Websites with Oregon Families

The Descendants of Elbridge Trask, one of Oregon's earliest
pioneers, have a private, password-protected website, which can be accessed by
invitation.  To access the title page with a link to the administrator for
more information go to http://www.traskdescendants.com. Contact: Patsy Skeels


Oregon families Huntley, Hundley, Stark, Chalk, Hosking, Lamont, Baird, Perkins, Cawood:
http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/h/u/n/Dorothy-H-Huntley/.
Contact: Dot Hosking Huntley


Crystal Burton's website with Marion and Linn County families
Hoeye, Pepperling, Ranking, Foss: http://www.tribalpages.com/tribes/crystalpb1


Joyce Cooper's website:
Vincent and Hammersley families, in Lake Co. and Jackson Co. OR.
There are many other connected names on the site.
http://www.geocities.com/jarmscoop


My mother was born in Oregon City OR as well as her 2 brothers.
My grandmother and her mother are buried at Mountainview Cem in Oregon City OR.
Ophelia Robacker Black (wife of Clinton Black) (My grandparents) lived at Mt Pleasant
(a suburb of Oregon City). Samuel J Robacker died at Portland Oregon.
I have death certs for Samuel and his daughter Ophelia. I am
researching the Black and Robacker families.
Laurie Dunham, Cortland, NY.


Bowlus Family of Umatilla County Oregon
http://members.aol.com/gkobernus/bowlus/bowlus_index.html
George Kobernus
6296 Red Fox Run
Traverse City, MI 49686
BOWLUS FAMILY


�My G Grandfather, William Martin Berry, wife Sarah Angeline (King) and their three youngest
children, Gussie, Evert and Arthur, traveled by team from Paris, Arkansas to Union County, Oregon in 1885.
Jim Berry


I have Oregon pioneer families in my tree that's located at
http://worldconnect.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=kenskin39

Family surnames include
Belieu, Hodges, Vanderpool, Michael, Letsom, Harer, Aubrey, Carter, Morgan,
Rhoades, Bonney, Stewart, Zumwalt, Jenkins, Gay, Schulze

I have many families from the Metis community at French Prairie, St. Paul, and other connections
with Native American families in WA and BC as well.
Ken Robinson
2659 McGregor Drive
RanchoCordova, CA 95670
kenrob39@sbcglobal.net



Carlson, Hutton, Hawkins, Patterson, Greenfield, Armstrong, Bierly, Blampied,
Peterson, Tift, Bean
Families of Oregon
Must contact Bryan Carlson at br_carlson@yahoo.com to get user name and password.
Site is on
http://www.myfamily.com


I have been building my family tree for 5 years now and boy, has it grown!
In this last year it has shot up from about 25 people to over 300!

Bucharelli, Mahan, Hetherman, (Hederman, Heatherman), Riffel, and Landers
e-mail Maerie Landers at MaerieLanders@myfamily.com


I am researching the ANDERSON, SPENCER, TAYLOR, KESTER, OLTHOFF names in
the counties of JACKSON, KLAMATH, GRANT, BENTON and MARION.

http://freepages.family.rootsweb.com/~andersonvriese/
Staci Anderson Vriese
1179 SW 182nd Ave
Beaverton OR 97006
sgvriese@yahoo.com


Matt Ragan has a web site at: http://www.theragens.com/history/historyhome.htm for RAGEN family history


My Oregon families are Agee, Christopherson, & Thornton.
http://www.FamilyHistory1.homestead.com/

I am the descendent of John K. Kennedy who was Captain of a Wagon Train over the Oregon Trial in 1862.  I have a "reconstructed" roster done by 2 memebers of the Train in the 1880's and then addition from other proven descenents of train members.  Some members settled in the Walla Walla Co., WA area and some in Oregon, mostly Umitilla Co., OR.  Reconstruction of Roster - 1862

Jayne McCarley jaymccarley1@comcast.net
If you have a website listing your family history, and think it would be useful to 
other researchers, why not let the ORGenWeb Project place a link to it here? 
Contact Jan Bony if you're interested.  Also, please contact me if a link is NOT
working so it can be removed
Dan Matney has amassed information on the MATNEY Family including Walter J Matney ( one who rode the mule 
and challenged Nesmith to that dual) Also Sam K Matney who shot Modocs and showed them - he too - could scalp people. You can find
his site at www.d-matney.com 5-7-2011
I have a web site for my family research at www.gregbennette.com. Oregon family surnames include Bennette, Bennett, 
Odell, Gowdy, Garrison, Clark, Sawyer, Hopper, Roelofson, Kemp, Delashmutt, and Lee. Other surnames include Tuggle, Helm, Beard, 
Gates, McCormick, and Maxwell. My earliest Oregon ancestor arrived in the Willamette Valley (south of Salem, near Eugene) in 1843. 
Most arrived in the 1852-53 migrations.  01/13/2010
William Elze WEEKLY and his wife, Irene Jane SKAGGS, the WEEKLY family has been in Oregon since 1853.  
They spent about 20 years in Douglas County and then moved to Coos County. The web site can be found 
HERE 9/25/2009  

Barbara Hartsook has a document on the HARTSOOK, BALL and CHANEY Family Lines that can be downloaded here (rtf text format).


JONES FAMILY - MOVED TO OREGON UMATILLA   COUNTY BETWEEN 1880 AND 1902
Family members are:

Charles P. Jones (oldest) adopted son.
William Jones, oldest son of John Jones and Olive Paterson Jones
Olive Paterson Jones, who died in Oregon, Umatilla county in 1902
Eliza Jones, who married a Greye and lived in Umatilla county.
John Andrew Jones, born in Wisconsin, and we know little of his life.
Joseph Huff (Adopted son), who also went to Oregon.

John Jones the father, who died in Wood county about 1872, is buried there. He was a lumber man, born 1813 
in New York state they say, and moved to Ohio, where three of the Jones children were born, William in 1840, 
Eliza in 1847, and another son Levi Lyman Jones, 1845 who stayed in Wisconsin, and lived and is buried in 
Juneau county, WI. 

Olive Paterson Jones was born in 1816 in New York state they say, then lived in Ohio, moving to 
Wisconsin in 1847, and Oregon later between 1880 and 1902 when she died there.

Any information would be helpful.

Carol McBain


John Daniel Boone Family Website 


Looking for WELTER and ZEHNER who settled in the Columbia County area
Barb http://tribalpages.com/tribes/welter


I am looking for information on the Aune Johnson family. My great-grandparents were Oliver Johnson and Jennie (Johanna) 
Aune Johnson who are buried in Bend. They had seven children, Harry J., Olga J., Ralph E. Arthur W. (my grandfather), Anna M., 
Agnes T. and Land A. They were immigrants from Norway. I would be interested in communicating with anyone who is related. 
My name is Karen Hinton and my Email address is kleerbrook@yahoo.com.


A study and research into the live of Lowell Ames ( 1799-1863) who left New York and traveled west to Oregon and was on 
of the first to settle in Sweet Home, Linn County, Oregon is being conducted by the Ames Society. The research is also being 
conducted in the town of Sweet Home itself and if anyone has something to share, please contact President@AmesSociety.org
The site is www.AmesSociety if you wish to join this Surname Society
and work on any Ames/Eames in North America.


�The Switzler Family� 
http://www.tribalpages.com/tribes/s1810 the pass word is two brothers
    
This is a work still in progress by 14 Switzler families.  We have documentation, Photo's,
Maps, and ect. Some of the Switzler's that were on the Wagon Train in 1845 to OR
are among the names listed in these pages. Still looking for more OR Switzler's to help
fill in the blanks. June Hines, web master 


At its website, "Gilhousen Connections", http://gilhousenfamily.com, the Gilhousen Family Association maintains 
an online genealogical database of the Gilhousens of Wasco County, and related families, including many Oregon pioneers. 
Family history articles, scanned images of documents and photo galleries are being added to other areas of the site.  Common 
Oregon surnames include: Belshee, Clarke, Gilhousen, Greenlee, Hall, Hastings, Jackson, Marvel, Maxam, Small, and Stadelman, among others.

A collaborative project, all are welcome to browse our resources, and those with a family connection are invited 
to join and participate.


www.lampmanlanding.com
    
Research on Lampman primarily, with contents of Henry Kelly's book, "Imprints on the Sands of Time" 
which details all Lampmans in America, and from Germany in the 1709 -1850 range. Includes my personal Lampman 
genealogy, as well as Busby, Knapp, Parcher, Vanderzee, Lamb and other surnames as I get them posted. 
   
Please add me to your list, I've been helping many Lampman researchers for almost 10 years now find their ancestors
FREE.
    Greg Lampman
    

Kevin Gillespie has posted his family pages on his home page at: http://kjgillespie.com

Contained under the above website:
http://kjgillespie.com/George.html
http://kjgillespie.com/Oregon.html
http://kjgillespie.com/Edward.html


Descendants of Bird WAGGONER, Caroline PICKETT and Nancy GRAY at:
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~sengercm/pwag.html

Ancestors and Descendants of 
James Albert MILLER (1851 IN-1938 OR) and Martha Ann PEARL (1858 OR-1897 OR)
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~sengercm/pmil.html

Notes on the Descendants of William Robinett (1846 -1908 OR) and Mary PEARL (1850 MO-1884 OR)
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~sengercm/probn.html

Ancestors and Descendants of Henry Harrison KIRK and Isabella Caroline PEARL
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~sengercm/pkirk.html

Descendants of Rev. Isaac Newton Van Winkle and Elizabeth Ann Pearl
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~sengercm/pvw.html

Some recent updates have been made to:
Ancestors and Descendants of James PEARL (1807 OH-1897 OR)
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~sengercm/pearlja.html

Ancestors and Descendants of Felix SENGER and wife, Hannah HESS
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~sengercm/sengerf.html

Clyde Senger
Bellingham WA


Linda Nichol's Families: Marion and Clackamas Counties
Huetter, Muessig, Peter, Thuemler, Reich


Abel Helman Family of Ashland, Jackson County


Hubbard Families of Marion and Polk Counties


Cecil Houk's Nineveh Ford Web Page


Nancy Todd's Tooley, Morgan, Dunn, and Brown families
  

Foster, Hague, Achilles and Swadley - Judy Hague [email only, no website]


The Daniel Pegg Wilson Family Home Page
Researching the Oregon Trail pioneer Daniel Pegg WILSON who lived in Washington, Oregon, Illinois and Pennsylvania. 
Also researching the related families: Robert MILL (or Mills) of Oregon, Ohio, Scotland and Job BULLARD. The 
Daniel Pegg Wilson family migrated from Illinois to Oregon by way of wagon train in 1852.


Cindy Lee Siddall (Dunaven)'s Website
    Dunaven, Casey, Lee, Brown, Cavin Lines - Dunaven's were in Benton County
Katheryn L. (Barber) Saunders' Website
    Hodgdon and Barber families of Tillamook County
James Blakely and Brownsville
With family photos, links and pictures of Brownsville.

Also Cecil Houk's Oregon Trail Families 
    

Debbi Reeves' Oregon Pioneer Milton and Christiana Brown and Family Website.
Debbi also has her gedcom uploaded to Rootsweb's World Connect Project, 
the major surnames are: BROWN, CONNOR, FIELD, SCHMITZ, KAY, DAVIS, GREEN, OSGOOD.


Patty Stuart's Crook County Families


 Texann Yarbrough Johnson's Oregon Pioneer Families 5/30/2011 No longer a good link


Kim Schildwachter's Oregon Pioneer Families
THORNTON, MATHENY, HEWITT, COOPER, THRAPP, OTT, PEYTON, SMITH many others which primarily resided
in Marion, Yamhill, Washington, Clackamas, Linn and Lane counties. Email: Kim Schildwachter 


Pat Holling's Oregon Pioneer Families
Arneson - Norway/Canada/OR; Bruce -MA/VT/OR; Cookerly - MI/OR; Earle - Ireland/Canada/MI/NY/MI/OR; Ellis - NY/MI/OR; 
Fish - NY/VT/IL/WI/OR; Force - NY/OR; Hall - NH/VT/OR; Holling - Denmark/Germany/NY/UT/OR; Towner - CT/NY/MI/OR; 
Thomas - Wales/UT/OR. Email Pat: pholling@effectnet.com 


The Benton County Genealogical Society has a listing of Benton County Pioneers at WorldConnect,
http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=benton.


I have a Surname Community web site for my mom's family MOODY and LOGUS, from Oregon. The first person to Oregon
City was my great-great grandfather's brother, Charles Logus in the 1850's from Prussia. http://www.moodyfamily.bravepages.com 
Margy Bare [scoutmjb@aol.com].

  
  My gg grandfather was Stephen ROSS, a brother to Sherry ROSS who homesteaded Ross Island in the Willamette
    River. My grandmother, Mary Alice ROSS HARDY, was born in Portland in 1854 to Stephen
    ROSS and his wife Nancy Jane HOUSE ROSS. Pat Bauer - http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~patbauer/
    
    
  
Sharen Chambers's Families:
Land, Barnes, McLaughlin, Barker, Carter, Chambers

  
Clyde's Senger's Families in Lake, Linn, Benton and Lane Counties:
Jonathan and Paul Brattain and descendants - http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~sengercm/brat.html


McQUINNS - http://vgaetz.home.mindspring.com/mfpca.html 


The FIELDS Family from Ray Co., MO to Linn Co., OR - Bonnie Bartlett.
Must contact Bonnie to get user name and password. Site is on http://www.myfamily.com


Jan (Graham) Walker's Oregon Families: WALKER, JORY, McKERN, QUIMBY, McMURREN
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~cchouk/ford/index2.htm


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