>Today's Topics: > #1 Re: Snohomish-Homer White: [clarkw7iml@juno.com >(Carroll H Cla] >X-Message: #1 >Date: Wed, 14 Oct 1998 07:55:45 -0700 >From: clarkw7iml@juno.com (Carroll H Clark) > >Subject: Re: Snohomish-Homer White: > >What genealogy is all about ( well, much more, actually!): >I received this from friend, John Sloniker who is always helping >others, >and very successfully so. >On Tue, 13 Oct 1998 20:27:54 -0700 clarkw7iml writes: >>THANK YOU JOHN for passing this to me. It hit a bit a "pay dirt", >>too. >>Good to hear from you & I enjoyed the Who's joke you sent me. >>On Tue, 13 Oct 1998 18:09:04 -0700 (PDT) John Wm Sloniker >><johnwms@serv.net> writes: >>>Carroll is the fellow that knows Snohomish. >WELL, I THOT I KNEW SNOHOMISH, BUT SOMETIMES I WONDER - WE LOVE IT >JUST >THE SAME - SNOHOMISH HAS ALWAYS HAD A LOT OF "COLORFUL HISTORY" - A >TOUGH, ROWDY TIME FROM THE LOGGING DAYS WHEN FIGHTS WERE A FRIENDLY >GAME >- TODAY, IT HAS BECOME A BIT MORE VICIOUS. NUFF >SED! signed, Carroll. > >>> >>>---------- Forwarded message ---------- >>>Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1998 21:04:29 EDT >>>From: Rusmr3@aol.com >>>To: johnwms@serv.net >>>Subject: Snohomish Alpha & Herb, here is how to read this. >>denotes Carroll Clark's words in response to the 1st inquiry about Homer White & Family. >>>denotes what Dann Sears wrote in his inquiry about his relatives that was originally sent to John Sloniker who resides in Seattle and he happens to be well acquainted with me (Carroll Clark of Snohomish). The following is Carroll Clark's response to that inquiry: >>>I have a friend that sends me bits and pieces of PSRoots because I >>>have >>>relatives that still live in Snohomish. The family name is White. My >>>Great >>>Uncle was Homer White >>HOMER WHITE was not only your great uncle, he was a GREAT PERSON by >>all who knew him, and I was one of many who was lucky to have known >>Homer. >>He was a very good friend of my family. My folks, especially my >Uncle >>Herb Ness, the barber, and Mr. Baseball in Snohomish were very good >>friends. They worked on many projects together. Homer had several >>restaurants, - they were all called fondly >>"The Greasey Spoon" no matter the location or the formal name - but >we >>all loved Homer and his family and he was always highly respected by >>all. He was a go getter, always doing things for others, always >active >>in civic activities in Snohomish. >> >> and he use to own a restuarant in the town of >>>Snohomish, >>>I know that I have a second cousin there that use to own a Farm on >>the >>>old >>>Snohomish-Monroe Hwy. ( Later I was to learn that this was Warren O. White. -Carroll's comment regarding this copy to Alpha & Herb Hammond - CC.) >>I'm not sure who this would be, but I will bet if you told me their >>name that I would probably know them, also. My friend and I used to >>peel cascara bark just outside of Snohomish on farmland on the South > >>side of the hwy in a sort of swampy-like clump of trees. We would >dry >>the cascara bark on the roofs of our houses, and buy candy or pop >etc. >>with the few cents we got for it at the local drug store in downtown >>Snoh. >>We sometimes tried to get some kid to "try" the dried cascara bark, >or >>rub it on lemon drops, for effect. >> >>Then, you are also related to Alpha White - a real cute girl we all >>would recall - well she lives just exactly one mile from me and she >>married a fellow by the name of Herb Hammond, a top notch fellow and >I >>see them frequently. >>Then, Bob Bisnett, whom I have seen at several funerals we attended >>together. >>Bob and I went to Central School together in Snohomish and have known > >>each other since we were knee high to a proverbial grasshopper. He >>is an ex- schoolteacher, like myself, and we are both retired. Bob >>looks like a meg. dollars - trim, healthy and married a nice gal/lady > >>a registered nurse. >>I just happen to have Bob's card that I keep right beside my computer > >>keyboard, so if you want his address, I can give you that. - he lives > >>in Seattle. >> >>>I think that he has since sold his farm and moved away. His name is >>>Warran O. >>>White. >>I don't recall him as well at the moment. >> >> >> I remember my Great Uncle a little we use to visit him when we >>>lived in >>>Silver Lake. >>Silver Lake area has grown like the many other areas, and the traffic > >>over there is horrendous, to put it lightly. That Lake was always >>cold even in the mid, hot summer - guess it is fed by many springs. >> I never knew my Grandfather because he died before I was >>>born. >>>I know that he is buried in Port Angeles. Other then that, I don't >>>really know >>>anything about my Family >>I know that feeling well, as I was an only child, as my Dad died when > >>I was 3, and he was circa 27 when he passed away from TB in the Vet's > >>hospital in Walla Walla, WA. >>So, I had no bros or sistrs and was raised by my Uncle and Aunt. My >>Uncle could not have been more father to me than my own father. He >>was a barber, Fire Chief, Pres of the Sportsman Club as a Founder of >>it. He was on the Snohomish Baseball Team, and he coached Earl >>Averill of Snohomish who eventually played ball for Cleveland >Indians, >>and Detroit Tigers, and made the Hall of Fame, for his career in the >>20s, 30s, mainly. >>I would be most pleased to help you know your Family - I will contact > >>Alpha White Hammond, and Robert L. Bisnett, both raised by Homer. I >>have not idea how much they have about your Line but if anyone would >>know it should be them. >>If you will give me your full name, address, phone number and some >>things about yourself I will print it off and give a copy to one or >>both of them, so they can contact you and try to help you learn some >>genealogy about your White Family. >>This is kind of the way I got started, and in a short while I >couldn't >>believe the amount of info I was able to find with just a bit of help > >>or incentive to get me innoculated - and it really "took" cause I >have >>been hooked! >>I would like to know where you are located, as so many e-mailers >don't >>give their locs. and I really like to know as oftentime that can make > >>a diff. in how I reply. >>My Clarks are not from Snohomish, but rather Kent, WA - there is a >>whole cemetery full of them up on the East hill. >> If you have any information could you please >>>contact >>>me. I really want to know my Family. Thank you in advance for any >>>help. >>> >>> >>Carroll (male) in Snohomish since 1924. >> * * * >>Thanks again John - I think I can help this one a bit. > >___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866]