[or-roots] Ornery Ancestors

[W David Samuelsen]

1880 - Sandwich Islands are what we know today - Hawaii. Yes there
were good number of families living in area of Honolulu from 1840s
outward before moving to California, Oregon and Washington.

David Samuelsen

Leslie Chapman wrote:
> ALLRIGHT I am now convinced; some of these folks, when they were answering
> the census taker, were thinking to themselves; " a hundred yars from now
> when my grandkids are trying to put together my family history the answers I
> give now are going to make them go nuts!!"
> 
> I find Sampson French in Douglas Co.; in 1860 he is 20 years old and living
> in his father Mooda's house with brother Isaac who is 24, ten years later he
> is 36 and living next to John French who is 34. Now that COULD have been
> name coincidence, except as of 1880 there are only two "listed" Frenches in
> Oregon, Isaac N. age 44 and Samson, age 39. And if that isn't proof enough,
> how many folks were in Oregon in 1880 that were born in the Sandwich
> Islands??
> 
> So then lets go to his father-in-law Joseph Lavadour or however you want to
> spell it, in 1860 he says he was born in Illinois and his wife is born in
> Oregon. But in 1870 he claims he was born in New York and the wife in
> Washington. Now maybe in 1860 she is referring to Oregon "Territory" and in
> 1870 she wants to clarify the issue, but I have a  hard time to see reason
> for confusing Illinois with New York. Of course I could be wrong about who I
> have in 1870 since he is spelled Laboror, but since two of the children and
> spouse match pretty well I doubt it.
> 
> I used to have a life, now I do genealogy
> 
> Les Chapman khanjehgil at presys.com
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