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 >
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 > >