Part 5 of 9 ------------------------------- CHILDREN OF ABRAHAM FRAVEL AND SOPHIA HAAS 4. MIRANDA FRAVEL Born: 5 February 1826, Mt. Jackson, Shenandoah County, Virginia Died: 1906, Washington DC or San Diego, California Married: 14 July 1851, Hymenial, La Porte County, Indiana to OLIVER D. AVALINE OLIVER D. AVALINE Born: About 1830, Indiana Died: 26 December 1863, Sacramento, Folsom County, California ----- 1850 Federal Census: Indiana La Porte, La Porte County Enumerated 9 August 1850 Page 262B Lines 10-17, HH 143/149 Abram Fravel 54/Male/White/ClerkInStore/$1200/VA Sophia Fravel 52/Female/White/VA MIRANDA FRAVEL 24/Female/White/VA Eusebia Fravel 22/Female/White/VA Martha Fravel 20/Female/White/VA Caroline Fravel 18/Female/White/VA Harriet Fravel 14/Female/White/AttendedSchool/IN Margaret Haas 30/Female/White/Insane/VA {Sister of Sophia and daughter of Michael Haas/Hass.} ----- NOTE: We found way too many discrepancies with the various marriage records for Miranda Fravel and Oliver P. Avaline at various Internet sites. Different marriage records for La Porte County reported different dates of marriage and there must have been an incorrect interpretation of the handwriting. I am going with the date 14 July 1851 as the correct one as reported in the newspaper below. I think they applied for the license on the 13th and married on the 14th July. >From The La Porte Whig, 15 July 1851 As reported in The Fort Wayne Times Thursday, 14 August 1851 Page 2, Column 6 HYMENIAL MARRIED -- In this town last evening, by Rev. Mr. Smith, Mr. Oliver D. Aveline, Editior of the Huntington Observer to Miss Miranda Fravel, of A. Fravel Esquire of this place. ----- 1860 Federal Census: California Township 6, Mokelumne Hill, Calaveras County Enumerated 4 June 1860 Page 119B Lines 12-15, HH 122/111 Oliver D. Aveline 26/Male/Editor/-----$300/IN Miranda Aveline 27/Female/VA Emma Aveline 13/Female/AttendedSchool/Mass {This is either a younger sister or neice} Dora M. Aveline 5/Female/California ----- 1870 Federal Census: District of Columbia Washington City Enumerated 6 July 1870 Page 522B Lines 27-35, HH 1035/1274 Charles K. Shryock 33/Male/White/ClerkCityPostOffice/-----$600/IN H. H. Shryock 32/Female/White/KeepingHouse/IN Theopolis Shryock 12/Male/White/AttendedSchool/IN Carrie Shryock 10/Female/White/AttendedSchool/IN May Shryock 4/Female/White/DistrictOfColumbia M. F. AVELINE 40/Female/White/ClerkTreasuryDept/----$200/VA {Widow Miranda Fravel} Dora Aveline 17/Female/White/AttendedSchool/California C. F. Bowen 25/Male/White/ClerkCenOffice/-----$500/IN Sarah Jackson 42/Female/Black/DomesticServant/VA ----- 1880 Federal Census: CAN NOT FIND MIRANDA IN THIS CENSUS ANYWHERE. PLEASE POST IF YOU FIND HER ----- 1900 Federal Census: District of Columbia Washington City, ED 53 Enumerated 11 June 1900 page 126B, Sheet 11 Lines 69-72, HH 1203/169/206 Aveline M. Dufore Head/W/M/May1876/24/Single/MusicSalesman/OwnsMtgHm/DC/IN/Calif Harold Ambrose StepFather/W/M/June1868/31/Md8yrs/GovermentClerk/DC/DC/DC Dora A. Ambrose Mother/W/F/Jan1858/42/2children2living/MusicTeacher/Calif/Calif/VA Miranda F. Aveline GrandMother/W/F/Feb1830/70/Widowed/1child1living/VA/VA/VA ----- NOTE: Miranda Fravel Avaline died supposedly in 1906 and I searched all of the Washington DC newspapers looking for her obit but did not find one so maybe she didn't die there. NOTE: Dora M. Aveline married twice: M/1: Joseph Malin Dufour {Divorced} He died in 1932 at age 92 years in DC M/2: Harold St. Cloud Ambrose ----- 1900 Federal Census: District of Columbia Washington City, ED 53 Enumerated 6 June 1900 Page 121A, Sheet 6 Lines 41-45, HH 1351/85/101 Wallach Place Jacob Steiger Head/W/M/Nov1849/50/Md15yrs/Grocer/OwnsHmFree/OH/Switz/Switz Matilda M. Steiger Wife/W/F/May1865/35/2children1living/OH/Germany/Germany Edna D. Steiger Dau/W/F/June1891/8/AttendedSchool/DC/OH/OH JOSEPH M. DUFOUR Lodger/W/M/March1842/58/Divorced/GovernmentClerk/IN/IN/IN Carl S. Scofield Lodger/W/M/Feb1875/25/Single/GovernmentClerk/MN/NY/Canada ----- The Washington Times Wednesday, 28 October 1908 Page 2, Column 1 DIED AMBROSE---On Tuesday, 27 October at 9:10 pm, Persis Ann, beloved wife of Nathaniel M. Ambrose. Mrs. Persis Ann Ambrose was seventy-seven years old and a long-time resident of Washington. She is survived by her husband Nathaniel Ambrose, a clerk in the War Department; two sons, W. Earl Ambrose, a local attorney; St. Cloud Ambrose, of California, and a daughter, Mrs. Dr. N. Birtell. Mrs. Ambrose was a member of Waugh Methodist Episcopal Church. ----- NOTE: William Earl Ambrose was a prominent attorney in Washington DC. ----- 1910 Federal Census: California San Diego, ED 144, San Diego County Enumerated 20 & 21 April 1910 Page 86A, Sheet 6 Lines 79-80, HH 165/167 San Antonio Avenue St. Cloud Ambrose Head/M/W/42/Md15yrs/Exporter/OwnsHmFree/MD/VT/MD Dora A. Ambrose Wife/F/W/55/MdTwice/2children2living/Calif/IN/VA ----- TOMBSTONE INSCRIPTION Folsom, Sacramento, California O. D. AVALINE Died 26 December 1863 Aged 33 years Masonic symbol on tombstone ----- Obit stated: Died of Lung Fever Member of Odd Fellows, Sons of Temperance, and Masonic Fraternity Editor of several newspapers including the Amador Sentinel, Calaveras Chronicle, Central Californian, and Folsom Telegraph. ----- Child of Miranda Fravel and Oliver D. Avaline Dora Martha Avaline Born: 14 January 1854, San Diego, California Died: About 1915, San Diego, California Married Twice M/1: Joseph Malin Dufour M/2: Harold St. Cloud Ambrose ----- >From the History of Sacramento County written in 1880 THE FOLSOM TELEGRAPH The Folsom Telegraph is the only paper published in Folsom. It was started, in 1860, under the name of Folsom Weekly Telegraph. On January 1, 1861, the paper was changed to a semi-weekly, as the Folsom Semi-Weekly Telegraph, C. Killmer and W.M. Penry, publishers and editors; July 16, 1861, C. Killmer and O.D. Avaline, publishers and editors; and December 3, 1861, O.D. Avaline became sole proprietor. Avaline died, December 26, 1863; Mrs. Avaline continued the paper, with P.J. Hopper as editor. On January 2, 1864, the paper was changed to a weekly, under its present name, Folsom Telegraph. On April 15, 1865, P.J. Hopper purchased the paper, and became editor and publisher. Hopper leased the paper, in 1874, to J.F. Howe, and in December, 1877, sold to W.W. Light, who leased it to Mrs. J.F. Howe, the present editor and publisher. The politics of the Telegraph were Democratic, until January 1, 1863; from that time to the present they have been Republican. -------------------------------------------- TO BE CONTINUED: Researched and Submitted by Gloria Bushong