Posted on: Unknown County Nv. Query Forum
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Surname: SHARP, SCHACHT, MACK, BUTLER, COOK, MacMILLEN
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This message has been added to the Nevada query board simply because Opal
disappeared from her known haunts in Oregon and Washington states in the
1950's. She may have moved on to Nevada.
Opal SHARP/SCHACT/MACK was born abt. 1906 in Vancouver, WA or Portland,
OR. Her parents were:
Henry SCHACHT (aka Henry SHARP who died Aug 1907 of complications due to
appendicitis) and Dolly SHARP/SCHACT, born Dolly BUTLER, abt. 1884.
After Dolly had been widowed in August of 1907, she lodged daughter Opal
with the MACK family of Woodstock, OR, while she worked in a Portland restaurant
to support herself and Opal.
Dolly's address at the time of her death (d. 19 July 1908 in Portland,
OR) was The Awahnee Apartments, 207-1/2 Third St., Third Fl. This is where
she was murdered (shot, along with boyfriend Delmer PETERKIN) by a rejected
suitor, David CONELLI. CONELLI then committed suicide. Delmer PETERKIN
lived beyond midnight and died on the 20th.
Opal was now orphaned, only 9 months after her father's death. Custody
was given to Opal's maternal uncle, Edward BUTLER of Ridgeville/Ridgefield
WA. However,it turned out that he left Opal to be a foster child & to grow
up in the MACK family. Opal took the MACK surname, but it is not known
if this was formalized or if her legal name was still Opal SHARP/SCHACHT.
Opal eventually had three children, all of whom she gave up for adoption.
She has been traced to the 1950's, but abruptly disappeared about that
time. Can anyone shed some light on where this lady went? She would be
approx. 94 years old today if she is still living.
Besides her toddler daughter Opal, Dolly Sharp was known to be survived
by
-Edward BUTLER (her brother)of Ridgeville/Ridgefield, WA.
-Mrs. Emma COOK (Dolly's aunt), of Fort Canby, WA.
-Unknown McMillen, (Dolly's Uncle), living in Olney, OR.
Geographic Locations:
Woodstock, Oregon today likely refers to the southeast neighborhood in
Portland that is known as Woodstock.
Ridgefield, Wash. is just north of Vancouver Wash. Vancouver is just across
the Columbia River from Portland. This offered as a possibility because
no Ridgeville, Washington is shown today.
Olney, Clatsop Co., OR is S. E. of Astoria and 6 miles from Astoria on
SR-202. This is in the northwest corner of Oregon.
Fort Canby State Park in Pacific Co., WA. There is also a Canby Oregon
which is south of Portland but the Fort Canby makes more sense in relation
to Olney.
If Opal is no longer living, one of her daughters would be made very happy
to know the last part of Opal's life story, & where she is buried, so she
could visit her grave and find closure. Any help you can offer would be
greatly appreciated by Opal's daughter and her many friends.