[or-roots] Seeking information

Sun Mar 24 03:12:57 PDT 2013

I looked in the Grant High Alumni Directory published in 1996 and I could  
not find Mary Kelly in a graduating class.  I checked 1938-1941.

In a message dated 3/23/2013 9:40:42 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,  
eugenemelvin.roots at comcast.net writes:

Based on the information below; The questions I have is if she attended  
"Providence Academy in Vancouver, WA in Sept. 1927"  then she was in first 
grade. Maybe going to this website 
_http://www2.providence.org/phs/archives/services/Pages/default.aspx_ 
(http://www2.providence.org/phs/archives/services/Pages/default.aspx)   you may be able to obtain some information. 
Or
Based on the address between  1935-1940 she lived about 10 blocks away from 
Grant HS and probably  was a member of the class of 1939.

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Subject: Re: [or-roots] Seeking  information

This narrative is  attached to a tree on Ancestry.com. 

Jane Mae / May  Sundquist was born 6 May 1920, most likely in Alexander, 
McKenzie Co ND. Her  mother, Minnie May Sherman French Sundquist died 21 Nov. 
1921, of health  issues dating back to the pregnancy. Father’s whereabouts 
were unknown.  Caretaker for both mother and child had been Mrs. Mae Moore, 
midwife or some  type of nurse. Mrs. Moore continued to care for the child 
after her mother’s  death as she was essentially orphaned, her three half 
siblings being only in  their teens and unable to care for the child.
A  newspaper article from the McKenzie County Chronicle says Mae F. Moulton 
(her  previous name before Moore) and daughter moved to Vancouver, WA as of 
 September 1922.
Jane May Sundquist was  adopted by Emmett and Roseanne Kelly in Washington, 
date of adoption uncertain  and the records are sealed. Her name was also 
changed to Mary Jean Kelly,  first official record found was enrollment at 
Providence Academy in Vancouver,  WA in Sept. 1927 at which time her name was 
Mary Jean Kelly and her Guardians  were listed as E.F. Kelly and Rosanna 
Keefe.
Jane / Mary Jeanne most likely  grew up in Washington, picture of her 
probably as a pre-teen on a bicycle at  Seaside OR with her adoptive mother 
Roseanne Kelly. She resided most of her  life in Portland OR, married, had two 
daughters, and died 9 September  1990.
Somehow Jean / Mary Jean  knew (remembered? had been told?) her birth name 
and birth mother / parents,  which is how the connection to her half 
siblings families was finally made in  2008.
1940 United States Federal Census
Name: Mary  J Kelly  Age: 19  Estimated Birth Year: abt 1921  Gender: 
Female  Race: White  Birthplace: North Dakota  Marital Status: Single  Relation 
to Head of House: Daughter  Home in 1940: Portland, Multnomah, Oregon
_View Map_ (about:blank)   Street: N E Siskiyou  House Number: 3107  
Inferred Residence in 1935: Portland, Multnomah, Oregon  Residence in 1935: Same 
House  Resident on farm in 1935: No  Sheet Number: 3A  Attended School or 
College: Yes  Highest Grade Completed: High School, 4th year  Income Other 
Sources: No  Neighbors: _View others on page_ (about:blank)    Household 
Members:     Name Age  _Emmatt F Kelly_ 
(http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1940usfedcen&indiv=try&h=66810321)  56  _Rosana Kelly_ 
(http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1940usfedcen&indiv=try&h=66810322)  54  _Mary 
J Kelly_ 
(http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1940usfedcen&indiv=try&h=66810323)  19  
Source Citation: Year: 1940; Census Place:  Portland, Multnomah, Oregon; 
Roll:  T627_3391; Page: 3A; Enumeration District:  37-364. 

Oregon, Marriage Indexes, 1906-1924,  1946-2008
Name: William  McMahon  Spouse's Name: Mary Kelley  Marriage Date: 28 Sep 
1946  County: Multnomah
On  3/23/2013 6:53 PM, John Glen wrote:

Jane May Sundquist was  born in Alexander, McKenzie County, North Dakota on 
6 May 1920. Her mother  died and the nurse brought her to Oregon. She was 
then adopted by Emmett and  Roxanne Kelly and her name was changed to Mary 
Jeanne Kelly.  
The 1930 Fed Census for  Clark County, WA has her as their adopted child. 
We need to find something  that proves both names are the same person. She 
died 9 September 1990 in  Portland. We have tried Social Security and the 
marriage license. North  Dakota doesn’t have a birth certificate. This 
information is needed for an  application. 
Any assistance would be  greatly appreciated.  

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