Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 11 Oct 1850, Lee Township, Fulton, Illinois; : 47y
• Occupation: 11 Oct 1850, Lee Township, Fulton, Illinois; Farmer

Notes:

Letter written by Grant Lupfer.

April 10

It took my father six months in 1853 to make only a part of that trip - and to write a little history. My Father had Jane-10; Lewis-5; James-3; George-1; when they crossed the plains. My mother's family: Father and Mother-50 and 49; Oscar Warren -22; Lansing-20; De Lavantia Elizabeth-18-my Mother; James- 14; William-13. My father got thru well - but my mother's folks when they arrived at the Fort Hall location in Idaho near Boise were so badly off that they took the rear wheels of their wagon and made a cart of it and used the best yoke of oxen from there to the Portland area and the two remaining oxen to be killed for food. And all the children walked barefoot from there to the end of the trip and only carried what had to be for absolute needs. My mother had some sheets that she had woven and carried them until she had to throw them by the wayside - she was so little - never weighed more than 108 or 110.

In later years my father's wife died and my mother had married and had Raleigh, David and Vesta Anne and became a widow. Grandmother Warren kept house for my father a while, then my mother moved in with her three children and they were married. And when I look back on that hardship, I wonder how they stood it. And my mother had the most wonderful discipline. One of our real sins was to snuff our nose instead of using our hankies. At the table once when we were all seated - help and all - about fourteen, help and all, I snuffed my nose (I was probably six) - I heard my mother's foot tap on the floor. I looked and caught her eye. A side-wise nod of the head that meant leave the table - and I quietly left until the meal was over and then I finished my meal but no one except myself and mother knew what had happened. And there were very few "don't's" in my childhood. I was allowed a lot of leeway. One day while on the old ranch, a man passing by while I was out in front, stopped to pass the time of day and asked who lived there, etc. And asked me it I was a good boy. I told him I "minded my mother". He said, "Well, you are a pretty good boy if you mind your mother."

My early childhood was a very happy one - we were never "hard up" - good horses, cattle, sheep, wagons, etc., well-kept fences, barns, harness, etc.

Source xerox page from my family history files.
pp 100, 101. Foulkes, Allied Families, 1952.

Willis married Linsing, Anna before 1831. Anna was born cal 1806 in New York, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Lansing Warren
• Birth: Abt 1833, Ohio
• Census: 11 Oct 1850, Lee Township, Fulton, Illinois; : 18y
• Occupation: 11 Oct 1850, Lee Township, Fulton, Illinois; Farmer
• Census: 1920, Veterans Home, Kitsap, Washington

Notes:

Letter written by Grant Lupfer.

April 10

It took my father six months in 1853 to make only a part of that trip - and to write a little history. My Father had Jane-10; Lewis-5; James-3; George-1; when they crossed the plains. My mother's family: Father and Mother-50 and 49; Oscar Warren -22; Lansing-20; De Lavantia Elizabeth-18-my Mother; James- 14; William-13. My father got thru well - but my mother's folks when they arrived at the Fort Hall location in Idaho near Boise were so badly off that they took the rear wheels of their wagon and made a cart of it and used the best yoke of oxen from there to the Portland area and the two remaining oxen to be killed for food. And all the children walked barefoot from there to the end of the trip and only carried what had to be for absolute needs. My mother had some sheets that she had woven and carried them until she had to throw them by the wayside - she was so little - never weighed more than 108 or 110.

In later years my father's wife died and my mother had married and had Raleigh, David and Vesta Anne and became a widow. Grandmother Warren kept house for my father a while, then my mother moved in with her three children and they were married. And when I look back on that hardship, I wonder how they stood it. And my mother had the most wonderful discipline. One of our real sins was to snuff our nose instead of using our hankies. At the table once when we were all seated - help and all - about fourteen, help and all, I snuffed my nose (I was probably six) - I heard my mother's foot tap on the floor. I looked and caught her eye. A side-wise nod of the head that meant leave the table - and I quietly left until the meal was over and then I finished my meal but no one except myself and mother knew what had happened. And there were very few "don't's" in my childhood. I was allowed a lot of leeway. One day while on the old ranch, a man passing by while I was out in front, stopped to pass the time of day and asked who lived there, etc. And asked me it I was a good boy. I told him I "minded my mother". He said, "Well, you are a pretty good boy if you mind your mother."

My early childhood was a very happy one - we were never "hard up" - good horses, cattle, sheep, wagons, etc., well-kept fences, barns, harness, etc.

Source xerox page from my family history files.
pp 100, 101. Foulkes, Allied Families, 1952.

Died:
Washington, Select Death Certificates, 1907-1960 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. FHL File No. 1992888

Emmett married Zumwalt, Nancy Matilda on 29 Nov 1865. Nancy was born cal 1852 in Missouri, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Birth: Jul 1833, New York, USA
• Census: 11 Oct 1850, Lee Township, Fulton, Illinois; : 19y
• Occupation: 11 Oct 1850, Lee Township, Fulton, Illinois; Farmer
• Residence: 1873, Albany, Linn, Oregon

Notes:

Letter written by Grant Lupfer.

April 10

It took my father six months in 1853 to make only a part of that trip - and to write a little history. My Father had Jane-10; Lewis-5; James-3; George-1; when they crossed the plains. My mother's family: Father and Mother-50 and 49; Oscar Warren -22; Lansing-20; De Lavantia Elizabeth-18-my Mother; James- 14; William-13. My father got thru well - but my mother's folks when they arrived at the Fort Hall location in Idaho near Boise were so badly off that they took the rear wheels of their wagon and made a cart of it and used the best yoke of oxen from there to the Portland area and the two remaining oxen to be killed for food. And all the children walked barefoot from there to the end of the trip and only carried what had to be for absolute needs. My mother had some sheets that she had woven and carried them until she had to throw them by the wayside - she was so little - never weighed more than 108 or 110.

In later years my father's wife died and my mother had married and had Raleigh, David and Vesta Anne and became a widow. Grandmother Warren kept house for my father a while, then my mother moved in with her three children and they were married. And when I look back on that hardship, I wonder how they stood it. And my mother had the most wonderful discipline. One of our real sins was to snuff our nose instead of using our hankies. At the table once when we were all seated - help and all - about fourteen, help and all, I snuffed my nose (I was probably six) - I heard my mother's foot tap on the floor. I looked and caught her eye. A side-wise nod of the head that meant leave the table - and I quietly left until the meal was over and then I finished my meal but no one except myself and mother knew what had happened. And there were very few "don't's" in my childhood. I was allowed a lot of leeway. One day while on the old ranch, a man passing by while I was out in front, stopped to pass the time of day and asked who lived there, etc. And asked me it I was a good boy. I told him I "minded my mother". He said, "Well, you are a pretty good boy if you mind your mother."

My early childhood was a very happy one - we were never "hard up" - good horses, cattle, sheep, wagons, etc., well-kept fences, barns, harness, etc.

Source xerox page from my family history files.
pp 100, 101. Foulkes, Allied Families, 1952.

Oscar married Dunbar, Minerva O. on 22 Oct 1862 in Macomb Illinois. Minerva (daughter of Dunbar, Noah W. and Hopps, Sarah Jane) was born on 14 Apr 1842 in Dayton, Cattaraugus, NY; died on 22 Jan 1914. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 11 Oct 1850, Lee Township, Fulton, Illinois; : 14y
• Occupation: 11 Oct 1850, Lee Township, Fulton, Illinois; Keeping House
• Census: 23 Aug 1860, Albany, Linn, Oregon; : 24y; Address:
  Albany
• Occupation: 23 Aug 1860, Albany, Linn, Oregon; Keeping House
• Census: 11 Jun 1870, Albany, Linn, Oregon; : 34y
• Occupation: 11 Jun 1870, Albany, Linn, Oregon; Keeping House
• Census: 5 Jun 1880, Umatilla, Umatilla, Oregon; : 45y
• Occupation: 5 Jun 1880, Umatilla, Umatilla, Oregon; Servant

Notes:

Letter written by Grant Lupfer.

April 10

It took my father six months in 1853 to make only a part of that trip - and to write a little history. My Father had Jane-10; Lewis-5; James-3; George-1; when they crossed the plains. My mother's family: Father and Mother-50 and 49; Oscar Warren -22; Lansing-20; De Lavantia Elizabeth-18-my Mother; James- 14; William-13. My father got thru well - but my mother's folks when they arrived at the Fort Hall location in Idaho near Boise were so badly off that they took the rear wheels of their wagon and made a cart of it and used the best yoke of oxen from there to the Portland area and the two remaining oxen to be killed for food. And all the children walked barefoot from there to the end of the trip and only carried what had to be for absolute needs. My mother had some sheets that she had woven and carried them until she had to throw them by the wayside - she was so little - never weighed more than 108 or 110.

In later years my father's wife died and my mother had married and had Raleigh, David and Vesta Anne and became a widow. Grandmother Warren kept house for my father a while, then my mother moved in with her three children and they were married. And when I look back on that hardship, I wonder how they stood it. And my mother had the most wonderful discipline. One of our real sins was to snuff our nose instead of using our hankies. At the table once when we were all seated - help and all - about fourteen, help and all, I snuffed my nose (I was probably six) - I heard my mother's foot tap on the floor. I looked and caught her eye. A side-wise nod of the head that meant leave the table - and I quietly left until the meal was over and then I finished my meal but no one except myself and mother knew what had happened. And there were very few "don't's" in my childhood. I was allowed a lot of leeway. One day while on the old ranch, a man passing by while I was out in front, stopped to pass the time of day and asked who lived there, etc. And asked me it I was a good boy. I told him I "minded my mother". He said, "Well, you are a pretty good boy if you mind your mother."

My early childhood was a very happy one - we were never "hard up" - good horses, cattle, sheep, wagons, etc., well-kept fences, barns, harness, etc.

Source xerox page from my family history files.
pp 100, 101. Foulkes, Allied Families, 1952.

Died:
Marriage listing to Rufus Bridges in 1884 is last record I have found. Rufus Bridges is recorded in Census of 1900 living with DeLavantia's son, Raliegh (Ralph). Marital status is Married. Rufus is recorded in 1910 census as widowed. My guess is, she had passed before 1900. Allied Famines date of death seems unlikely. Ms. Warren would have been 100 years old.

Family/Spouse: Rochester, James. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

DeLavantia married Luper, James Martin Bernheisel on 17 Mar 1861. James (son of Luper, Jacob and McMurtry, Nancy) was born on 26 Dec 1817 in Harmonsburg, Crawford County, Pennsylvania; died on 11 Jun 1903 in San Diego, San Diego County, California, USA; was buried on 11 Jun 1903 in Mt. Hope, Cemetery. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

DeLavantia married Bridges, Rufus in 1884 in Union, Oregon. Rufus (son of Bridges, Jotham S. and Mary) was born on 3 Jul 1835 in Maine, USA; died on 28 Nov 1920 in Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon, USA; was buried on 28 Nov 1920 in Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 11 Oct 1850, Lee Township, Fulton, Illinois; : 12y
• Census: 23 Aug 1860, Albany, Linn, Oregon; : 22y; Address:
  Albany
• Occupation: 23 Aug 1860, Albany, Linn, Oregon; Harness Maker

Notes:

Letter written by Grant Lupfer.

April 10

It took my father six months in 1853 to make only a part of that trip - and to write a little history. My Father had Jane-10; Lewis-5; James-3; George-1; when they crossed the plains. My mother's family: Father and Mother-50 and 49; Oscar Warren -22; Lansing-20; De Lavantia Elizabeth-18-my Mother; James- 14; William-13. My father got thru well - but my mother's folks when they arrived at the Fort Hall location in Idaho near Boise were so badly off that they took the rear wheels of their wagon and made a cart of it and used the best yoke of oxen from there to the Portland area and the two remaining oxen to be killed for food. And all the children walked barefoot from there to the end of the trip and only carried what had to be for absolute needs. My mother had some sheets that she had woven and carried them until she had to throw them by the wayside - she was so little - never weighed more than 108 or 110.

In later years my father's wife died and my mother had married and had Raleigh, David and Vesta Anne and became a widow. Grandmother Warren kept house for my father a while, then my mother moved in with her three children and they were married. And when I look back on that hardship, I wonder how they stood it. And my mother had the most wonderful discipline. One of our real sins was to snuff our nose instead of using our hankies. At the table once when we were all seated - help and all - about fourteen, help and all, I snuffed my nose (I was probably six) - I heard my mother's foot tap on the floor. I looked and caught her eye. A side-wise nod of the head that meant leave the table - and I quietly left until the meal was over and then I finished my meal but no one except myself and mother knew what had happened. And there were very few "don't's" in my childhood. I was allowed a lot of leeway. One day while on the old ranch, a man passing by while I was out in front, stopped to pass the time of day and asked who lived there, etc. And asked me it I was a good boy. I told him I "minded my mother". He said, "Well, you are a pretty good boy if you mind your mother."

My early childhood was a very happy one - we were never "hard up" - good horses, cattle, sheep, wagons, etc., well-kept fences, barns, harness, etc.

Source xerox page from my family history files.
pp 100, 101. Foulkes, Allied Families, 1952.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 11 Oct 1850, Lee Township, Fulton, Illinois; : 10y
• Census: 23 Aug 1860, Albany, Linn, Oregon; : 20y; Address:
  Albany
• Occupation: 23 Aug 1860, Albany, Linn, Oregon; Day Laborer

Notes:

Letter written by Grant Lupfer.

April 10

It took my father six months in 1853 to make only a part of that trip - and to write a little history. My Father had Jane-10; Lewis-5; James-3; George-1; when they crossed the plains. My mother's family: Father and Mother-50 and 49; Oscar Warren -22; Lansing-20; De Lavantia Elizabeth-18-my Mother; James- 14; William-13. My father got thru well - but my mother's folks when they arrived at the Fort Hall location in Idaho near Boise were so badly off that they took the rear wheels of their wagon and made a cart of it and used the best yoke of oxen from there to the Portland area and the two remaining oxen to be killed for food. And all the children walked barefoot from there to the end of the trip and only carried what had to be for absolute needs. My mother had some sheets that she had woven and carried them until she had to throw them by the wayside - she was so little - never weighed more than 108 or 110.

In later years my father's wife died and my mother had married and had Raleigh, David and Vesta Anne and became a widow. Grandmother Warren kept house for my father a while, then my mother moved in with her three children and they were married. And when I look back on that hardship, I wonder how they stood it. And my mother had the most wonderful discipline. One of our real sins was to snuff our nose instead of using our hankies. At the table once when we were all seated - help and all - about fourteen, help and all, I snuffed my nose (I was probably six) - I heard my mother's foot tap on the floor. I looked and caught her eye. A side-wise nod of the head that meant leave the table - and I quietly left until the meal was over and then I finished my meal but no one except myself and mother knew what had happened. And there were very few "don't's" in my childhood. I was allowed a lot of leeway. One day while on the old ranch, a man passing by while I was out in front, stopped to pass the time of day and asked who lived there, etc. And asked me it I was a good boy. I told him I "minded my mother". He said, "Well, you are a pretty good boy if you mind your mother."

My early childhood was a very happy one - we were never "hard up" - good horses, cattle, sheep, wagons, etc., well-kept fences, barns, harness, etc.

Source xerox page from my family history files.
pp 100, 101. Foulkes, Allied Families, 1952.

Family/Spouse: Elizabeth, Mary. Mary was born in 1843 in Kentucky, USA; died on 12 Feb 1934 in Molson, Okanogan County, Washington, USA; was buried on 12 Feb 1934 in Okanogan County, Washington, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 23 Aug 1860, Albany, Linn, Oregon; : 5y; Address:
  Albany
• Census: 16 Jun 1900, Wallowa, Wallowa, Oregon; : 44y
• Occupation: 16 Jun 1900, Wallowa, Wallowa, Oregon; Farmer

Notes:

Letter written by Grant Lupfer.

April 10

It took my father six months in 1853 to make only a part of that trip - and to write a little history. My Father had Jane-10; Lewis-5; James-3; George-1; when they crossed the plains. My mother's family: Father and Mother-50 and 49; Oscar Warren -22; Lansing-20; De Lavantia Elizabeth-18-my Mother; James- 14; William-13. My father got thru well - but my mother's folks when they arrived at the Fort Hall location in Idaho near Boise were so badly off that they took the rear wheels of their wagon and made a cart of it and used the best yoke of oxen from there to the Portland area and the two remaining oxen to be killed for food. And all the children walked barefoot from there to the end of the trip and only carried what had to be for absolute needs. My mother had some sheets that she had woven and carried them until she had to throw them by the wayside - she was so little - never weighed more than 108 or 110.

In later years my father's wife died and my mother had married and had Raleigh, David and Vesta Anne and became a widow. Grandmother Warren kept house for my father a while, then my mother moved in with her three children and they were married. And when I look back on that hardship, I wonder how they stood it. And my mother had the most wonderful discipline. One of our real sins was to snuff our nose instead of using our hankies. At the table once when we were all seated - help and all - about fourteen, help and all, I snuffed my nose (I was probably six) - I heard my mother's foot tap on the floor. I looked and caught her eye. A side-wise nod of the head that meant leave the table - and I quietly left until the meal was over and then I finished my meal but no one except myself and mother knew what had happened. And there were very few "don't's" in my childhood. I was allowed a lot of leeway. One day while on the old ranch, a man passing by while I was out in front, stopped to pass the time of day and asked who lived there, etc. And asked me it I was a good boy. I told him I "minded my mother". He said, "Well, you are a pretty good boy if you mind your mother."

My early childhood was a very happy one - we were never "hard up" - good horses, cattle, sheep, wagons, etc., well-kept fences, barns, harness, etc.

Source xerox page from my family history files.
pp 100, 101. Foulkes, Allied Families, 1952.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 23 Aug 1860, Albany, Linn, Oregon; : 2y; Address:
  Albany

Notes:

Letter written by Grant Lupfer.

April 10

It took my father six months in 1853 to make only a part of that trip - and to write a little history. My Father had Jane-10; Lewis-5; James-3; George-1; when they crossed the plains. My mother's family: Father and Mother-50 and 49; Oscar Warren -22; Lansing-20; De Lavantia Elizabeth-18-my Mother; James- 14; William-13. My father got thru well - but my mother's folks when they arrived at the Fort Hall location in Idaho near Boise were so badly off that they took the rear wheels of their wagon and made a cart of it and used the best yoke of oxen from there to the Portland area and the two remaining oxen to be killed for food. And all the children walked barefoot from there to the end of the trip and only carried what had to be for absolute needs. My mother had some sheets that she had woven and carried them until she had to throw them by the wayside - she was so little - never weighed more than 108 or 110.

In later years my father's wife died and my mother had married and had Raleigh, David and Vesta Anne and became a widow. Grandmother Warren kept house for my father a while, then my mother moved in with her three children and they were married. And when I look back on that hardship, I wonder how they stood it. And my mother had the most wonderful discipline. One of our real sins was to snuff our nose instead of using our hankies. At the table once when we were all seated - help and all - about fourteen, help and all, I snuffed my nose (I was probably six) - I heard my mother's foot tap on the floor. I looked and caught her eye. A side-wise nod of the head that meant leave the table - and I quietly left until the meal was over and then I finished my meal but no one except myself and mother knew what had happened. And there were very few "don't's" in my childhood. I was allowed a lot of leeway. One day while on the old ranch, a man passing by while I was out in front, stopped to pass the time of day and asked who lived there, etc. And asked me it I was a good boy. I told him I "minded my mother". He said, "Well, you are a pretty good boy if you mind your mother."

My early childhood was a very happy one - we were never "hard up" - good horses, cattle, sheep, wagons, etc., well-kept fences, barns, harness, etc.

Source xerox page from my family history files.
pp 100, 101. Foulkes, Allied Families, 1952.

Birth:
in the Oregon, Early Oregonians Index, 1800-1860

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 23 Aug 1860, Albany, Linn, Oregon; : 0y; Address:
  Albany

Notes:

Letter written by Grant Lupfer.

April 10

It took my father six months in 1853 to make only a part of that trip - and to write a little history. My Father had Jane-10; Lewis-5; James-3; George-1; when they crossed the plains. My mother's family: Father and Mother-50 and 49; Oscar Warren -22; Lansing-20; De Lavantia Elizabeth-18-my Mother; James- 14; William-13. My father got thru well - but my mother's folks when they arrived at the Fort Hall location in Idaho near Boise were so badly off that they took the rear wheels of their wagon and made a cart of it and used the best yoke of oxen from there to the Portland area and the two remaining oxen to be killed for food. And all the children walked barefoot from there to the end of the trip and only carried what had to be for absolute needs. My mother had some sheets that she had woven and carried them until she had to throw them by the wayside - she was so little - never weighed more than 108 or 110.

In later years my father's wife died and my mother had married and had Raleigh, David and Vesta Anne and became a widow. Grandmother Warren kept house for my father a while, then my mother moved in with her three children and they were married. And when I look back on that hardship, I wonder how they stood it. And my mother had the most wonderful discipline. One of our real sins was to snuff our nose instead of using our hankies. At the table once when we were all seated - help and all - about fourteen, help and all, I snuffed my nose (I was probably six) - I heard my mother's foot tap on the floor. I looked and caught her eye. A side-wise nod of the head that meant leave the table - and I quietly left until the meal was over and then I finished my meal but no one except myself and mother knew what had happened. And there were very few "don't's" in my childhood. I was allowed a lot of leeway. One day while on the old ranch, a man passing by while I was out in front, stopped to pass the time of day and asked who lived there, etc. And asked me it I was a good boy. I told him I "minded my mother". He said, "Well, you are a pretty good boy if you mind your mother."

My early childhood was a very happy one - we were never "hard up" - good horses, cattle, sheep, wagons, etc., well-kept fences, barns, harness, etc.

Source xerox page from my family history files.
pp 100, 101. Foulkes, Allied Families, 1952.

Birth:
Early Oregonians Index, 1800-1860
May appear in 1910 US Census in White River, Tulare, CA.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name Used: Grant
• Census: 11 Jun 1870, Albany, Linn, Oregon; : 5y
• Census: 14 Jun 1900, Vallejo, Solano, California; : 34y; Address:
  726 Louisiana
• Occupation: 14 Jun 1900, Vallejo, Solano, California; Machinist
• Census: 26 Apr 1910, Vallejo, Solano, California; : 44y; Address:
  726 Louisiana
• Occupation: 26 Apr 1910, Vallejo, Solano, California; Draftsman
• Census: 9 Jan 1920, Vallejo, Solano, California; : 54y; Address:
  726 Louisiana
• Occupation: 9 Jan 1920, Vallejo, Solano, California; Draftsman
• Census: 2 Apr 1930, Vallejo, Solano, California; : 63y; Address:
  726 Louisiana
• Occupation: 2 Apr 1930, Vallejo, Solano, California; Draftsman
• Census: 8 Apr 1940, Vallejo, Solano, California; : 74y; Address:
  726 Louisiana

Notes:

Letter written by Grant Lupfer.

April 10

It took my father six months in 1853 to make only a part of that trip - and to write a little history. My Father had Jane-10; Lewis-5; James-3; George-1; when they crossed the plains. My mother's family: Father and Mother-50 and 49; Oscar Warren -22; Lansing-20; De Lavantia Elizabeth-18-my Mother; James- 14; William-13. My father got thru well - but my mother's folks when they arrived at the Fort Hall location in Idaho near Boise were so badly off that they took the rear wheels of their wagon and made a cart of it and used the best yoke of oxen from there to the Portland area and the two remaining oxen to be killed for food. And all the children walked barefoot from there to the end of the trip and only carried what had to be for absolute needs. My mother had some sheets that she had woven and carried them until she had to throw them by the wayside - she was so little - never weighed more than 108 or 110.

In later years my father's wife died and my mother had married and had Raleigh, David and Vesta Anne and became a widow. Grandmother Warren kept house for my father a while, then my mother moved in with her three children and they were married. And when I look back on that hardship, I wonder how they stood it. And my mother had the most wonderful discipline. One of our real sins was to snuff our nose instead of using our hankies. At the table once when we were all seated - help and all - about fourteen, help and all, I snuffed my nose (I was probably six) - I heard my mother's foot tap on the floor. I looked and caught her eye. A side-wise nod of the head that meant leave the table - and I quietly left until the meal was over and then I finished my meal but no one except myself and mother knew what had happened. And there were very few "don't's" in my childhood. I was allowed a lot of leeway. One day while on the old ranch, a man passing by while I was out in front, stopped to pass the time of day and asked who lived there, etc. And asked me it I was a good boy. I told him I "minded my mother". He said, "Well, you are a pretty good boy if you mind your mother."

My early childhood was a very happy one - we were never "hard up" - good horses, cattle, sheep, wagons, etc., well-kept fences, barns, harness, etc.

Source xerox page from my family history files.
pp 100, 101. Foulkes, Allied Families, 1952.

Occupation:
Industry, business or establishment: Shipyard
Employer, salary or wage worker, or working on own account: Wage earner

Occupation:
Industry: Mare Island Ship Yard
Class of worker: Wage earner

Died:
As recorded in Calif. Death Index and this matches Luper family history (presume added by Lenore Smith).

Willys married Billings, Grace on 5 Nov 1885 in Platsmouth, NE. Grace was born cal 1867 in Nebraska; died on 1 Apr 1954 in Tacoma, Pierce, Washington, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Willys married Hearney, Honor on 28 Sep 1893 in Washoe, Nevada. Honor was born in Sep 1870 in California; died on 2 Nov 1905 in Sonoma, California, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Willys married Mullaney, Mary Evelyn on 8 Feb 1906 in Norwalk, California, and was divorced in 1921. Mary (daughter of Mullaney, Patrick and Shean, Rose) was born on 30 Jul 1867 in California; died on 7 Sep 1947 in Alameda Co., California, USA; was buried on 7 Sep 1947 in Colma, San Mateo, California. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Willys married Clyde in Jun 1929 in Vallejo, Solano, California. Clyde was born cal 1879 in Utah; died on 9 Jun 1939 in Napa, California, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: McAlexander. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Kinnear, Fred M. Fred was born on 14 Sep 1884; died on 11 Jun 1940. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]