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Surnames: barton, learned, romine, myer, meyer
Classification: Query
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Genealogists,
I have been looking for ANY information on my grandmother Winona LaVern Barton for about
5-10 years.
She may have died in Reno, NV in the thirties (est. 1933-1938).
She left behind two children Norvin Jay Barton, born10/15/29 & Bonsha Ray Barton, born
6/19/1928. The children were taken to nuns in Reno, and later returned to an Oregon
orphanage after the mother’s death. (I have searched orphanage records to no avail)
Winona may have divorced or remarried so last name could have changed at death.
Winona would have been born abt 1908 in Bakersfield, CA but no record found of that
event.
Winona & Sam Barton lived in Medford, OR in 1930 according to the census records.
Her mother Elvira Sabrey Meyer may have had Winona out of wedlock, so last name at birth
is not known. (Meyer, Myer, Romine)
Winona married Sam James Barton abt 1926, but he left Winona and the 2 children without
any record.
I have worked very hard on this, but do not have any more info. I was hoping for any
possible record on this event.
Thanks,
Jay Barton