[or-roots] Searching for Godfrey/Stevens family

[Jacobson Family]

Leslie,

That is some really great information you have.  Let me give you what I know.  I didn't want to type it all in at the time.

Bessie Mae Stevens; parents - Thomas Stevens and Minnie Bell Snyder (Stevens); born 1/29/1898 in Linden, IA.

Homer Godfrey; parents - Ethel Crosson and Edward Godfrey (I guess I did have his parents, sorry!); born 7/10/1895 in Jamaica, IA.

After Bessie and Homer married they lived in Washington, IA for a while.  I don't know when they moved to Oregon.

Their daughter, LaVonne is still alive however I don't have a relationship with her.  How do you find out if their son LaVerne is still around?

Thank you for your help!  I don't have any clue about Thomas Stevens' family at all.  I do have a lot of Minnie's though.

Thanks,

Tina
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Leslie Chapman 
  To: or-roots at sosinet.sos.state.or.us 
  Sent: Wednesday, April 20, 2005 11:35 AM
  Subject: RE: [or-roots] Searching for Godfrey/Stevens family


  Tina;

  Okay you can ignore the last half of this letter as by the time I typed it Sue came up with the info I needed to actually help; I just left it in incase the info is of use to someone else.

  Looking for Stevens born in Indiana in Or 1910 Census I came up blank, but in Iowa;

  Series: T624  Roll: 399  Page: 261  
   Surname  GivenName  Age  Sex  Race  Birthplace  State  County  Location  Year
   STEVENS  THOMAS    37   M     W     IN       IA      DALLAS  WASHINGTON TWP  1910

  Dwelling 50 household 51
  Stevens Thomas age 37 m. 13                     Indiana, Ohio Mass      Farm Steward
          Minnie(sp?)  36  13 1ch 1 living        Iowa       Ohio Ohio
          Bessie M     12                         Iowa      Ind  Iowa

  Going back to 1900 then I find them in;

  Series: T623  Roll: 427  Page: 109  
   Surname  GivenName  Age  Sex  Race  Birthplace  State  County  Location  Year
  STEVENS  THOMAS  28  M  W  IN  IA  DALLAS  LINCOLN TWP  1900

  Thomas lists birthdate of June 1872     m. 3
  Minnie                  april 1874(?)
  Bessie                  Jan 1898

  oddly enough he lists parent's birthplaces as Michigan and Indiana?? every thing else checks out too well for this not to be them. for what that's worth, it makes these folks look very good for his family;

        Name  Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age Birthplace Occupation Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace 
         William STEPHENS   Self   M   Male   W   39   MI   Farming   ENG   ENG  
         Louise STEPHENS   Wife   M   Female   W   36   IN   Keeping House   ---   ---  
         Florence STEPHENS   Dau      Female   W   17   IN   At Home   MI   IN  
         Cora B. STEPHENS   Dau      Female   W   15   IN   At Home   MI   IN  
         Blanche STEPHENS   Dau   S   Female   W   12   IN   At Home   MI   IN  
         Finette STEPHENS   Dau   S   Female   W   10   IN   At Home   MI   IN  
         Thomas STEPHENS   Son   S   Male   W   8   IN      MI   IN  
         Stella STEPHENS   Dau   S   Female   W   5   IN      MI   IN  
  Source Information:
          Census Place Colfax, Dallas, Iowa 
          Family History Library Film   1254335 
          NA Film Number   T9-0335 
          Page Number   227A  


  Of the seven Thomas Stevens's b. bet 1870 and 1874 listed in this 1880 LDS index that is the only  likely looking pair.


  I was going to pass on this one because it is very hard to pin someone down with just a name, but checking against the death index stuffpat came up with andlooking in Marion county in 1900 I came up with some interesting names, they probably "aren't" your folks and it is just coincidence;

  Series: T623  Roll: 1349  Page: 41  


  Surname  GivenName  Age  Sex  Race  Birthplace  State  County  Location  Year
  STEVENS  BENJAMIN P  74  M  W  MA  OR  MARION  GERVAIS PCT  1900

    Dwelling 144 household 145
  Stevens, Benjamin (J?)  b. July 1826 age 73 m. 27                       Mass. Mass. Mass.       no occup listed
             Tabitha (sp?)           Jan(?) 1847   53 m. 27 8 ch 6living  Iowa Ohio Ohio  "
             Sumner (sp?)      Feb 1875      25 s                         Oregon Ia       MA      Barber
             Bessie                  Jan(?) 1882   18 s                           Oregon " "
             Anna E                  April 1890    10 s                   Oregon " "              at school

  Now you ask yourself why with the age discrepencies I bother to post this, well it is just because of the over powereing coincidence of the next dwelling up the page;

  Godfrey Frank b. Aug 1862 age 37 m. 12                  Ill Kt Kt  Carpenter
            Rose     Dec 1863     36 m 12   2 ch 2 living Ill Ill Ill
            Ralph    Aug 1888     11 s                            " " "
            Ruth  Nov 1892        7  s                            "  " " 

  As I say, these can't be your folks, but I have had folks turn up looking a lot like this that down the road I discovered were really who I was looking for becaue the wife lied about her age on a lot of things to look younger than hubby and somewhere down the road Ralph wanted to become Homer.

  If you had some more info such as where they might have been in 1900 - 1920 or where Bessie or Homer were born I might be able to back track them to their parents for you.

  Les C  


  -----Original Message-----
  From: or-roots-admin at sosinet.sos.state.or.us [mailto:or-roots-admin at sosinet.sos.state.or.us]On Behalf Of Jacobson Family
  Sent: Wednesday, April 20, 2005 9:00 AM
  To: or-roots at sosinet.sos.state.or.us
  Subject: [or-roots] Searching for Godfrey/Stevens family


  Hi everyone! 

  I am searching for information on Bessie Mae Stevens and Homer Godfrey.  They both died in Oregon.

  Thank you!

  Tina Jacobson 
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