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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Brad<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Thanks for sharing this! I really enjoy what I'm finding in the old newspapers - really makes the "gone befores" come alive.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>I may have asked you this before, if so, I'm sorry and will plead "old-timers" disease.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>I descend from Gills Fuquet (otherwise known as Guillaume Fuqua), out of Virginia 17th century. I've been a bit curious as to the pronunciation of the name. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>I would say "Few-quah" but I understand that is not universal. I came across a Fuqua delivery truck at a roadside rest stop some years back (don't recall what they were delivering), and got two or three different versions. Of course, they were employees, and not of the Fuqua name.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>So, Brad, how do you pronounce YOUR name? And, how did so many Fuquas wind up in Oregon? (there are lots of "other named" Fuquas, mostly related to me, where the name has been out of the family since 1743 <G>.)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Pat<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>In Tucson <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style='border:none;border-left:solid blue 1.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 4.0pt'><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'> or-roots [mailto:or-roots-bounces@listsmart.osl.state.or.us] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Brad Fuqua<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, January 08, 2014 1:53 PM<br><b>To:</b> or-roots@listsmart.osl.state.or.us<br><b>Subject:</b> [or-roots] New Year's 1935 baby<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>While doing research in the Corvallis Gazette-Times for the Jan. 2-3, 1935 time period, I made note of some items on vitals. Here's what I found for the New Year's baby of that year. I also have info on a few marriage licenses and four deaths. Surnames include: Adams, Barnes, Day, Friermood, Gelvin, Hassler, Lewis, Merritt, Southam, Whiteside, Willman, Wood. If anyone is interested, let me know. I'll also be posting these items on my blog over the next few days at <a href="http://oregonancestry.wordpress.com/">http://oregonancestry.wordpress.com/</a></span><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p style='margin-bottom:.25in'><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>A New Year’s Babe</span></strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#444444'> — A New Year’s day babe was born in Corvallis and arrived at 12:15 just as dinner was being served at the Corvallis General hospital. The arrival, a little girl, was born to Mr. and Mrs. R.R. Norton of Blodgett and weighs six pounds and 6 1/2 ounces. Both mother and babe are said to be doing well. The little visitor is the only one reported so far for New Year’s day.</span><span style='color:#444444'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-bottom:.25in'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#444444'>Source citation: "News Briefs," Corvallis (Oregon) Gazette-Times, 2 January 1935, p. 3, col. 2.</span><span style='color:#444444'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-bottom:.25in'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#444444'>Here is another report of a baby. This little girl was not born until Jan. 2 but I'll include it here anyway.</span><span style='color:#444444'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-bottom:.25in'><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Baby Girl Arrives —</span></strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#444444'> A daughter was born yesterday afternoon, January 2, to Mr. and Mrs. Walter Roberts of Blachly and the news was telephoned this morning to Mrs. Roberts’ parents, Mr. and Mrs. O.H. Soots, residing south of Corvallis. Mrs. Roberts and her little daughter are in the Pacific Christian hospital in Eugene and are reported doing very well. The babe is the first granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. Soots, who have seven grandsons, and they are delighted over the good news.</span><span style='color:#444444'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-bottom:.25in'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#444444'>Source citation: "News Briefs," Corvallis (Oregon) Gazette-Times, 3 January 1935, p. 3, col. 1.</span><span style='color:#444444'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Brad</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></div></body></html>