[or-roots] A Query

[Becky O'Donnell]

Dale,

The "Columbia River" takes up a great area. It could be Portland, OR or Vancouver, WA. I live on the Columbia River in Columbia City, OR, right across the river from Woodland, WA. There's also Kalama, WA and Longview, WA. These are all cities along I-5 and not far from Portland, OR. 

Becky
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Harguess, Dale<mailto:dharguess at coastline.edu> 
  To: or-roots at sosinet.sos.state.or.us<mailto:or-roots at sosinet.sos.state.or.us> 
  Sent: Monday, September 26, 2005 12:00 PM
  Subject: RE: [or-roots] A Query


  Correction, my uncle is 91 so it looks like the little girl must have already died by 1917 since it  said he only had one child.  I think that is probably correct because my aunt Betty saw a picture of the two children and my uncle was an infant at the time and she said the little girl looked to be about 2 or 3 so she obviously died very young.

  Dale



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  From: or-roots-admin at sosinet.sos.state.or.us [mailto:or-roots-admin at sosinet.sos.state.or.us] On Behalf Of Barbara Wulf
  Sent: Monday, September 26, 2005 11:28 AM
  To: or-roots at sosinet.sos.state.or.us
  Subject: Re: [or-roots] A Query



  Noah registered for the draft  5 Jun 1917 at Walla Walla.  At that time he had a wife and child.  Do you have record that he had any other children?



  He is in California in 1920 living with his father.  He is listed as divorced at that time.



  He got permission to join the navy 25 Dec 1917 at Tracy California.



  You might be looking in Washington for the death of this little girl.


  Barb
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    ----- Original Message ----- 

    From: Harguess, Dale<mailto:dharguess at coastline.edu> 

    To: or-roots at sosinet.sos.state.or.us<mailto:or-roots at sosinet.sos.state.or.us> 

    Sent: Monday, September 26, 2005 10:14 AM

    Subject: [or-roots] A Query



    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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