[or-roots] A Query

[Harguess, Dale]

I have only been on the list a few days and I think I know why some
people are dropping.  Maybe they are new like me and haven't seen
anything yet related to genealogy.

I will try to do a query and I hope someone out there can help me.  I am
trying to find a death record for a child named Verna Marie Hardwick.  I
think she died sometime between 1915 and 1919.  She was the child of
Noah Hardwick and Versey Venus Howell.  She was born Sept. 11, 1914 in
Oregon, but I don't know where.  I also would like to have an actual
record of her birth as this date was given to me by a volunteer at the
Blue Mountain Genealogical Society and she didn't tell me where she got
it.

This child is a total mystery in my family.  The legend was that she was
drowned in the Columbia river by her father who had gone berserk.  I
don't think I believe this story because I have found Noah Hardwick in
the 1920 census or maybe it was the 1930 living with a new wife and 2
children.  He had a brother named Jesse that seems to have dropped off
the planet about 1919.  I found him living (Jesse, that is) in Portland
in the City Directory of 1918.  He was living with his brother's wife at
the time.  Does anyone have access to early obituaries in Portland?  

I know this is more than one query, sorry.  I am just very frustrated
over this as I really want to know the truth.

Dale in California

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