[or-roots] I've taken leave of my Census

[Linda Wiley]

Les, I'll look up Susan E. Miller's death certificate at the State Archives next week when I'm in town.  Send me a list of folks you need death cert info on using my email address if there are more you would like.  The certs usually have the parents name on them, and sometimes the spouse and also list the name of the person who provided the info--usually a family member.  If it's any consolation, I think my "senior moments" started well before age 60--and now in my early 70's seem to reside with me permanently!  Linda

 



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 From: Leslie Chapman <opera_70 at yahoo.com>
To: or-roots mail list <or-roots at listsmart.osl.state.or.us> 
Sent: Friday, March 29, 2013 11:06 AM
Subject: [or-roots] I've taken leave of my Census
 

Trying to find a date of death for the spouse of another one of Aunt Hazel's Uncles I thought it might help me to find her census history. From somewhere I had entered the name Sarah Teeters as his spouse but in the 1880 Cottage Grove Census there is a Miller daughter in law Susan and son William; the significance of this is when I searched the marriage index I found this;
Name:                          John W. Miller         
Spouse's Name:  Susan
E. Teeters        
Event Date:     
            01 Feb 1879
Event Place:                   Lane,
Oregon           

which is the date I had for "Sarah;" searching further I found 

Name:                          William Henry Miller
Gender:           
            Male     
Birth Date:       
            04 Jan 1880
Birthplace:       
            Multnomah, Oregon    
Father's Name:                        John Wesley Miller    
Mother's Name:  Susan
Emaline Teeters

so that seems like enough evidence in my sloppy sort of genealogy to accept I have the right people. I have a Multnomah Co death in December of 1942 for John which may or may not be the correct one since John Miller is such and unusual name, but it would help me to corroborate if I could track John and Susan and William past 1880. One source lists Susan as dead before 1911 but no details and has John still in the Cottage Grove area where I am not finding him after 1880. Oops, I think I just found them, I had one last method, it turns out there are only 358 Oregon born heads of family in 1910 in Oregon and I am pretty sure John W, Emma S with 26 year old son George in Seventh Ward 95th Pct Multnomah county are my folks so the person supplied the  1911 date just jumped a whole bunch in cred since before this I couldn't find corroboration of George's birth.

Huh, now looking again just Miller born in Oregon 1900 there they are in CG where they belong??? I did several different searches for them yesterday and never turned them up?? Must have lost what little I had left of my mind; anyway back to the central question.

Susan aka Sarah is listed as born in Oregon age 22 in 1880 (gee she seems to be only 30 in 1900? must be a clerical error.) and in 1860 in Marion Co there is an SE age 3 dau of H Teeters, but there the trail grows ver ver confused; I do find in Sonoma county a James H about the right age, but born in a different state than listed in 1860 and with a different wife and they are in Cottage Grove in 1880 which would seem evidence of a connection to Susan, but I haven't found her in 1870, nor any clue what happened to her mother unless they are the Angeline and Sarelda in San Luis Obispo in 1870.

I guess at this point I no longer need to know, but why is it so hard to find someone with a name like that unless these are the people. 

I believe I just found John and Susan in 1920 in Clackamas so am guessing the before 1911 may be wrong after all, unless it is a different Susan?

There is a death index item that looks good for her now;

Name: Susan E Miller
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 09 Mar 1943
Event Place: Portland, Oregon

Maybe I'll just cheat and use that one. 

I seem to be coming on here a lot lately for things I should have found a lot faster and easier on my own??

I know I am not supposed to be old enough to be having "senior moments" but remember I inhaled.

Les
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