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Family Sheet

HUSBAND
Name: Charles Baxter Hayes Note Born: 19 Oct 1868 at Burlington, , Van Buren, Iowa Married: 1 Aug 1893 at Fairfield, , Jefferson Co., Iowa Died: 13 Sep 1945 at Portland, , Multnomah Co., OR Father: Thomas Wilson Hayes Mother: Almeda Louisa Wiley
WIFE
Name: Mary Jane Ankrom Note Born: 19 Sep 1877 at Fairfield, , Jefferson Co., Iowa Died: 19 Jun 1968 at Portland, , Multnomah Co., OR Father: Elias Van Ankrom Mother: Sarah Ann Wallace
CHILDREN
Name: Leroy Van Hayes Born: Died:
Name: Walter Kenneth Hayes Born: Died:
Name: Thomas William Hayes Born: 24 Jun 1894 at Wooster, , Jefferson, Iowa Died: 24 Jun 1950 at Portland, , Multnomah Co., OR Wife: Nettie Miller
Name: Cora Belle Hayes Born: 20 Feb 1896 at Cincinatti, , , Iowa Died: Sep 1987 at Portland, , Multnomah Co., OR Husband: George Loran Beach
Name: Emma Ethel Hayes Born: 12 Oct 1898 at Cedar Township, Lockridge, Jefferson, Iowa Died: Apr 1974 at Sweet Home, , Linn, Oregon Husband: James Dewolf
Name: Charles Arthur Hayes Born: 18 Oct 1900 at Big Butte, , , Oregon Died: Mar 1981 at Milwaukie, , , Wisconson Wife: Florence Hayes
Name: Grace Olive Hayes Born: 5 Jun 1902 at Brownsville, , , Oregon Died: 7 Feb 1985 at Portland, , Multnomah Co., OR Husband: John William Shackleton
Name: Clarence Hayes Born: 28 May 1908 at Murphey, , , OR Died: May 1976 at Portland, , Multnomah Co., OR Wife: Jane Day
Name: Annie May Hayes Born: 17 Aug 1910 at Jefferson, , , OR Died: Feb 1992 at Portland, , Multnomah Co., OR Husband: Kenneth Pierce
Name: Ruby Edna Hayes Born: 30 Dec 1912 at Crawfordsville, , , Oregon Died: 23 Jul 1990 at OR, , , Husband: Earl O. Duke
Name: Opal Mary Hayes Born: 12 Oct 1917 at Newberg, , , Oregon Died: 11 Dec 1961 at Portland, , Multnomah Co., OR Husband: Howard Edwin Clayton
Name: David Hayes Born: 15 Aug 1920 at Portland, , Multnomah Co., OR Died: 3 Jul 1997 at Vancouver, , Clark, Washington Wife: Betty Hayes
NOTES
1). 1735328.ged BeamandWilson.FTW From the notes of M. Fenimore Individual Charles at one time had a Shoe Repair shop and spent most of his life in the shoe repair busi ness. He at one time had a store but his general occupation was a Jack of all Trades . Charl es was a quiet easy going individual who was kind. The 1900 Census for Big Butte, Jackson Cou nty, Oregon shows Charles owning a farm on which his occupation is listed as farmer. The cen sus shows Charles, Mary his wife, and children Thomas, Cora, Emma and Charles brother as livi ng in the household. Living on the farm next door is his sister Zora and her husband James Ra yborn. Next to Zora is the home of Ella Meeker. Charles Baxter Hayes and Mary Jane Ankrom wer e married on August 1, 1893 in Fairfield, Jefferson County, Iowa, at 2 45 PM. Charles, who wa s known as Charlie all his life, was a Jack of All Trades . He at one time had a shoe repa ir shop, he hired out as a farm laborer, he worked as a painter, anything he could do to mak e a living. The 1900 census for Big Butte, Jackson County, Oregon, shows Charlie as ownin g a farm and his occupation is listed as farmer. In April of 1924 the census for Portland, Or egon shows him as owning a shoe shop in Portland. They moved around a lot, and every one of t heir twelve children was born in a different town, county or state. In 1899, June 3, Charlie and Mary Jane, with their three children, Thomas Bill , Cora and E thel, set out from Iowa for Oregon. Charlie s parents and family were already in Oregon, an d had been urging the young family to come out. The first leg of the journey was by horse an d wagon. They reached the Nebraska line on June 24, 1899, and camped at Ames, NE for 27 days . They then continued their journey until October, 1988, camping near Silver City, Idaho unti l December 22. These lay overs were probablyfor Charlie to work for a while and accumulat e some more money. Then they sold the horses and wagon and took the railroad at Murphy, Idah o on December 24, for Portland, Oregon. On December 25, they made the final leg of the journe y by stage coach from Portland to Central Point, Oregon, arriving late at night on December 2 6, 1899. Mary Jane always said that the stage driver was drunk, and just about overturned th e coach while fording a river. They stayed with Charlie s parents, Louisa and Thomas,unti l February, 1900, when they moved to a rented farm on Box Creek . From then until 1914, they moved many times, and in July of 1914 they packed up everything t o move to Meridian, Idaho, where a friend of Charlie s had told him it was a good place to op en a store. By this time they had nine children and Mary Jane was expecting the 10th. On this journey, Cora, who was then 18, drove one wagon and Charlie drove the other. Bill was ma rried by this time and didn t go. Cora kept a diary of their journey, which is in the possess ion of Shirley Beach Phillips. They arrived near Boise, Idaho on August 25, 1914, and camped in a tent until September 10, when they moved into a house. On October 12 they moved a gain near Nampa and stayed there for a short time, then moved to Meridian. Walter was born o n Thanksgiving Day, November26, 1914 in Meridian, Idaho. It evidently quickly became apparen t that they could not make a living in Meridian for whatever reason , and in January, 1915 t hey sold everything and moved back to Halsey, Oregon. From then until 1933 they moved fiftee ntimes, all within the state of Oregon. Mary Jane had kept a log of all the places they lived, but the log ended in 1933. Charlie died in 1945, and they had moved just a s often in all of the years between 1933 and 1945. Charlie was a kind and gentle man, much loved by his children. He did most of the cooking, a nd Cora remembers him fondly as working in the kitchen with a dishtowel thrown over his shoul der. She said he made wonderful baking powder biscuits. He played the fiddle for country dances, playing and tapping his foot in time. He also told stories and sang to the children , songs that had been passed down from generation to generation, old folk ballads. In the 193 0s and 40s, as an older man, he loved to listento the radio, and his favorite program was The Lone Ranger . He never missed it if he could help it. He died of leukemia at the age of 7 7. Burial is in the Riverview Abbey in Portland, Oregon. Charles is located in the MAPLE room o f the mausoleum forth up on the left next to his wife in a joint cript.Charles sold his sho e repair shop on this day. Births in Jefferson County, Iowa 1880 1899, Page 110 shows the occ upation of Charles as a Painter Marriage Charles and Mry were married by Rev. G. W. Mapes at 2 45 pm. At the time of the marriage Mar y was living in Glasgow, Iowa.
2).  1735328.ged  BeamandWilson.FTW  From the notes of M. Fenimore  Burial  22 Jun 1968 Portland, Multnomah, Oregon Reference  23 Residence  a rental home 24 Dec 1899 Central Point, Oregon SSAN  Portland, Multnomah, Oregon  Individual  Mary had a bit of wisdom about her. She told her granddaughter Patsy Stowell that if she eve r lived in a home where the house plants would not live in that the home should be vacated an d not lived in. Mary had a Parakeet for a pet. One day as Mary was swatting a fly with a news paper her Parakeet had the misfortune of taking off on a in house flight and flew into the pa th of the swinging newspaper. He did not survive the ordeal. Mary tried to resuscitate her pe t and cried a lot of tears over his accidental demise. Mary lived in the St. Johns section o f Portland, Oregon until just a few years before her death when she moved into a nursing home . Mary kept a log of every home she and her family lived in from October 1893 in Cincinnati , Iowa until January 1934 in Portland, Oregon. One week after marriage Mary started working a s a housekeeper on a farm owned by people named Monfort in Cincinnati, Iowa. Mary chooses t o be poetic with her last name. During the time she was dating Charles shesigned her letter s as Mary E. J. Ankrim. Mary also wrote the following poem to Charles on 15 May 1893 when she was living in Glasgow , Iowa   Remember me when death Shall close my eyelids In their last response When the evening breezes Shall gently wavethe grass O  re your true friends grave.  Letter from Edna Flack 11 2 97  John and Mary Ankrom, Mother  s brother and sister, went to Oregon when my mother  Sarah  wa s young. Mary married a Hayes. She had eleven children and said if she ever had another one s he would give it away......And she did.....Rex, her last. I don  t know the rest of the story.   The  rest of the story  is as follows  Mary was quite tired of children when Dave  Rex  wa s born and Mary worked a deal out with a Lue and Maddie Miller to take Dave at birth and rais e him. Mary made this decision without consulting Charles. Dave was raised by the Millers unt il he was six years old at which time they divorced. Dave was than sent to live with his sist er Grace until Mary and Charles came and took him home again.  Mary Jane Ankrom and Charlie Hayes were married in 1893, just a few weeks before her 16th bir thday. Charlie was 25. At that time he had a barber shop. Mary Jane had been  hiring out , do ing housework and helping with children at neighboring farms, earning $1.50 per week.. Afte r their marriage they  went to housekeeping on Monfort  s farm . This means they set up their household together.  The following is verbatim from the log that Mary Jane kept throughout her life up until 1934 of all the places they lived during their marriage  C.B. Hayes and Mary Ankrim  sic  were united in marriage A.D. August 1, 1893 at Fairfield, J efferson County, Iowa by Rev. G. W. Mapes, gospel minister. Time 15 minutes till 3 PM. Went t o housekeeping August 8 on Monfort  s farm.  Moved to Cincinnati, Iowa October 8 11, 1893. Moved to the country southeast of Cincinnati Ja n 2, 1894. Moved to Fairfield IA April 17, 1894.  William was born 24 June 1894  Moved to G . J. Smith  s place August 6. To Moulton March 5, 1895. To Jno Rodgersfarm March 29, 1895. Back to Cincinnati January 20, 1896.  Cora was born February 20, 1896  To Centerville N ovember 3   Castor  s house December 1   to G. R. Neuse February 10, 1897   to C. Q. Stanton   s   April 10th. Sold out and visited for 6 days thentraveled bck to Jefferson County Apri l 8 Easter Sunday. Moved on William Coulter  s farm may 11, 1897. Moved to John Fast  s farm No v 17, 1897. Moved to the Louden Bros shanty April 10, 1898.  Ethel was born October 12, 1898   Sold out and left their place June 1  1899    visited Laura and Frank until June 3  then st arted for the wild west. Struck the Nebraska line June 24  camped at Ames, Nebraska for 27 da ys then continued on our journey until Oct 19, 1899. Camped near Silver City, Idaho until Dec ember 22, 1899. Took the cars at Murphy, Idaho December 24 for Portland, Oregon. December 2 5 continued on to Central Point, Oregon by stage coach. December 26, 1899 arrived at home a t night. February 11, 1900 moved to C. C. Beekman  s ranch.  Charles  Budwas born October 18 , 1900 . December 5, 1900, moved to J.R. Cameron  s place on the Rogue River. October 16, 190 1 moved to Mrs. J. Jariskia  s farm. April 5, 1902 moved to Mrs. M. Case  s farm.  Grace was bo rn June 5, 1902  June 26, 1902 moved to Medfordon 9 and G St. July 7 moved to the Bryant hou se on West 7 St. October 29 moved to the old Morine place. Nov 20 moved to Bybee  s ranch. Apr il 19, 1903 sold out and started for the Willamette Valley. Got as far as Grants Pass. Laid o ver 10 days and returned back to Medford May 5, 1903. Only camped. May 10 moved to Pratt  s ho use. July 13, 1903 moved to Mrs. Kenworthy  s house. Sept 6 moved to Bryant house. Sept 15 sta rted for Eugene, Oregon. Arrived at Springfield Sept 25, no house. Turned back to Goshen, Ore gon. Camped 4 days then 2 days at Orth  s, then moved to Pleasant Hill on Mrs. Kelly  s farm Oc t first. May 20, 1904 we moved to Creswell, Oregon. Aug 5 moved to Matt Dennar  s house agai n in Medford. Aug 29  moved to Central Point, Oregon in Hunt McCruter  s house. Nov 17 moved t o Wm Cochran  s house also in Central Point. March 13, 1905 we moved to T. J. Kelso  s ranch no rth of Little Butte.  LeRoy was born August 25, 1905 . Sept 20, 1905 moved to U.L. Sheldon   s house. June 23, 1906, we moved backto Kelso  s house. Oct 5, 1906 we moved to Geo Brown  s h ouse in Eagle Point, Oregon. April 15, 1907 we moved in the Bateman house again in Medford. N ov 16, 1907 we moved to Wallace York  s house on Laurel Hill, Josephine County, Oregon. Jan 7 , 1908 we again moved to J. J. Bricker  s ranch on Powers Creek. March 30, 1908  we moved to M rs. Kate McFadden  s ranch on Applegate River.  Clarence  Tom  was born May 28, 1908 . Total t o date 44.  From McFadden  s Feb 25, 1909 to Chas Burkhalter  s house on Applegate, from there to Grants Pa ss depot to ship goods. To Eugene into Coburg May 3, 1909 into Jennie Snyder  s house. June 1 , 1909 into Minnie L. Drury  s house. Nov 3, 1909 shipped to ClarenceStratton  s house in Mill erburg. March 12 rented W. H. Goltra  s farm and took possession March 24, 1910.  Annie was bo rn August 17, 1910 . Lived here until Oct 12, 1911 then moved to Mae McLarren  s house in Brow nsville, Oregon. April 17, 1912 we movedto Crawfordsville, Oregon.  Ruby was born December 3 0, 1912 . Lived there nearly 23 months. On March 13, 1914 we moved to Brownsville again for six weeks and then April 20 moved to Ash Swale until J uly 9, 1914. Made a sale of all household goods and emigrated to Idaho. Landed 5 miles of Boi se Aug 25, 1914.  Camped in tent until Sept 10. Moved into a house. Oct 12 moved again in Idaho near Nampa. Stayed a short time then moved to Meridian, Idaho. On November 26, 1914 , Thanksgiving day, Walter was born.Jan 11, 1915 we sold everything and moved back to Halsey , Oregon. Stayed with Willie a few days and in April 1915 we moved west of Halsey until Septe mber when we moved to Brownsville in Barney Martano  s house. Stayed 3 weeks, moved in Ed Rus s house. Lived there 20 months then on June 14, 1917 moved to Marshfield, Oregon  Now Coos Ba y  in Dotson  s house. On Aug 7, 1917 moved into Blain  s house.  Opal was born on October 12 , 1917 . On April 12, 1918 moved to Independence, Oregon. Sept 1, 1918 moved toDallas, Oregon in McDonald  s house. Oct 7, 1918, moved into Coulter  s h ouse. March 10, 1919 moved across from Joe Black  s on Maple Ave. April 15, 1920 moved to 191 0 Van Houten Portland, Oregon. August 14, 1920 bought a house 928 Amherst St and moved into t he home Sat PM. Rex was born next day, Sunday 10 45 AM August 15, 1920, Dr. Hart  s hospital . Only friend with me was Mattie Miller. April 26, 1923 moved to Jefferson, Oregon to Mrs. Da vis place. Sept 4 moved to Eppley house on Main St. April 24, 1924 moved to 800 S. River St . owing to selling out shoe shop. In Aug 24 moved to Main St. Newberg. In January, 1925 move d to Dale Hutchinson  s house on Dayton Ave. Oct 5 moved to Amherst St. Portland on account o f Walter  s illness. Jan 1, 1926 moved toSo. Jersey St. June 24 moved to Syracuse St. June 20 , 1927 moved to Shintaffor  s house on Tyler St, Portland. May 24, 1928 moved on Princeton St . near Fisk St. Jan 4, 1928 moved on Fisk St. near Baptist Church. March 27, 1928 moved to 20 0 Meridian St,Newberg, Oregon. Aug 16, 1928 moved to N. Grant St. In Oct moved to Meridian a nd 5th St. March 10, 1929 moved to 2 River St. 1931 on April 4 moved to 410 S. River St. Sept ember 1932 moved to Jones house on 2nd St. March 9, 1933 moved to 766 E. 11th St.,Eugene, an d Aug 22, 1933 moved to Portland on N. Ivanhoe, 8038. Nov 23, 1934 moved to 6914 Lombard St , Portland. Jan 24, 1934 moved to 7336 N. Ivanhoe.  When her last child, Rex, was born, she made arrangements to give him  to her friend Mattie M iller, mentioned above, but Charlie intervened. However, Rex did live with Mattie a good par t of his childhood, living back and forth between his parents and Mattie. Mary Jane had a har d life, they were very poor, and with moving all the time, had little time to put down roots . After Charlie died in 1945, she lived for a while with her son, Bill, in a little house o n the property of her daughter, Grace. At the end of her life she lived in a nursing home, an d died at the age of 91.Mary was living in the Hill Haven rest home at the time of her death . Burial is at the Riverview Abbey Mausoleum at 0319 SW Taylors Ferry Road, in Portland, Oreg on. Mary is buriednext to her husband in a joint cript. The cript is in the MAPLE room and i s the fourth up on the left in. The cript has a marble facing with brass lettering.Charles an d Mary left Iowa on 3 Jun 1898 for Oregon. They reached the Nebraska line on the 24thof Jun e and stayed at Ames, Nebraska for 27 days arriving at Silver City, Idaho on the 22nd of Dece mber. They took the railcars at Murphy, Idaho on the 24th of December for Portland, Oregon an d then continued on the Central Point, Oregon by Stage coach on Christmas Day 1899 arriving a t their destination in Oregon the next day. After living in numerous places Charles and Mar y sold their household goods and left for Idaho on the 9th of July in 1914 arriving at Boise , Idaho on the 25th of August 1914.On Jan 11, 1915 they sold everything again and moved bac k to Halsey, Oregon. In the following years they moved around 15 more times never leaving Ore gon again.  Marriage  Charles and Mry were married by Rev. G. W. Mapes at 2 45 pm. At the time of the marriage Mar y was living in Glasgow, Iowa.

						

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