[or-roots] Howard Barrett information

[Ronda Howard]

Hi Les,
Thank you for your information.  It doesn't sound like the right family. 
But who knows!  My Charles Howard was in and out of prison from 1908 to 1928 
with 5 assorted names that I can find.

In 1908 he was sent to Oregon State Penitentiary for forgery in Umatilla 
County as Edward Barrett (#5675).  He was discharged August 10, 1910.  April 
7, 1911 he was convicted of burglary and sent to Washington State 
Penitentiary as Charles Edward Howard (#6001).  I have him discharged in 
1914.

All his prison records say he was born in 1885 in Kentucky.  On the 1930 
census, assuming I have the right guy (Robert Williams), his age at first 
marriage was 26 which would be somewhere in the 1910 - 1911 timeframe. 
Luckily for me, in the archives in Olympia is a letter from California 
asking if Robert Williams is the same as Charles and Edward.  The reply is 
also included listing all his prison stays in Washington.  The same letter 
is in the Oregon archives along with their reply, fingerprints and a 
picture.

He married my husband's grandmother in 1915 and shortly thereafter stole his 
father-in-law's horse, was caught and sent to Oregon State Penitentiary.  By 
1916 he was divorced and had a son whom he never contacted.  This is what 
got me into genealogy.  I couldn't understand why he didn't go to the 
custody hearing...He was in jail.  I'll never understand abandoning one's 
family!!!

I have just heard from the Washington archive people, that they found a 
marriage for a Charles Howard in that small timeframe he was out of prison. 
But that Charles is from Indiana.  The 1920 census says my Charles was born 
in Kentucky, his Mother and Father in Indiana.  Maybe I'll find another 
family?  He must have been quite charming.  He got out of prison in August 
1910, was married December 1910, but back in prison April 1911.  He got out 
of prison in 1914, and was married to my husband's grandmother Rachel Brewer 
in 1915, but back in prison, a father, and divorced by 1916.  It truly makes 
me wonder how many times he repeated this cycle and how many children he 
had.

Any ideas from any of you would be welcome.  He is a slippery (but very 
interesting) fellow to find.  As I said to Les, I'm considering a DNA test 
to find the right family name.
Ronda


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Leslie Chapman" <reedsportchapmans at verizon.net>
To: <or-roots at sosinet.sos.state.or.us>
Sent: Tuesday, December 13, 2005 5:11 PM
Subject: RE: [or-roots] Les - please send Howard information


> Ronda;
>
> I don't have a great deal on the Roseburg Howards; as I said they are not
> "kin" all I have in my file is Ida May Howard ma. John Berry Fullerton, 19
> Dec. 1894 in Douglas County, and she was born in Merced, Modoc Co.,
> California; and I see that I haven't even attempted to fill out her
> immediate family. I don't know if this is because I flibberty gibbeted off
> on some other line or just didn't want to bother.
>
> I have their marriage cert which has the added info that they were married
> at the residence of J. K. Howard, witnesses wer E. Gazley and Ruth Mclain.
> The birth informatin comes from her son Ralph M. Fullerton's delayed birth
> registration.
>
> I will paste in their family page at the bottom. Source number 23 is the
> same as 22, I have no idea why it comes up that way in the report.
>
> I can dig into this line some more on Heritage quest if you would like, 
> you
> don't mention where your mysterious Charles is from.
>
> Les C