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Family Group Record: Mary Eliza Metcalf & Walter Stringham Jr.

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HUSBAND Walter STRINGHAM Jr.
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BIRTH:  18 Jan 1865      PLACE: Manti, Sanpete, Utah
MAR.:   30 Nov 1892      PLACE: Manti, Sanpete, Utah
DEATH:   3 Jun 1937      PLACE: Astoria, Clatsup, Oregon
BURIAL:                  PLACE:
OCCUPATION: Retail Merchant-General Store

FATHER: Walter STRINGHAM                MOTHER: Mary Ellen TUTTLE

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WIFE Mary Eliza METCALF
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BIRTH:   3 Dec 1867      PLACE: Fayette, Sanpete, Utah
BLESS.: 15 Dec 1867      PLACE: Fayette, Sanpete, Utah
DEATH:  17 Nov 1940      PLACE: La Grande, Union, Oregon
BURIAL:                  PLACE:

FATHER: John Edward METCALF, Jr.        MOTHER: Mary Keziah BARTHOLOMEW

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CHILDREN
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 1. NAME: Walter Lynn STRINGHAM
--- BIRTH:  12 Sep 1893      PLACE: Manti, Sanpete, Utah
 M  CHR.:                    PLACE:
    MAR.:      Nov 1923      PLACE:
    DEATH:  16 Jan 1924      PLACE:  , , Nebraska
    BURIAL:                  PLACE: Astoria, Clatsop, Oregon
    OCCUPATION: Salesman
    SPOUSE: Mildred A. MESSMER
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 2. NAME: Claudius Ned STRINGHAM
--- BIRTH:  18 May 1900      PLACE: Manti, Sanpete, Utah
 M  MAR 1:        (div)      PLACE:
    MAR 2:                   PLACE:
    DEATH:  24 Aug 1962      PLACE: Eureka, Humbolt, California
    BURIAL: 27 Aug 1962      PLACE: St Bernard Cem, Eureka, Humbolt, Calif.
    CAUSE OF DEATH: Acute Pulmonary Embolism
    OCCUPATION: Mill worker
    SPOUSE 1: Cookie
    SPOUSE 2: Elizabeth MURRAY
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 3. NAME: Elwood John STRINGHAM
--- BIRTH:  30 Dec 1905      PLACE: Imbler, Union, Oregon
 M  DEATH:   9 Aug 1954      PLACE: Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California
    BURIAL:                  PLACE:
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DOCUMENTATION

HUSBAND - Walter STRINGHAM Jr.

BIRTH: Ancestral File

OCCUPATION: Retail Merchant-General Store   source: 1920 OR census

BIRTH-ENDOWMENT-SEALING_SPOUSE: IGI; source is live temple ordinance record

DEATH: Oregon Death Index; online database at Ancestry.com; Original data: State of Oregon. Oregon Death Index, 1903-1998. Salem, OR
Name:     Stringham, Walter
County
: Clatsop
Death Date:           10 Jun 1937
Certificate:             96
Spouse: Mary

 

WIFE - Mary Eliza METCALF

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BIRTH- BLESSING -BAPTISM: Gunnison Wd Member Rec; FHL film 0025977. Blessed by Orson Hyde

DEATH-BURIAL: Union Co, OR Death/Bur Cards; FHL film 934248

DEATHPLACE: Ancestral File has La Grande, Union, Oregon

BURIAL: records of Kathryn Rogers Davison  (has bur 21 Nov--before death dt.) her note: The print for the burial place is very dim and I could be wrong.

RESIDENCE: Moved to Oregon 8 Sep 1900; source: Manti North Ward Records; FHL film 026131
1920: Imbler OR

DEATH: Oregon Death Index; online database at Ancestry.com; Original data: State of Oregon. Oregon Death Index, 1903-1998. Salem, OR
Name:     Stringham, Mary
County
: Union
Death Date:           17 N 1940
Certificate:             145
Spouse: Walter

MARRIAGE: Western States Marriage Record Index; http://abish.byui.edu/specialCollections/index.cfm
Groom Last Name:                STRINGHAM
Groom First Name:               Walter, Jr. (27)
Groom Residence:                Manti
Bride Last Name: METCALF
Bride First Name: Eliza M. (24)
Bride Residence: Manti
Place
:      Manti
Date:      
County of Record: Sanpete
State:      Utah
Volume: 2
Page:      337
Comment: Marriage date recorded as 31 Nov 1982.

  

CHILD 1 - Walter Lynn STRINGHAM

Ancestral File

MARRIAGE-DEATHPLACE-BURIAL: letter from Catharine Huff Gray: "they md in Nov then he died in Jan.  He died of pneumonia in Nebraska and is buried in Astoria, OR"

OCCUPATION: Salesman; source: 1920 OR census.  Age 26, Single, lvg w/parents

NAME: went by Lynn

  

CHILD 2 - Claudius Ned STRINGHAM

Ancestral File

MARRIAGE_1: (Cookie) letter from Catherine Huff Gray; in poss of Vauna Marie Kelly

DEATH-BURIAL: Death cert in poss of Vauna Marie Kelly.  Has name Ned Claude

NAME: Some records have Ned C.  Claudius Ned per Manti North Ward Memb Record.  Went by Ned.

MARRIAGE_2: (Elizabeth) Death cert has name of present spouse Elizabeth M. Stringham

OCCUPATION: 1920: Salesman  source 1920 OR census   Age 19, Single
            1962: Millworker 15 yrs  source: death cert

CHILDREN: Obituary lists no children as survivors.  Lists only wife Elizabeth M., cousin Gladys Metcalf, & aunt Madge Price.  Letter from Chapel of the Ferns Funeral Home confirms these as his only survivors, and mentions that when his wife Elizabeth died her survivors were her siblings.  Letter from Catherine Huff Gray states he had a daughter with a wife named Cookie who he divorced.

MARRIAGE: His IGI entry has a marriage date of 05 JUL 1932. It doesn't state to which wife. He is single in the 1930 census.

1930_US_CENSUS: Enumerated at Portland, Multnomah, Oregon. A lodger in the Lorraine Hotel:
Stringham Ned C  Lodger  Male age 32  Single, born Utah, occupation Salesman, office equipment

 

CHILD 3 - Elwood John STRINGHAM

Ancestral File

unmarried per Catharine Huff Gray

DEATHPLACE: letter from Catharine Huff Gray; in poss of Vauna Marie Kelly

CENSUS: 1920 OR census: age 14, lvg w/parents

DEATH: California Death Index has: Name: STRINGHAM ELLWOOD JOHN  //  Birthdate: 12/30/1905  //  Sex M  //  Birthplace: OREGON  //  Death County: LOS ANGELES  //  Death date: 08/09/1954  //  age 48 yrs

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