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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>I have a step-great grandmother who is buried in Vancouver
beside her first husband and not beside my great grandfather in Oregon. The
reason is her and her first husband lost a young son to cancer and bought a
family plot when he died years before they died. So when each of them died, even
though they were both married to someone else, they are now buried with their
son. Sandi</FONT></DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=ED_Melvin@msn.com href="mailto:ED_Melvin@msn.com">Eugene Melvin</A>
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<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</A> ; <A
title=ORFORUM-L@rootsweb.com
href="mailto:ORFORUM-L@rootsweb.com">ORFORUM-L</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, November 07, 2003 10:36
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [or-roots] Powell Grove Pioneer
Cemetery</DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=Arial>Powell Grove
Pioneer Cemetery</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT
face=Arial> <o:p></o:p></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=Arial>This cemetery
was established in 1848 and is located at Northeast 122<SUP>nd</SUP> and Sandy
Boulevard, Portland, Oregon.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>Multnomah County started managing this cemetery in 1948 and Suzie Busiz
was kind enough to give me a complete copy of my family file, which consisted
of 75 pages.</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT
face=Arial> <o:p></o:p></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=Arial>And now for
the problem that I need help with I put out to this wonderful group of
researchers.</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT
face=Arial> <o:p></o:p></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=Arial>The Metro
Pioneer Cemetery has no records for this cemetery prior to 1948.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The Oregon Historical Society has a
book “Oregon Guide to Genealogical Sources” authored by “Lenzen” which list on
page 242 this cemetery and states it is on microfiche reel number 16 but does
not state where this reel can be found and the Oregon Historical Society does
not have this particular reel.</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT
face=Arial> <o:p></o:p></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoBodyText style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><FONT face=Arial>The GFO
has a book, which lists this cemetery, but it is just made up of information
taken from the headstone located at the cemetery. And to make matters worse
the headstone in questions says:<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT
face=Arial> <o:p></o:p></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT
face=Arial>MELVIN</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=Arial>FATHER<SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 1">
</SPAN>MOTHER</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 1in; TEXT-INDENT: -1in; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; tab-stops: list 1.0in"><FONT
face=Arial>1856-1936</FONT><SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN><FONT face=Arial>1861-1930</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT
face=Arial> <o:p></o:p></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><FONT face=Arial>Now
the Father in question is Edgar Nicols Melvin born 27 Oct 1858 and died 28 Nov
1936 (Info from Death Certificate).<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>The Mother is (I HOPE) <SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-size: 8.5pt">Alice
Delcina (KITTELL) Melvin born 6 Sep 1861 and died
1930.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-size: 8.5pt"><FONT
face=Arial> <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-size: 8.5pt"><FONT face=Arial>I know they got divorce on
6 Jul 1906.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>And family records I
have say Alice died in Oakland, California in
1930<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-size: 8.5pt"><FONT
face=Arial> <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-size: 8.5pt"><FONT face=Arial>Plus I found a second
marriage license for Edgar dated 14 Nov 1911 to a Maria J Mills born 27 May
1857 of Eugene, Oregon at time of marriage.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I have not found a death certificate
or a divorce certificate for this marriage.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-size: 8.5pt"><FONT
face=Arial> <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-size: 8.5pt"><FONT face=Arial>So far I have gone thru the
January thru June 1930 issues of the Oakland Tribune looking at death notices
with no luck.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>And I am waiting
for the second half of that year newspaper to continue my
search.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-size: 8.5pt"><FONT
face=Arial> <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-size: 8.5pt"><FONT face=Arial>Bottom line is this.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Assuming the “Mother” in question is
Alice when and where did she really died?<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>And a family mystery is if Alice is
buried here why?<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>He divorced her
24 years early because she would not live on a homestead.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>She wanted to live in a big city, i.e.
Portland.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-size: 8.5pt"><FONT
face=Arial> <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-size: 8.5pt"><FONT face=Arial>Any help, clues or
suggestions would be greatly appreciated.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-size: 8.5pt"><FONT
face=Arial> <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-size: 8.5pt"><FONT face=Arial>Eugene
Melvin<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-size: 8.5pt"><FONT face=Arial>Portland,
Oregon</FONT></SPAN></P></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>