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Henry Beaver was (Aunt
Nan's father) |
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Beaver married
Luranina Cockrill |
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she was (Ma's father
sister |
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These familys are the
names |
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of the ones that came
across the |
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plains. |
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Larkin
Cockrill |
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hand:> |
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(Children) (Ma's
father's brother) |
Ida where I have
written
Ma & Pa means my
mother & father. Besse<?>
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Robert |
Helene |
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Theodore |
Ida |
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Alivia |
Elizabeth |
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Elsiph |
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W. M. Cockrill (Uncle
Billy -- Ma's fathers brother) |
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(Uncle
John<?> Cockrills brother) |
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Willis |
James
Carrol |
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Rachael |
Tom |
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Zackarias |
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Harrison
Cockrill |
Ma's father &
mother |
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and wife |
both born in
Kentucky |
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Rhuhuma
Cockrill |
& moved to
Missouri |
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children |
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Amanda |
Eliza
Livina |
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Robert
Bruce |
Janette |
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Charles
Morgan |
Ruhuma
Cockrll |
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Mary
Melvina |
remarrys and had Dan
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Hattie Grant
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Henry
Beaver |
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children (Aunt Nan's
people) |
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James |
Nancy Elmina (Aunt
Nan) |
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Rebecca
Ann |
John Henry |
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Amanda
Jane |
& |
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Emma
Frances |
Frank
Beaver |
<name circled with
arrow to |
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Oscar
Anderson |
the only one
living
that crossed plains |
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Jack Blackburn married
Uncle Henry Beavers sister |
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2 -sons |
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Bruce & John
Blackburn |
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These are all children
of |
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Anderson Cockrill &
Rebecca |
(Ma's Grandpa &
Grandmother |
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Ma's Grandfather &
mother, they |
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were 75 years of age
when they |
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made the trip. All
settled around |
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Santa Rosa. Rebecca
Cockrill (Ma's |
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grandmother) died at
the age of |
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95 years and Pa dug her
grave |
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at what is now known
as |
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the County Hospital G.
Yard. |
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that was the only grave
yard |
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here than. |
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This Caravan, was five
or six |
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months crossing from
Missouri |
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to California. Started
April 1 |
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--and - got to Calif
Oct 1-1853 |
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Col. Hagen came out in
the |
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year 1847 from Missouri
and settled |
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on a ranch in
Petaluma |
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Then returned east -
again, made |
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up the train of
relative of 30 |
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wagons, and started
back, April |
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1<overwritten on
a "4"?>th and came back to Santa Rosa |
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in Sept, Later part,
Lide Cockrill |
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was born on Sinks of
the Humbold |
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Aug 25, 1853. No death
on trip across. |
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Beavers helped in
leading |
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Larkin <crossed out/replaced with William> Cockrill &
family |
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<?> Toms
father |
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Henry Beaver &
family (aunt |
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Nan's
father) |
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Jack Blackburn &
family |
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(Aunt Nans uncle by
marriage) Col. |
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Hagen married, Lucinda
Cockrill |
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<?> (Ma's
fathers oldest sister |
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<?> &
a <?> married Lucinda |
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Cockrills (oldest dau.
of Anderson |
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Rebecca C.) who came first |
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Col. Hagens settled
between |
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Petaluma & S. Rosa
foot hills |
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later moved to Ukiah.
They |
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brought out one
thousand head of cattle across |
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They traveled by day by
wagon |
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they did not always
circle at night |
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A few to times the
indians came |
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in camp - once they
took Uncle |
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Wm. Hagans pinto
stallion and |
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rod him away - also a
cow, |
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but no body dared to
say a |
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word. Another time
they |
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followed them, and
tryed to take |
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a couple of the
girls. |
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(Aunt Adline &
Cousin Helene |
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Cockrill) were the
girls |
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There were about 30
wagons |
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all drawn by 4 to 6
oxens. They |
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came to the La Platt
river which |
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was up and they put
logs on |
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They met with severe
weather |
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at the La Platt river -
and |
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circled their wagons -
and built |
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firs inside. They took
the northern |
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Pioneer Route which
ended at |
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Sacramento. They milked
the cow |
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in the morning - and
put it in the |
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churn in back of wagon,
and |
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by night when they
camped it |
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was churned into
butter. One |
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time Luranina Beaver,
was ill |
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& Mr. Beaver
returned 100 miles |
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back to the next train
to get - a |
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Dr. The Dr. stayed one
week in |
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camp. (His name was Dr.
Fairchild). |
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One oxen died and they
put |
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in a milk cow. They
killed one |
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antelope and a buffalo for meat. |
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Prairie fires were set
(by indians) but no |
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back fire -as they
wanted no |
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harm done. They camped
at the |
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noted Chimble Rock one
night. |
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It was -a land mark to
direct |
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travelers who didn't
know |
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where they
were. |
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Harrison & Ruhuma
settled |
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in Santa Rosa, and he
was Deputy <crossed out> |
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Sheirff of that County
(Mas father |
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and
mother. |
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(Read Careful
now) |
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Venible - as Ma's
Grandmothers (Cockrill) |
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father |
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Rebecca <?>
Cockrill was a daughter of |
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Col. Joseph Venible of
the Revolition |
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War, Anderson Cockrill
& wife were |
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born in Carolina. Ma's
Grandparents. |
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Venible owned a
plantation |
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there & was Welsh
& English desent |
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Venible was - a Welch
prince. |
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from A Royal familiy in
England |
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The Welch prince's
daughter Rebecca |
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married (- Anderson
Cockrill (He is |
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Ma's grand
father. |
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Ma's fathers father was
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the Welch Prince's
Daughter. |
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That is the way the
Welch Prince |
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is relation to the
Cockrills |
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Ma's Grate Grandfather
was from |
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the royal family of
England, might <?> |
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Mrs. Theodro Cockrill
or Mrs. Bob Cockrill |
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May know of some
important papers |
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telling more about the
royal |
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family. They lived in
S. F. the last |
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