To Anyone Who Knows: Does this line look familiar - can anyone help me with more data about the family, particularly the enigmatic W.K. TEMPLE? Descendants of W.K. TEMPLE - 15 Apr 1998 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FIRST GENERATION 1. W.K. TEMPLE1 was born about 1800 in Wapello Co., IA.2 He Moved in 1849 in CA.3 Part of the gold rush, he went west by ox-team. Died on return from California by way of Panama, where he contracted yellow fever. W.K. TEMPLE had the following children: +2 i. Henry Clay TEMPLE. 3 ii. William TEMPLE4 died in WA. Homesteaded in Willamette Valley, Oregon. SECOND GENERATION 2. Henry Clay TEMPLE5 was born on 18 Sep 1833 in Wapello Co., IA. He died on 26 Dec 1920 in WA. Worked his way west by wagon train in 1852. Worked in Portland Oregon until 1856, when he returned to Iowa. He was married to Elizabeth CONNELLY. Elizabeth CONNELLY6 was born on 1 Sep 1838 in Wapello Co., IA.7 She died on 19 Apr 1917 in Puyallup, Pierce, WA.8 Henry Clay TEMPLE and Elizabeth CONNELLY had the following children: 4 i. Ella TEMPLE9 was born on 6 Mar 1862 in IA. She died on 18 May 1876. +5 ii. Gus A. TEMPLE. THIRD GENERATION 5. Gus A. TEMPLE10 was born on 20 May 1870 in Puyallup, Pierce, WA. He was married to Tillie BLOOMSTROM (daughter of Louis D. BLOOMSTROM and Anna) in 1900.11 Tillie BLOOMSTROM12 was born in 1872 in WI. She died in 1910 in Puyallup, Pierce, WA. Gus A. TEMPLE and Tillie BLOOMSTROM had the following children: +6 i. Anita Lenore TEMPLE. +7 ii. Max M. TEMPLE. +8 iii. Marie TEMPLE. He was married to Zaidee MC FARLAND about 1912. Gus A. TEMPLE and Zaidee MC FARLAND had the following children: 9 i. James Woodrow TEMPLE13 was born on 27 Mar 1913 in Puyallup, Pierce, WA. 10 ii. Juliette TEMPLE14 was born on 24 Jul 1915 in Puyallup, Pierce, WA. FOURTH GENERATION 6. Anita Lenore TEMPLE15 was born on 2 Apr 1901 in Puyallup, Pierce, WA. She was married to W.J. VETOUS in Kelso, Cowlitz, WA.16 7. Max M. TEMPLE17 was born on 27 Feb 1903 in Puyallup, Pierce, WA. He Moved in Riderwood, WA.18 He was married to June WILSON. June WILSON19 was born in Winlock, WA. 8. Marie TEMPLE20 was born on 4 Jun 1904 in Puyallup, Pierce, WA. She was married to R.A. ALM. SOURCES 1. Lancaster Pollard. The History of The State of Washington. The American Historical Society, Inc., New York, NY, 1937. Vol. IV, p. 633. 2. Ibid. Vol. IV, p. 633. 3. Ibid. Vol. IV, p. 633. 4. Ibid. Vol. IV, p. 634. 5. Ibid. Vol. IV, p. 633. 6. Ibid. Vol. IV, p. 633. 7. Ibid. Vol. IV, p. 634. 8. Ibid. Vol. IV, p. 634. 9. Ibid. Vol. IV, p. 634. 10. Ibid. Vol. IV, p. 633. 11. Ibid. Vol. IV, p. 634. 12. Ibid. Vol. IV, p. 634. 13. Ibid. Vol. IV, p. 634. 14. Ibid. Vol. IV, p. 634. 15. Ibid. Vol. IV, p. 634. 16. Ibid. Vol. IV, p. 634. 17. Ibid. Vol. IV, p. 634. 18. Ibid. Vol. IV, p. 634. 19. Ibid. Vol. IV, p. 634. 20. Ibid. Vol. IV, p. 634. -- L. Parker Temple Researching the branches of the TEMPLE family See my home page at http://www.erols.com/lptemple/house.htm