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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=265235417-14062006>Dale</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=265235417-14062006>I'd
probably go to the county, once you get the exact information. Then, I'd make
sure it was *Mrs*. If it was, there will be some additional paperwork, stating
that both are free to marry, etc. At least, that's what I found in one
case. </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=265235417-14062006>I just
checked and there is nothing on the Washington or California records
either.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=265235417-14062006>Good
luck,</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=265235417-14062006>Pat</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=en-us dir=ltr align=left><FONT
face=Tahoma size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B>
or-roots-admin@sosinet.sos.state.or.us
[mailto:or-roots-admin@sosinet.sos.state.or.us] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Harguess,
Dale<BR><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, June 14, 2006 10:04<BR><B>To:</B>
or-roots@sosinet.sos.state.or.us<BR><B>Subject:</B> RE: [or-roots]
Whitaker<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">At my library there
is a book of </SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Oregon</SPAN></FONT><FONT
face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> marriages. I
found this marriage in that book. Tonight I will look up the exact date
and county. The reason I am trying to track these folks down is that I
am curious about this Mrs. Lavina Deford. I have a Samuel Deford who
came to </SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Oregon</SPAN></FONT><FONT
face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> about 1852 and his
mother’s name was Lavina Deford. I don’t know if this woman is his
mother or not. If she is, then it would mean that she and his father
Joseph Deford would have gotten a divorce. I have been under the
impression that she died because he had remarried by the 1860 census. It
seems plausible that she was Samuel’s mother since she married this guy
Whitaker in </SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Oregon</SPAN></FONT><FONT
face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> and that is where
Samuel migrated to from </SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Iowa</SPAN></FONT><FONT
face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">.</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Dale</SPAN></FONT></P></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>