[or-roots] Location of Geo. Thomas's house approximating

[Leslie Chapman]

Tom;

I have pondered this before since the 1880 Census is fairly imprecise (most
of western Douglas Co is listed as Gardiner precinct) and I just hit on an
approximate solution. It will only work if two things prove out; You will
need to find a household on each side of George which has been continuously
occupied since 1860, as a first guess find one with children born in oregon,
ideally they have at least one slacker in the family who is still home in
adult hood;

J H QUINN   Self   M   Male   W   66   KY   Farmer   SC   SC
 Polly QUINN   Wife   M   Female   W   58   IN   Keeping House   KY   KY
 Charles K QUINN   Son      Male   W   15   OR   At School   ---   ---

Wait a minute, theseThomas's have been in Oregon for a long time, have you
searched for a homestead of theirs?

back to my point, the quinns are about 15 household away but just as a quick
check I was pretty sure I could find a homestead for them if they had one;

Patentees: JOSEPH H QUINN,		State: OREGON
POLLY QUINN 				Acres: 317.31
  						Metes/Bounds: No
  Survey

Title Transfer

Issue Date: 10/15/1873 		U.S. Reservations: No
Land Office: Oregon City 	Mineral Reservations: No
Cancelled: No
Authority: September 27, 1850: Oregon-Donation Act (grant) (99 Stat. 496)

 S½NW  1/  6-S  1-E  No  Willamette  OR  Clackamas
 S½NE  2/  6-S  1-E  No  Willamette  OR  Clackamas
 NENW  1/  6-S  1-E  No  Willamette  OR  Clackamas
 NWNW  1/  6-S  1-E  No  Willamette  OR  Clackamas
 NENE  2/  6-S  1-E  No  Willamette  OR  Clackamas
 NWNE  2/  6-S  1-E  No  Willamette  OR  Clackamas

If this doesn't mean anything to you I can explain how to read this but what
it means is the
Quinn place is about 3 miles straight east of Marquam. now if you can find
one of the closer households and can bracket them you will at least have an
approximation.

How about this, I assume this must be a the brother;

two doors up from George;

 Name  Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age Birthplace Occupation
Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace
 Henry J THOMAS   Self   M   Male   W   26   OR   Farmer   NY   NY
 Mary R THOMAS   Wife   M   Female   W   24   OR   Keeps House   ---   ---
 Carrol THOMAS   Son   S   Male   W   4   W. T.      ---   ---
 Oslan THOMAS   Son   S   Male   W   2   W. T.      ---   ---

Source Information:
  Census Place Soda Springs, Clackamas, Oregon
  Family History Library Film   1255080
  NA Film Number   T9-1080
  Page Number   158C

Patentee: HENRY J THOMAS [the brother,? or the father]

  Survey 		State: OREGON		Acres: 160 Metes/Bounds: No

Title Transfer

Issue Date: 3/10/1888 		Land Office: Oregon City 	Cancelled: No 	U.S.
Reservations: No
Mineral Reservations: No 	Authority: May 20, 1862: Homestead EntryOriginal
(12 Stat. 392)

Parts Sec./
Block Township Range Fract.
Section Meridian State Counties Survey
Nr.
 N½SW  24/  6-S  2-E  No  Willamette  OR  Clackamas
 SESW  24/  6-S  2-E  No  Willamette  OR  Clackamas
 NWSE  24/  6-S  2-E  No  Willamette  OR  Clackamas

This puts them about a mile southeast of Maple Grove School, if you go to
yahoo maps and go to the intersection of Barstow Rd and S. Sawtell road you
will be close.

http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/PatentSearch/

is the Homestead search page,

USGS has changed their links again;

http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=162:1:3801039424808983879

gets you to a page where you can look for topo and aerial photos of the
location.

I need to get to work.

Les C



-----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 Tom
Tregoning
Sent: Tuesday, January 02, 2007 9:07 PM
To: or-roots at www.sos.state.or.us
Subject: [or-roots] Location of Geo. Thomas's house in 1878, Clackamas
County, Oregon


Hi List,
Can anyone tell me where Geo. W. Thomas's house was located in Clackamas
County, Oregon and/or the Soda Springs Census Precinct?  From the Census
Reports his house was located in the Soda Springs Census Precinct.  From
the 1890 Veteran Schedule Census Records, Soda Springs Census Precinct
includes both Wilhoit and Marquam.  That would be some area SE of State
Rt. 213, S of Molalla and E of Scotts Mills.  My great grandparents,
Herbert O. INSKEEP and Wilhelmine (Minnie) HORNSCHUCH, were married
there on 2 Jul 1878.

I want to thank those who have sent me emails about the above topics.

Tom
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