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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Marilyn,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> Although you said "I can't
locate this Marks family on any censuses." I'm not sure how hard you looked,
because I found them all very easily in 1860, 1870, 1900, 1910, & 1920. I
did not check other years. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> It looks to me like the
Marks clan moved across the mountains sooner than you thought, they are already
in the Prineville area by the 1870 census. James P. Marks is found there with
his parents and several other family members. Wasco County, East of Deschutes
River Precinct, page 10, family number 90, on NARA roll 1288. It appears the
family migrated from Kentucky by way of Indiana and Missouri. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> Charity is found in 1870
with her parents and family in Linn County, Sand Ridge Precinct, page 19,
</FONT> <FONT face=Arial size=2>family number 126, on NARA roll
1286.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> Margaret Hedgpeth may be
the girl found with her parents and family in Polk County, page 7, family number
55, on NARA roll 1287. It appears that James liked his girlfriends/wives on the
young side. In 1870 he was 24, Charity was 15, Margaret 12 (making both teenage
brides).</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> Going back to 1860, we
find James with his parents and family in Linn County, p. 87, family number 598,
on roll 1055. Charity (as Ann) is with her parents and family in Linn County, p.
71, family number 491, on roll 1055.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> Moving forward to 1900, we
find George A. Marks right where you mentioned (Rosebud MT area). Both parents
must have just died, he is single and taking care of 3 younger sisters (b. in OR
& WY) and a younger brother, an infant b. in MT. George was enumerated as
being born in OR in Oct. 1875. This family is found in Custer County MT, ED 206,
sh. 4B, family 107, roll 910.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> In 1910, we find George's
widow Edith M. (remarried abt. 1907 to Robert B. Chadwick) and 3 Marks
children (Dorothy I., b. 1901 WY, George Allen, b. abt 1904 MT, & Maurice
R., b. abt 1906 MT) as well as a Chadwick baby. The family is in Rosebud County
MT, ED 213, sh. 4A, family 51, roll 835.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> In 1920 we find Edith the
mother has yet another husband (Frank W. Davis), and still has the same 3 Marks
children, the Chadwick child, and a Davis baby. The family is in Rosebud County
MT, ED 118, sh. 3A, family 67, roll 975.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> While I did not check 1880
I can just about promise you that you will find them in Wasco County, Oregon. I
hope this was helpful, good luck in your future research.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Kevin Fraley</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, December 21, 2003 1:34
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [or-roots] Oregon Pioneer
Certificates -- what documentation?</DIV>
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PTSIZE="10">Barb,<BR><BR>Thanks for the information on the certificates.
Does anyone know what proof is required? I can come up with some
documentation that my GG-grandparents came to Oregon in the 1850s (DLCs), but
so far I've come up with no documentation of my grandfather's birth.
<BR><BR>As far as we can ascertain, my grandfather, George Alfred Marks, was
born October 12, 1874, "in the Willamette Valley." His parents were
James P. Marks and Charity Ann (Noble) Marks. Charity died in
1875. The Marks and Noble clans were in transition at that time, moving
from Sweet Home area to Prineville area (Marks Creek). <BR><BR>I can't
locate this Marks family on any censuses. George's father James P.
remarried, a Margaret Hedgpeth, around 1878, and the family moved to Wyoming
around 1880, then to Montana. I can't find them on the 1880 census in
either state, I understand the 1890 census was destroyed, then George's father
and stepmother were dead before the 1900 census. George doesn't show up
there either, and he died in 1906. Hmm, I know he existed!
<BR><BR>Without a birth certificate or family Bible or something proving my
grandfather's parentage, would I be eligible for the Pioneer
Certificate? As far as that goes, there's no birth certificate for my
father. He was born in Rosebud, Montana in 1906 and I guess there was a
fire where certificates were lost. He had a dickens of a time getting
social security as I recall.<BR><BR>What kind of proof do I need to come up
with?<BR><BR>Thanks.<BR><BR>Marilyn
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