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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Yes, I had thought of that one, but the
coincidence of his cousin having the same span of years between his children
sparked my curiousity. I thought that was too much of a coincidence, but
then I also don’t know what happened to the mother. Maybe she died
when she had her last child (my great, great grandmother). I found the
family living in </span></font><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Iowa</span></font><font
size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:navy'> in the 1850 census and the wife was alive and the last child hadn’t
been born yet. Then I found them living in </span></font><font size=2
color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:navy'>Oregon</span></font><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'> in the 1860 census with
a step mother. There is quite a bit about her in the Donation Land Claim
records. It said she went through a contentious divorce with her first
husband and got the land that they homesteaded. I have not been able to
find them in any 1870 census and I think the father was dead by 1880 but not
positive. I also would like to find a marriage record if I could as they
had to have gotten married in </span></font><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Oregon</span></font><font
size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:navy'>. The father’s name was Samuel Deford and the
step-mother’s name was Lucintha Jane Stillwell Horner. </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Dale</span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>-----Original Message-----<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>From:</span></b> or-roots-admin@sosinet.sos.state.or.us
[mailto:or-roots-admin@sosinet.sos.state.or.us] <b><span style='font-weight:
bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Glen A. Jones<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Tuesday, September 27, 2005
8:54 AM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b>
or-roots@sosinet.sos.state.or.us<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: [or-roots] Genealogy
and Family History</span></font></p>
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color:black'>Dale</span></font></p>
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face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";
color:black'>There are any number of reasons as to why the years between
births, my brother and I had a 12 year difference,</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 color=black
face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";
color:black'>our mother had several miscarriages before I was born.</span></font></p>
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face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";
color:black'>Glen Portland</span></font></p>
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