Individual Notes

Note for: Paul Lefevre, - Index

Individual Note:
Ruby Davis, cousin of David Mottley, in summer of l990, stated that David LeFevre had a brother Paul LeFevre who had a dance studio; her sister Opal knows where he was. David Mottley said Paul was from Toledo, Ohio, where he had dancing schools and chain stores of groceries. He was very wealthy and
David Mottley's brother Raymond created problems there.

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Note for: John Johnson, - Index

Individual Note:
Ruby Davis, cousin of David Mottley, was the granddaughter of Sina Selma Johnson and told me during the summer of l990 that her parents were John Johnson of Norway and Bertha of Norway.

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Note for: Bertha , - Index

Individual Note:
Ruby Davis, granddaughter of Sina Selma Johnson, during the summer of l990 told me that Sina parents were John Johnson of Norway and Bertha of Norway.

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Note for: Emma Lefevre, - Index

Individual Note:
In the obituary for her brother David LeFevre, it listed an Emma Strobel of Ohio as a sister.

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Note for: Grace "Gracie" Price, 24 Jun 1898 - 5 May 1989 Index

Event:   1900 Census says this is when she was born .
     Type:   Alt. Birth
     Date:   Jun 1897
     Place:   ,, Tennessee, USA
     Note:   Handwritten information given by Lovis Tucker says that Grace and Walter had four children, Lynn, Wayne, Billy and Neil.     Note:   We have Grace buried in Petersburg Memorial Cemetery, but can't find Petersburg cemetery in Alaska.

Burial:
     Date:   May 1989
     Place:   Petersburg, , Alaska, USA

Individual Note:
     CENSUSES:
1900 Says that Gracie is 2 years old, born June 1897(we have 1898) in Tennesse and is living in Civil District 1, Macon, Tennessee.
1910 Says that Gracie(extractor has Fracie) is 11 years old, born in Tennessee and living with her parents in Justice Precinct 6, Ellis County, Texas.
1920 Says that Gracy is 18 years old(extractor read her name and age as Macy and 16 years old, but when you look at the census it looks like what we have), born in Tennessee and living with her parents in Justice Precinct 6, Ellis, Texas. Someone gave the wrong information on this census and all the Price children have the wrong ages. Gracy should really be 21 years old at the time this census was taken.
1930 Says that Grace is 30 years old, married at age 22, born in Tennessee and is living in Gila Bend, Maricopa, Arizona. This census is off a year on her age, because she should actually be 31 years old at the time this census was taken.

BURIAL: Thombstone located in Petersburg Memorial Cemetery reads, "Grace Price Short, 1897-1989. Records at office give death date as May 5, 1989, and burial plot as Section E, Block 2, Lot 16. Information on and picture of headstone obtained by Judith Rittenhouse during summer 1991.

CHILDREN: Grace's children's names were Lynn, Wayne, Billy, and Neil. Judith does not know which was Duke or which was Dutch.

BIRTH: Her place of birth was guessed by Judith Lamb Rittenhouse as Tennessee since that's where her siblings were born. 1900 U.S. Census gives her born June 1897 in Tennessee. Social Security Death Index gives birth date of 24 Jun 1898.

DEATH: Social Security Death Index gives death date of May 1989.

~SEALING TO PARENTS: Ted Carpenter, Judith Rittenhouse, and April Tucker attended the sealing session and were able to personally do half of the women. We were there as the others were done with Ted being a witness.

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Note for: Walter Short, 13 Jan 1900 - 1980 Index

Event:   Social Security Death Index
     Type:   Alt. Death
     Date:   Sep 1981

Individual Note:
     1930 CENSUS: Says that Walter is 30 years old, married at age 22, born in Texas, is a Proprietor of a Service Station, veteran of World War and is living in Gila Bend, Maricopa County, Arizona.

BURIAL: Walter Short was cremated and his ashes scattered over Surprise Harbor, AK.

Interview with Walter's grandson, Luke Short, July 1991: Walter was the son of Henry Short who was the youngest brother of the gunfighter Luke Short. There were 8 boys and 5 girls, among them George, John, Will, Luke, Henry, and Young. It took their family seven years to reach Texas in 1854. Interview by Judith Rittenhouse, mother of Tom and April Tucker whose paternal grandmother Ethie Lee Price was the sister of Grace Price Short.

OCCUPATION: Fisherman in Alaska. Judith Lamb Rittenhouse Carpenter has two books about their experiences in Alaska written by Walter's son Wayne Short, The Cheechakoes and This Raw Land.

DEATH: Social Security Death Index says he was born 13 Jan 1900 and died Sep 1981.

~SEALING TO PARENTS: Ted Carpenter, Judith Rittenhouse, and April Tucker attended the sealing session and were able to personally do half of the women. We were there as the others were done with Ted being a witness.