Harold Houghton1

M, #85111, b. 11 April 1887

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BirthApr 11, 1887England1
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Mil. DraftJun 5, 1917Chattanooga, Hamilton Co., TN, USA, age 30, salesman, Royal Baking Powder Co., New York NY1
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  1. [S1308] World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, online http://content.ancestry.com, 1852925.

Nathan Houghton1

M, #85112, b. 1 September 1881

Family: Rilelee (?)

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BirthSep 1, 18811
Marriage1
Mil. DraftSep 12, 1918Henderson Co., TN, USA, age 37, farming1
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  1. [S1308] World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, online http://content.ancestry.com, 1853021.

Rilelee (?)1

F, #85113

Family: Nathan Houghton b. 1 Sep 1881

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Marriage1
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  1. [S1308] World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, online http://content.ancestry.com, 1853021.

Bud Houghton1

M, #85114, b. 27 March 1892

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BirthMar 27, 1892Spring Creek, Madison Co., TN, USA1
Marriageand children
Mil. DraftJun 5, 1917Madison Co., TN, USA, age 25, farming1
ResidenceJun 5, 1917Spring Creek, Madison Co., TN, USA
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  1. [S1308] World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, online http://content.ancestry.com, 1877492.

Eugene Fred Houghton1

M, #85115, b. 15 August 1874

Family: Alice (?)

  • Marriage*: Eugene Fred Houghton married Alice (?)1

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BirthAug 15, 18741
Marriage1
Mil. DraftSep 12, 1918Houston, Harris Co., TX, USA, age 44, engine oiler, Houston Light and Power1
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  1. [S1308] World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, online http://content.ancestry.com, 1953564.

Alice (?)1

F, #85116

Family: Eugene Fred Houghton b. 15 Aug 1874

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Marriage1
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  1. [S1308] World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, online http://content.ancestry.com, 1953564.

Jewell Houghton

F, #85117, b. circa 1902

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Birthcirca 1902TX, USA, age 8 in 1910 census
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Katherine Leona Gray1,2

F, #85118, b. 31 October 1871, d. 20 March 1911

Family 1: John Peter Shellenbarger

Family 2: George Leon Houghton b. 5 Oct 1876, d. 13 Jul 1930

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BirthOct 31, 1871Salem, Marion Co., IL, USA3
MarriageOct 23, 1892Norton Co., KS, USA, She married first, my great-grandfather, John Peter Shellenbarger, son of Peter Samuel Shellenbarger and Hulda Emma Parker on 23 October 1892 or 1893 in Norton County, Kansas3
Children+with John Peter Shellenbarger: Presley (1893-1893), his twin, my grandfather, Everett Lee (24 Dec 1893 - 13 Jan 1959) and Clarissa (16 Jan 1897 - 27 Apr 1990)
Divorce1906She initiated.3
Marriage19061
DeathMar 20, 1911Fresno, CA, USA, of tuberculosis.3
BurialMar 21, 1911Mountain View Cemetery, Fresno, CA, USA3
ParentsDJames Francis Marion Gray and Catharina Rosina Brantz.3
Biographym. George Leon HOUGHTON 1906 (John Peter's nephew). She was engaged to George Leon prior to her marriage to John Peter, but he left for Alaska and when he did not return, John Peter convinced her to marry him. When George Leon did return, she divorced John Peter to marry George.
Leona Catherine died when they were small and the two children were adopted. The boy was adopted by a family named Sargent living in the Hanford, California area, and Edith was adopted by a family named Allen."3
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  1. [S1308] World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, online http://content.ancestry.com, Roll: 1983881.
  2. [S654] Electronic Web Site, , http://www.geocities.com/kdthompsoncook/FIRST-FAMILY.html
  3. [S415] E-mail from Pat Decano, Oldest granddaughter of Everett Lee Shellenbarger, July 29, 2012.

Charles Houghton1,2

M, #85119, b. 3 March 1874, d. 5 September 1937

Family: Catherine Burrows b. 1876, d. 13 Oct 1953

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BirthMar 3, 1874Heather, Leicestershire, England, age 45 in 1920 census; age 56 in 1930 census1,3
MarriageMay 25, 1896Heather, Leicestershire, England1,2
Immigration19074
1910 Census1910Castle Gate, UT, USA, age 36, coal miner5
Mil. DraftSep 12, 1918Price, Carbon Co., UT, USA, age in years: "alot"; mine tunelman, Utah Fuel Co.1
ResidenceSep 12, 1918Castle Gate, Carbon Co., UT, USA
1920 Census1920Castle Gate, Carbon Co., UT, USA, age 45, mining ind. laborer6
1930 Census1930Castle Gate, Carbon Co., UT, USA, age 56, coal mine truck driver4
DeathSep 5, 1937Castle Gate, Carbon Co., UT, USA3
BurialSep 7, 1937Price, Carbon Co., UT, USA
Children++ 4 brothers and sisters; all died b 1990
BiographyHOUGHTON CHARLES CATHERINE by EUGENE
CHARLES HOUGHTON & CATHERINE BURROWS HOUGHTON by EUGENE H. HALVERSON

“You would lose no more children if you will come to America with us” said the Mormon missionaries to Charles and Catherine Houghton. The promise brought the two converts here to Castle Gate, Utah in 1907. This is their story written more than ninety years later.
For three generations our records list the Houghtons as residents of Heather, Leicestershire, England. So, our story begins with a little of what we know about Heather and what life was like at this time. An Earl, Earl Howe, owned most of the land in the Heather Parish. There was a flourmill on the river dating back to the middle ages. There were several small businesses, a brick making plant and a small coal mine with a railroad passing near them. The Houghtons were all listed as colliers (miners). They lived in a rented house on Main Street. Every house was on Main Street and they all had gardens.
This was where Charles Houghton was born 3 March 1874 in Heather, Leicestershire, England to Ann Wragg and George Houghton. His two sisters were Sarah Jane 5 and Catherine 2. Four months after the birth of Charles on the 20th of July 1874 their father, George was killed in a mine accident. The death of a breadwinner must have caused a great hardship. How the family survived is unknown to us but life would have been hard. Little was done for the welfare of its people then. Ann later married a Smith and had one more child, Edith. Marie, daughter of Edith is 71 and is still alive. Yet, no one here in America knew of this.
We know nothing about the opportunities of these children but education was very limited. Rarely were there opportunities to learn more than to read and write. To them it was a waste of time to teach children whose only future lay in the coalmines, factory or farms. School was only possible if the parents could afford the required fees and ended at the age of 11. There was no secondary education in most towns and they were expensive. Charles must have received some schooling because he acted like it and he had the most beautiful handwriting found anywhere. He served the community in Castle Gate with his talents in various ways.

I have in my possession the marriage certificate when Charles Houghton married Catherine Burrows in the Parish Church in Heather. On the 25th of May 1896 Charles was listed as a miner and she as a twenty-year-old spinster. Witnessed by John Thomas Burrows and Catherine Salisbury (Charles’ sister). Catherine's' father and brothers were also miners and they were from Kimberly and Whitwick. The operators of these English mines paid their workers very little for their labor and cared little for their welfare. There were no child labor laws then, both the fathers and their children were lowered hundreds of feet into the earth to work long, hard shifts. Unfortunately the miners in America weren't treated much better.

On the 9th of February 1897 their first child Agnes was born in Heather. Then it seems as soon as the next child was born, they would pack up and move to the next town. Times were poor and work was scarce. The industrial revolution caused a need for more and more coal. Towns were growing and expanding with no thought of a clean healthy water supply or proper sanitation. There was no sewer system, no garbage collection all rubbish was burnt or buried in the garden. Large out breaks of scarlet fever and typhoid were common many children died from disease and malnutrition. Five children would die in the next five years, Agnes, Gladys, Sarah Ann, Elizabeth May and George Herbert. The places they lived during these trying times were Heather, Leicestershire County; Swadlincote, Derbyshire County; and Audenshaw, Lancashire County.

We have two stories of the oldest girl, Agnes. The first was when they once lived in a large two story home in Audenshaw where candles were used for lights. It tells of how little Agnes while walking down the stairs caught her nightgown on fire serious enough to have caused her death. The other story tells of a little five year old girl who got up early one morning to make the fire to cook breakfast. Somehow she was severely burned by a kerosene explosion.

Sometime after their sixth child, Charles Arthur, was born 6 November 1903, the Mormon missionaries came to them and promised them that if they accepted the gospel and immigrated to Utah all the rest of their children would live, and they did. In the later months of 1907, the family sailed to America. Another story tells of an earlier date but the 1907 date is more believable since Charley who was five years old remembers the Niagara Falls in New York and the train ride to Utah. They came straight to the coal mining town of Castle Gate. Charles was an experienced miner by now and a job was waiting for him.
There is where my wife's father Bill was born a few months later on the 26 April 1908. His brother, John Thomas was born October 1909.
This was the site of the first coal found in Carbon County, 1888. Soon after discovery, the Pleasant Valley Coal Company opened the Number One Mine and later in 1890 the Wasatch Store was built. A company town with company houses soon followed. To live in a company house you had to have a company job and if you didn't buy from the company store, you were fired from your job and you were immediately evicted from the town.
I'm told that Catherine's sister Ruth and two of her brothers came with them. One of them was Arthur who married Metta Minerva Harley here in Utah. The Burrow brothers were both miners. Their home was a large three-room house that was later made into the Castle Gate Library. I'm told that they all lived together in this house - Charles' family and the Burrows.
Catherine missed her family and life in England. She hated Utah. Later the two brothers were supposed to have returned to England. We know that Arthur' wife, Minerva, lived a long life and eventually died in Magna. Did they all return and was she left her?

Catherine was very religious but did have a little milk and tea ever day, and her grandchildren could not remember her attending Church, but she was old then. She had a China closet full of glass shoes that she brought from England. She had a lot of commemorative plates from the World's Fair. She also had an old fashioned phonograph with a crank for power. "Grandma would never allow us to even touch these things". All of these heirlooms are in the possessions of Lois Houghton Dansey.
When visitors came she served them tea with milk and caraway seed cake. In later years she became more reclusive and depressed. He blinds were drawn and her mirrors covered. She was afraid of the old lady in the mirror. She died in her home 13 October 1953 and her viewing was at the home of her son, John T. Houghton.
Charles Houghton was a very dignified old Englishman. He was very civic minded. He was secretary of both the fraternal orders of the Knights of Pithius and the Odd Fellows. He had beautiful penmanship. After working in the mine for few years, he injured his hand. His thumb was nearly cut off, but was sewn back on. After this he started working outside the mine doing whatever was asked of him. He delivered coal to the homes, garbage collection and town maintenance. He also built sand dummies for blasting in the mine.
Charley used a horse drawn sleigh in the winter and a team and wagon in the summer. The town's children were often seen riding with him. I have no stories that would tell what kind of person he was and what he enjoyed doing.

Charley smoked a great deal and in his later years suffered from cancer of the larynx. He soon became unable to talk and died in 6 September 1937.
The Houghton’s life in England came from the records and stories sent recently from England by the grandson’s of Sarah Jane, Paul Winstanley and Trevor Jones. Most of the history of the Houghton’s has been lost over the years. Trevor said in his letter, “As you will realize as you read on we now know more of the descendants of Charles Houghton than we do of our own grandmother (Sarah Jane). Life in America has come mostly from the writings of Charles’ grandson, John Houghton. Through this cooperative exchange of knowledge we now have a story to tell.7
ResearchSmith, Nielson, Hall, & Houghton : The Descendants of Jorgen Christian Smith and the Hall and Houghton Families Compiled and Edited hy EUGENE H. HALVERSON, Emprise Publishing, Inc., Vestal, NY, 2000: genealogy of this family8
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  1. [S1308] World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, online http://content.ancestry.com, Roll: 1983883.
  2. [S1455] Eugene H. Halverson, Smith, Nielson, Hall, & Houghton, p. 273.
  3. [S1455] Eugene H. Halverson, Smith, Nielson, Hall, & Houghton, p. 283.
  4. [S1233] 1930 U.S. Federal Census , Gate, Carbon, Utah; Roll 2415; Page: 2A; Enumeration District: 6; line 45, dwl 10-32-34.
  5. [S1231] 1910 U.S. Federal Census , Castle Gate, Carbon, Utah; Roll: T624_1603; Page: 9A; Enumeration District: 0032; FHL microfilm: 1375616.
  6. [S1232] 1920 U.S. Federal Census , Castle Gate, Carbon, Utah; Roll T625_1862; Page: 6A; Enumeration District: 38; line 43, dwl 7-10-10.
  7. [S654] Electronic Web Site, , http://eugenehalverson.blogspot.com/search/label/…
  8. [S1455] Eugene H. Halverson, Smith, Nielson, Hall, & Houghton, p. 239.

Catherine Burrows1,2

F, #85120, b. 1876, d. 13 October 1953

Family: Charles Houghton b. 3 Mar 1874, d. 5 Sep 1937

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Birth1876Swadlincote, Derby, England, age 43 in 1920 census; age 54 in 1930 census3,4
MarriageMay 25, 1896Heather, Leicestershire, England1,4
Immigration19075
1910 Census1910Castle Gate, UT, USA, age 36, coal miner6
1930 Census1930Castle Gate, Carbon Co., UT, USA, age 56, coal mine truck driver5
1940 Census1940Castle Gate, Carbon Co., UT, USA, age 63, widow, coal production car dropper7
DeathOct 13, 1953Castle Gate, Carbon Co., UT, USA8
ParentsDparents born in England
BiographyA Sketch of my Mother's Life Catherine Burrows by John Thomas Houghton

My mother's maiden name was Catherine Burrows. She was born in Swannington, Leicestershire, England. Her father's name was Herbert Burrows and her mother's maiden name was Sarah Ann Ward. She had six sisters and five brothers making twelve children. She has one sister and two brothers living [at the time of this writing]. She attended Sunday School and reached the fourth grade in public school She had to help take care of the family while her mother did the shopping, etc.

She met father at a carnival where he asked her to ride the merry-go-round with he and his sister. She did, after which he escorted her home. They were sweethearts for five years before they were married. He being twenty-one and she nineteen years of age. They lived in Heather, Leicestershire, England. Eight children were born to this union, five of which died when small and are buried in England. I have two brothers living here in Castle Gate.

My mother and father were converted to the church and emigrated to this county where they settled in Castle Gate, Utah. She had a brother, Arthur Burrows already here when she arrived. My oldest brother Charles Arthur was born in England and was small when they came to Castle Gate. Here Wilfred and myself were born.9
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  1. [S1308] World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, online http://content.ancestry.com, Roll: 1983883.
  2. [S654] Electronic Web Site, , http://www.genealogybank.com/gbnk/obituaries; Houghton Surname.
  3. [S1232] 1920 U.S. Federal Census , Castle Gate, Carbon, Utah; Roll T625_1862; Page: 6A; Enumeration District: 38; line 43, dwl 7-10-10.
  4. [S1455] Eugene H. Halverson, Smith, Nielson, Hall, & Houghton, p. 273.
  5. [S1233] 1930 U.S. Federal Census , Gate, Carbon, Utah; Roll 2415; Page: 2A; Enumeration District: 6; line 45, dwl 10-32-34.
  6. [S1231] 1910 U.S. Federal Census , Castle Gate, Carbon, Utah; Roll: T624_1603; Page: 9A; Enumeration District: 0032; FHL microfilm: 1375616.
  7. [S1479] 1940 U.S. Federal Census , Castle Gate, Carbon, Utah; Roll: T627_4211; Page: 4B; Enumeration District: 4-5.
  8. [S1455] Eugene H. Halverson, Smith, Nielson, Hall, & Houghton, p. 283.
  9. [S654] Electronic Web Site, , http://eugenehalverson.blogspot.com/search/label/…

Sarah Anne Butler

F, #85121, b. 16 November 1884, d. 27 August 1919

Family: James Turner Houghton b. 16 Nov 1884, d. 24 Nov 1971

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BirthNov 16, 1884Chorley, Lancashire, England, age 25 in 1910 census1,2
Immigration1906
MarriageApr 7, 1906Salt Lake City, UT, USA, mar 4 y in 1910 census3,4
1910 Census1910Salt Lake City, Salt Lake City Co., UT, USA, age 25, laborer1
DeathAug 27, 1919Ogden, UT, USA2
BurialOgden City Cemetery, Ogden, UT, USA2
ParentsDArthur Butler 1864–1904
& Bessie Christopher Butler
1864–1936; parents born in England
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  1. [S1232] 1920 U.S. Federal Census , Salt Lake City Ward 3, Salt Lake, Utah; Roll: T624_1607; Page: 5A; Enumeration District: 130;
    line 6, dwl 86-96.
  2. [S1484] Billion Graves.com, online Billion Graves.com, http://billiongraves.com/pages/record/SARAHANNHOUGHTON/…
  3. [S1308] World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, online http://content.ancestry.com, 1983886.
  4. [S882] Ancestry.Com, online www.ancestry.com, http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/1304199/person/-570280561
  5. [S1232] 1920 U.S. Federal Census , Salt Lake City Ward 3, Salt Lake, Utah; Roll: T624_1607; Page: 5A; Enumeration District: 130; line 6, dwl 86-96.
  6. [S1232] 1920 U.S. Federal Census , Ogden Ward 2, Weber, Utah; Roll: T625_1869; Page: 15A; Enumeration District: 156; line 2, dwl 1777-243-292.
  7. [S1233] 1930 U.S. Federal Census , Ogden, Weber Co., Utah; Roll: 2424; Enumeration District: 18; Sheet 4B; line 82, dwl 1971-80-87.

Anna L. (?)

F, #85127, b. circa 1889

Family: Maurice Burt Houghton b. 29 Apr 1889

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Birthcirca 1889NH, USA, age 21 in 1910 census1
Marriagecirca 1908mar 2 y in 1910 census
ParentsDparents born in NH
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  1. [S1231] 1910 U.S. Federal Census , Springfield, Windsor, Vermont; Roll: T624_1618; Page: 17A; Enumeration District: 287; line 45, dwl 58-321-375.

Gusta M. Houghton1

F, #85128, b. circa 1908

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Birthcirca 1908NH, USA, age 1 5/12 in 1910 census
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  1. [S1231] 1910 U.S. Federal Census , Springfield, Windsor, Vermont; Roll: T624_1618; Page: 17A; Enumeration District: 287; line 45, dwl 58-321-375.

Pattie M. Booker1

F, #85129, b. circa 1886

Family: Orin Payne Houghton b. 15 May 1880, d. 15 Nov 1964

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Birthcirca 1886VA, USA, age 24 in 1910 census2
MarriageMay 23, 1906Wake, NC, USA, mar 2 y in 1910 census2
ResidenceSep 12, 1918Apex, NC, USA
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  1. [S1308] World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, online http://content.ancestry.com, 1985045.
  2. [S1231] 1910 U.S. Federal Census , Portsmouth Ward 2, Portsmouth (Independent City), Virginia; Roll: T624_1642; Page: 5B; Enumeration District: 94; line 56, dwl 524-83-90.

Allice Houghton1

F, #85130

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ResidenceSep 12, 1918Norfolk, Norfolk Co., VA, USA1
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  1. [S1308] World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, online http://content.ancestry.com, 1984905.

Plummer Houghton1

M, #85131, b. 20 December 1899

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BirthDec 20, 18991
Mil. DraftSep 12, 1918Portsmouth, Norfolk Co., VA, USA, age 18, laborer, James Stewart Co.1
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  1. [S1308] World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, online http://content.ancestry.com, 1984905.

Etta Haughton

F, #85132, b. July 1883

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BirthJul, 1883VA, USA, age 16 in 1900 census; age 26 in 1910 census; age 36 in 1920 census2
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  1. [S1232] 1920 U.S. Federal Census , Newport, Warwick, Virginia; Roll: T625_1916; Page: 67B; Enumeration District: 152.
  2. [S1230] 1900 U.S. Federal Census , Newport, Warwick, Virginia; Roll: 1731; Page: 32B; Enumeration District: 71; FHL microfilm: 1241731; line 89, dwl 539-787.

Charlotte Elizabeth Haughton1

F, #85133, b. 24 October 1909, d. 16 February 1979

Family: James Elwood Reid b. 22 Mar 1906, d. 31 Aug 1985

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BirthOct 24, 1909VA, USA, age 6/12 in 1910 census; age 10 in 1920 census
Marriage1
DeathFeb 16, 19791
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  1. [S1254] , Master Haughton Gedcom from Jeffrey Lynn Haughton, 2001.

Floyd Albert Houghton1

M, #85134, b. 5 May 1898, d. 5 September 1991

Family: Caroline Loveland b. 1901

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BirthMay 5, 1898NE, USA, May 1898, age 2 in 1910 census; age 12 in 1910 census; age 21 in 1920 census; age 31 in 1930 census; age 41 in 1940 census1,2
Mil. DraftSep 12, 1918Benton Co., WA, USA, age 20, farmer; relative (mother): Mrs. Lilian Curtis, Centralia, WA1
1920 Census1920Prosser, Benton Co., WA, USA, age 21, single, fruit packing plant laborer2
Marriage3
1930 Census1930Yakima, Yakima Co., WA, USA, age 31, Yakima Harwood clerk4
1940 Census1940Yakima, Yakima Co., WA, USA, age 41, paint shop, part owner5
DeathSep 5, 1991Yakima, Yakima Co., WA, USA3
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  1. [S1308] World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, online http://content.ancestry.com, Roll: 1991533.
  2. [S1232] 1920 U.S. Federal Census , Prosser, Benton, Washington; Roll: T625_1920; Page: 14A; Enumeration District: 30; line 36, dwl 164-176.
  3. [S882] Ancestry.Com, online www.ancestry.com, http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/166818/person/1668216896
  4. [S1233] 1930 U.S. Federal Census , Year: 1930; Census Place: Yakima, Yakima, Washington; Roll: 2524; Page: 5A; Enumeration District: 0012; Image: 280.0; FHL microfilm: 2342258.
  5. [S1479] 1940 U.S. Federal Census , Year: 1940; Census Place: Yakima, Yakima, Washington; Roll: T627_4371; Page: 7A; Enumeration District: 39-34.
  6. [S93] Newspaper Obituary, http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/spokesman/obituary.aspx

Elmer Charles Houghton1

M, #85135, b. 28 July 1898

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BirthJul 28, 1898Reno, Cowlitz Co., WA, USA, age 11 in 1910 census; age 21 in 1920 census1
RelativeSep 12, 1918Woodland, Cowlitz Co., WA, USA
Mil. DraftSep 12, 1918Kalama, Cowlitz Co., WA, USA, age 20, farmer unable to work due to crippled leg1
ResidenceSep 12, 1918Woodland, Cowlitz Co., WA, USA
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  1. [S1308] World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, online http://content.ancestry.com, 1991537.

Louella G. Houghton

F, #85136, b. 1900

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Birth1900Reno, Cowlitz Co., WA, USA, age 9 in 1910 census; age 19 in 1920 census1
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  1. [S1232] 1920 U.S. Federal Census , Reno, Cowlitz, Washington; Roll: T625_1920; Page: 3A; Enumeration District: 51; line 12, dwl 3-3.

Clara R. Houghton

F, #85137, b. 1902

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Birth1902Reno, Cowlitz Co., WA, USA, age 7 in 1910 census; age 17 in 1920 census
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Mary Elizabeth Richards1,2,3

F, #85138, b. circa 1884, d. 1960

Family: Luther Dole Houghton b. 15 Dec 1878, d. 19 Aug 1939

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Birthcirca 1884England, age 36 in 1920 census; age 57 in 1940 census3
Immigration1914
MarriageAug 8, 1914Portage, WA, USA
ResidenceSep 12, 1918Vashon Island, Portage, King Co., WA, USA
1920 Census1920Quartermaster, King Co., WA, USA, age 40, shipyard laborer4
Occupation1920farmer, own farm4
1930 Census1930Quartermaster, WA, USA5
1940 Census1940Quartermaster, WA, USA, age 57, widow, private family housekeeper6
Death19603
ParentsDparents born in England4
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Citations

  1. [S1308] World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, online http://content.ancestry.com, 1991649.
  2. [S882] Ancestry.Com, online www.ancestry.com, Washington Births, 1907-1919.
  3. [S415] E-mail from Fredi Pargeter, Sep. 30, 2007.
  4. [S1232] 1920 U.S. Federal Census , Quartermaster, King, Washington; Roll T625_1925; Page: 3B; Enumeration District: 48; line 98, dwl 98-100.
  5. [S1233] 1930 U.S. Federal Census , Quartermaster, King, Washington; Enumeration District: 0350; FHL microfilm: 2342224.
  6. [S1479] 1940 U.S. Federal Census , Quartermaster, King, Washington; Roll: m-t0627-04345; Page: 61A; Enumeration District: 17-160.

Frederick William Houghton1

M, #85139, b. 1 September 1883

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BirthSep 1, 18831
Mil. DraftSep 12, 1918Seattle, King Co., WA, USA, age 35, book keeper1
RelativeSep 12, 1918
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  1. [S1308] World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, online http://content.ancestry.com, 1991887.

Mrs. Margaret A. Houghton1

F, #85140

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RelativeSep 12, 1918
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  1. [S1308] World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, online http://content.ancestry.com, 1991887.