This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: KarenEllis6972 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.washington.counties.spokane/5538/mb.ashx Message Board Post: My grandfather Amil Or known as A.T. Johnson built a beautiful farm house and barn abt. 1912 or 1913 one mile from Burroughs School. Please let me know if anyone knows of any history concerning my grandfather and grandmother. My grandmother's name was Hanna. My grandfather Amil was a builder and built very large homes in Spokane. It is quite possible he built more homes in Deer Park. Are there any Burroughs School photographs or records that my Aunt and Uncles could be in? My Uncle Mark "Roy" Johnson was born 1906, My other Uncle, Earl was born 1910 and My Aunt Lila was born 1908. Are there census records during that time of people living in Deer Park. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: cmhansen Surnames: Johnson Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.washington.counties.spokane/5537.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Karen The first railroad the Northern Pacific reached Spokane in 1881, and they completed their transcontinental connection in Montana in 1883. The Great Northern reached Spokane about 1892, and the third transcontinental railroad reached Spokane in 1910 (the Milwaukee). There was also the Union Pacific, and the Spokane International north to Canada. Charles Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: KarenEllis6972 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.washington.counties.spokane/5537/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I believe my grandfather may have been in Spokane prior to 1906. Does anyone know or could find out if Amil, also known as A.T. was in Spokane prior to 1906. Another question, is, how did people travel to Spokane from Illinois prior to 1906. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: Cecilia_FabosBecker Surnames: WALKER Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.washington.counties.spokane/5536.2.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Dear Ivy et al; I appreciate the referral to "family trees." Unfortunately if there is no citation of documentation behind them, they don't help much. This is why I wanted to start from an obit if possible. I've seen way too many erroneous family trees in the past. I'm trying to avoid creating or passing on another such tree. I have the information as to where he was living based on the 1920 census, which was listed as "Waverly Precinct." He's also buried in the Waverly Cemetery (with only the years of birth and death listed on the darned tombstone, apparently--but at least they were still readable so I have that much, thanks to a very nice transcriber), so I think it's pretty likely he died in that area. With the abysmal state of roads in this country until the 1930's WPA projects, we didn't make a habit of hauling bodies long distances for burials. ;-) I will follow up on the Norvel Walker-Jane Robertson tip to see if I can find any documentation behind the trees, but I'd still like an obit, if possible. Cecilia in San Jose, CA (the far end of the continent for research that inevitably needs to be done considerably farther east...) Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: i_hawes Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.washington.counties.spokane/5536.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: On Rootsweb there are three databases that have Joel Walker. Son of Norvel Walker and Jane Robertson. Go to Search Family Trees. I put in Joel Walker and Kentucky, birth 1837 and they came right up. IVY Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: RBestrom7380 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.washington.counties.spokane/5536.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: In addition to the fine gentleman that does work on this board finding obits (Charles Hansen), try the following: http://www.secstate.wa.gov/library/ask.aspx The Washington State Library will look (for an hour) for free and send you any results. Make sure that you have a good date of death. But it appears you only have a year, they probably would be hard pressed to find them in an hour. Unless someone spends time and finds success in microfilm of deaths in Washington, they also would be hard pressed to find them. I've checked the microfilms...they are often extremely difficult to read, often impossible due to the age and quality of the filming. Another point, obits quite common for everyone today, were not that common then. You identified he died in 1922 in the "Waverly Precinct". Is this based on where he was living as identified in the 1920 census? Or, do you have other information? The census is unclear if they owned or rented during that time (it's crossed out). Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: Cecilia_FabosBecker Surnames: WALKER Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.washington.counties.spokane/5536/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I'm trying to do the family history for a cousin who has done me several kind favors in the past. I'm stuck trying to get his Walker line back further in Kentucky. I'm hoping an obituary for Joel Walker b. 1837 in Kentucky who died in 1922 in the Waverly Precinct area of Spokane, will help out. His wife was Mary M. Walker (maiden name uknown)1847-1928. Her obituary would also be helpful. At the least it might give us a maiden surname, and who knows?-- maybe parents names and birth county as well as state, also. My kinsman descends from Joel and Mary Walker through their son Henry Thomas (or Thomas Henry) Walker and his wife Martha A. Walker through their oldest daughter Ailith/Alith who married a Dashiell. Any help on the earlier parts of this Walker line are greatly appreciated. Cecilia L. Fabos-Becker, San Jose, CA direct e-mail: [email protected] Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: cmhansen Surnames: Mottaz, Nordlund, Myrene Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.washington.counties.spokane/5533.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Susan It took a while but I got the obits for Myrtle Mottaz, Ruby & Gunnar Nordlund, and Jennie and Elmer Myrene form the Spokesman Review newspaper. Charles Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: cmhansen Surnames: Classification: cemetery Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.washington.counties.spokane/5534.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I forgot the URL for the place to find the cemetery lists for Spokane County http://mrail.net/wash/spokane.htm Charles Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: Andy111002 Surnames: Vincent Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.washington.counties.spokane/5535/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I am hoping anyone might be able to help me. I am looking for a death of Arthur Ernest Vincent. He died between 1916 and 1920 in some type of railroad accident in Spokane. I think. I know he lived in Spokane maybe the train wreckage was elsewhere. He had a wife Marion and a son Arthur E Vincent Jr. Thanks for any help Judy Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: cmhansen Surnames: Classification: cemetery Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.washington.counties.spokane/5534.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Spokane actually has two Catholic Cemeteries St. Joseph and Holy Cross. If before 1932 (the year Holy Cross opened) several of the others had a catholic area also. Charles Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: arleyrider2003 Surnames: Tierney, Smith Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.washington.counties.spokane/5534/mb.ashx Message Board Post: is there a data base for the Catholic Cemetery Spokane, is it Holy Cross Cemetery ? i am trying to locate relatives buried there, Thanks. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: cmhansen Surnames: Shaw Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.washington.counties.spokane/5527.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Mary Lou I thought I had already sent you the obit for Inez Shaw. I will send it again. Charles Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: descendentz Surnames: SHILLITO Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.washington.counties.spokane/1169.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: i am researching a William Shillito. He was born about 1871 1873. It says in Iowa in my census. Can not find him at all in 1900. His census for father and mother read unknown or UNITED STATES and one says Pennsylvania. he was a carpenter. Married a Mary M. Someone..... [email protected] Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is actually a Spokane County timeline but it has several very old Spokane County maps and a good 1943 Township map of Spokane County. http://www.spokanecounty.org/asp/vis_history.asp Charles

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: SusanWagner99 Surnames: Mottaz, Nordlund, Myrene Classification: lookup Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.washington.counties.spokane/5533/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Can anyone find obits for these relatives of mine who died in Spokane. I have looked everywhere and cannot find a thing. Myrtle Mottaz, died August 24, 1995 (age 79) Ruby Nordlund, died April 29, 1987 (age 78) Gunnar Nordlund, died August 8, 1985 (age 79) Jennie Myrene, died April 1, 1994 (age 88) Elmer Myrene, died May 10, 1985 (age about 79) Thanks in advance to anyone who can help me. [email protected] Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: l_ebbelaar Surnames: Kerr, Parne, Farrie Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.washington.counties.spokane/5532/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Can someone do a marriage lookup for Normand Ayotte Kerr and Julia Parne who married in 1929. He was born in 1906 and she was born in 1908 and was Italian. THey show as being married 1 year in the 1930 census for the City of Spokane. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: cmhansen Surnames: Vecchio Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.washington.counties.spokane/5529.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Frank Raymond Vecchio was a police officer and survived by his wife Frances and three sisters Margaret Nigro, Eva Gagliardi and Lillian Jannak according to his obit in the Spokesman Review newspaper. Charles Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: AADAMKO1 Surnames: ARNELL Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.washington.counties.spokane/5531.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Thank you, Charles! The entry for 1899 sounds like my great grandfather ARNELL as I have a marriage certificate and a birth certificate that places him and his new family in Spokane in 1898/99. By 1900 they were back in Seattle where they show up in the 1900 - 1930 censuses and city directories. Andrea Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: cmhansen Surnames: Lockhart Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.washington.counties.spokane/5530.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hubert L. Lockhart was survived by his wife Mary, 5 daughters, Violet Ross, Irene Parry, Helen Meyers, Jo Anne Glatt and Betty Roberts. One brother Albert Lockhart according to his obit in the Spokesman Review newspaper. Charles Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.