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Orson West Family Group Sheet
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Husband: Orson C. West (A1] Husband's Father: John West
b. October 1827, New York (C1, B14, D11] Husband's Mother: Clarissa [ ]
m. Catherine Griffith abt 1851 [D14-15]
d. 8 April 1901, San Francisco, CA [B14]
bur. Laurel Hill Cem., San Francisco
removed to Cypress Lawn, Colma CA 1940
Wife: Catherine Griffith [B9, D14-15] Wife's Father: James Griffith
b. abt. 1827 OH (D14-15] Wife's Mother: Elizabeth Hall
d. abt 1879, Quincy IL [B16]
Children:
1. James Griffith
b. 23 December 1851, Missouri [B9]
m1. 9 Oct 1873, Kansas City, MO; [B4] m2. abt. 1888 [Carson City, NV]
d. 27 September 1942, Napa State Hospital, Napa, CA (B9] buried Pythian Home Cemetery, Kenwood, Sonoma Co., CA
sp.1 Lavinia Carrol [B4]; Marie A. McDowd,
(Marie: daughter of Michael J. McDowd b. Ireland and
Catherine Brennan, b. Ireland.) [B10, C3,C6,C10]
b. 16 June 1858, Canada [B10]
d. 23 May 1933, Pythian Home, Sonoma County, CA [B10]buried Pythian Home
(Children: none recorded)[D6]
2. Alfred Lynn
b. 1857, Quincy, Adams Co., IL [G1]
m. _______, divorced bef. 1880 [D5, D13]
d. 2 January 1929, Willows, Glenn Co., CA [B5]
(Children: none known)
3. Albert
b. 1857, Adams Co., IL [D15]
d. died. in childhood
4. Pleasant Morris
b. 1860, Missouri [D13-15]
m.
d. Last res. Kansas City, MO, 1881 (G14-16]
5. Charles Orson (See Charles West & Ella Calhoun below)
b. 29 September 1862, Quincy IL (A1, B6]
m. 8 October 1889, Kansas City, MO (A1]
d. 16 June 1932, Kansas City, MO (A1, B6,B15]
sp. Ella Beaver Calhoun (A1, D12]
( dau of Samuel V. Calhoun & Verlinda Dawson at this website)
6. Cora E
b. 12 February 1865, Quincy, IL. (B7]
m. 26 September 1898, Santa Cruz, CA (B1]
d. 9 August 1946, Napa County, CA (B7]
sp Melvin Beardsley, b. 1835, CT (D7]
d. 15 May 1915, Chico, Butte County, CA (B11]
(Children: none known)[C7]
7. Opal Rachel
b. 1867, IL (D1,D4, D8, D9, D13, D14]
m. 7 June 1906, San Jose, Santa Clara Co., CA [B2]
d. 13 Jan 1934, Multnomah County Farm, Multnomah Co. OR
sp. Edwin Colley [B2]
d. 23 Nov 1925, Portland, Multnomah Co. OR [B13]
(Children: Unknown)
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Charles West Family Group Sheet
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1.0 CHARLES ORSON WEST & ELLA BEAVER CALHOUN
Husband: Charles O. West Husband's Father: Orson C. West [A1]
b.29 Sep 1862, Quincy, IL[A1] Husband's Mother: Catherine Griffith
m. 8 Oct 1889, Kansas City, MO [A1]
d. 16 June 1932, Kansas City, MO[A1,B1,D2]
bur. 17 June 1932, Mount Washington Cem.,
Independence, MO [D2]
Wife: Ella Beaver Calhoun Wife's Father: Samuel V. Calhoun[A1]
b. 18 Oct 1862, Calcutta, OH[A1] Wife's Mother: Verlinda Dawson[A1]
d. 1 Dec 1912, Kansas City, Jackson County, MO [A1,B2,D2]
bur. 2 Dec 1912, Mount Washington Cem, Independence, MO[D2]
Children: [A1]
1. Frederick Vincent[A1, E1]
b. 29 Nov 1890, Denver, Arapahoe County, CO [A1]
m. 14 Oct 1913, Kansas City, MO [A1]
d. 4 Nov 1963, Kansas City, MO [A1,E1]
sp. Lena Leota Harris[E1]
(Child: Dorothy; grandchildren: Larry, Jaydean)
2. Cora Verlinda
b. 21 Nov 1892,Edgewater, Jefferson County, CO [A1]
m. Unmarried
d. 12 Jan 1898, Rich Hill, Bates Co., MO [A1]
bur.
3. Marjorie
b. 6 May 1896, Boulder, Boulder County, CO[A1]
m. 3 Nov 1915, Kansas City, MO (A1]
d.
bur.
sp. Walter Kruse(A1]
(Children: Walter F. (Bob), Richard, Jacqueline)
4. Alfred Lynn
b. 30 Sep 1901, Kansas City, MO (A1]
m. 26 Dec 1926, San Francisco, CA(A1]
d. 20 Mar 1993, Seattle, WA(F1]
bur. Alta Mesa Cem. Palo Alto, Santa Clara, Co. CA
sp. Jewel Kathryn Herr(A1,F1)
(Children: Shirley, Marilou)
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