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<P class=articleGraf><FONT face=Arial size=2>This is the info from the newspaper
article:</FONT></P>
<P class=articleGraf>Genealogist Colleen Fitzpatrick has established that
Benjaman Kyle is related to a family of Davidsons who lived in Central Point
from at least 1911 to 1915. She's seeking people who might be related to that
family who would be willing to have their DNA analyzed to see how closely
they're related to Kyle.</P>
<P class=articleGraf><FONT color=#ff0000><STRONG><U>She knows this much about
the family:</U></STRONG></FONT></P>
<P class=articleGraf><FONT color=#ff0000><STRONG><U></U></STRONG></FONT>
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<LI class=inGraf><FONT color=#ff0000><STRONG><U>The patriarch, Thomas Davidson
(1811-1876), left Scotland in 1853 and immigrated to Utah with his wife, Ann
Davidson (her maiden and married names were the same). </U></STRONG></FONT>
<LI class=inGraf><FONT color=#ff0000><STRONG><U>Thomas Davidson's son, John
McNeil Davidson, died in Central Point in September 1912. </U></STRONG></FONT>
<LI class=inGraf><FONT color=#ff0000><STRONG><U>John McNeil Davidson's son,
Robert Holden Davidson, and his wife, Nettie Loraine Stevens, had a son, Vern
Stevens Davidson, born in October, 1913 in Central Point. </U></STRONG></FONT>
<LI class=inGraf><FONT color=#ff0000><STRONG><U>John McNeil Davidson's
daughter, Catherine Mary Davidson, married Armine William Lewis in October
1914.</U></STRONG></FONT></LI></UL>
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<P class=articleGraf><FONT color=#008080><U><STRONG>Kyle's DNA also matches
people named Powell who lived in western Oregon
including:</STRONG></U></FONT></P>
<P class=articleGraf><FONT color=#008080><U><STRONG></STRONG></U></FONT>
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<LI class=inGraf><FONT color=#008080><U><STRONG>Alfred Powell, who died in
London (Lane County) in December 1881 </STRONG></U></FONT>
<LI class=inGraf><FONT color=#008080><U><STRONG>Charles Leighton Powell, who
died in Eugene, in August 1958 </STRONG></U></FONT>
<LI class=inGraf><FONT color=#008080><U><STRONG>Joseph Goble Powell, who died
in Eugene, in December 1924.</STRONG></U></FONT></LI></UL></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=PMML@MERITEL.NET href="mailto:PMML@MERITEL.NET">Marsha
BradleyLuthy</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
title=or-roots@listsmart.osl.state.or.us
href="mailto:or-roots@listsmart.osl.state.or.us">or-roots mail list</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, May 05, 2010 8:11
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [or-roots] Identity of Man
With Amnesia</DIV>
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<DIV>Davidsons have a couple of places, independence original land grand might
then have something to do with a group who </DIV>
<DIV>broke off and moved to lane but there is also a group of them in DUFER
OREGON OUT SIDE THE DALES , HAVE QUIET A </DIV>
<DIV>BIT ON DAVIDSON IF YOU COULD GIVE US MORE WITH THAT LINE<BR><BR></DIV>
<DIV class=gmail_quote>On Mon, May 3, 2010 at 7:06 AM, Sue Steward <SPAN
dir=ltr><<A
href="mailto:ssteward@ccountry.net">ssteward@ccountry.net</A>></SPAN>
wrote:<BR>
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style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">There
is a story in today's Medford Mail Tribune about a search for
the<BR>identity of a man who has amnesia.<BR><BR><A
href="http://www.mailtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100503/NEWS/5030313"
target=_blank>http://www.mailtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100503/NEWS/5030313</A><BR><BR>DNA
testing indicates Oregon root to a family of Davidsons and a
Powell<BR>family.<BR><BR>Anyone up to a search to solve a
mystery?<BR><BR>Possible descendant of Charles Leighton Powell:<BR><BR>Arden
Powell<BR>4055 Royal Ave<BR>Eugene, OR<BR>97402-6811<BR>(541)
689-0305<BR><BR><BR>1930 United States Federal Census<BR>Name:Arden C
Powell<BR>Home in 1930:Wallace, Lane, Oregon<BR>View
Map<BR>Age:10<BR>Estimated birth year:abt 1920<BR>Relation to Head of
House:Son<BR>Father's Name:Charles L<BR>Mother's Name:Ollie
W<BR>Race:White<BR>Household Members:NameAge<BR>Charles L Powell57<BR>Ollie
W Powell46<BR>Archie E Powell17<BR>Arden C Powell10<BR>Clara M
Powell8<BR>Source Citation: Year: 1930; Census Place: Wallace, Lane, Oregon;
Roll<BR>1946; Page: 2A; Enumeration District: 114; Image:
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