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. Norma calls me "CC." cuz I tend to initial some of my stuff. I LUV YA , Norma ! Out!. He'll get a copy of >this. >> >>---------- Forwarded message ---------- >>Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1998 21:04:29 EDT >>From: Rusmr3@aol.com >>To: johnwms@serv.net >>Subject: Snohomish >> >>John, >WELL, I thought I knew Snohomish, but I keep finding things THAT I >DON'T KNOW about Snohomish, and one of them is: Why the City of >Snohomish has been so neglectful of the only cemetery in the town >limits, and a pioneer Caucasian & Indian (Nat. Amer.) cem. that should >be honored and cared for - not dishonored and desecrated as a >cemetery, but exploited as just an abandoned piece of choice, free >realestate, despite the fact that it started out as a cemetery in 1875 >C. Clark, Snohomish. > * * * . >>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. >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]