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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>To Don and Ann Conner:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Nora m. Oscar William Peterson, 11 Jul 1899, but I
do not</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>know when he died but it was before 1914. She
m. Frederick William Strake on 4 Oct 1914. He survived her</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>by several years.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV
style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=comerslr@mindspring.com href="mailto:comerslr@mindspring.com">Don
& Anne Comer</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
title=or-roots@sosinet.sos.state.or.us
href="mailto:or-roots@sosinet.sos.state.or.us">or-roots@sosinet.sos.state.or.us</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, November 01, 2003 4:32
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [or-roots] Re: Strake</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>Gene, <BR><BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE>Nora Lenore Reynolds Peterson Strake<BR></BLOCKQUOTE><BR>What
Peterson did Nora marry?<BR><BR>Anne<BR><BR><BR>On Saturday, November 1, 2003,
at 09:53 AM, Eugene Barnes wrote:<BR><BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE>Dear Connie:<BR> <BR>Nora Lenore Reynolds Peterson Strake,
was the<BR>surviving daughter of my great uncle Albert Reynolds, and his
wife Charity Alice McKenney/<BR>McKinney. She was born in Hennpin Co.
Mn,<BR>and came to Alsea with her parents in 1883.<BR>Her father was a
fiddle player and also played<BR>at the dances in the area. The family
survived,<BR>as did many others, when they discovered black<BR>sand on the
beach - Gold. Nora was also one<BR>of the only women to sail the Alsea
Bay alone.<BR> <BR>Thanks for the information.<BR> <BR>Gene
Barnes<BR><BR>----- Original Message -----<BR><B>From:</B> <U><?color><?param 1998,1998,FFFE>Connie Guardino<?/color></U><BR><B>To:</B>
<U><?color><?param 1998,1998,FFFE>or-roots@sosinet.sos.state.or.us<?/color></U><BR><B>Sent:</B>
Friday, October 31, 2003 5:20 PM<BR><B>Subject:</B> [or-roots] Re:
Strake<BR><BR>"Nice (Lincoln County) post office, formerly Lutgens, was
established April 24, 1917. The office was discontinued November 15, 1919.
It was named for Captain Henry “Harry” Nice (1837-1921), a prominent
Alsea Bay resident during the last half of the 19th Century. <B>Nora L.
Strake</B> was the first
postmaster."<BR><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>