[or-roots] Finally, an Oregon Pioneer in the family

[Darlene Casteel]

I have not tried to find just when Isaac & Martha Jane Van Dorn came to the 
O.T., but do have an interest in this family.  According to census records, 
their oldest daughter was b. about 1858 in Oregon, so they were here early. 
Their son, Benedict, married my grandaunt, Eliza Griffin, in 1895.  You may 
already have the following information.  The Josephine Co. marriage records 
list Edgar Vandorn to Lettie A. Simkins 04 Feb 1894 (I have her in my 
records as Lottie).  Isaac's death certificate gives his burial place as 
Pleasant Valley Cemetery, Hugo, Josephine Co., OR.  I have not checked on 
Martha Jane.  Neither of these folks is listed on the Interment.net web site 
listing for this cemetery.  Census records show that Lottie (without Edgar) 
moved to Selah, Yakima Co., WA between 1910 & 1920, possibly to join her 
parents.  In 1910 there is a Noah Simkins & wife Rebecca living in Selah. 
According to Family Search Washington Death Certificates Lottie Anna Van 
Dorn d. 05 May 1948 in Yakima, Yakima Co., WA., age 70y 11m 1d, spouse Edgar 
Van Dorn, father Noah Simpkins, mother Rebecca Atterbarry.  Edgar Vandorn d. 
09 Dec 1954 in Yakima, Yakima Co., WA, age 91y 7m 27d, father Isaac Vandorn, 
mother Martha Wright.  Some of their children are listed there also, but 
Noah & Rebecca Simkins/Simpkins are not included in this database.

Darlene


> -----Original Message-----
> From: or-roots-bounces at listsmart.osl.state.or.us
> [mailto:or-roots-bounces at listsmart.osl.state.or.us] On Behalf Of Chris &
> Bill Strickland
> Sent: Friday, February 12, 2010 1:51 PM
> To: or-roots mail list
> Subject: [or-roots] Finally, an Oregon Pioneer in the family
>
> Well, if one is patient with this genealogy, and you keep with it for a
> while, eventually you discover that everyone really is related to
> everyone else, or so it seems --
>
> I'd always thought my Burr-Simpkins  family just "came to Oregon" on
> their own in 1909, but now I find that Rosetta Simpkins parents and at
> least one sister were already here --  they were in Kansas in 1880 and
> in Oregon around 1990 --  and Rosetta's sister, Charlotte "Lottie"
> Simpkins/Simkins, married Edgar Van Dorn in 1894, son of  southern
> Oregon pioneers Isaac Van Dorn and  Martha Wright.
>
> Now, if any of you folks with experience in these early Oregon
> emigrants could suggest where to look to see if I could find more on
> Isaac Van Dorn's arrival in Oregon, I would appreciate it.  No, he is
> not an ancestor, but he is part of the family.  Would also be interested
> in why/when Edgar and and Lottie moved to Yakima, WA, should anyone have
> any clues as where to look.
>
> Thank you,
>
> Bill Strickland
>
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