[or-roots] A Query

[Harguess, Dale]

Gosh that sounds familiar.  When I finally found my great grand parents
divorce (Venus' parents) I was shocked because I expected it to be her
that filed, but it turned out to be Thomas who filed against her for
desertion.  There was a lot of juicy stuff in those papers.  Actually, I
have found that wills and divorces give the most insight into what
people were really like back then.  Plus you learn some things that no
one ever talked about.  As an example, my father's parents got divorced
and there was a custody battle for my father.  I never knew this and the
real shocker was that his mother lost custody of him and the court sent
him to live with his grandmother out here in California when he was only
3 years old.  I always wondered why he was so close to his Aunt.  Once I
learned this it all made sense.  His aunt was 9 when he went to live
with his grandmother and you know how young girls are with babies.  They
just bonded like something else.  I learned all this by doing genealogy
and that is why I love this hobby.  Plus I learned that my mother had a
sister she never knew about and that my grandmother had a first husband
that she never told anyone about except her mother who wouldn't tell.  I
could go on and on but I'm sure I have bored you enough.
As for Jane she was Venus' grandmother.
Dale
-----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 Sue Steward
Sent: Tuesday, September 27, 2005 3:16 PM
To: or-roots at sosinet.sos.state.or.us
Subject: Re: [or-roots] A Query

So was this the father of Venus (Jane)?  You say you found him in the
Washington census in 1819 or should that be 1920?  Washington has a
death
index but the on-line index doesn't begin until 1940 deaths.

I got the divorce papers for my husband's great grandparents in Douglas
County, Oregon from the 1800s.  Didn't get any genealogy information as
such
but he had filed after she left with someone else so there were lots of
personal details about what happened.  She didn't show for the divorce
hearing but sent in some kind of deposition rebutting what he said.

Sue

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Harguess, Dale" <dharguess at coastline.edu>
To: <or-roots at sosinet.sos.state.or.us>
Sent: Tuesday, September 27, 2005 2:10 PM
Subject: RE: [or-roots] A Query


> I checked for Hardwick too, and found nothing so I thought I would
just
> run all the other family names through because I have a lot of missing
> pieces to this puzzle (I call family).  It was the divorce of Jane
> Deford and William Hoskins.  I have been looking for that ever since I
> found the 1900 census by accident and found 2 of her sons living with
a
> step father.  I didn't know at that time that a)she had died and
b)that
> she had remarried so had to have been divorced.  I am still trying to
> find out when and where Thomas Howell died.  I found him in the 1819
> Washington Census with a new wife so that started me looking for his
> divorce which I found on a trip last year in Umatilla County.  Every
day
> is a new start.
> Thanks again.
> Dale
>
> -----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 Sue
Steward
> Sent: Tuesday, September 27, 2005 2:03 PM
> To: or-roots at sosinet.sos.state.or.us
> Subject: Re: [or-roots] A Query
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Harguess, Dale" <dharguess at coastline.edu>
> To: <or-roots at sosinet.sos.state.or.us>
> Sent: Tuesday, September 27, 2005 1:49 PM
> Subject: RE: [or-roots] Thomas Clark
>
>
> > I cannot begin to thank you enough for sending me this website.  I
> used
> > it and finally after 5 years of looking have found the divorce
record
> of
> > my great great grandparents.  I am thrilled with this.
> > Thank you again,
> > Dale
>
> So which one did you find, I thought I checked for Hardwick on this
> website.
>
> Sue
>
>
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