I have a Blanchard in our family and they were around Yamhill area, at work so no details with me will E-mail you when I get home....................<BR>
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Marsha Bradley-Luthy <BR>
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<B>On Mon, 21 Aug 2006 16:46 , 'Albert Belanger' <skipb@rcn.com> sent:<BR>
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<P align=left><SPAN lang=en-us><FONT size=2>Bonjour,</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P align=left><SPAN lang=en-us><FONT size=2>I was hoping someone has access to local</FONT></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-us></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-us> <FONT size=2>newspapers</FONT></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-us></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-us><FONT size=2> around Westport, WA, or O</FONT></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-us></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-us><FONT size=2>r</FONT></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-us></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-us><FONT size=2>egon City, who could check to see if there was an obit for the fellow below.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-us></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-us> <FONT size=2> His grandparents were on the Oregon Trail in 1851 and he just died</FONT></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-us></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-us> <FONT size=2>while living in</FONT></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-us></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-us> <FONT size=2>Westport</FONT></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-us></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-us><FONT size=2> on 13 June 2006. </FONT></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-us></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-us> <FONT size=2>Kenneth Blanchard Jones</FONT></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-us></SP
AN><SPAN lang=en-us><FONT size=2> was born in 1908</FONT></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-us></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-us> <FONT size=2>in Oregon City,</FONT></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-us></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-us> <FONT size=2>and built several houses</FONT></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-us></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-us> <FONT size=2>there over the</FONT></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-us></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-us> <FONT size=2>years</FONT></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-us></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-us><FONT size=2>.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-us></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-us><FONT size=2> I spoke with him often and visited him a few years ago in Westport. It was a thrill to talk with a fellow who remembers his grandmother</FONT></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-us></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-us><FONT size=2>, Rebecca Jane (Race) Blanchard,</FONT></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-us></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-us><FONT size=2> talking about her trek on the Oregon Trail</FONT></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-us></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-us><FONT size=2> with her husband, Joshua Pettingill Blan
chard,</FONT></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-us></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-us><FONT size=2> in 1851!</FONT></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-us></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-us></SPAN></P>
<P align=left><SPAN lang=en-us><FONT size=2>Hopefully,</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P align=left><SPAN lang=en-us><FONT size=2>Albert</FONT></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-us></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-us></SPAN></P>
<P align=left><I><SPAN lang=en-us></SPAN></I><A target=_blank name=""><I><SPAN lang=en-us><FONT size=2>Albert Edward Belanger</FONT></SPAN></I></A><SPAN lang=en-us><I></I></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-us><I></I></SPAN><I><SPAN lang=en-us></SPAN></I></P>
<P align=left><I><SPAN lang=en-us><FONT size=2>128 Middle Road</FONT></SPAN></I></P>
<P align=left><I><SPAN lang=en-us><FONT size=2>Brentwood, NH 03833</FONT></SPAN></I></P>
<P align=left><I><SPAN lang=en-us><FONT size=2>Researching the 1851 Oregon Trail Migration</FONT></SPAN></I><SPAN lang=en-us><I></I></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-us><I></I></SPAN><I><SPAN lang=en-us></SPAN></I></P>
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