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From: "Janice M. Healy" <>
Subject: Re: More[GFO] George Washington and Eva Rosetta Blank
Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2004 20:50:16 -0800
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>Connie,
>No, I do not have a date of death or place of burial for George Washington
>Blank. I now have it narrowed down to between the 1910 Census when he lived
>in John Day, OR and Eva's death of December 23, 1920 where she is listed as
>a widow.
>
>A possible reason is that flu epidemic that happened in the late 1910s. I
>understand that so many people died that they didn't get all of them
>recorded in official records. I have another grandfather that died in 1916
>in Idaho and never had a death certificate issued. In his case, the family
>kept track of his burial spot so we got the death date from his headstone.
>
>The George in Baker County was born Oct. 16, 1846, while our George was born
>Sept. 3, 1847. He was born in Penn. also so quite probably is a relative
>but haven't found out his lineage yet. The George in Baker Co. is a first
>cousin once removed from our George and he wasn't born until 1875.
>
>As far as I know, all the children lived in Grant County and then one
>daughter died in Salem and a couple died in the Portland area. No one lived
>in Malheur Co. that I know of.
>
>Thanks for checking for me.
>Polly
>
> > Polly,
> >
> > Do you have the date of death of George Washington Blank?
> >
> > In the Oregon Death Index there is a George Washington Blank died 16 Mar
>1920 in Malheur County. There is also a George W. Blank who died in Baker
>County, 20 Jun 1945, but I doubt that he is the correct one.
> >
> > Did any of the children live in Malheur County?
> >
> > Connie Jaynes
>

Polly

Do you have a copy of the death certificate of George Washington
Blank, Malheur Co.? He died 16 Mar 1920 #30.
Do you know who his parents were? Not that all death certs give this
information but the cert. may prove to be a help, if nothing more
than to prove it is the wrong person. If this person was married it
should show his wife's name, but the early ones don't always show
this. I think your best bet would be to get this cert if you don't
have it.

You say that " Eva's death of December 23, 1920 where she is listed
as a widow."
With out GW Blanks death cert from Malheur Co. I would NOT discount
him as being the right person...as he died in Mar and she in Dec of
the same year. They could have been traveling through Malheur Co.,
visiting family or friends that you may not know about.

1900 census finds him in Wheeler Co fossil Pct with Eva,
Fen???(daughter), Myrtle, Sadie, Edna

1910 Census finds him in Grant C. John Day Pct, with Eva, Sadie and
Edna. So they moved around like so many did in eastern Oregon trying
to make a living.

1920 Census Heritage Q doesn't have up yet for Oregon, Ancestory
didn't show Eva so she was missed when they indexed or she was missed
when the census taker came by.

The other thought is did he die out of Oregon say in Washington, Idaho, Calif.?
Or did he die prior to 1903 when Oregon first kept records?
What is interesting is neither of them show up in the 1920 census, so
my guess was they were moving about or were missed by the census
taker as they were living in a remote location.



Janice M. Healy
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