I received an email from a researcher, and I was hoping someone on this list might be able to help her. Do not click "reply" because the email will either go to this list or to me. She is not a subscriber. Send an email to her at the address at the end. She emailed me a photo of her grandmother's brother's hotel called Ashley Hotel which was in Easton, Washington. She writes "I'm not sure when he moved to Easton, WA but this letter to my grandmother was dtd. 1922/23. I will receive a copy of the letter soon which tells a bit more about this family at the time. John L. Ashley and his wife Jennie Johnson Ashley are buried in the Laurel Hill Cemetery in Cle Elum. Perhaps you could tell me where I might find more about this family. Do you know anyone that might have the 1910 Census to see if this Ashley family was in this area by that time?" A separate email states the following: "I'm seeking any descendants of the John L. Ashley b 5 Nov 1862 in Ashe Co., NC. His wife was Jennie Johnson Ashley. They owned and operated the Ashley Hotel in Easton, WA in the early 1920's. John and Jennie are buried in the Laurel Hill Cemetery in Cle Elum. Their children were: Elizabeth "Lizzie" b 12-24-1888, Henry Ashley b May 16, 1890, Howard Ashley b June 24, 1892, Cora Lee Ashley b June 25, 1894 and Raymond Ashley b Oct. 12, 1900. I have quite a bit on the history of this family from their birth place of Ashe Co., NC. Will gladly share." - Janice Isaacs Pilkington (janice@w- link.net) Sharon Bart Listowner and County Sponsor
Merry Christmas to all. And the Happiest of New Years to all GERRI AND JERRY AKERS IN WA
Hi I am looking For information on the following families George Seaton b 4-19-1803 m 4-28 1830 Abigale McKister b 11-29 -1805 children Leonard Clark Seaton b o5-03-1831 Julia Ann " b 06-22-1832 Francis George " b 05-07-1834 Adaline Cori??? " b 02-28-1836 Hannah Delana " b 09-07-1838 Eli ": b 08-04-1840 Laura Jeusha " b 07-12-1842 Abigail E " b 02-16-1846 John Baldwin " b 04-19-1846 Dorthy ahelen " b 02-15-1848 C.L Seaton b 1831 NY M E ? b 1836 NY Children Frank Seaton b 1853 MN George " b 1856 IL Fred " b 1867 MN James Dayton S b 12-10 1869 MN ( my Grandfather) m Lucinda S Watson 10-28-181892 in Cle Elum Kittitas,WN J.D.S.d !-27-1931 Bonanza OR Sanford Seaton 1873 MN Earnest " 1875 MN Edith " 1877 Steve " 12-??- 1879 MN Mary " 1881 MN Audrey " John " Lee " Leonard " SR Theadore " We are not positive all these children are siblings ___________________________________________________________________ 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/getjuno.html or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866]
Happy Thanksgiving to all. Thanks for all the help. I love the lists. Gerri in WA
Seeking information about Henry (aka Harry) Milburn and Euphemia Milburn, husband and wife and former residents of Cle Elum, Kittatis, Wa. Henry was born 13 April 1888, probably in England or Scotland; died in December 1977 in Cle Elum. Euphemia (aka Fay) (Thompson) Milburn was born 21 April 1884 in Scotland and died 20 Jan 1968 in Cle Elum. Would like obituaries if at all possible. Would like to know if there were any children who may be living. Any help or information greatly appreciated. George J. Nixon georgenixon@worldnet.att.net
This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --part0_911521400_boundary Content-ID: <0_911521400@inet_out.mail.aol.com.1> Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Hi, Does anyone know about divorce records in Kittitas County? I received an email from a woman who wants to know. If you can help, I'd appreciate it. Please send an email to her as I don't think she's subscribed to this list. Thanks, Sharon --part0_911521400_boundary Content-ID: <0_911521400@inet_out.mail.aol.com.2> Content-type: message/rfc822 Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit Content-disposition: inline From: Glysa@aol.com Return-path: <Glysa@aol.com> To: SwisherTX@aol.com Subject: Divorce and Marriage records Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1998 12:27:21 EST Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit I would very much like to find a divorce record for Rosa Lee (Carr) Cheney and Edgar Cheney, abt. 1910. Also a marriage record for Rosa Lee (Carr) Cheney and William Everet Long abt. 1910 or 1911. I believe these events took place in Ellensburg. If these records exist could you please tell me how I could obtain them. I am working on my family history, and the Longs are my grandparents. Thank you for your help, Ginny Doak glysa @aol.com --part0_911521400_boundary--
I am looking for information or a newspaper article on a shooting that took place in the Tacoma Area. It may have been several years ago and concerned a Sterling Jarningon. If anyone has any information on this please e-mail me. Thank you Doris Compton Cannon max@cu-online.com http://www.angelfire.com/il/found
This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --part0_909536636_boundary Content-ID: <0_909536636@inet_out.mail.aol.com.1> Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Hi, If anyone knows anythink about railroads, read on and see if you can help this gentleman. Thanks, Sharon listowner --part0_909536636_boundary Content-ID: <0_909536636@inet_out.mail.myhome.net.2> Content-type: message/rfc822 Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit Content-disposition: inline Return-Path: <bandit@myhome.net> Received: from rly-zd05.mx.aol.com (rly-zd05.mail.aol.com [172.31.33.229]) by air-zd02.mail.aol.com (v50.21) with SMTP; Sat, 17 Oct 1998 10:04:39 -0400 Received: from m-5.i-link-2.net (m-5.i-link-2.net [206.129.152.6]) by rly-zd05.mx.aol.com (8.8.8/8.8.5/AOL-4.0.0) with ESMTP id KAA18954 for <SwisherTX@aol.com>; Sat, 17 Oct 1998 10:04:37 -0400 (EDT) Received: from default (wormhole-b070.myhome.net [206.129.153.90]) by m-5.i-link-2.net (8.9.1/8.9.1) with ESMTP id HAA23392 for <SwisherTX@aol.com>; Sat, 17 Oct 1998 07:04:36 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199810171404.HAA23392@m-5.i-link-2.net> From: "The Findley's" <bandit@myhome.net> To: <SwisherTX@aol.com> Subject: History Query Date: Sat, 17 Oct 1998 07:11:23 -0700 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Priority: 3 X-Mailer: Microsoft Internet Mail 4.70.1155 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable Could you tell me where to find information on the who, what, when and where of railroad construction and the Rosyln/Cle Ellum area? I am especially interested in the construstion of rail road beds along or near the Yakima river. Also any information about historical native American activities along that stretch of the riverwould be useful. Any records of interactions between the river and people floods, stream bed aterations etc. would be helpful. =09=09=09=09Thank You, =09=09=09=09Doug Findley =09=09=09=09d_findley@hotmail.com --part0_909536636_boundary--
I have the obit from the newspaper for William Zeik. Does the person want the info only or the clipping? Please let me know. Mary fuller@eburg.com At 02:50 PM 9/26/98 -0700, you wrote: >WAKITTIT-D Digest Volume 98 : Issue 10 > >Today's Topics: > #1 Fwd: recent obituary wanted [SwisherTX@aol.com] > >Administrivia: >To unsubscribe from WAKITTIT-D, send a message to > > WAKITTIT-D-request@rootsweb.com > >that contains in the body of the message the command > > unsubscribe > >and no other text. No subject line is necessary, but if your software >requires one, just use unsubscribe in the subject, too. > >______________________________X-Message: #1 >Date: Fri, 25 Sep 1998 23:46:24 EDT >From: SwisherTX@aol.com >To: WAKITTIT-L@rootsweb.com >Message-ID: <d481b06f.360c6390@aol.com> >Subject: Fwd: recent obituary wanted > >This is a multi-part message in MIME format. > >--part0_906781584_boundary >Content-ID: <0_906781584@inet_out.mail.aol.com.1> >Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII > >Hi, > >Can anyone help this gentleman out? > >Thanks! > >Sharon > >--part0_906781584_boundary >Content-ID: <0_906781584@inet_out.mail.utech.net.2> >Content-type: message/rfc822 >Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit >Content-disposition: inline > >Return-Path: <12941@utech.net> >Received: from relay07.mx.aol.com (relay07.mail.aol.com [172.31.109.7]) by > air15.mail.aol.com (v50.11) with SMTP; Wed, 23 Sep 1998 21:09:50 > -0400 >Received: from mail.impulse.net (mail.impulse.net [204.188.6.10]) > by relay07.mx.aol.com (8.8.8/8.8.5/AOL-4.0.0) > with SMTP id UAA11786 for <SwisherTX@aol.com>; > Wed, 23 Sep 1998 20:58:47 -0400 (EDT) >From: 12941@utech.net >Received: (qmail 28100 invoked from network); 24 Sep 1998 00:58:45 -0000 >Received: from lp-113.impulse.net (HELO 206.61.179.113) (206.61.179.113) > by www1.utech.net with SMTP; 24 Sep 1998 00:58:45 -0000 >Message-ID: <36099998.7F26@utech.net> >Date: Wed, 23 Sep 1998 18:00:08 -0700 >X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.01-C-NSCP (Macintosh; U; 68K) >To: SwisherTX@AOL.com >Subject: obituaries >Mime-Version: 1.0 >Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII >Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit > >I am seeking the obituary for Mr Bill Zeik. He lived in Rosylyn and >died on or about 9-8-98. >Any assistance you could give would be appreciated, thank you. >Charles Chunn >ltovias@utech.net > >--part0_906781584_boundary-- >
This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --part0_906781584_boundary Content-ID: <0_906781584@inet_out.mail.aol.com.1> Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Hi, Can anyone help this gentleman out? Thanks! Sharon --part0_906781584_boundary Content-ID: <0_906781584@inet_out.mail.utech.net.2> Content-type: message/rfc822 Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit Content-disposition: inline Return-Path: <12941@utech.net> Received: from relay07.mx.aol.com (relay07.mail.aol.com [172.31.109.7]) by air15.mail.aol.com (v50.11) with SMTP; Wed, 23 Sep 1998 21:09:50 -0400 Received: from mail.impulse.net (mail.impulse.net [204.188.6.10]) by relay07.mx.aol.com (8.8.8/8.8.5/AOL-4.0.0) with SMTP id UAA11786 for <SwisherTX@aol.com>; Wed, 23 Sep 1998 20:58:47 -0400 (EDT) From: 12941@utech.net Received: (qmail 28100 invoked from network); 24 Sep 1998 00:58:45 -0000 Received: from lp-113.impulse.net (HELO 206.61.179.113) (206.61.179.113) by www1.utech.net with SMTP; 24 Sep 1998 00:58:45 -0000 Message-ID: <36099998.7F26@utech.net> Date: Wed, 23 Sep 1998 18:00:08 -0700 X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.01-C-NSCP (Macintosh; U; 68K) To: SwisherTX@AOL.com Subject: obituaries Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit I am seeking the obituary for Mr Bill Zeik. He lived in Rosylyn and died on or about 9-8-98. Any assistance you could give would be appreciated, thank you. Charles Chunn ltovias@utech.net --part0_906781584_boundary--
Hi everyone! I just wanted to let you know that Rootsweb had a list server down this past week, so if you haven't seen the message that you have posted come to your email box, you might want to post it again. Everything should be up and running - hopefully better than before because since it went down, they decided to do a little upgrading. Thanks, Sharon
Charles Madison Davis and wife, Jancy Nuckles Davis moved to Thorp, WA about 1901. They brought with them 7 children; Charles Franklin, Ernest, Ethel May, (married Thomas McDonald); Clyde G., Claud Simpson, Grace Matilda (married Laurence Hollenbeck) and John H. Charles M. died 10-17-1916 and Jancy married James C. Norris. I am looking for any decendents of these children, any help would be appreciated..
This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --part0_900634713_boundary Content-ID: <0_900634713@inet_out.mail.aol.com.1> Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Hi everyone, Here's a project in the making that some people on this mailing list might be interested in. Sharon Kittitas County Sponsor and listowner --part0_900634713_boundary Content-ID: <0_900634713@inet_out.mail.aol.com.2> Content-type: message/rfc822 Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit Content-disposition: inline Return-Path: <janac@elltel.com> Received: from rly-za03.mx.aol.com (rly-za03.mail.aol.com [172.31.36.99]) by air-za03.mail.aol.com (v45.21) with SMTP; Thu, 16 Jul 1998 17:51:55 -0400 Received: from titania.adsnet.net ([208.8.152.254]) by rly-za03.mx.aol.com (8.8.8/8.8.5/AOL-4.0.0) with ESMTP id RAA10827 for <SwisherTX@aol.com>; Thu, 16 Jul 1998 17:51:54 -0400 (EDT) Received: from janac ([208.8.152.3]) by titania.adsnet.net (Post.Office MTA v3.1 release PO203a ID# 0-34678U2500L250S0) with SMTP id AAA341 for <SwisherTX@aol.com>; Thu, 16 Jul 1998 14:51:29 -0700 Message-ID: <001401bdb103$3053abd0$039808d0@janac> From: "Jana Christman" <janac@elltel.com> To: <SwisherTX@aol.com> Subject: 1997 Ellensburg Telephone Directory Date: Thu, 16 Jul 1998 14:46:27 -0700 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.2106.4 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.2106.4 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable Hello! My name is Jana Christman and I work in Marketing at Ellensburg Telephone= =0ACompany. We are currently in the process of creating our 1999 telepho= ne book.=0ASince this is the last phonebook of this century, the director= y theme is "A=0Areview of a century." he theme will be evident on the cover of the book, as well as, a timeline= in=0Athe information page section and in some spots in the yellow pages = as well.=0AThis is a huge task, but I am currently getting help and advis= ement from Merle=0AKunz at Central Washington University and associates. = I have also been in=0Atouch with Claudia Sikes at the Kittitas County Mus= eum. Deadline to have this=0Atimeline complete is August 16, 1998 if pos= sible. As you can imagine, this is=0Aa very significant phone telephone = book and a chance to let our local=0Ahistorical groups get some attention= . I hope to involve as much of the community in possible...if you can be of= any=0Ahelp or know anyone who would be interested, please let me know. = Thank you=0Afor taking the time to read my message! Jana Christman Marketing Communications (509) 962-0221 -------------------- <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD W3 HTML//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META content=3Dtext/html;charset=3Diso-8859-1 http-equiv=3DContent-Type> <META content=3D'"MSHTML 4.72.2106.6"' name=3DGENERATOR> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>Hello!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>My name is Jana Christman and I work = in Marketing at Ellensburg Telephone Company. We are currently in the= =0Aprocess of creating our 1999 telephone book. Since this is the last phonebo= ok of this century, the directory theme is "A review of a century."&n= bsp; </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>he theme will be evident on the cover= of the book, as well as, a timeline in the information page section and in some = spots in the yellow pages as well. This is a huge task, but I am currentl= y getting help and advisement from Merle Kunz at Central Washington Univers= ity=0Aand associates. I have also been in touch with Claudia Sikes at the Kittitas= =0ACounty Museum. Deadline to have this timeline complete is August 16, 1998 = if possible. As you can imagine, this is a very significant phone tele= phone book and a chance to let our local historical groups get some attention.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>I hope to involve as much of the comm= unity in possible...if you can be of any help or know anyone who would be interest= ed, please let me know. Thank you for taking the time to read my message!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>Jana Christman</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>Marketing Communications</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>(509) 962-0221</FONT></DIV></BODY></H= TML> --part0_900634713_boundary--
Karon Mazie wrote: > > Okanogan County Genealogical Society will host a workshop on May 30, in > Okanogan at the Wilson Research Center, at the Okanogan County Museum > site, $10.00. Registration 8:30 am, Program 9:15-3:00 pm. > > Ida Skarson McCormick will present a program on Genealogy and the > Internet, Getting the Most from Databases, Comparison of Genealogy > Programs and Naming Patterns. > > We encourage you to come. > > Bring a sack lunch, refreshments and beverages provided. For more > information contact Lola Power for more information. > Karon Mazie
Looking for Willard Francis Cumbo b. 19 Jan 1855 in Ky and Sarah Jane Powers b.13 Sep 1866 in Or.They were married in Ellensburg, Wa. in 1888.
Hi, Just wanted to let you know that I have started indexing the 1900 Kittitas County Census and the following surnames are currently listed (in only five dwellings): STEINER, SMITH, CLEMMER, JUN, GUEY, EMERSON, INDORRIEDEN?, HAWKES, Van DOREN, WOLFESON, HAWKINS, BARRET, CASTINI, CROSETTI, ORIS?, SCHELE, BURTHAM, CLARY, SABAHA?, VARSILLINA, O' POLKS Take a look at http://www.rootsweb.com/~wakittit/1900pg1.htm Sharon Bart Kittitas County Sponsor http://www.rootsweb.com/~wakittit/kittitas.htm
Hi, Can anyone answer this researcher's questions? If so, send your reply to Bret at wirta@email.msn.com << When was Northern Pacific passenger train service discontinued over Stampede Pass? When did Burlington Northern reopen the pass for freight service? >> Thanks! Sharon
I am interested in ANY information that anyone has concerning the events surrounding the construction of the Stampede Pass Tunnel in the 1880's. My great-grandfather John A. HASKELL died on 6 October 1886, presumably in an accident related to the tunnel's construction. He was not a Kittitas County native; he was from Goldendale, Klickitat County, where he had left his wife and children. His estate was probated in Klickitat County, but the records clearly state he died in Kittitas County. Our family has always known that he died during the construction of the tunnel, in an explosion or cave-in or some such disaster. If anyone has anything -- yellowed newspaper clippings rotting away in some old album, old letters describing any such incidents, knowledge of a gravesite, etc., please check to see if my ancestor's name is mentioned therein. In 24 years of research I have not found anything but the aforementioned probate record, and I have corresponded extensively with Northern Pacific Railroad archivists, various historical societies, etc. to no avail. Thank you!!! Nancy S. Shire Oro Valley, AZ P.S. Does anyone know who is buried in the small fenced-off cemetery located in the middle of Stuart Anderson's cow pasture, visible from the highway as you head up toward Cle Elum? This has always bugged me, and I've never found anyone who can give me an answer. Just curious.
Hello Everybody: My name is Bud Engelhardt. My wife, Virginia, and I live in Spokane, Washington. We are the third generation of both side of our family to have been born in Washington. We will be retiring from the work force the last day of April of this year, so we have been around here for a long long time. Our interest in genealogy began about five years ago. And though we have been going by the seat of our pants all this time, we intend to really get involved after retiring. Our interest in Kittitas county is due to my Great Grandfather, Jacob DURR and my Great Grandmother, Elizabeth WITT. They came to Ellensburg from Indiana in the year of 1879. They brought with them two children, Bertha and Charles. By late1879 they had another daughter, Anna. Clara (my grandmother) was born in 1880 and Matilda was born in 1882. Jacob DURR was born in Mecklenburg, Germany about 1849.After leaving Indiana and coming to Washington in 1879 he was credited with engineering the road over the Umtanum between Yakima and Ellensburg Washington. He built and operated a toll bridge across the Yakima River near Ellensburg. He owned and operated a saloon at Robbers Roost (later known as Ellensburg). He was the original discoverer of the Friday Mine and was well known in mining circles. We know he had a brother, Pete and a sister, Mary. Elizabeth WITT was born in Germany in 1849. She and Jacob were probably married in Indiana about 1874 and she died in Feb. 1884 just 2 years after the birth of their youngest daughter. She should be buried someplace near Ellensburg, however, we have not found where yet. In September of 1896 Jacob DURR fell overboard a steamer while traveling up the Methow Rapids in the Columbia River and drowned. A month later his body was found near Rock Island. We have not found his grave either. His family was sent to an orphanage, then farmed out to families all over Kittitas County. They stayed in touch throughout their lives however. With the exception of not knowing where Jacob and Elizabeth are buried, we have a good basic knowledge of my grandmother Clara DURR's family. However her siblings and their families are a real challenge. Please feel free to email us at any time concerning anything, especially genealogy. Our address is mailto:george@arias.net