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US Completed Requests / Re: Owram Family
« on: Monday 09 August 10 21:09 BST (UK)  »
Thanks to all who responded to my post.  This book Murray Loop, chapter 4 was so interesting and we finally know about Nancy aka Jennie.  People ask why I venture into cemeteries and take photos at random to put on line with the site I volunteer with (United States Cemetery Project   http://www.uscemeteryproj.com/).  I guess you have to be a genealogist to understand.  Even though I just happened upon Nancy/Jennie's grave and never expected it to be anything more than taking a photo, I ended up so feeling like I was researching her family for my own genealogy  after reading the story of her life.  Thank you "merjones" for telling me about this book.

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US Completed Requests / Re: Looking For Joseph Owram in USA - Completed with Thanks
« on: Saturday 07 August 10 20:12 BST (UK)  »
It appears as though Joseph was the second husband.  What is a mystery to me that I hope I can clear up is what her actual birth name was.  I did find a listing of burials in the Toledo, Oregon cemetery that lists her as Jenne Sturdevant Oram (Oram is spelled differently than the marker) with father as Sam Sturdevant.  But the marker says her birth name was something elise

It was unfortunate that the plastic marker was broken.  I tried to clean out some of the dirt but didn't want to damage it further.  The posting said her father was Sturdevant  but I wonder if he adopted her or if her birth surname could have been her mothers surname.  According to the marker her birth name was Nancy Phedora
Cra___ or Gra__.  Hopefully we can deterine what that name actually was.

Another interesting thing is that her daughter from Lester Small was Ina Starr Sturdevant.

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US Completed Requests / Re: Looking For Joseph Owram in USA - Completed with Thanks
« on: Saturday 07 August 10 19:01 BST (UK)  »
I am curious about  the posting: Oram, Jenne Sturdevant (1825-1907) d/o Sam Sturdevant (pg. two by Shellyesq) Maybe  someone out there can help me out.  I am not related but was passing through Toledo, Oregon on Aug. 3rd, saw the cemetery sign so stopped and took a few photos to post on line.  I found the marker for Jennie P. Owram but it was broken and there was one name I couldn't read.  I will type what was on the marker and leave a blank for the name I couldn't read in hopes that someone out there can fill in the blank.
Owram, Jennie P.  born Nancy Phedora Cra_______  or Gra____
Oct. 24, 1824 - April 26, 1907
Married "Elder" Lester Starr
         Children:
   Lester Starr, Ina Starr Sturdevant
Married Joseph Owram
          Child:
 Minnie Alice Owram Murray 
   

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