Hello out there;
I am lopking for any connection to the following families begining with My grt Aunt
Martha Ellen Pumphrey b 1851 in ILL. mar to Francis Bland in 1872 who b 1834 died in
Mill accident in Granta Pass Or in 1877. Their Children were;
1..Nora b 1873, m. to Frank Worthington . She d 1903/4. . of TB abt
30 yrs of age.
2..John H. ( Hamilton 7 named after his grnfa.) b 16 Apr 1874 Little Falls, ( now Vadar)
Lewis Co Wa. m 1st 27 Mar
1897 to Annie Carlson , 2nd 11 feb 1928 to Gerda Peterson.
3... William b 1876 . died as teenager abt 15 yrs. 1891? of TB in
Portland Or.
Martha then mar abt 1878 ,(He from Ohio) to WILLIAM GRIFFIS IN Lewis Co WA. state
where she and Bland ch were all living. Wm built a log cabin on a Land Grant Property
he had gotten in Lewis Co Wa 20 jul 1886.
Their Children were;
4...Mable b 1879 possibly in Ethel, Wa. She mar , to Fred Jenson and
he d abt 1904/5. Mable then m to Carl Jenson maybe a cousin or
bro to Fred.??
5...Mary Etta b 22 Aug 1880 mar Jul 1900 to Irving B Hinkley b 1874
Lisbon. Maine.
6...Ingabee b 1882 and d at 18 yrs 7 mo's, 16 days. possibly of
childbirth, had mar to Noah Thayer.
7...Cleveland b 5 Dec 1884 d ` 21 Oct 1942 in Toledo, Wa.
8...Jefferson b 1886 d 1926 in California.
9... Otis b 26 Mar 1891 d 28 Dec 1961.
Bland Children.
2 above. John Hamilton Bland mar mar 27 Mar 1897 to Anna Mae
Carlson ( John deserted Anna in Apr 1905,then divorced in Aug
1905), she d 21 May 1961 .John then m. to Gerda Peterson in
1905/6.
Children of John and Anna Mae;
1...infant son died.
2...Anna Mae b 2 Dec 1898, m 10 jun 1920 to Alfred Valentine
Berg.
3...Edna Bowida b Oct 1900 d AT 7 DAYS OLD.
4... Clyde Wendell b 26 Feb 1903 in Skamania, Wa. d in Los
Angeles 18 May 1950
Children by John and Gerda;
5... Clyde Irving b 17 Dec 1906 never mar. d unk.
6...Lillian Marie b 15 Sep 1908 d 24 Sep 1970, m Art
Wester no issue.
7...Hazel Evelyn b 11 Aug 1910 d 1934 ,m ___Valenges no issue.
8...Russell Hamilton b 23 Jan 1914.
9...Harold Otis b 17 Dec 1916/7 d 16 Aug 1969.
# 4 above of Martha and Griffis.
4... Mable Bell Griffis b 1879 Ethel, Wa. ?. d 1910 Portland Or of
tubal Pregnancy. m 1904/5 to Fred Jenson who was a longshoreman and kiled by falling
down hatch on ship. Living in Portland, Or.
Mabel then mar to Carl Jenson may been a bro or cousin to Fred.
child by Mable and Fred. jenson
1...Lloyd Delevin Jenson b 27 Apr 1901.
child by Mable and Carl Jenson
2...Lona Jenson b 1908/9
Mable d 1910 .
# 5 of Martha and wm Griffis. above
#5.. Mary Etta Griffis, b 22 Aug 1880 d 15 Oct 1962 m Jul 1900/1
to Irving Leroy Hinkley b 1874 in Lisbon, Maine. d 12 Jan 1947.
Children. Mary Etta and Irving.
1... Clyde Everett b 6 Jan 1902 in Aberdeen, Wa d 18 Mar 1963 mar 1st to a Carrie ??
2nd to Myrtle ???.
2...Mabel b 1904/5 d at 1 yr 9 mo. in1906/7. Aberdeen Wa
3...John Hinkley
4...Ralph Otis b 23 Nov 1908 d of Cancer 13 Jul 1967 m to Emily
Smith. also d of cancer 17 dec 1968. Emily was from Butte ,
Montana.
5...John Pershing b 29 Aug 1918 m Evelyn Smith in Lynwood, Wa.
m 2nd Mary ( Donaldson) ??
# 6 Child of martha Nad Griffis above
# 6... Ingabee b 1882, mar to Noah Thayer they had
1... Mary Thayer b abt 1897/8 d 31 Mar 1979 mar 1st to
-------Seward 2nd or 3rd to _______Feldman.
I have a little more on some of these above but in 1900's.
Please contact me at my E Mail below if you have any Genealogy or know anything about any
of these people or their line of Genealogy.
Thank you so very much. I am trying to complete my grt Aunt's family history, Martha
Ellen Pumphrey Bland, Griffis.
Any descendants could be living in any places here or elsewhere.
Mary Wilton
living in Roy, Wa.
mmwaw(a)sprynet.com