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Benjamin T. and his
wife Jane (SMITH) OLNEY settled and farmed at Fisher's Landing in Clark County
from late 1852 until her death in 1857. They are noted in Clark County Pioneers:
A Centennial Tribute but are not followed up in the sequel because the family
left the county after Jane died. However, the five children gravitated around
the family claim into the Twentieth Century, so let us follow them up.
Ben's parents were William and Charlotte (TANNER) OLNEY. William (24 Feb. 1792 -
1853) was born at Gloucester, Rhode Island. He descended as follows from the
original immigrants Thomas and Marie (Ashton) OLNEY of St. Albans, Essex,
England and Providence, Rhode Island: William6 (Captain Stephen5, Stephen4,
John3, Epenetus2, Thomas1.) As a young man he moved to Saratoga County, New York
where he married Charlotte (17 Feb. 1795 - 2 Sep. 1845) at Greenfield (18 Feb.
1809.) Together they migrated west, following the Ohio River to the area of
Davenport, Iowa, where they settled at Fairfield, Jefferson County. William was
a farmer, carpenter, mason and construction contractor.
Along the way
William and Charlotte had twelve children. All twelve migrated from Iowa to the
Oregon and Washington Territories[2] by 1860. Two became prominent public men
and the rest made their own contributions to building up the territory. Most
notable was Judge Cyrus OLNEY, a founding Associate Justice of the Oregon
Supreme Court and large landowner[3] at Astoria. Nathan OLNEY, at Fort Dalles,
was attorney, ferryman, Justice of the Peace, militia captain, sheriff and
Indian Agent to the Wasco Tribe. Benjamin T. OLNEY, as remarked, settled for a
time at what is now Fisher's Landing in Clark County, Washington, and was active
in civic affairs. Orville was a rancher and farmer, a Lieutenant in the Oregon
Cavalry, who lived variously at Fort Dalles, in California, and in the
Willamette country. Byron, the youngest, worked in the family shipping company
until the Civil War, during which he disappeared for some years before turning
up in the Illinois Cavalry. Their sisters also migrated out the Oregon Trail
with their husbands and families, some settling in the lower Puget Sound
country.
The Clark County land records have been the key to drawing this
family together. The Oregon State Archives have provided the proof of many of
the relationships. Mary Ellen Petrich of San Jose has placed a great deal of
biographical information on the Internet and has been generous in
correspondence; Laverne Edward Olney of Kingsport, TN, has provided many clues
from the Census; Jerri McCoy of Olympia found the descendants of the elusive
Julian; Diane Gardner, in 1997 Tillamook County GenWeb coordinator, came up with
Ben's third marriage. Others have been generous with time and energy as well and
will be found in the source notes at the end of the article. To all of them,
thanks.
1. Benjamin Tanner1 OLNEY[4], [5], [6], [7], [8], , [9], [10], [11], [12], , [13] , born[14], [15], [16] 10 Sep 1826 in Warren, Pa, USA; died[17] 4 Nov 1864, son of William OLNEY and Charlotte TANNER . He married (1)[18] on 3 Jun 1846 in J.P., Fairfield, Jefferson, Ia. Jane SMITH[19] , born[20] Sep 1826 in ENG; died[21], [22] 1 Mar 1857 in Vancouver, Clark, WA; (2)[23] on 23 Jan 1859 in Fort Dalles, Wasco, OR (---) (---)[24] , born in Wasco, OR; died[25] bef 29 Sep 1861; (3)[26] on 11 Aug 1863 in J.P., Tillamook, Tillamook, OR Druscilla Jane WILLIS[27], [28], [29], [30] , born in See Notes; died ________ in See Notes, daughter of Sterling WILLIS and Sarah HOLLADAY .
Ben was born in Warren County, Penna. (some sources say
Conewango Twp.) His daughter Flora recorded his middle name as "Tanner," after
his mother's family. Some records instead use the middle initial "F.," no doubt
due to the similarity of the letters in script. Ben removed with his parents to
Iowa, where he married Jane SMITH (1846). Succumbing to gold fever he went to
California (1848) for a few months but soon returned. He then learnt bricklaying
and masonry and worked in construction. We can guess he worked with his father.
Ben and Jane set out from Council Bluffs, Iowa, about 1 May 1852 bound for
Oregon in company with several close relatives. They endured the common
hardships along the way, including a brush with cholera. They had a face-off
with unarmed Indians who wanted four-year-old Flora. They were fortunate to lose
none of their own brood although relatives in the train were not so lucky. By
Flora's account they were in perilous state when they were rescued east of Fort
Dalles by two of Ben's brothers[31]. Ben dated their arrival in the Territory as
10 September 1852 in the affidavit for his Vancouver Donation Land Claim (DLC.)
Leaving the family at Fort Dalles to recuperate, Ben went on to Oregon City.
From there he crossed the Columbia into Clark County and recorded the DLC (1
December 1852,) for Twp 1 N Range 2 E, sections 1, 2, 11 and 12 (319.98 acres
instead of 640; nearly all of section 11 and part of 12 is the Columbia River.)
The patent was issued 22 November 1865 as Nr. 42 but was not recorded by Clark
County until 25 October 1877[32]. (That claim is now southeastern Cascade Park.)
Ben went up to Fort Dalles the next spring and brought the family down.
Ben was (1855) one of the witnesses to the DLC of Adam FISHER who took up the
sections on Ben's northeast. (WT DLC, p. 11)
Although he held no office
in Clark County, Ben was active in local politics. The Oregonian Newspaper of 11
June 1853 reported: "...a meeting of the inhabitants of Clarke county was held
at the saw-mill, above Fort Vancouver, on Saturday, May 28th, having for its
object the devising some means of checking the trespass of British subjects on
claims held by citizens. The meeting having been organized by appointing T. J.
Fletcher, Esq., as chairman and Richard Covington as secretary, the objects were
briefly stated by the chairman, and on motion, the following gentlemen, viz:
Silas D. Maxon[33], R. Covington, Benj. Olney, W.F. Crate, and Levi Dodford were
appointed a committee to draft resolutions, who, after retiring for a short
time, reported the following:
Resolved, That we are a law-abiding people,
yet are unwilling to submit to British subjects claiming large tracts of land
merely because they have cultivated small gardens thereon, whilst in the service
of the Hudson Bay Company: they having given no notice of such claim until
settlers claiming under the donation law have expended a large amount of time
and money.
Resolved, That we believe it has now become of public and
political importance that the rights of the Hudson's Bay Company and of all
other British subjects, should be purchased by the United States government, in
accordance with the fourth article of the treaty with Great Britain."
(Landerholm)
Following Jane's death (March 1857), Ben left Clark County.
In a letter written 7 September 1857 from Fort Yamhill, Oregon (now Grand Ronde)
he said he had sold half the Clark County claim after 1 January 1857. (WT DLC,
p. 184; Sheller) In fact, what Ben sold on 22 May 1857 was an undivided half
interest in the claim, and he sold it to his sister-in-law, Sarah E. OLNEY of
Astoria, wife of Judge Cyrus OLNEY. Somehow this translated to the "West 1/2
Benj Olney's Claim" (i.e. sections 2 and 11) which "Cyrus Olney and wife"
conveyed 17 September 1862 to their brother Nathan, of Fort Dalles. Nathan in
turn sold 14 December 1864 this portion to Charles S. IRBY[34]. Clearly, the
remainder was apportioned in common to Ben's five children at his death, for on
1 November 1879 "Hiram J. and wife" mortgaged "Part of B. F. Olney's D.L.C." to
M. V. B. STACY (note: "satisfied"), while on 3 May 1883 Silas T. and Kane OLNEY
each conveyed to Flora OLNEY MASON a 1/5th interest in the "E 1/2 of B. T.
Olney's DLC." This remainder is shown on the Clarke County Auditor's 1888 plat
map as a DLC in the names of B. T. OLNEY and Flora OLNEY (MASON.) Curiously, an
1894 plat map displayed (2004) at the Clark County Surveyor's Office shows the
entire claim intact as "B. T. Olney." The remainder of the DLC did not pass out
of family hands until 1901. (Clark County land records)
Ben seems to have
lived at Grand Ronde about a year before moving up the new trail to Tillamook.
Pioneer Warren VAUGHN has given us a picture of Ben's life at Tillamook. Ben was
settled there on South Prairie in the spring of 1859, when he bought the Gull
schooner of Tillamook from the estate of her deceased owner. Ben sailed her with
produce to Astoria and Portland for several voyages, returning with food and
supplies. Along the way he was apparently first to sight the wreck of the whaler
Rambler on the Columbia Bar and assisted his neighbors in its salvage[35]. The
settlers were greatly pleased with the trade. The Gull was their only practical
link with the world, the trail to Fort Yamhill being impassable to cargo.
(Winters)
During 1858 Ben was actively seeking a new wife. We have Rhoda
(QUICK) JOHNSON's account: "When I was a girl Judge Olney wanted to keep company
with me. He was a lot older than I. He was a widower with seven children; so I
didn't like the idea of marrying him... [he] didn't seem to have good luck in
getting a girl to marry him, so he became disgusted and took two squaws, one of
whom was middle-aged and the other just a young girl...." [36] (Tillamook
Memories) Sheller places Ben at Fort Dalles, Wasco County, Oregon in January
1859 where he m. 2 _____, a Wasco woman. Ben didn't hold a grudge, for "On
January 3, 1861," Rhoda relates, "Judge Olney performed the ceremony that united
my husband and myself." Ben had been elected judge in May 1859 for a four-year
term. His trade did not much interfere with justice, there being few settlers
and little adjudication. His children may have been living with him in 1859-61.
Gull was only about 30 tons burden. Ben and a friend (also from Clark
County) O. S. THOMAS, along with several Tillamook settlers, wanted something
bigger. They spent the winter of 1859-60 building the Brant schooner of about 50
tons, financed in part by selling Gull. Ben, relates Vaughn, "was a man of great
energy and perseverance and it required a large amount of this to accomplish his
undertaking... Her timbers were eight inches square and eight inches apart. She
was almost solid timber in her bottom," which proved to her advantage later.
Vaughn further notes, "She had a very fine bow and a beautiful run aft and a
fine stern." Her maiden passage to Portland was made in two days. Ben made most
of his voyages running lumber from Astoria to San Francisco. His Tillamook
neighbors were disappointed. Eventually they persuaded him to call in at
Tillamook from time to time, although he complained it was nowhere near as
lucrative as the lumber run. He may also have fared out to the Sandwich
(Hawaiian) Islands in this period because his brother Byron enlisted there at
the outbreak of the Civil War. (Sheller) By April 1862 Ben had bought out his
partner THOMAS and was sole owner and master of Brant. Trying to leave Tillamook
Bay shorthanded, she went aground on a high tide and it took six weeks and all
the local manpower to refloat her. She took no significant damage and did not
leak at all.[37] (Winters)
Ben's second wife died by 29 September 1861,
when Mary (Olney) BROWN in Olympia, Wash. wrote their sister Almeda that she and
sister Emily FRENCH were keeping Ben's five children. (Sheller) On 11 August
1863 Ben m. 3 Druscilla Jane WILLIS before D. D. BAYLEY, Ben's successor as
county judge, at the Bayley home. She may have been a minor, for on 10 August
Ben filed with the court her father's written consent to the marriage. No
evidence has been seen of children of this marriage.
Druscilla shipped
aboard Brant as cook. During the summer of 1864, Ben's sons Julian and Silas
shipped as hands, by Silas' account. Ben was working Brant out of Puget Sound,
carrying military supplies to outposts and handling local freight. After
delivering supplies to the fort at Quinalt, Ben put in to Gray's Harbor and
sailed up the Chehalis River to Montesano. He was the first to bring a ship so
far up the river. He was unfamiliar with the tides there, and by dawn the next
day Brant was on her side, full of water. She was righted, once again undamaged.
"We loaded with hides, tallow and farm products and made our way out without
difficulty, and delivered the goods at Victoria," related Silas.
In
November 1864, Ben sailed empty with a crew of seven out of Port Townsend,
Washington, bound for Victoria to load cargo for Honolulu. His sons were not
aboard. On 4 November Brant capsized in the Straits of Juan de Fuca with the
loss of all hands. The ship was salved and became a whaler. (Montesano Vidette
1913) Some say Benjamin Tanner OLNEY is buried at Olympia, Washington, but I
have not found him in the indexes available on-line.
Ben was born and
lived for thirty-seven years a landsman, yet in middle age he took up the most
difficult job at sea -- command of a ship -- and pursued it successfully for
five years on the most difficult part of the American Pacific Coast. He
repeatedly crossed the notorious Columbia Bar without mishap, worked up and down
the treacherous waters of that coast, navigated more than once over two thousand
miles to the Hawaiian Islands and back, all without the boyhood apprenticeship
and specialized training most seamen received. Was his demise due to
inexperience or was it just one of those untoward events any sailor can encounter?
She came from England say 1828,
aged two, with her family. Jane married Ben OLNEY at the home of Coleman GRAVES
in Jefferson County, Iowa. The family removed to Washington Territory by 1852
and farmed a four-section claim about seven miles up the Columbia from the
Hudsons Bay Company post at Vancouver, Clarke County. "Poor mother with three
children - oldest not yet 4 and the youngest 2 weeks old - was placed in a light
two horse wagon to begin the trek of 3000 miles," daughter Flora wrote much
later. Jane bore Ben five children who lived to adulthood, and possibly a sixth.
An unnamed infant is cited in her husband's 1852 affidavit for a donation land
claim at (now) Fisher's Landing, Vancouver, Washington.
Among the first
community actions of the new settlers was building a schoolhouse. Jane was
schoolteacher, paid from tuition fees. "After the arrival of my third brother
[Silas] Mother was too busy to teach, and only received a 3 months salary,"
Flora observed. (Petrich)
In 1856 some Indians of Eastern Washington and
Oregon attacked white settlements -- the Whitman Massacre began it -- and
although the local tribes seemed peaceful, the families of the settlers were
taken down to Astoria for safety. They stayed there for the summer, returning in
the fall to Fisher's Landing. Enroute, she gave birth to her last child, Kane,
,,,, at Saint Helens, Oregon.
Jane died on the family claim in 1857. Her
burial place has not been located but may be one of the early undocumented
burials at Fisher's Cemetery (16400 Old Evergreen Highway.)
Children of
Benjamin Tanner OLNEY and Jane SMITH were as follows:
+ 2 i Flora Emily2
OLNEY.
+ 3 ii Captain Hiram J.2 OLNEY.
+ 4 iii Julian N.2 OLNEY.
+ 5 iv Captain Silas Freeman2 OLNEY.
+ 6 v Captain Kane2 OLNEY.
Druscilla was a daughter of Sterling WILLIS who came out from Kentucky and took up a Donation Land Claim in Douglas Pct., Polk County, Oregon. She was likely born in Illinois as were the all the older children of Sterling's family. She is not found with them in the 1860 U. S. Census nor is she shown in Tillamook County. Perhaps she was staying with the William Mc. WILLIS shown in Hoquarton Prairie Pct., Tillamook County. She shipped as cook in her husband's trading schooner and perhaps was so employed before their marriage. That would explain why neither is enumerated. She was likely one of the seven hands aboard the Brant schooner who died when the ship capsized 4 November 1864 in the Straits of Juan de Fuca.
2. Flora Emily2 OLNEY[38], [39], [40], [41], [42] (Benjamin Tanner1), born[43] 19 May 1848 in Fairfield, Jefferson, IA; died[44] 13 May 1934 in Montesano, Grays Harbor, WA; buried[45] 17 May 1934 in Wynooche, Montesano, Grays Harbor, WA. She married[46] on 7 Sep 1869 in Methodist, Oregon City, Clackamas, OR, (divorced 28 May 1885) Francis Baron MASON[47] , born[48], [49] 1842 in IL; died[50] 1933 in Leaburg, Lane, OR; buried[51] in Greenwood, Leaburg, Lane, OR.
Flora was a young
girl when her family set out on the Oregon Trail but old enough to have a clear
recollection of the trek, which she set down in writing later. The entire
account has been published on the Internet in at least two places (see source
notes.) The family eventually settled (1852) at Vancouver, Clark County, Oregon
Territory (now in Washington State.)
After her mother died (1857,) Flora
and her siblings went to live with their aunt Charlotte Emily (OLNEY) FRENCH at
Olympia, Washington. Flora later lived with her uncle and aunt, Cyrus and Sarah
(NEELY) OLNEY, at Portland and Astoria and attended the Portland Academy. She
became a schoolteacher and we can guess she taught at Astoria, based on her
marriage record below.
She had planned to go East and attend medical
school to become a doctor, but instead agreed to marry Frank MASON. They were
married in the Methodist Church at Oregon City before the Rev. Mr. J. F. DEVOSE
"in the presence of Revd. C. W. TODD and James W. CHASE and others, witnesses."
She is entered as "Flora E. Olney of the county of Clatsup and State of Oregon."
They settled at Eugene, Lane County, Oregon where she taught school for a
time. On 2 March 1874 they hosted the marriage of G. W. FARLOW (of Linn County)
and Ellen WEGER. Friends of the couple were W. E. STRATTON, B. F. DAVIS and R.
RUSH (who was surety.) The officiant was A. C. FAIRCHILD. By 1880 the Masons had
two children and Flora was "keeping house" in Springfield, near Eugene. Since
neither child is shown "at school," she may have been home schooling them. By
1885 the family was living in East Portland.
Beginning 3 May 1883 Flora
began to acquire sole ownership of the family DLC at Vancouver. That day her
brothers Silas and Kane each deeded to her his one-fifth interest. She was
recorded in 1888 as owner of half her father's original DLC on a plat map
displayed at the Clark County (WA) Genealogical Society. In 1891 her niece Daisy
deeded over Julian's share. The property was partitioned by court decree 15 May
1893, to provide Hiram's widow a saleable property. At that point the remainder
was entirely in Flora's hands. She used it as collateral for several successive
loans over the years, but after obtaining a quitclaim from her ex-husband 2 June
1898 began selling it off. Twenty acres went to E. P. HILL on 17 August that
year. The final mortgage was paid off in November 1901 and Flora sold the
remaining 105 acres on 5 December to H. W. ARNOLD.
Frank had divorced
Flora in 1885 at Oregon City, after which Flora perhaps returned to Vancouver
for a time. She settled in Portland. "In the Portland directory where she lived
for several years as an at-home nurse, she lists herself as a widow. She was
listed in the Portland directory from 1898 till 1906. Her only living child,
Ruth Mason Byles and Ruth's husband then insisted that Flora come and live
closer to them in Grays Harbor Co. Washington." (Petrich)
Her obituary
(in the Montesano Vidette) says that she removed in 1907 to her daughter Ruth's
in Montesano. However, on 11 May 1910, Flora was living at 419 South Pearl St.,
Centralia, Lewis County, Wash. She is listed by the U. S. Census as owner of the
house and head of household, living with "partner" Nancy FRENCH[52]. Flora is
shown as ae 60, divorced, two surviving children of three. She was then working
at the local hospital as a training nurse, which implies considerable experience
in her field. As in her previous census records, she stated she was born in
Iowa, her father was born in New York and her mother in England. Centralia and
Montesano are not far apart.
At Montesano she was intellectually and
socially active to the end. She was a member of the Presbyterian community, the
Rebekahs, the D.A.R., W.C.T.U., Southwest Washington Pioneer Society and the
Harvard Classics club. She "...continued to carry on a voluminous correspondence
with friends and relatives in all parts of the world and to read omnivorously."
(Petrich)
His father was from
Massachusetts, mother from Connecticut. They eventually settled at Springfield,
Illinois. Frank enlisted (as Francis B. MASON) 6 August 1862 in Company C, 32nd
Wisconsin Infantry and was discharged due to an eye injury 9 February 1863 with
the rank of Corporal. He wrote daughter Alta from Vida (near Leaburg) Oregon 10
August 1901, "I enlisted Aug. 6, 1862 in "C" Co., 32d Wis. Vol. Inf., and was
discharged in the [spring?] of '63. at Memphis, Tenn. Took part only in some
slight skirmishes around Memphis, and down in Mississippi, but the picket duty
at times was more trying than anything else."
He was recorded as "of the
County of Lane and State of Oregon" at his marriage to Flora OLNEY. Soon after
the marriage he was working as a painter in the city of Eugene, Lane County,
Oregon. By 1880 he had moved to nearby Springfield and was working as a printer.
When he divorced Flora (1885) he retained custody of their son Clyde while
she had custody of the two girls.
The 1890 Oregon Civil War Veterans
Census found him at Leaburg, Lane Co., a small community east of Eugene. No
spouse is shown for him (although that is true for most enumerees.) Petrich
notes that he was the district enumerator for that census. He was enumerated as
a farmer aged 63 in the Blue River district (the same area) at the 1905 Oregon
Military Census and again as a divorced bachelor farmer in April, 1910 at the U.
S. Census.
Children of Flora Emily OLNEY and Francis Baron MASON were as
follows:
7 i Clyde R.3 MASON , born[54], [55], [56] 30 Dec 1870 in
Eugene, Lane, OR; died[57] 6 Aug 1906 in Leaburg, Lane, OR; buried in Greenwood,
Leaburg, Lane, OR. Other events: Census[58] Springfield, Lane, OR (1880). Notes:
Clyde remained with his father after the divorce. He does not seem to have
married.
8 ii Alta Celeste3 MASON[59], [60] , born[61], [62] Jul 1875 in
Eugene, Lane, OR; died ________. Other events: Census[63] Springfield, Lane, OR
(1880). Notes: She removed to Portland with her sister and mother after the
divorce. She never married. She became private secretary to the president of the
Portland division of American Can Company and was majordomo of his household.
After retiring early, she traveled widely through the West, finally disappearing
without trace near the Columbia Gorge during a motoring tour. Her last
communication was a post card mailed from White Salmon, Washington.
+ 9
iii Ruth Auralia3 MASON.
3. Captain Hiram J.2 OLNEY[64], [65], [66],
[67], [68] (Benjamin Tanner1), born[69] 1849/50 in Fairfield, Jefferson, IA;
died[70], [71] 1 Apr 1888 in Skagit, WA; buried in Lake View Cemetery, Seattle,
King, WA. He married[72] on 14 Jul 1875 in King County, WA Rose Gilmer
MCLEAN[73], [74] , born[75] 1852 in ME; died 7 Apr 1934; buried in Lake View
Cemetery, Seattle, King, WA.
On 10 October 1866, an Hiram J. OLNEY was issued title to the 27.89 acres of
Lot 1 (the SE 1/4 of the NE 1/4) of Sec. 8, Twp 18 N Range 2 W, Thurston Co.,
Washington Terr. It was a cash sale. Most probably he was the Hiram J. who was
one of the children of Benjamin Tanner OLNEY and Jane Smith who were taken in by
their aunt Mary (OLNEY) BROWN at Olympia, Thurston Co., on their mother's death.
The U. S. Census of 1870 for Snohomish County, Wash. Terr., shows an H. J. OLNEY
ae 21, seaman, born England, living at Mukilteo, in a menage consisting of a
steamboat captain, an engineer, another seaman and a Chinese cook. Possibly they
were the crew of a steamer at the dock at census time. This is likely the same
H. J. OLNEY who at the 1880 U. S. Census was a steamer captain living on Hat
Island, Island Co., Wash. Terr. He was then married with two children. He then
claimed birth in Iowa, his father having been born there also, his mother in
England. That is correct for our subject. He and his family were still at Hat
Island during the Territorial Censuses of 1883-1889 inclusive but were no longer
shown there by 1892.
Kane OLNEY recounted, "My brother Captain Hiram J.
Olney in 1879 built the twin propeller Susie. In 1882, with D. B. Jackson, he
organized the Washington Steamboat company. Later he purchased the Gaselle and
still later he bought the Irving. He died when he was 38 years old."
Hiram m. 1 Rose McLEAN at Olympia, Washington, 14 July 1875. Hiram bought 166.15
acres from the public lands in Snohomish County, Washington, consisting of Secs.
9 & 10, Twp 29 N Range 5 E, on 10 September 1875. That is in the delta of the
Snohomish River, more or less on Steamboat Slough. It is now farmable but prone
to heavy flooding. On 1 November 1879, Hiram J. and wife conveyed to M. V. B.
STACY, mortgagee, "Part of B. F. Olney's D.L.C." at Vancouver, Clarke Co., Wash.
This mortgage was satisfied 28 April 1898 and deeded back to Hiram and Rose .
Hiram died, rather messily, in the wheelhouse when the Irving's boiler
exploded while climbing the Skagit River below Sedro Woolley. He is buried in
Seattle together with his wife (and her subsequent husband), daughter Rose
Ernestine and her husband Duncan GRAHAM.
Rose may possibly be related to the McLEAN family of Olympia, who were
Charlotte (OLNEY) FRENCH's neighbors. (See notes for Silas Olney.)
Following Hiram 's death she is found in Oak Harbor, Wash. at the 1889
Territorial Census with their children.
She m. 2 say late 1899 Captain
Samuel JACKSON (1833-1912.) At the 1910 Census they had been married nine years.
On 26 January 1901 she conveyed, as "Rose G. JACKSON," in her own right and
for her two minor wards Jasper H. and Moses OLNEY, 35 acres "more or less" of
the Benjamin T. OLNEY DLC at Vancouver to one Duncan GRAHAM, who appears to have
been her son-in-law.
Children of Captain Hiram J. OLNEY and Rose Gilmer
MCLEAN were as follows:
10 i Rose Ernestine3 OLNEY[76] , born[77], [78]
1878 in WA; died[79] 1968; buried[80] in Lake View Cemetery, Seattle, King, WA.
She married (1)[81] on 8 Oct 1899 in Victoria, BC, CAN Duncan GRAHAM[82], [83] ,
born[84] 1858; died[85] 16 Sep 1926; buried in Lake View Cemetery, Seattle,
King, WA; (2) (---) HUBBART[86] . Notes: She was enumerated as "Annie" at the
1880 U. S. Census. Aged three on 1 June 1880, she was enumerated as "9" on 19
April 1887 in the Washington Territorial Census. She was therefore born in
Jan-April 1878. She m. 1 Duncan GRAHAM (1858-1926) and 2 _____ HUBBART, probably
after 1926. On 26 January 1901 she was party to the sale of part of the Benj. T.
OLNEY Vancouver claim to her husband Duncan.
11 ii Jasper H.3 OLNEY[87],
born[88] abt Feb 1880 in WA; died aft 26 Jan 1901. Notes: He was enumerated as
"Jesse," a female, at the 1887 Washington State Census (his sister Ernestine was
"male.") The 1883 Territorial Census records him as "Gasper?" He was still a
minor on 26 January 1901 when his mother sold his share of the Olney claim at
Vancouver.
12 iii Moses3 OLNEY[89], [90], born[91], [92], [93] Aug 1882
in WA; died aft 26 Jan 1901. Other events: Census[94] 6th Ward, Seattle, King,
WA (12 Jun 1900). Notes: At the 1900 U. S. Census he was living at home with his
mother and stepfather in Seattle, working as a salesman. He is recorded as a
minor conveyor on a deed of 26 January 1901 (see Notes for siblings and
parents.) However, on 31 May 1901, Moses Olney "of the city of Seattle" signed
as an adult as a conveyor, together with Duncan and Rose Ernestine (OLNEY)
GRAHAM, of the same 35 acre parcel. He is likely the same Moses OLNEY shown in
the 1910 U. S. Census as an engineer at Portland, Oregon, married to Bertha
KENELLY (1884- ) with son Edward M. (L. E. Olney)
13 iv Hiram C.3
OLNEY[95] , died 5 Jan 1889, buried in Lake View Cemetery, Seattle, King, WA.
Notes: He d. young. His birth order is uncertain but he appears to fall between
Moses and Susie.
14 v Susie B.3 OLNEY[96] , born abt Oct 1886; died 1 Apr
1887; buried in Lake View Cemetery, Seattle, King, WA.
4. Julian N.2
OLNEY[97], [98] (Benjamin Tanner1), born[99] Apr 1852 in Fairfield, Jefferson,
IA; died bef 4 Jul 1889 in See Notes. He married[100] on 1 Apr 1872 in Island,
WA Malgaretta[101] FORD[102], [103], [104] , born abt 1858 in WA; died bef 4 Jul
1889 in See Notes, daughter of Levi M. FORD and Rebecca MADDOX .
Julian was born say 15 April 1852 by his sister
Flora's account. He made the trip out the Oregon Trail with his family as a
newborn. The family settled near Vancouver in late 1852. In the summer of 1864
he and brother Silas sailed as hands in their father's trading schooner Brant.
He is probably the "Julian N." the 1870 U. S. Census found rooming in Island
County, Wash., a laborer aged 18 born in Iowa. He was sharing quarters with a 33
year-old Irish horse currier. We can surmise his middle name was "Nathan," after
his uncle. He worked as a marine engineer on Puget Sound steamers by his brother
Kane's account.
He m. 1 Malgaretta FORD. They had a daughter, Daisy who
conveyed a one-fifth undivided interest in the Benjamin OLNEY DLC to Flora O.
MASON on 13 July 1891. Julian must have died before 4 July 1889, when Daisy was
married with the consent of a guardian.
She is shown as "Malgara" or "Malgaretta" in the 1870 and 1871 censuses of
Island County but is not indexed thereafter as either FORD or OLNEY. Her parents
were married in Island County and Malgaretta, second of four children by 1871,
was most probably born there. She must have been dead before 4 July 1889, when
her daughter was married with the consent of a guardian.
Children of
Julian N. OLNEY and Malgaretta FORD were as follows:
+ 15 i Daisy J.3
OLNEY.
5. Captain Silas Freeman2 OLNEY[105], [106], [107], [108], [109]
(Benjamin Tanner1), born[110], [111], [112], [113] 23 May 1854 in Vancouver,
Clark, WA; died[114] 28 Dec 1918 in Alert Bay, BC, CAN. He married[115] on 23
May 1885 in Alert Bay, BC, CAN Lillianne KAMANO[116], [117] , born[118] 20 Feb
1868 in BC, CAN; died ________.
Silas was born on the family farm near Vancouver, Washington by sister
Flora's account. The 1901 British Columbia census says 23 May 1853, but all the
U. S. Census entries and his British Columbia death record point to 1854. After
his mother's death (1857) he lived with his aunt Charlotte Emily (OLNEY) FRENCH
near Olympia, Wash. During mid-1864, aged 9, he sailed as crew with his father
in the Brant schooner. One of their ports of call was Montesano, Wash. In July
1870, the U.S. Census found Silas boarding with the farming family of John S.
and Rebecca J. FRENCH[119] of Olympia and attending school. He went to work on
Puget Sound, becoming a marine engineer. By 1885 he had removed to Alert Bay,
British Columbia, where he was owner and master of a steam tug. Silas returned
to Montesano in April 1913 to visit cousins living there and was interviewed by
the Montesano newspaper.
He m. 1 at Alert Bay, B. C., Lillianne KAMANO.
They had six children. In addition, the following OLNEY deaths at Alert Bay are
shown, probably Silas ' grandchildren:
Jane Hope ae 1 19 Mar 1928, likely
a dau. of Elmer Ivan and Alice Hope (COOK) OLNEY;
Dorothy Mabel ae 12 30
Aug 1930;
Sarah ae 5 6 Dec 1930;
George Nathan ae 58 28 Apr 1977.
Lillian was the third of seven children
living at the 1881 Canadian Census in the household of George and Pauline KAMANO
of Alert Bay. Lillian herself was born in British Columbia, her father in the
Sandwich Islands. Her mother was native Canadian. The family was Catholic.
George supported the family by hunting and fishing. The enumerated residents of
Harbledown Island and Alert Bay then consisted of the KAMANO and HUSEN families
(the latter Methodist) and three bachelors rooming together: a Yankee, a Swede
and a Frenchman.
She m. 1 Silas F. OLNEY at Alert Bay, B. C. She may be
the Lillian OLNEY who m. 2 Oct 1928 at Sardis, B. C., William A. HALL.
Children of Captain Silas Freeman OLNEY and Lillianne KAMANO were as follows:
16 i Elmer Ivan3 OLNEY[120] , born[121], [122] 27 Jan 1885 in Alert Bay, BC,
CAN; died[123] 10 Dec 1945 in Alert Bay, BC, CAN. He married (1)[124] on 7 Jul
1917 in Alert Bay, BC, CAN Alice Hope COOK[125] , died ________; (2)[126] on 23
May 1925 in Alert Bay, BC, CAN Emily Bertha BLENKINSOP[127] , born[128] 1888 in
BC, Canada; died ________.
17 ii Julian Nathan3 OLNEY , born[129], [130]
17 Apr 1888 in Alert Bay, BC, CAN; died[131] 7 Jul 1957 in Alert Bay, BC, CAN.
He married[132] on 16 Sep 1915 in Alert Bay, BC, CAN Louisa HARRIS[133] , died
________. Notes: Sherryl BULLOCK (svb_99@hotmail.com[134]) posted the following
on Ancestry.com's OLNEY message board 27 February 2002: "He is my grandfather,
who lived in BC/Canada for @ 70 years ending with his death in 1957(July) in
Alert Bay. He was married to Lousia (Harris.) There has been a record of a Silas
_ Olney, who also was a relative of his, moved from the WA state area to the
Northern Vancouver Island area."
18 iii Waldren R.3 OLNEY , born[135] 4
Nov 1889 in Alert Bay, BC, CAN; died ________.
19 iv Flora Irene3
OLNEY[136] , born[137] 4 Aug 1890 in Alert Bay, BC, CAN; died ________. She
married[138] on 1 Jan 1912 in Alert Bay, BC, CAN William James WARREN[139] ,
died ________.
20 v Nora Violet3 OLNEY , born[140] 10 Dec 1891 in Alert
Bay, BC, CAN. She married[141] on 23 May 1913 in Vancouver, BC, Canada John
Arthur HANNA[142] , died ________.
21 vi Ellsworth Harold3 OLNEY[143] ,
born[144] 27 Jan 1894 in Alert Bay, BC, CAN; died[145] 21 Sep 1951 in Vancouver,
BC, Canada. He married[146] on 23 Feb 1920 in Alert Bay, BC, CAN Flora Julia
OLNEY[147] , died ________. Notes: The bride's identity is not established. A
possible candidate is the groom's first cousin Flora Julia3 (Kane2, Benjamin1)
but see her Notes.
6. Captain Kane2 OLNEY[148], [149], [150], [151]
(Benjamin Tanner1), born[152], [153] 20 Sep 1856 in Saint Helens, Columbia, OR;
died[154], [155] 14 Sep 1936 in Marion, OR. He married[156] on 12 Nov 1894 in
St. Luke's Episcopal, Vancouver, Clark, WA, (divorced 25 Feb 1914) Katherine
HEINEY[157], [158], [159] , born[160], [161], [162] Mar 1871 in OR; died aft
1914.
Kane was born while the family
was enroute from Astoria to their Vancouver farm. His mother died soon after and
he was raised by the McCREARY family just south of Astoria. (At the 1900 U. S.
Census, living with Kane and his wife was a Caroline MCCREARY ae 87 born
Kentucky, listed as "mother.") (L. E. OLNEY) Aged 20, Kane went to work on the
Columbia River, rising to pilot and master of steamers on the Columbia and
Willamette Rivers. In 1903 he was pilot of the crack sternwheeler Lurline. By
1906 he became master of the Undine among others. He worked about five years on
Puget Sound and afterward on the ferry at Kalama, Wash. He retired from the
trade about 1920.
Kane married Kate HEINEY at Vancouver, Wash. (1894)
Soon after, Kane and Kate took in his uncle Orville OLNEY, who lived with them
in declining health and possibly increasing dementia for about two years, say
1894-1895. In September 1895, Kane loaned his uncle fifty dollars to move to the
Oregon Soldiers Home at Roseburg. When Orville was adjudged insane in 1899 and
sent to the state asylum, Kane was appointed guardian on his own petition. Kane
filed the guardian's final report with Multnomah County Court in September 1913.
Kane mortgaged 125 acres of the OLNEY DLC at Vancouver 4 February 1898 to L.
N. BELLENGER. That property reverted to his sister Flora on satisfaction of the
mortgage 10 June 1898.
Kane and Kate moved at some point to her farm in
Washington County, in the West Cedar census precinct. They were there at the
1910 U. S. Census about which time Kane suffered some sort of disability. He
later related, "While I was pilot on the No Wonder I was standing on the bow
directing the work of a deckhand. He drove a dog hook into one of the logs, but
didn't drive it deep enough. When we started to tow the raft the dog pulled out
and struck me in the forehead. I didn't know anything for several days. My skull
was fractured and the doctor took out a good-sized piece of bone." By February,
1913, they were living in a rooming house in Portland at East Pine and Union
(now Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.) and Kate was working in restaurants and
taking in washing to support the family. By say January 1913 they resided at
1221 East Main St., with at least one boarder, an Elmer E. STOWE.
In
January 1914, Kate filed for divorce, alleging that Kane had battered her
severely from 1913 onward. In testimony she said Kane had earlier tried to
coerce her into signing her farm over to him and knocked her down when she
refused. STOWE testified that when he tried to remonstrate with Kane, Kane came
at him with a knife but STOWE disarmed him. Kane did not contest the divorce and
was absent during the proceedings, having made prior settlement with Kate.
Attorney John R. HUGHES represented him. In 1915, apparently in retirement, Kane
is shown in the Portland directory as "watchman stmr State of Washington." By
1917 he was living at 230 Sheridan, listed as steamer captain. From 1921 he
lived at the Odd Fellows Home, 3214 SE Holgate Blvd. Fred Lockley interviewed
him there for The Oregon Journal. The city directory's last record of him there
is in 1936. Joan Olsson and Laverne Edward Olney agree on Kane 's death in
Marion County, Ore., 14 September 1936. That would likely be at the state
hospital in Salem.
From Census records
it appears her father was an Irish immigrant, her mother an Oregon tribal woman
and her daughter Flora claimed (1958) to be of mixed race. Katherine appears to
be her true name. All official records, including her OLNEY marriage, divorce
and Census entries, use "Katherine" or "Kate," although her daughter Flora in
1958 asserted "Julia Catherine DOWD." That could reflect a remarriage following
her divorce from OLNEY or a prior marriage. It would also explain Flora's middle
name. The Oregon State Archives index shows a birth in 1888 at Portland to Frank
and Catherine HEINEY. Likely this is our Kate, who is shown at the 1910 U. S.
Census to be in her third marriage. Apparently that child did not survive, nor
did another born one of her previous marriages, as Kate is shown to have two
living children of four.
Kate m. 3 Kane OLNEY at Vancouver, Wash., in
1894. Ten years later she filed for divorce in Clackamas County, Ore. Her
testimony indicates she had owned her own farm in Washington County, Ore., where
the family lived for a time (1900-1910).
After the family removed to
Portland (ca. 1913) Kate worked in restaurants and took in washing to support
the family. With the divorce in 1914, Kate gained custody of the couple's two
children, Flora and John. Kate was certainly dead by 1958.
Children of
Captain Kane OLNEY and Katherine HEINEY were as follows:
22 i Flora
Julia3 OLNEY[163] , born[164], [165] 12 Apr 1902 in Portland, Multnomah, OR;
died[166] 27 Apr 1990. She married[167] abt 1920 (---) LAYCOX[168] . Notes: She
was likely named for her aunt Flora (Olney) MASON . Her parents divorced when
she was twelve (1914). During the proceeding her mother lodged Flora at the
Oswego Boarding School. She m. _____ LAYCOX, probably ca. 1920 as she herself
had a daughter 19 Mar 1921[169], whose birth certificate was used to support her
own application for delayed issue of a birth certificate (1958.) Flora then gave
her birthday as 8 April. She also used that date applying for her Social
Security number but the compiler chooses to use her mother's statement of 1914
instead.
23 ii John3 OLNEY[170] , born[171] 1906/07 in OR. Notes: During
his parents' divorce his mother placed him in the Beaverton Boarding School.
9. Ruth Auralia3 MASON[172] (Flora Emily2 OLNEY, Benjamin Tanner1), born[173] 27 Aug 1881 in Springfield, Lane, OR; died ________. She married[174] in 1900 Francis W. BYLES[175] , born 1876 in WA; died ________.
She lived with her mother and sister after the family broke up. Ruth m. 1 Francis W. BYLES and removed to Grays Harbor County, Wash. They were living there ca. 1906 and were still there when her uncle Silas visited in 1913.
At the 1930 U. S. Census he was a Montesano mill manager residing at 415 North
Third St.
Children of Ruth Auralia MASON and Francis W. BYLES were as
follows:
24 i Chester N.4 BYLES , born[176] 1905. Notes: At the 1930 U.
S. Census he was a commercial scaler, unm. and living with his parents.
25 ii Frances Carol4 BYLES , born[177], [178] 22 Apr 1916 in Grays Harbor, WA.
15. Daisy J.3 OLNEY[179], [180], [181] (Julian N.2, Benjamin Tanner1),
born[182] Feb 1873 in WA; died[183] 13 Dec 1901; buried[184] Dec 1901 in Mima
Prairie Pioneer Cemetery, Littlerock, Thurston, WA. She married[185] on 4 Jul
1889 in Olympia, Thurston, WA George SCHRIVER[186], [187] , born[188], [189] Apr
1861 in RUS; died[190] 1927; buried 1927 in Maple Hill Cemetery, Lebam, Pacific, WA.
Daisy may have been born in Island
County, Washington Territory. She was apparently orphaned and taken in by her
father's family, for her marriage at age 16 was consented to by her aunt and
guardian, Charlotte Emily (OLNEY) FRENCH. She married George SCHRIVER and had
six children by him, of whom three survived to adulthood.
Daisy "and
husband" conveyed 13 July 1891 an undivided one-fifth interest in the remains of
the Olney DLC to Flora OLNEY MASON. This must be the portion of Julian N. OLNEY,
which is the only share of the claim not otherwise accounted for. We may
consider it most likely that her father was deceased, as no other record of
conveyance or decree has been found.
George was born in Russia and immigrated in 1876, becoming naturalized. At the
1889 Washington Terr. Census he was a farmer in Thurston County. He m. 1 Daisy
J. OLNEY 4 July 1889 at Olympia. They had six children by 1900, of whom only
four were living at the 1900 U. S. Census. At that point they were living at
Gate, in southwest Thurston County. George was working at the local sawmill. He
was found at the 1910 U. S. Census living on Ward Street by the railroad yards
in Centralia, Lewis County, Washington. Then 49, widower with two children, he
was listed as German of German parents, having immigrated in 1880. (Perhaps one
of the children was giving the information.) He was working as a railroad
section foreman and lived among a group of other railroad men. He is buried in a
lot owned by his daughter Ethel's family at Lebam.
Children of Daisy J.
OLNEY and George SCHRIVER were as follows:
26 i Ethel M.4 SCHRIVER ,
born[191] Feb 1891 in WA; died[192] 1957. She married[193] bef Jun 1910 Elmer
Festus NICKELL , born[194] 21 Oct 1881 in West Liberty, Morgan, KY; died
________. Notes: She was probably married before the 1910 U. S. Census as she is
not shown then in her father's household.
27 ii Infant4 SCHRIVER ,
died[195] bef Jun 1900 in WA. Notes: Daisy SCHRIVER was shown as having six
children, four living at the 1900 U. S. Census. We have no other record of this
child. He or she was likely born after Ethel and before Guy , where there is a
five-year gap.
28 iii Infant4 SCHRIVER , died[196] bef 1 Jun 1900. Notes:
See Notes for previous child.
+ 29 iv Guy L.4 SCHRIVER.
30 v Effie
R.4 SCHRIVER , born[197], [198] Mar 1898 in WA; died ________. Notes: She was
two at the 1900 U. S. Census, living with her parents and siblings at Gate,
Thurston County, Wash. Aged twelve at the 1910 U. S. Census Effie lived with her
widower father and brother on Ward Street, Centralia, Lewis County, Washington.
No further census record of her has been found. Effie was probably born in
Thurston County, either at Gate or in Olympia.
31 vi George E.4
SCHRIVER[199] , born[200] May 1900 in Gate City, Thurston, WA; died[201] 4 Feb
1970 in Tacoma, Pierce, WA. He married (1) bef 1920 Pauline SCHUH , born 1896 in
ND; died ________; (2)[202] Clara (---)[203] . Notes: His obituary: "George E.
Schriver, 69, of 6626 S Warner St, died Wednesday. He was born in Gate and lived
in Tacoma 20 years. Mr. Schriver was a retired Navy veteran of World War II and
a U. S. Post Office employee. He was a member of Hope Lutheran Church. Survivors
include his wife, Clara; a stepdaughter, Mrs. Steve (Charlotte) Stephens, of
Saratoga, Calif; a brother, Guy , of Lebam; and four grandchildren. Services are
announced by Piper Funeral Home." The 1910 U. S. Census did not find George at
home. A George SCHRIVER, express driver, is shown at 4324 - 79th St. S.E.,
Portland, Oregon (Pct 117) on 1 January 1920. He was 26; both parents were shown
as Russian Germans. The rest of the household were his wife Pauline and her
sisters, Elizabeth and Martha. His identity and this marriage are not proved.
29. Guy L.4 SCHRIVER[204], [205], [206] (Daisy J.3 OLNEY, Julian N.2, Benjamin Tanner1), born[207], [208], [209] 17 Aug 1896 in Gate City, Thurston, WA; died[210], [211] 27 Nov 1989 in South Bend, Pacific, WA; buried[212] 29 Nov 1989 in Maple Hill Cemetery, Lebam, Pacific, WA. He married[213] on 19 Oct 1940 in Enumclaw, King, WA Donalda GAUTHIER[214].
Aged 13, Guy was living with his widower
father on Ward Street, Centralia, Lewis County, Washington 12 April 1910 at the
U. S. Census. Later that year they moved to Lebam, Pacific Co., thirty-one miles
west.
"Guy Schriver of Lebam enlisted in the Navy 21 Jul 1917 at Seattle.
He was sent to the U.S. Naval Training Station at Bremerton and assigned to the
Engineers Department. He was assigned to the U.S.S. Alabama and later
transferred to the U.S.S. Olympia. Here he was promoted to 1st Class fireman and
sailed overseas 28 Apr 1918 on the Olympia out of Charleston SC. He served two
years and two months and sailed for home 25 Oct 1919 landing at Charleston,
where he was discharged 24 Nov 1919." (SW WA Servicemen and Women World War I)
He returned to Lebam and became a logger for the Weyerhaeuser Company,
retiring in 1963. He m. 1 Donalda GAUTHIER. They had two sons and two daughters
who survived him, providing seven grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.
He is buried at Lebam.
Children of Guy L. SCHRIVER and Donalda GAUTHIER
were as follows:
32 i Sally5 SCHRIVER[215] , born in WA.
33 ii
Susan5 SCHRIVER[216] .
34 iii Robert5 SCHRIVER[217] .
35 iv
Donald5 SCHRIVER[218] .
[1] Rkluckhohn@aol.com; 4710 NE
26th Avenue, Vancouver, Wash. 98663; 741 N. 67th St., Seattle, Wash. 98103 after
1 Aug 2004
[2] Winston "Bud" Olney, Grants Pass, Oregon. Personal
communication. A great-great-grandson of William & Charlotte.
[3] Liisa
Penner, Astoria, Oregon, remarked to the compiler that probate of Cyrus'
holdings practically paralyzed real estate dealing in Clatsop County for many
years.
[4] Roscoe Sheller, The Name Was Olney (S Dot S Publishing, Astoria
1993), 51-52, 120, 152, Compiler's collection, 4710 NE 26th Ave., Vancouver WA
98663.
[5] Washington Territory Donation Land Claims (Seattle: Seattle
Genealogical Society 1980), 11, 184, Fort Vancouver Regional Library, 1007 E
Mill Plain Blvd., Vancouver, WA 98663. Examined 5 Mar 1998.
[6] Clark County
(WA) Genealogical Society, Trail Breakers (Vancouver, WA: Vol XXI Nr 2, Winter
1995/6), 6, Fort Vancouver Regional Library, 1007 E Mill Plain Blvd., Vancouver,
WA 98663. Quotes Carl Landerholm's "Cayuse to Cadillac," which cites The
Oregonian newspaper 11 June 1853, pp 47, 51.
[7] Bureau of Land Management
U.S. Dept. of Interior, Land Office Records Accession WAVAA 076810, National
Archives and Records Administration, Textual Reference Branch - Land (NWDT1),
7th and Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, D.C. 20408. Searched at
www.glorecords.blm.gov 13 Mar 2003.
[8] Petrich, Mary Ellen: Personal
communication (1279 Cristina Avenue, San Jose, Calif. 95125), E-mail 3 Jun 2003,
mellen@ix.netcom.com. Website
http://home.netcom.com/~ewillard/Genes/FBAndFlora.htm. Cites Montesano Vidette
28 Apr 1913, 17 May 1934.
[9] Lila V. Cooper Boge, Tillamook Histories
(Tillamook: Tillamook Pioneer Association 1975), 1, Tillamook Public Library,
Third & Stillwell, Tillamook OR 97141, www.tillabook.info, O/NW 979.544.
[10]
Clark County Assessor's Office, Grantor-Grantee General Index (Vancouver,
Washington: Clark County 2004), 1850-1929/171. Microfiche. County Administration
Bldg., 2nd floor. Direct (Grantor) Index.
[11] Census, U.S. NARA M653-1056 pp
573-574, 1 Jun 1860, U.S. Government Archives. "20 19 Wm Mc Willis 25 M Farmer
200 200 Kentucky". Benjamin T. OLNEY does not appear but there is shown "B. F."
OLNEY ae 33 also living on South Prairie. They are about the same age (33). "B.
F." is living alone; if B. T.'s 2nd wife were already dead and the children with
his sisters he would also be. B. T. was born Pennsylvania while B. F. was born
Lower Canada (Quebec). Judge Benj. T. must certainly have been known by the
enumerator (W. E. B. LEVY of Tillamook Bay); if the former were at sea, the
latter might have "filled in the blanks" with what he believed he knew.
[12]
B. F. Alley & J. P. Munro-Fraser, History of Clarke County Washington Territory
(Portland OR: Washington 1885), Clark County Historical Society, 701 Grand Blvd,
Vancouver, WA 98661. B. T. OLNEY, no office; MAXON, S. D. County Treasurer;
IRBY, C. S. Councilman.
[13] Arthur H. Winters, History Of The Tillamook
Country from 1850-1890 (Salem: MS 1941), Tillamook County Pioneer Museum, 2106
Second Street, Tillamook, OR 97141, www.tcpm.org, O 979.544 WIN. Masters Thesis
presented at Willamette U., June 1941. Appendix Early Settlement of Tillamook
County, Oregon by Warren N. VAUGHN.
[14] Clark County Pioneers: A Centennial
Salute (Vancouver, Clark County Genealogical Society 1989), 108-109, Clark
County Genealogical Society, P.O. Box 2728, Vancouver WA 98668.
[15] James H.
Olney, Olney Memorial (Providence: E. L. Freeman & Son 1889), 74, Compiler's
collection, 4710 NE 26th Ave., Vancouver WA 98663. Full Title: A Genealogy of
the Descendants of Thomas Olney, an Original Proprietor of Providence, R.I., Who
Came from England in 1635
[16] Mary Ellen Petrich, Ancestors of Clive Petrich
(San Jose: 2002-2004), Website, http://home.netcom.com/~ewillard/Genes/.
"Benjamin Tanner Olney". http://home.netcom.com/~ewillard/Genes/FBAndFlora.htm.
[17] Clark County Pioneers: A Centennial Salute, 108-109
[18] Jefferson
County (Iowa) Marriage Book B (Fairfield, IA: Jefferson County Registrar), 42,
30 May 1846. License issued to Benjamin Olney by consent of parents and Miss
Jane SMITH "of legal age (sworn to by Wm. Olney". Certificate of marriage #368
filed 3 June 1846 by P. Mattern who gives age of both as 19 yrs 9 mos. Provided
by Ms. Verda Baird of Fairfield.
[19] Mary Ellen Petrich, Ancestors of Clive
Petrich (San Jose: 2002-2004), http://home.netcom.com/~ewillard/Genes/. Contains
Reminiscences of Flora Olney Mason.
[20] Jefferson County (Iowa) Marriage
Book B (Fairfield, IA: Jefferson County Registrar), 42, 30 May 1846. Certificate
of marriage #368 filed 3 June 1846 by P. Mattern who gives age of both as 19 yrs
9 mos. Place of birth not stated; daughter Flora's census enumerations state
"England".
[21] Washington Territory Donation Land Claims (Seattle: Seattle
Genealogical Society 1980), 184, Fort Vancouver Regional Library, 1007 E Mill
Plain Blvd., Vancouver, WA 98663.
[22] Clark County Pioneers: A Centennial
Salute (Vancouver, Clark County Genealogical Society 1989), 108-109, Clark
County Genealogical Society, P.O. Box 2728, Vancouver WA 98668. Gives her maiden
name as "ELLIS," an error.
[23] Roscoe Sheller, The Name Was Olney (S Dot S
Publishing, Astoria 1993), p. 120, Compiler's collection, 4710 NE 26th Ave.,
Vancouver WA 98663.
[24] Ibid., p. 120, "Nathan's brothers, Orville and
Benjamin, each married an Indian girl at the same time and place. Orville's
bride was Annette's cousin."
[25] Ibid., 152.
[26] County Registrar,
Tillamook County Oregon Marriage Book A 5-6, 11 Aug 1863, Tillamook County
Courthouse, Tillamook, Oregon. Examined 9 Mar 1998, photocopy on file. This is
only the fourth marriage to be recorded in Tillamook County although others
undoubtedly took place before recording began.
[27] Ibid.
[28] Montesano
Vidette, Captain Silas Olney interview (Ms.; Petrich, Mary Ellen 2004), 28 Apr
1913, http://home.netcom.com/~ewillard/Genes/Sources.htm. Microsoft Word
document downloaded 14 Apr 2004.
[29] Census, U.S. NARA M653-1056 pp 573-574,
1 Jun 1860, U.S. Government Archives. "20 19 Wm Mc Willis 25 M Farmer 200 200
Kentucky". Searched at HeritageQuest.com 24 May 2004. She is not indexed
anywhere in Oregon.
[30] Ibid., NARA M653-1056 p 535, Searched at
HeritageQuest.com 24 May 2004.
[31] most probably Nathan and Orville.
[32]
Jane Germann, Abstracts From The Vancouver Register, Vancouver, Washington
Territory 1865-1869 (Vancouver WA: Clark County Genealogical Society 2001), 14,
3 Feb 1866, Clark County Historical Society, 701 Grand Blvd, Vancouver, WA
98661, 979.7. Saturday 3 February 1866 Vol I Nr 21; notice of land office
patents being held for delivery includes "B. F." OLNEY.
[33] Ben's immediate
neighbor to the west and a two-term county treasurer
[34] a two-term Clark
County councilman.
[35] There had been no survivors, according to a display
at the Astoria Maritime Museum.
[36] Lila V. Cooper Boge, Tillamook Memories
(Tillamook: Tillamook Pioneer Association 1972), 61-62, Tillamook Public
Library, Third & Stillwell, Tillamook OR 97141, www.tillabook.info, O/NW
979.544. Photostat on file. Rhoda QUICK was 15 at the 1860 U. S. Census (see
Source 11) Interview by Fred LOCKLEY originally printed 12 Sep 1923 in The
Oregon Journal.
[37] Some have said that Ben died in this incident, but not
so.
[38] James H. Olney, op.. cit., p. 137,."Flora".
[39] Washington
Territory Donation Land Claims (Seattle: Seattle Genealogical Society 1980), p.
184, Fort Vancouver Regional Library, 1007 E Mill Plain Blvd., Vancouver, WA
98663. "Emily F.". Examined 5 Mar 1998. This is abstracted from a legal document
sworn to by her father.
[40] Jane Myers & Arlene Smith, Lane County Marriage
Records 1870-1879 (Cottage Grove, OR: Cottage Grove Genealogy Society, 1979),
Vol 2 p. 16, 2 Mar 1874, Museum of the Oregon Territory, 211 Tumwater Drive,
Oregon City, OR 97045. Marriage Book 3, #395.
[41] Mary Ellen Petrich,
Ancestors of Clive Petrich (San Jose: 2002-2004), E-mail 3 Jun 2003,
http://home.netcom.com/~ewillard/Genes/. /FBAndFlora.htm. Cites Montesano
Vidette 17 May 1934.
[42] Clark County (WA) Land Records Clark County (WA)
Assessor, Administration Building, Vancouver, WA. Grantor-Grantee Index and Deed
Books "S" through 51.
[43] Flora O. Mason, Reminiscences Of Flora Olney
Mason.doc (Ms.; Petrich, Mary Ellen 2004),
http://home.netcom.com/~ewillard/Genes/Sources.htm. Microsoft Word document
downloaded 14 Apr 2004. "...near Fairfield..."
[44] Petrich, Mary Ellen:
Personal communication (1279 Cristina Avenue, San Jose, Calif. 95125), E-mail 3
Jun 2003, mellen@ix.netcom.com. FBAndFlora.htm. Cites Montesano Vidette 17 May
1934.
[45] Ibid.
[46] Marriage Record of Flora E. Olney and Frank B. Mason
(Oregon City: Clackamas County Public Records, 2003), Book III Vol 2 p. 111, 10
Sep 1869. Photocopy on file. License iss. 6 Sep, ceremony 7 Sep.
[47]
Petrich, Mary Ellen: Personal communication (1279 Cristina Avenue, San Jose,
Calif. 95125), E-mail 3 Jun 2003, mellen@ix.netcom.com. And website
http://home.netcom.com/~ewillard/Genes/FBAndFlora.htm.
[48] Census, U.S. NARA
Film M593-1286 p. 465b, 9 Jun 1870, U.S. Government Archives. From stated age,
1841/2.
[49] Petrich, Mary Ellen: Personal communication, E-mail 3 Jun 2003:
"As far as I can tell Frank and Clyde are buried in Leaburg OR in the Greenwood
Cemetery. Frank Mason's grave is noted in a publication of the DAR. They show
recorded birth/death dates of 1842-1933. A more compete survey of the graveyard
in 1986 did not show Frank's grave, but does show a Clyde R. Mason
12/30/187?-08/06/1896. A search of the death index shows a Frank Mason dying in
1935. I've not ordered the death certificate yet."
[50] Ibid.
[51] Ibid.
[52] Nancy was 62, born in Indiana, a widow with no surviving children and,
unemployed, was apparently keeping house.
[53] An available resource, not
consulted: "Reminiscences." Mason, Frank B. The Oregonian 24 Oct 1931 p. 18
[54] 1880 U. S. Census, Lane County, Oregon (Eugene, OR: Oregon Genealogical
Society, 1978), Supplement p. 22, Museum of the Oregon Territory, 211 Tumwater
Drive, Oregon City, OR 97045. From stated age, 1870/1; recorded as "Clide"
[55] Petrich, Mary Ellen: E-mail 3 Jun 2003, "December 30, 1871". Petrich found
his year of birth illegible on his tombstone and uses "1871" on the website but
from the stated age at the Census, 30 December 1870 is more likely.
[56]
Oregon State Archives (http://arcweb.sos.state.or.us/banners/genealogy.htm),
Case 04290, 20 Apr 1885. Genealogical Information Locator. "Clyde R. Mason, son,
aged fourteen years". Photostat on file 7 Apr 2004. Petition of Frank B. Mason.
[57] Petrich, Mary Ellen: Personal communication (1279 Cristina Avenue, San
Jose, Calif. 95125), E-mail 3 Jun 2003, mellen@ix.netcom.com. See father's
notes.
[58] 1880 U. S. Census, Lane County, Oregon (Eugene, OR: Oregon
Genealogical Society, 1978), Supplement p. 22, Museum of the Oregon Territory,
211 Tumwater Drive, Oregon City, OR 97045. "... ... Clide M 9 Son At Home OR IL
IA"
[59] Petrich, Mary Ellen: Ancestors of Clive Petrich. Gives her name also
as "Alta Cornelia".
[60] Oregon State Archives
(http://arcweb.sos.state.or.us/banners/genealogy.htm), Case 04290, 28 May 1885.
Genealogical Information Locator. "Alta Mason, a daughter aged ten years in June
next...". Photostat on file 7 Apr 2004. Petition of Frank B. Mason dated 20 Apr
1885.
[61] 1880 U. S. Census, Lane County, Oregon (Eugene, OR: Oregon
Genealogical Society, 1978), Supplement p. 22, Museum of the Oregon Territory,
211 Tumwater Drive, Oregon City, OR 97045. From stated age, 1875/6.
[62]
Petrich, Mary Ellen: Personal communication
[63] 1880 U. S. Census, Lane
County, Oregon (Eugene, OR: Oregon Genealogical Society, 1978), Supplement p.
22, Museum of the Oregon Territory, 211 Tumwater Drive, Oregon City, OR 97045.
"... ... Alta F 4 Dau At Home OR IL IA"
[64] Washington Territory Donation
Land Claims (Seattle: Seattle Genealogical Society 1980), 184, Fort Vancouver
Regional Library, 1007 E Mill Plain Blvd., Vancouver, WA 98663. "Hiram J.".
Claim of Benjamin T. OLNEY; examined at FVRL 6 Mar 1998.
[65] James H. Olney,
Op. cit., 137, "Hiram"
[66] Bureau of Land Management U.S. Dept. of Interior,
Land Office Records WAOAA 069278, 10 Sep 1875, National Archives and Records
Administration, Textual Reference Branch - Land (NWDT1), 7th and Pennsylvania
Avenue, NW, Washington, D.C. 20408. Searched at
http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/PatentSearch/ 13 Mar 2003
[67] Clark County
Assessor's Office, Grantor-Grantee General Index (Vancouver, Washington: Clark
County 2004), 1850-1929/171. Microfiche. County Administration Bldg., 2nd floor.
[68] Mary Ellen Petrich, Ancestors of Clive Petrich (San Jose: 2002-2004),
http://home.netcom.com/~ewillard/Genes/. Cites interview of Kane Olney in The
Oregon Journal, January 14, 1927, p.10.
[69] Flora O. Mason, Reminiscences Of
Flora Olney Mason.doc (Ms.; Petrich, Mary Ellen 2004),
http://home.netcom.com/~ewillard/Genes/Sources.htm. Microsoft Word document
downloaded 14 Apr 2004. Flora was eldest, Julian youngest during the migration
to Oregon.
[70] Grave Marker . "Hiram J. Olney / died / April 1, 1888 / aged
38 years". Lake View Cemetery, Seattle, King, WA inspected 12 May 2004. Cemetery
records and marker agree.
[71] Mary Ellen Petrich, Ancestors of Clive Petrich
(San Jose: 2002-2004), http://home.netcom.com/~ewillard/Genes/. Searched 4 Jun
2004.
[72] FamilySearch.org (Corporation of the President, LDS Church), Film
1321399. "Hiram J. Olney / Rose McLain / 14 Jul 1875". King County (WA) marriage
records transcribed. Searched 12 May 2004.
[73] Joan Olsson, Descendants of
Thomas Olney and Marie Ashton of Providence, Rhode Island, The RootsWeb.com,
Inc., http://www.rootsweb.com,
http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=joanolsson&id=I03241.
"Rose Gilmer McLain". Searched 12 May 2004. B. Maine, USA. Parents b. New
Brunswick, Canada.
[74] Clark County (WA) Land Records Deed Book 51 pp 66-67,
19 Feb 1901, Clark County (WA) Assessor, Administration Building, Vancouver, WA.
[75] Grave Marker . "Rose McLean Olney Jackson / 1852-1934". Lake View Cemetery
Lot 609 inspected 12 May 2004. Cemetery records index her as "Rose G. OLNEY" and
as "Rose G. JACKSON".
[76] Clark County (WA) Land Records Deed Book 51 pp
66-67, 19 Feb 1901, Clark County (WA) Assessor, Administration Building,
Vancouver, WA. Photocopy on file.
[77] Lake View Cemetery Records Lake View
Cemetery Association Inc., 1554 15th Ave East, Seattle, WA. Inspected 12 May
2004.
[78] Joan Olsson, op. cit. b. Wash Terr, enumerated in 1887 Washington
Territiorial Census.
[79] Lake View Cemetery Records Lake View Cemetery
Association Inc., 1554 15th Ave East, Seattle, WA. Inspected 12 May 2004.
[80] Ibid., Inspected 12 May 2004.
[81] British Columbia Archives Online
Index (Victoria: 2004), B11368, http://search.bcarchives.gov.bc.ca. Searched 25
May 2004. Call #1899-09-009472
[82] Clark County (WA) Land Records Deed Book
51 pp 66-67, 19 Feb 1901, Clark County (WA) Assessor, Administration Building,
Vancouver, WA
[83] Ibid., Deed Book 51 p 196.
[84] Grave Marker . "Duncan
Graham / 1858 - 1926". Lot 609, Lake View Cemetery, Seattle, King, WA inspected
12 May 2004.
[85] Lake View Cemetery Records Lake View Cemetery Association
Inc., 1554 15th Ave East, Seattle, WA. "[d.] 09-16-1926 [age] 68". Inspected 12
May 2004.
[86] Grave Marker . Lake View Cemetery Lot 609 inspected 12 May
2004. Marker of Rose Ernestine OLNEY GRAHAM HUBBART.
[87] Clark County (WA)
Land Records Deed Book 51 pp 66-67, 19 Feb 1901, Clark County (WA) Assessor,
Administration Building, Vancouver, WA.
[88] Joan Olsson, op. cit. "3 M"
Cites 1880 U. S. Census; age as of 1 June 1880.
[89] Clark County (WA) Land
Records Deed Book 51 pp 66-67, 19 Feb 1901, Clark County (WA) Assessor,
Administration Building, Vancouver, WA.
[90] Olney, Laverne Edward: Personal
communication (Kingsport, TN leolney@earthlink.net)
[91] Joan Olsson, op.
cit. Cites 1887 Washington State Census. Moses ae 5 b. Wash Ter. Enumerated 19
April 1887.
[92] Washington Territorial Census (RootsWeb.com 2004), 10 Apr
1883, http://www.rootsweb.com/~wagsswi/census1883.htm. Searched 12 May 2004.
Aged "7/12"
[93] Census, U.S. NARA T623-1745 p. 54B, U.S. Government
Archives. "Aug 1882"
[94] Ibid., NARA T623-1745 p. 54B
[95] Lake View
Cemetery Records Lake View Cemetery Association Inc., 1554 15th Ave East,
Seattle, WA. Inspected 12 May 2004.
[96] Ibid., Inspected 12 May 2004. No
marker.
[97] James H. Olney, op. cit., p. 137, "Julian". No dates.
[98]
Washington Territory Donation Land Claims (Seattle: Seattle Genealogical Society
1980), p. 184, Fort Vancouver Regional Library, 1007 E Mill Plain Blvd.,
Vancouver, WA 98663. "Julia N"
[99] Flora O. Mason, Reminiscences Of Flora
Olney Mason.doc (Ms.; Petrich, Mary Ellen 2004),
http://home.netcom.com/~ewillard/Genes/Sources.htm. Microsoft Word document
downloaded 14 Apr 2004. "Father at once made ready to join a train of covered
wagons that was to leave Council Bluffs, I think, about the first of May [1852].
Poor mother with three children - oldest not yet 4 and the youngest 2 weeks old
- was placed in a light two horse wagon to begin the trek of 3000 miles."
[100] Island County, WA, Marriage Certificates 1855-1891 (RootsWeb.com 2004),
Island County Probate Court, Courthouse, Coupeville, WA,
http://www.rootsweb.com/~waisland/marr1isc.txt. Index. Searched 12 May 2004
[101] Malgaretta (It., Bolognese dialect) = Margherita, Marguerite, Margery. Il
Vocabulario Bolognese; http://www.ciccioweb.it/vocabolario/vocabolario.htm
[102] Island County, WA, Marriage Certificates 1855-1891, "Malzeneta". Probably
a misreading due to the handwriting.
[103] Census, U.S. 7 Aug 1870, U.S.
Government Archives. "Ford, Malgara". Searched 1 Jun 2004 at
http://www.rootsweb.com/~wagsswi/census1870.htm
[104] Census, Washington
Territorial 1871. "Ford, Malgaretta"
[105] James H. Olney, op. cit., 137,
"Silas". Shown as fifth of five children
[106] Washington Territory Donation
Land Claims (Seattle: Seattle Genealogical Society 1980), 184, Fort Vancouver
Regional Library, 1007 E Mill Plain Blvd., Vancouver, WA 98663. Claim of father
Benjamin Tanner O.
[107] The Church of Jesus Christ Latter-Day Saints,
International Genealogical Index www.familysearch.com. Searched 25 May 2004.
Contains erratic Ancestral File reference to a Silas OLNEY born (1902) at Alert
Bay, possibly a son or nephew, who m. Lillian KAMANO there (1938.) Correct
information on Silas' family was found at the B. C. Provincial Archives.
Unfortunately that index contains no birth entries
[108] Mary Ellen Petrich,
Ancestors of Clive Petrich (San Jose: 2002-2004),
http://home.netcom.com/~ewillard/Genes/. Quotes Montesano Vidette 28 Apr 1913
[109] Ibid., Cites interview of Kane Olney in The Oregon Journal, January 14,
1927, p.10
[110] Census, U.S. NARA M593-1683 p. 241, 29 Jul 1870, U.S.
Government Archives. Aged 15 at date of census.
[111] The Church of Jesus
Christ Latter-Day Saints, International Genealogical Index www.familysearch.com.
"Silas Freeman Olney / Birth: 1854 Alert Bay, British Columbia ...". Searched 25
May 2004.
[112] British Columbia Archives Online Index (Victoria: 2004),
B13087, http://search.bcarchives.gov.bc.ca. "Age: 64". Searched 25 May 2004.
Call #1918-09-058415. Death record
[113] Census, Canadian 1901. "Silas H
Olney 23 May 1853 United States Coast District head". Burrard District, BC
Census 1901: Coast District and Vancouver city. Searched 5 Jun 2004 at
Ancestry.com.
[114] British Columbia Archives Online Index (Victoria: 2004),
B13087, http://search.bcarchives.gov.bc.ca. Searched 25 May 2004. Call
#1918-09-058415
[115] Ibid., None, Searched 25 May 2004. Call #1885-09-577941
[116] Ibid., None, "Lillian KAMANU". Searched 25 May 2004. Call #1885-09-577941
[117] Ibid., B13756, Searched 26 May 2004. Call #1928-09-340770. Marriage of
Lillian OLNEY and Wiliam A. HALL
[118] Census, Canadian 1901. "Lillian Olney
20 Feb 1868 British Columbia Coast District wife". Burrard District, BC Census
1901: Coast District and Vancouver city. Searched 5 Jun 2004 at Ancestry.com
[119] Perhaps a brother-in-law of Charlotte (OLNEY) FRENCH
[120] British
Columbia Archives Online Index (Victoria: 2004), B11381,
http://search.bcarchives.gov.bc.ca. Searched 25 May 2004. Call #1917-09-104948
[121] Ibid., B13189, "Age: 59". Searched 25 May 2004. Call #1945-09-672983
[122] Census, Canadian 1901. "Elmer T Olney 27 Jan 1885 British Columbia Coast
District son". Burrard District, BC Census 1901: Coast District and Vancouver
city. Searched 5 Jun 2004 at Ancestry.com.
[123] British Columbia Archives
Online Index (Victoria: 2004), B13189, http://search.bcarchives.gov.bc.ca.
Searched 25 May 2004. Call #1945-09-672983
[124] Ibid., B11381, Searched 25
May 2004. Call #1917-09-104948
[125] Ibid., B11381, Searched 25 May 2004.
Call #1917-09-104948
[126] Ibid., B13750, Searched 25 May 2004. Call
#1925-09-293178
[127] Ibid., B13750, Searched 25 May 2004. Call
#1925-09-293178
[128] Census, Vancouver Island (Malaspina University-College
& University of Victoria), 1891, http://history.mala.bc.ca/content/census/1881.
Internet database. "Berthie Blenkinsop 3 ... British Columbia". Searched 25 May
2004
[129] British Columbia Archives Online Index (Victoria: 2004), B13235,
http://search.bcarchives.gov.bc.ca. "Name: Julian Olney ... Age: 68". Searched
25 May 2004. Call #1957-09-014617
[130] Census, Canadian 1901. "Lulian N
Olney 17 Apr 1888 British Columbia Coast District son". Burrard District, BC
Census 1901: Coast District and Vancouver city. Searched 5 Jun 2004 at
Ancestry.com
[131] British Columbia Archives Online Index (Victoria: 2004),
B13235, http://search.bcarchives.gov.bc.ca. Searched 25 May 2004. Call
#1957-09-014617
[132] Ibid., B11381, Searched 25 May 2004. Call
#1915-09-101352
[133] Ibid., B11381, Searched 25 May 2004. Call
#1915-09-101352
[134] E-mail 12 May 2004 bounced back 14 May 2004, account
inactive
[135] Census, Canadian 1901. "Waldren R Olney 4 Nov 1889 British
Columbia Coast District son". Burrard District, BC Census 1901: Coast District
and Vancouver city. Searched 5 Jun 2004 at Ancestry.com
[136] British
Columbia Archives Online Index (Victoria: 2004), B11370,
http://search.bcarchives.gov.bc.ca. Searched 25 May 2004. Call #1912-09-023997
[137] Census, Canadian 1901. "Flora I Olney 4 Aug 1890 British Columbia Coast
District daughter". Burrard District, BC Census 1901: Coast District and
Vancouver city. Searched 5 Jun 2004 at Ancestry.com
[138] British Columbia
Archives Online Index (Victoria: 2004), B11370,
http://search.bcarchives.gov.bc.ca. Searched 25 May 2004. Call #1912-09-023997,
#1912-09-577980 unfilmed
[139] Ibid., B11370, Searched 25 May 2004. Call
#1912-09-023997
[140] Census, Canadian 1901. "Nora V Olney 10 Dec 1891
British Columbia Coast District daughter". Burrard District, BC Census 1901:
Coast District and Vancouver city. Searched 5 Jun 2004 at Ancestry.com
[141]
British Columbia Archives Online Index (Victoria: 2004), B11377, 23 May 1913,
http://search.bcarchives.gov.bc.ca. Marriage Index searched 25 May 2004. Call
#1913-09-072278
[142] Ibid., B11377, Marriage Index searched 25 May 2004.
Call #1913-09-072278
[143] Ibid., B12904, Searched 25 May 2004. Call
#1920-09-208029
[144] Census, Canadian 1901. "Elsworth H Olney 27 Jan 1894
British Columbia Coast District son". Burrard District, BC Census 1901: Coast
District and Vancouver city. Searched 5 Jun 2004 at Ancestry.com
[145]
British Columbia Archives Online Index (Victoria: 2004), B13209,
http://search.bcarchives.gov.bc.ca. "Name: Ellsworth Olney Age: 52". Searched 25
May 2004. Call #1951-9-00889
[146] Ibid., B12904, Searched 25 May 2004. Call
#1920-09-208029
[147] Ibid., B12904, Searched 25 May 2004. Call
#1920-09-208029
[148] City Directory . Portland, Oregon. R. L. Polk
Publishing, 1897, 1906, 1912, 1914, 1915, 1917, 1921, 1928, 1934, 1936. Examined
at Genealogical Forum of Oregon 16 April 2001.
[149] Clackamas County Circuit
Court, Olney vs. Olney (30 Jan 1914), 13 Feb 1914, Oregon State Archives, Cecil
L. Edwards Building, 800 Summer Street, Salem OR 97310-1349, 12904. Divorce of
Kate and Kane. Case file examined and photographed 16 Jan 2004. Supplementary
Testimony: Kate Olney states dau. Flora b. 12 Apr 1902
[150] Laverne Edward
(leolney@earthlink.net, Kingsport, TN) Olney, Olney Connection, The
(RootsWeb.com World Connect Project 2004), RootsWeb.com, Inc.,
http://www.rootsweb.com, olney.
[151] Mary Ellen Petrich, Ancestors of Clive
Petrich (San Jose: 2002-2004), http://home.netcom.com/~ewillard/Genes/. Cites
interview of Kane Olney in The Oregon Journal, January 14, 1927, p.10. By his
own account he sustained a major head injury during his career which may account
for some inaccuracies in his story.
[152] Ibid., Cites interview of Kane
Olney in The Oregon Journal, January 14, 1927, p.10.
[153] James H. Olney,
Op. cit., p. 137, "Kane," but shown as third child of five
[154] City
Directory 979. Portland. R. L. Polk's Publishing, 1936. No entries in subsequent
years.
[155] Laverne Edward (leolney@earthlink.net, Kingsport, TN) Olney,
Olney Connection, The (RootsWeb.com World Connect Project 2004), RootsWeb.com,
Inc., http://www.rootsweb.com, olney.
[156] Marriage Certificate of Kane
Olney and Kate Heiney (Vancouver, Wash.: Clark County Auditor 2004), 12 Nov
1894, Compiler's collection, 4710 NE 26th Ave., Vancouver WA 98663. Photocopy.
wit.: Bessie A. WILLIAMS, Henry MILLER; officiant: C. S. WILLIAMS, rector
[157] City Directory . "Olney Kane (Catherine B) Stmr Capt h 1221 E Main".
Portland. R. L. Polk's Publishing, 1914
[158] Clackamas County Circuit Court,
Olney vs. Olney (30 Jan 1914)
[159] Census, U.S. NARA T624-1291 p. 270, 26
Apr 1910, U.S. Government Archives. "Katharine Wife F W 38 M 16 4 2 Oregon
Ireland Oregon ". West Cedar Precinct
[160] Ibid., NARA T624-1291 p. 270,
"Katharine Wife F W 38 M 16 4 2 Oregon Ireland Oregon ". West Cedar Precinct
[161] Olney, Flora Julia: Birth Certificate (Portland: Oregon State Board of
Health 1958), 7 Mar 1958, Oregon State Archives, Cecil L. Edwards Building, 800
Summer Street, Salem OR 97310-1349, DF-12057. "Julia Catherine Dowd,"
"Birthplace: Oregon".
[162] Laverne Edward Olney (leolney@earthlink.net,
Kingsport, TN), Olney Connection, The (RootsWeb.com World Connect Project 2004),
RootsWeb.com, Inc., http://www.rootsweb.com, olney. "Mar 1871"
[163] Ibid.,
NARA T624-1291 p. 270, "Flora Daughter F W 7 S Oregon". West Cedar Precinct.
[164] Clackamas County Circuit Court, Olney vs. Olney (30 Jan 1914), 13 Feb
1914, Supplementary Testimony: Kate Olney states dau. Flora b. 12 Apr 1902
[165] Olney, Flora Julia: Birth Certificate (Portland: Oregon State Board of
Health 1958), 7 Mar 1958, Oregon State Archives, Cecil L. Edwards Building, 800
Summer Street, Salem OR 97310-1349, DF-12057. "Flora Julia Olney". Delayed
filing, sworn by herself as "Flora J. Laycox" and attested by Mrs. Rose May
Pope, a family friend at the time of birth. Flora describes herself as "White &
Indian" and gives her parents' names. Flora was then living at 4914 S.W. Sweeney
St., Portland
[166] Social Security Death Index (Baltimore: Social Security
Administration), Social Security Administration, Baltimore, MD 21235-0001.
"Flora J. Laycox 8 Apr 1902 27 Apr 1990 ____ ____ ... Oregon". Searched at
RootsWeb.com 5 Jun 2004
[167] Olney, Flora Julia: Birth Certificate
(Portland: Oregon State Board of Health 1958), 7 Mar 1958, Oregon State
Archives, Cecil L. Edwards Building, 800 Summer Street, Salem OR 97310-1349,
DF-12057. "Original Record of Own Child's Birth ... March 19, 1921"
[168]
Ibid., "Flora Julia Olney". Delayed filing, sworn by herself as "Flora J.
Laycox" then living at 4914 S.W. Sweeney St., Portland
[169] The girl's
certificate appeared contemporary and was issued under the surname LAYCOX, so no
further note was taken
[170] Census, U.S. NARA T624-1291 p. 270, 26 Apr 1910,
U.S. Government Archives. "John Son M W 3 S Oregon". West Cedar Precinct
[171] Clackamas County Circuit Court, Olney vs. Olney (30 Jan 1914), 13 Feb
1914, "I got him under the name of Johnnie Christmas -- he was a Christmas
child....". Supplementary Testimony: Kate Olney states John was adopted 1908
from Saint Agnes Home, Park Place, Clackamas County, ae about 2
[172]
Petrich, Mary Ellen: E-mail 3 Jun 2003, mellen@ix.netcom.com. Also website
http://home.netcom.com/~ewillard/Genes/FBAndFlora.htm
[173] Ibid., Web page,
http://home.netcom.com/~ewillard/Genes/FBAndFlora.htm
[174] Census, U.S.
1930, U.S. Government Archives. Searched at Ancestry.com 1 Jun 2004. Ruth's age
at marriage: 19
[175] Ibid., Searched at Ancestry.com 1 Jun 2004
[176]
Ibid., Searched at Ancestry.com 1 Jun 2004
[177] Ibid., Searched at
Ancestry.com 1 Jun 2004
[178] State of Washington, Washington Death Index
Spokane Public Library, 906 West Main Avenue, Spokane WA 99201. Microfilm.
"Frances Carol". Searched at Ancestry.com 1 Jun 2004
[179] Joan Olsson, op.
cit., Cites Broderbund World Family Tree Vol 7 #3182
[180] McCoy, Jerri:
Personal communication (Olympia, WA (geniebug@comcast.net)), E-mail 18 May 2004,
4 Jul 1889. "Written consent of Emily C. French, guardian of Daisy J. Olney".
Marriage record
[181] Clark County (WA) Land Records Deed Book 11 p 419, 13
Jul 1891, Clark County (WA) Assessor, Administration Building, Vancouver, WA.
Grant by deed of undivided 1/5 of E 1/2 of Olney DLC to Flora O. Mason.
[182]
Census, U.S. NARA T623-1752 p 157-A, 1 Jun 1900, U.S. Government Archives. "Feb
1873". Located by Jerri McCoy. Searched 19 May 2004 at HeritageQuest.com; not
indexed. Image on file
[183] Grave Marker . "SCHRIVER, Daisey J. ________ 13
Dec 1901 wife of George Schriver". Mima Prairie Pioneer Cemetery list. McCoy,
Jerri (geniebug@comcast.net). "This cemetery is located southwest of Littlerock,
WA, on Mima Road SW, approximately .5 mile before Mima Road becomes 152 Avenue
SW, and then Gate Road SW." Searched at USGENWeb/~wathurston, file mima.txt, 17
May 2004
[184] Ibid
[185] McCoy, Jerri: Personal communication, E-mail 18
May 2004, 4 Jul 1889. "According to the early Thurston Co marriage records that
have been transcribed, George and Daisy got their license and married on the
same day. License issued 4 July 1889 (License book 2, page 107) and married 4
July 1889 (Marriage book 2, page 34). His name is given as George SHRIVER,
(residence not listed,) and her name is given as OLNEY, Daisy J. (residence not
listed.) They were married by M. A. Root, Probate Judge. Witnesses were
Ellsworth E. Crigo and W. Y. Morrison. Written consent of Emily C. French,
guardian of Daisy J. Olney."
[186] Clark County (WA) Land Records Deed Book
11 p 419, 13 Jul 1891, Clark County (WA) Assessor, Administration Building,
Vancouver, WA. Grant by deed of undivided 1/5 of E 1/2 of Olney DLC to Flora O.
Mason.
[187] Ibid., Deed Book 11 p 419, "... we Daisy Schriver and George
Schriver, husband of said Daisy, of Olympia, County of Thurston, State of
Washington...". Filed 13 July 1891
[188] Census, U.S. NARA T624-1666 p 118-B,
12 Apr 1910, U.S. Government Archives
[189] Ibid., NARA T623-1752 p 157-A,
"Apr 1861 ... Russia ... Russia ... Russia". Located by Jerri McCoy. Searched 19
May 2004 at HeritageQuest.com; not indexed. Image on file
[190] Wieland,
Andrea (pcgsea@pcgsea.com) E-mail 19 May 2004. "There is a George Schriver
buried at the Maple Hill Cemetery (also known as the Oddfellows Cemetery,
Rebecca Cemetery and Lebam IOOF Lodge No. 270 Cemetery) Lot 8 owner: Nickell
Schriver, George 1861-1927."
[191] Ibid., NARA T623-1752 p 157-A, Located by
Jerri McCoy. Searched 19 May 2004 at HeritageQuest.com; not indexed. Image on
file
[192] Daisy (daisi@att.net) Grossman, Holland Family Connections
(RootsWeb.com Inc. 2004). Searched at RootsWeb.com 18 May 2004. "...daughter of
George W. SCHRIVER. She was born 1892 in WA, and died 1957."
[193] Ibid
[194] Ibid
[195] Ibid., NARA T623-1752 p 157-A, Located by Jerri McCoy.
Searched 19 May 2004 at HeritageQuest.com; not indexed. Image on file
[196]
Ibid., NARA T623-1752 p 157-A, Located by Jerri McCoy. Searched 19 May 2004 at
HeritageQuest.com; not indexed. Image on file
[197] Ibid., NARA T624-1666 p
118-B
[198] Ibid., NARA T623-1752 p 157-A, "Mar 1898 ... Washington". Located
by Jerri McCoy. Searched 19 May 2004 at HeritageQuest.com; not indexed. Image on
file
[199] Obituary 5 Feb 1907. Tacoma News Tribune. Photocopy provided by
Sylvia Smith, Olympia, WA (einsteinsmith@comcast.net) 2 Jun 2004
[200]
Census, U.S. NARA T623-1752 p 157-A, 1 Jun 1900, U.S. Government Archives. "May
1900 0/12 ... Washington". Located by Jerri McCoy. Searched 19 May 2004 at
HeritageQuest.com; not indexed. Image on file
[201] Obituary 5 Feb 1907.
Tacoma News Tribune. Photocopy provided by Sylvia Smith, Olympia, WA
(einsteinsmith@comcast.net) 2 Jun 2004
[202] Ibid
[203] Ibid.
[204]
Social Security Death Index (Baltimore: Social Security Administration), Social
Security Administration, Baltimore, MD 21235-0001. "Guy L. Schriver". Searched
at RootsWeb.com 17 May 2004
[205] SW Washington Servicemen and Women World
War I (RootsWeb.com Inc. 2004),
http://www.rootsweb.com/~waskagit/swww1service13.html. Searched 17 May 2004
[206] Obituary 29 Nov 1989. Willapa Harbor Herald. Photocopy provided by Sylvia
Smith, Olympia, WA (einsteinsmith@comcast.net) 2 Jun 2004
[207] Social
Security Death Index (Baltimore: Social Security Administration), Social
Security Administration, Baltimore, MD 21235-0001. "17 Aug 1895". Searched at
FamilySearch.org 17 May 2004
[208] Census, U.S. NARA T623-1752 p 157-A, 1 Jun
1900, U.S. Government Archives. "Aug 1896 3". Located by Jerri McCoy. Searched
19 May 2004 at HeritageQuest.com; not indexed. Image on file
[209] Obituary
29 Nov 1989. "Guy L. Schriver, 94,.. was born in Gate, Washington....". Willapa
Harbor Herald. Photocopy provided by Sylvia Smith, Olympia, WA 2 Jun 2004
[210] Social Security Death Index (Baltimore: Social Security Administration),
Social Security Administration, Baltimore, MD 21235-0001. Searched at
FamilySearch.org 17 May 2004.
[211] Obituary 29 Nov 1989. "Nov. 27 at Willapa
Harbor Hospital.". Willapa Harbor Herald. Photocopy provided by Sylvia Smith,
Olympia, WA 2 Jun 2004
[212] Ibid
[213] Ibid
[214] Ibid
[215]
Obituary . "of Bethesda, Maryland". Father's obit. Provided by Sylvia Smith,
Olympia,WA
[216] Ibid., "of Aberdeen [Gray's Harbor Co., WA]". Father's obit
[217] Ibid., "of Raymond [Pacific Co., WA]". Father's obit
[218] Ibid., "of
Hoodsport [Mason Co., WA]". Father's obit
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