hwy 2 cut. Today the Kikendale 1875 log cabin is a part of the display of various bldgs. from various parts of Snohomish which were transported and place on top of the North portion of Snohomish Cemetery, and called Old Snohomish Village complete with a phaque cemetery consisting of gravestones which were taken from the main part of the cemetery and relocated as a part of the Old Snohomish Village display within the North portion of the original true cemetery. Ref. The HERALD, Everett, WA. Date: Wed July 15, 2003 Section: Local Seems Like Yesterday a regular column by Jack O'Donnell from the Herald archives. O'Donell was a former principal of a grade school in the Everett District, and has always been quite a history buff. Site: http://www.heraldnet.com/about Article: Seems Like Yesterday 50 Years ago (1953) the portion relating to the cabin is quoted as follows: "One of the oldest homesteads still in use in Snohomish County was a farmhouse two miles north of Snohomish on the Machias Road. Constructed by Charles Kikendale in 1875, the log structure had stood the test of time and was still being lived in. The only survivor of the Kidendale family was Harriet Livingston, who was 6 years old when her family came to the Pilchuck River Valley in 1875. The name of the Family that I recall who lived in that cabin was the Fralich, or Fralick Family. I went to Central School in Snohomish ( a block from my home) with a girl named Arlyn Fralick or Fralich (sp?-not sure). I have often wondered if she is still living after all these years. Great memories of an earlier era late 1920s, early 1930s, etc. - Depression - Prohibition - Food Lines - Speak Easys- W.C.T.U., NRA (nothing to do with firearms), W.PA., P.W.A.,CCCs, Penny Candies, V Nickles, Brown's Theatre, Dish Giveaways, Hoboes, ad finitum Carroll in Snohomish * * * 30 * * *