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<DIV><EM><FONT face=Verdana>Noah registered for the draft 5 Jun 1917 at
Walla Walla. At that time he had a wife and child. Do you have
record that he had any other children?</FONT></EM></DIV>
<DIV><EM><FONT face=Verdana></FONT></EM> </DIV>
<DIV><EM><FONT face=Verdana>He is in California in 1920 living with his
father. He is listed as divorced at that time.</FONT></EM></DIV>
<DIV><EM><FONT face=Verdana></FONT></EM> </DIV>
<DIV><EM><FONT face=Verdana>He got permission to join the navy 25 Dec 1917 at
Tracy California.</FONT></EM></DIV>
<DIV><EM><FONT face=Verdana></FONT></EM> </DIV>
<DIV><EM><FONT face=Verdana>You might be looking in Washington for the death of
this little girl.</FONT></EM></DIV>
<DIV><BR>Barb<BR><A
href="mailto:wulf@bendbroadband.com">wulf@bendbroadband.com</A><BR><A
href="http://home.bendcable.com/wulf/Project/siteMapNoImage.htm">http://home.bendcable.com/wulf/Project/siteMapNoImage.htm</A><BR></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=dharguess@coastline.edu
href="mailto:dharguess@coastline.edu">Harguess, Dale</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> Monday, September 26, 2005 10:14
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [or-roots] A Query</DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">I have only been on the list a few
days and I think I know why some people are dropping. Maybe they are new
like me and haven’t seen anything yet related to genealogy.</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">I will try to do a query and I
hope someone out there can help me. I am trying to find a death record
for a child named Verna Marie Hardwick. I think she died sometime
between 1915 and 1919. She was the child of Noah Hardwick and Versey
Venus Howell. She was born </SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Sept. 11, 1914</SPAN></FONT><FONT
face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> in
</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Oregon</SPAN></FONT><FONT
face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">, but I
don’t know where. I also would like to have an actual record of her
birth as this date was given to me by a volunteer at the Blue Mountain
Genealogical Society and she didn’t tell me where she got
it.</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">This child is a total mystery in
my family. The legend was that she was drowned in the
</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Columbia river</SPAN></FONT><FONT
face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> by her
father who had gone berserk. I don’t think I believe this story because
I have found Noah Hardwick in the 1920 census or maybe it was the 1930 living
with a new wife and 2 children. He had a brother named Jesse that seems
to have dropped off the planet about 1919. I found him living (Jesse,
that is) in </SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Portland</SPAN></FONT><FONT
face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> in the
City Directory of 1918. He was living with his brother’s wife at the
time. Does anyone have access to early obituaries in </SPAN></FONT><FONT
face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Portland</SPAN></FONT><FONT
face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">?
</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">I know this is more than one
query, sorry. I am just very frustrated over this as I really want to
know the truth.</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Dale in
California</SPAN></FONT></P></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>