Wednesday, April 25, 2007

Ventura County Republican Project: History and Genealogy

Ventura County Republican Project: History and Genealogy

"A Memorial and Biographical History of the Counties of Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo, and Ventura, California" (1891), page 344

J. B. Alvord

J. B. Alvord, a prominent rancher and educator of Ventura County, was born in New York, November 10, 1849. He is the son of Alvin W. Alvord, a native of Vermont, and the grandson of Julius Alvord, who was born in Massachusetts. Their ancestors were English. His great-grandfather was Seth Alvord, whose grandparents came to America in the year 1700. Mr. Alvord's mother, Electa R. (Todd) Alvord, came from Scotch ancestors. She was born in Herkimer County, New York, daughter of Mr. Bela Todd. The subject of this sketch is the only son in a family of three children. he received his early education in the public schools of New York and Ohio, and was a student at the Northwest Normal School of Pennsylvania. he began teaching at the age of nineteen years, and has been a teacher almost continuously for fifteen years.

On coming to Ventura County, Mr. Alvord bought a small farm, but afterward sold it. In 1884, he purchased his present fine ranch of 160 acres, seventy acres of which he sold for more than the whole cost him. He remodeled the house and made many improvements, and the land is now under a high state of cultivation, his principal crops being beans and potatoes. The beans averaged a ton to the acre, and a portion of the land produced as high as 3,500 pounds per acre.

Mr. Alvord was married, in 1879, to Miss Ida Ricker, a native of Iowa, and daughter of John G. Ricker, who was born in Maine. They have four sons, all born in Ventura County, the three eldest named respectively Hartwell, Vernon M. and David E. Mr. and Mrs. Alvord are refined and intelligent people. They are members of the Universalist church of Santa Paula. In his political views, Mr. Alvord is a Republican. For eight years he has been a member of the Board of Education of the county. As a teacher he has been very successful, but is at present devoting his attention to agricultural pursuits.
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John Garland Ricker's parents were Paul Ricker and Hannah Gilman.

Descendants of Paul Ricker and Hannah Gilman include:

1 Paul Ricker b: 1784 d: 1862
.. +Hannah Gilman b: 1784 m: 1807 d: 1856
......... 2 John Garland Ricker b: July 07, 1826 in Acton, York County, ME d: April 26, 1912 in Santa Paula, CA
............. +Louisa Marie Hartwell b: October 27, 1830 in Newport, ME m: February 02, 1851 d: November 08, 1911 in Santa Paula, CA
.................... 3 Isadora Emma Ricker b: January 16, 1852 in Boston, MA d: June 16, 1936 in Santa Paula, CA
........................ +Marquis De Lafayette Todd b: February 13, 1837 in Stockton, Chautauqua County, NY m: January 22, 1871 d: June 30, 1903 in Santa Rosa, CA
............................... 4 Lucy Louisa Todd b: December 30, 1871 d: November 01, 1873
............................... 4 John Lafayette Todd b: June 17, 1873 d: November 10, 1873
............................... 4 Ida Isadora Todd b: September 26, 1874 d: May 09, 1947
................................... +Ethbert DuPont Carle b: 1866 m: January 31, 1894 d: 1934
........................................... 5 Louise Carle b: February 1895 d: WFT Est. 1923-1989
............................................... +Sam Holsinger b: WFT Est. 1869-1897 m: August 01, 1917 d: WFT Est. 1922-1983
...................................................... 6 Charlotte Holsinger b: Private
........................................... 5 Genevieve Carle b: Private
............................................... +Henry Holsinger b: WFT Est. 1871-1898 m: Private d: WFT Est. 1922-1985
............................... *2nd Husband of Ida Isadora Todd:
................................... +John Herbert Yungling b: 1873 m: December 25, 1901 d: 1934
........................................... 5 Edwin Porter Yungling b: 1907 d: December 12, 1965
............................................... +Kathleen Edgett b: Private m: Private
...................................................... 6 Living Yungling
...................................................... 6 Living Yungling
.......................................................... +Mister Leise b: Private
...................................................... 6 Living Yungling
...................................................... 6 Living Yungling
...................................................... 6 Living Yungling
...................................................... 6 Living Yungling
.......................................................... +Living McCready
................................................................. 7 Living McCready
................................................................. 7 Living McCready
...................................................... 6 Living Yungling
...................................................... 6 Living Yungling
........................................... 5 Dora Kathryn Yungling b: 1911 d: 1926
........................................... 5 Howard Todd Yungling b: Private
............................................... +Catherine b: Private m: Private
...................................................... 6 Living Yungling
...................................................... 6 Living Yungling
............................... 4 Jessie Louisa Todd b: December 20, 1875 in Santa Paula, CA d: June 25, 1936
................................... +Isaac Proctor Browne b: July 24, 1871 in Coal Camp, Benton County, MO m: September 04, 1901 d: August 19, 1957
........................................... 5 Lafayette Todd Browne b: June 10, 1902 in Santa Paula, CA d: September 06, 1978 in Santa Paula, CA
............................................... +Alice Louise Hardison b: March 20, 1905 in Santa Paula, CA m: August 03, 1930 in Santa Paula, CA d: December 02, 1985 in Santa Paula, CA
...................................................... 6 Living Browne
.......................................................... +Living Reynolds
................................................................. 7 Living Browne
..................................................................... +Living Tracy
............................................................................ 8 Living Browne
............................................................................ 8 Living Browne
................................................................. 7 Living Browne
..................................................................... +Living Umamizuka
............................................................................ 8 Living Browne
............................................................................ 8 Living Browne
................................................................. 7 Living Browne
..................................................................... +Living Dodd
............................................................................ 8 Living Dodd
...................................................... 6 Joyce Louise Browne b: October 09, 1931 in Santa Paula, CA d: February 19, 1993 in Los Altos Hills, CA
.......................................................... +Wendell John Lehr b: Private m: Private
................................................................. 7 Living Lehr
..................................................................... +Living Dodd
............................................................................ 8 Living Dodd
............................................................................ 8 Living Dodd
............................................................................ 8 Living Dodd
................................................................. 7 Living Lehr
................................................................. 7 Living Lehr
..................................................................... +Living Evard
............................... 4 Edna Pearl Todd b: July 10, 1877 d: WFT Est. 1878-1971
............................... 4 Marquis De Lafayette Todd, Jr. b: April 07, 1881 d: WFT Est. 1882-1971
............................... 4 Beatrice Blossom Todd b: November 22, 1882 d: WFT Est. 1883-1976
............................... 4 Ernestine Ricker Todd b: October 22, 1883 d: WFT Est. 1921-1978
................................... +Ray Comfort Joy b: WFT Est. 1866-1895 m: WFT Est. 1911-1944 d: WFT Est. 1921-1979
........................................... 5 Ernestine Isadora Joy b: WFT Est. 1901-1924 d: WFT Est. 1906-1995 in Died in infancy
........................................... 5 Fletcher Joy b: WFT Est. 1901-1924 d: WFT Est. 1906-1995 in Died at age 21
........................................... 5 Alice Eileen Joy b: November 17, 1916 d: March 29, 1975
............................................... +Harold Lucian Mears b: Private m: Private
...................................................... 6 Living Mears
.......................................................... +Don Stolker b: 1940 d: 1989
...................................................... 6 Living Mears
...................................................... 6 Living Mears
.......................................................... +Living Boehm
................................................................. 7 Living Boehm
................................................................. 7 Living Leanne
...................................................... 6 Harold Lucian Mears II b: August 19, 1942 d: Aft. 1980
................................................................. 7 Living Mears
........................................... 5 Delphine Joy b: October 08, 1918 d: January 1992
............................................... +George Irvin Wilde b: Private m: Private
...................................................... 6 Living Wilde
.......................................................... +Living Finley
................................................................. 7 Living Finley
..................................................................... +Living Berry
................................................................. 7 Living Finley
................................................................. 7 Living Finley
................................................................. 7 Living Finley
...................................................... 6 Living Wilde
.......................................................... +Living Jones
...................................................... 6 Living Wilde
.......................................................... +Living Anderson
................................................................. 7 Living Anderson
................................................................. 7 Living Anderson
...................................................... 6 Living Wilde
.......................................................... +Living Hahn
................................................................. 7 Living Hahn
................................................................. 7 Living Hahn
................................................................. 7 Living Hahn
...................................................... 6 Living Wilde
.......................................................... +Living Smith
................................................................. 7 Living Wilde
................................................................. 7 Living Wilde
................................................................. 7 Living Wilde
...................................................... 6 Living Wilde
.......................................................... +Living Strong
...................................................... *2nd Husband of Living Wilde:
.......................................................... +Living Botta
.................... 3 Ida Ricker b: 1853 d: WFT Est. 1881-1947
........................ +Julius B. Alvord b: WFT Est. 1836-1856 m: WFT Est. 1881-1915 d: WFT Est. 1881-1942
.................... 3 Eva Ricker b: 1859 d: WFT Est. 1887-1953
........................ +Jacob Nideffer b: WFT Est. 1842-1862 m: WFT Est. 1887-1921 d: WFT Est. 1887-1948
.................... 3 Etta Louise Ricker b: November 15, 1861 d: WFT Est. 1862-1955
.................... 3 Carrie Ricker b: 1863 d: Abt. 1866 in Portland, OR
.................... 3 Ella Ricker b: April 28, 1867 d: September 27, 1949
........................ +Dozier Lewis b: July 29, 1866 m: WFT Est. 1897-1925 d: February 16, 1933

Wednesday, April 18, 2007

Ventura County Republican Project: History and Genealogy

"A Memorial and Biographical History of the Counties of Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo, and Ventura, California" (1891), page 560

John Borchard

John Borchard is a native of Hanover, Germany, born October 8, 1838 [Editor inserted: also cited as September 8, 1836]. Both his mother and father were Germans and both are still living, at the ages of eighty and seventy-seven years, respectively. Mr. Borchard contemplates returning to his native land to visit them during the present summer, 1890. The subject of this sketch is another illustration of the way the thrifty sons of Germany succeed when they come to the United States. He came to his present location in 1871, and purchased 400 acres of land, on which he is now raising barley, beans, and corn. He owns 4,000 acres on the Conejo, where he is raising cattle and hogs, keeping an average of 400 head of grade Durham cattle, and from 400 to 500 head of hogs. He also owns property in Texas, 6,000 acres of land, which he rents to four men. On his Conejo ranch, Mr. Borchard is building a brick house. This ranch is divided into six or seven pastures, and each is supplied with plenty of spring water and fenced with wire. fencing.

Mr. Borchard was married in Germany in 1865, to Miss Elizabeth Chothelm, a native of that country. They have three daughters, all born at their present home in Ventura County, California: Mary, Ann, and Theresa. The family are consistent members of the Catholic Church.

Notwithstanding that Mr. Borchard is a rich gentleman, he calls himself an old Dutchman, and works as hard as ever he did, the thrift and economy acquired in the fatherland still staying by him in California. During the nineteen years he has lived on this coast, he has seen many remarkable changes, and has given a helping hand to many a German friend.

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Descendants of John Borchard

1 John Borchard b: 08 Sep 1836 in Desingerode, Hanover, Germany d: 31 Jan 1922 in Oxnard, Ventura Co, California
.. +Katarina SCHWEDHELM b: 1829 in Werxhausen, Hanover, Germany m: 1864 in Werxhausen, Hanover, Germany d: 1868 in Werxhausen, Hanover, Germany
........ 2 Carl Borchard b: 1865 in Werxhausen, Hanover, Germany d: 1871 in New York City, New York of Frightened to death by the sea voyage from Germany
........ 2 Anton Borchard b: 1868 in Werxhausen, Hanover, Germany d: 1868 in Werxhausen, Hanover, Germany
*2nd Wife of John Borchard:
.. +Elisabeth SCHWEDHELM b: 1835 in Werxhausen, Hanover, Germany m: 1869 in Werxhausen, Hanover, Germany
........ 2 Anton Maria Borchard b: 1871 in Werxhausen, Hanover, Germany d: 1871 in Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara Co, California of Dysentery
........ 2 Mary Elizabeth Borchard b: 18 Oct 1872 in New Jerusalem, Ventura Co, California d: 12 Sep 1962 in Oxnard, Ventura Co, California
............ +Alfred Marie FASSHAUER b: 29 Jul 1865 in Werxhausen, Hanover, Germany m: 11 Sep 1895 in Abilene, Taylor Co, Texas d: 03 Feb 1946 in Oxnard, Ventura Co, California
................... 3 Carolyn E. FASSHAUER b: 24 Oct 1896 in New Jerusalem, Ventura Co, California d: 03 Mar 1963 in Oxnard, Ventura Co, California
....................... +Joseph J. "Joe" DANNE b: 15 Mar 1882 in Hanover, Germany m: 05 Oct 1924 in Ventura Co, CA d: 18 Jul 1964 in Oxnard, Ventura Co, California
................... 3 Cecilia FASSHAUER b: 20 Nov 1898 in New Jerusalem, Ventura Co, California d: 21 Feb 1899 in New Jerusalem, Ventura Co, California
................... 3 Carl Alfred FASSHAUER b: 18 Aug 1901 in Werxhausen, Hanover, Germany d: 24 Jan 1960 in Oxnard, Ventura Co, California
....................... +Marie Kellner b: 20 Jun 1907 in Desingerode, Hanover, Germany m: 05 Jun 1929 in Duderstadt, Germany d: 24 Jun 1992 in Duderstadt, Hanover, Germany
................... 3 Otitlia FASSHAUER b: 20 Jun 1906 in Werxhausen, Hanover, Germany d: 17 Jan 1916 in Hanover, Germany
................... 3 Anna FASSHAUER b: 26 Aug 1910 in Werxhausen, Hanover, Germany d: 23 Jun 1961 in Ventura County, California
....................... +John Vincent Kellner b: 20 Jun 1905 in Germany d: 31 Mar 1974 in Carmarillo, Ventura County, California
........ 2 Anna Sarah Borchard b: 08 Jul 1874 in New Jerusalem, Ventura Co, California d: 14 Aug 1957 in Oxnard, Ventura Co, California
............ +Joseph Frances Friedrich b: 29 Oct 1871 in Desingerode, Hanover, Germany m: 24 Aug 1910 in Oxnard, Ventura Co, California
................... 3 Anna Cecilia Friedrich b: 16 Sep 1911 in Oxnard, Ventura Co, California d: 13 Sep 1987 in Ventura County, California
....................... +Joseph William VOELKER b: 14 Dec 1904 in Germany m: 24 Apr 1934 in Oxnard, Ventura Co, California d: 26 Aug 1977 in Ventura County, California
................... 3 Elizabeth Marie Friedrich b: 22 Jan 1913 in Oxnard, Ventura Co, California d: 01 May 1966 in Ojai, Ventura Co, California
....................... +Jeroe Prime BAUER b: 01 Aug 1903 in Pasadena, Los Angeles Co, California m: 04 Nov 1937 in Oxnard, Ventura Co, California d: 09 Jan 1995 in Ojai, Ventura Co, California
................... 3 Joseph Ignatz Friedrich b: 06 Nov 1914 in Oxnard, Ventura Co, California d: 16 Dec 1990 in Oxnard, Ventura Co, California
....................... +Living Price
................... 3 Carolyn Madolyn Friedrich b: 01 Mar 1916 in Oxnard, Ventura Co, California d: 03 Sep 1976 in Gustine, Merced Co, California
....................... +Harry Joseph TRESHLER b: 18 Jan 1913 in Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co, Pennsylvania m: 29 Jul 1950 in Oxnard, Ventura Co, California d: 29 Jul 1984 in Gustine, Merced Co, California
................... 3 John Borchard Friedrich b: 04 Dec 1917 in Oxnard, Ventura Co, California d: 19 Oct 2000 in Oxnard, Ventura Co, California
....................... +Living SKERTIC
........ 2 Theresa Clara Borchard b: 28 Feb 1877 in New Jerusalem, Ventura Co, California d: 04 Aug 1962 in Oxnard, Ventura Co, California
............ +Louis Godfrey MAULHARDT b: 27 Jan 1870 in Tulare Lake, Tulare Co, California m: 30 Jan 1900 in El Rio, Ventura Co, California d: 11 Apr 1927 in Oxnard, Ventura Co, California
................... 3 Elizabeth Emily MAULHARDT b: 15 Feb 1901 in Oxnard, Ventura Co, California d: 15 Jul 1903 in Oxnard, Ventura Co, California
................... 3 Edward Jacob MAULHARDT b: 21 May 1903 in Oxnard, Ventura Co, California d: 30 Jun 1985 in Oxnard, Ventura Co, California
....................... +Gertrude WRIGHT b: 1903 in California m: 15 Dec 1926 in Oxnard, Ventura Co, California
................... *2nd Wife of Edward Jacob MAULHARDT:
....................... +Florence Obiols b: 04 Jun 1911 in Ventura County, California m: 29 Jan 1943 in Las Vegas, Clark Co, Nevada d: 01 Nov 2000 in Camarillo, Ventura Co, California
................... 3 Marie Caroline MAULHARDT b: 06 May 1905 in Oxnard, Ventura Co, California d: 24 Nov 1988 in Ridgewood, Bergen Co, New Jersey
....................... +Dwight Carroll MINER b: 04 Nov 1904 in Manhattan, New York, New York m: 26 May 1931 d: 01 Aug 1978 in Ridgewood, Bergen Co, New Jersey
................... 3 Alma Theresa MAULHARDT b: 12 Mar 1909 in Oxnard, Ventura Co, California d: 12 Oct 1997 in Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara Co, California
....................... +John Joseph MURPHY b: 21 Feb 1905 in Dedham, Suffolk Co, Massachusetts m: 29 Jul 1940 in Oxnard, Ventura Co, California d: 01 Sep 1992 in Carpinteria, Santa Barbara Co, California
................... 3 Robert Louis MAULHARDT b: 20 Sep 1910 in Oxnard, Ventura Co, California d: 26 Jul 1987 in Oxnard, Ventura Co, California
....................... +Frances Louise HECK b: 22 Jun 1907 in California, Moniteau Co, Missouri d: 05 Feb 1993 in Oxnard, Ventura Co, California
................... 3 John Borchard MAULHARDT b: 20 Nov 1912 in Oxnard, Ventura Co, California d: 18 Mar 1984 in Camarillo, Ventura Co, California
....................... +Living GRAVES
................... 3 Living MAULHARDT b: in Oxnard, Ventura Co, California
....................... +Living Baker
*3rd Wife of John Borchard:
.. +Magdalina Forst b: Oct 1846 in Alsace Lorraine, Germany m: 14 Jul 1908 in Ventura County, California d: 12 Dec 1930 in El Monte, Los Angeles Co, California


History and Rootsweb genealogy compiled by Tony Larson and Jon Miller

Thursday, April 12, 2007

Ventura County Republican Project: History and Genealogy

"A Memorial and Biographical History of the Counties of Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo, and Ventura, California" (1891), page 663

J. L. Argabrite [Editor inserted: Jacob Lewis Argabrite]

J. L. Argabrite, formerly of the firm of Argabrite & Cannon, grocers of San Buenaventura, was born in West Virginia, April 8, 1856. His father, Pharis Argabrite, was of German descent, and his mother, nee Rosana Jerrett, was a native of West Virginia. The subject of this brief notice, the youngest of twelve children, was educated at Roanoke College, Virginia. When he became of age he was appointed conductor on the Ashland Coal and Iron Railway, and had that position five years. He is a member of the Masonic Order, a young business man of energy and integrity, and a good citizen.

He was married in 1879 to Miss Dora, daughter of Captain J. P. Mail, born in Augusta County, Virginia. They have three children: Newton M., Joseph M., and William Wade. Mrs. Argabrite was in poor health, and he came to California with her for a change of climate; but she did not recover, her death occurring February 20, 1887; and in April, 1889, he married Miss Clara Cannon, who was born in Nevada City, this State, and came to Ventura in 1875 with her parents. By this marriage there is one son, named Clarence C.

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Jacob's parents were Phares Argabrite and Rosanna Jarrett

Descendants of Phares G Argabrite

1 Phares G Argabrite b: 26 Apr 1826 in Virginia d: 07 Aug 1862 in Greenbrier, West Virginia
.. +Rosanna Jarrett b: 10 Oct 1820 in Monroe, VA m: Abt. 1849 in Greenbrier, West Virginia d: 1850 in Greenbrier, West Virginia
........ 2 George Taylor Argabrite b: 28 Feb 1850 in Greenbrier, West Virginia
............ +Mary S Miller b: 1854 in Nicholas, Virginia m: 21 Jan 1880 in Greene, VA
................... 3 William D. Argabrite b: 1882 in West Virginia
................... 3 George P. Argabrite b: 1885 in West Virginia
................... 3 Rose M. Argabrite b: 1892 in West Virginia
........ 2 Rosabell Argabrite b: May 1851 in Greenbrier, West Virginia d: 22 Jun 1862 in Greenbrier, West Virginia
........ 2 John Riley Argabrite b: 31 Jan 1854 in Greenbrier, West Virginia
............ +Elizabeth S. b: Aug 1854 in West Virginia
................... 3 Jay R. Argabrite b: 09 Mar 1888 in Kansas
................... 3 Spencer J. Argabrite b: Sep 1876 in West Virginia
........ 2 Jacob Lewis Argabrite b: 09 Apr 1856 in Greenbrier, West Virginia d: 1921 in Ventura, Ventura, California
............ +Clara Etta Cannon b: Abt. 1866 in Nevada City, Nevada, California m: 24 Apr 1888 in Ventura, Ventura, California d: 03 May 1923 in Ventura, Ventura County, California
................... 3 Clarence Argabrite b: 01 Nov 1889 in Ventura, Ventura, California d: 12 Mar 1967 in Riverside, Riverside, California
....................... +Evelyn Mills b: 18 Dec 1890 in Ohio d: 19 Mar 1980 in Riverside, Riverside, California
............................. 4 Clara C Argabrite b: 1917 in California
................... 3 Walter Marion Argabrite b: 09 Feb 1891 in Ventura, Ventura, California d: 04 Dec 1951 in Ventura, Ventura, California
....................... +Alma Margaret Valentine b: 04 Jan 1899 in California d: 06 Oct 1968 in Ventura, Ventura, California
................... 3 Ernest Wren Argabrite b: 22 Jul 1893 in Ventura, Ventura, California d: 13 Jan 1981 in Kern, California
....................... +Ida Pearl Sommers b: 18 Sep 1897 in California m: 10 Apr 1915 in Ventura, Ventura, California d: 01 Feb 1965 in Delano, Kern, California
............................. 4 Earnest Argabrite, Jr. b: 13 Sep 1915 in California d: 11 May 1994 in Washington, Oregon
............................. 4 Elizabeth Louise Argabrite b: 1918 in California d: 18 Jan 1929 in Ventura, Ventura, California
........ 2 Ruth F Argabrite b: 23 Mar 1858 in Greenbrier, West Virginia d: 26 Jun 1862 in Greenbrier, West Virginia
........ 2 Mary E Argabrite b: 19 Jul 1860 in Greenbrier, West Virginia d: 06 Jul 1862 in Greenbrier, West Virginia


Compiled by Tony Larson and Jon Miller

Tuesday, April 10, 2007

Ventura County Republican Project: History & Genealogy

"A Memorial and Biographical History of the Counties of
Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo, and Ventura, California" (1891), page 484

Walter Scott Chaffee

Walter Scott Chaffee, a pioneer and one of the most prosperous business men of San Buenaventura, was born in Madison County, New York, February 2, 1834. His ancestors were from Massachusetts, but his father, E. H. Chaffee, was a native of Madison County, and was a farmer in the "town" (township) of Petersburg, where the celebrated Gerrit Smith was brought up; they were playmates together. During the great slavery excitement Messrs. Smith and Chaffee were "under-ground railroad" men, and many a one of God's poor they helped along the road to liberty. Mr. Chaffee's mother, whose maiden name was Celinda M. Stranahan, was a native of Cooperstown, New York. He was the third child in a family of seven children, and at the early age of fourteen years he began his mercantile career, being ten years a clerk in the city of Syracuse, New York. In 1858 he went to Portage City, Wisconsin, and opened a general merchandise store; but a year afterward he sold out and returned to his home in New York, where he remained a year. Then, in company with Jerome B. Chaffee, he went to Pike's Peak and bought two claims at Leadville, where he was a miner for one season. The following year, 1861, he came to San Buenaventura, when there were but three American settlers in what is now Ventura County. Two of them still reside here, - V. A. Simpson and W. D. Hobson. Mr. Chaffee started a ranch on T. Moore's grant and engaged in raising hogs. Six months afterward he sold his interest and opened a general merchandise store, and has ever since been in mercantile life excepting two years. When he began here there was but one other store in the place. He purchased his goods in San Francisco, and had them brought here by schooner. He has also been engaged meanwhile in general farming and stock-raising. He was one of the original incorporators of the Bank of Ventura, and is at present one of its directors. When the town was incorporated he was appointed by the Legislature a member of the first Board of Trustees. During the late war he kept the United States flag flying night and day upon a liberty pole in front of his store. After several of the flags had been stolen, he guarded the next one with a shot-gun for several nights. It was the only flag south of San Jose that was placed at half-mast when the news of President Lincoln's assassination reached the coast. Although interested in the political welfare of the country, he has never accepted office.

He built his present brick store, 30 x 100 feet, on East Main and Palm streets, with a store-house in the rear, another 100 feet in depth. He has also built an elegant residence on a 100-acre ranch near town, and he has a 3,000 acre farm and stock ranch on the Santa Clara River, thirty four miles from Ventura, where he has several hundred head of sheep, cattle and horses, and is constantly improving the stock. Parties are now sinking the fifth oil well on this land, the four already in operation yielding an average of twenty-five barrels per day each. Mr. Chaffee, notwithstanding the fact that he has seen forty years of active business life, appears like a man in the prime of life about forty-five years of age. He has truly seen a "wilderness bloom as the rose." From a little Spanish settlement the city of San Buenaventura has sprung up to a place of 3,000 inhabitants living in homes of beauty and refinement, with their numerous business blocks, metropolitan hotels, fine churches, model school buildings, etc. San Buenaventura has indeed been to him what the name implies, - "Good Luck."

For his wife, Mr. Chaffee married Miss Rebecca Nidever, a native of Texas, born 1846, and of their nine children all are living save one. Walter Scott, Jr. was born in Santa Barbara, in his grandfather's house, and now has charge of his father's ranch. The following children were born in San Buenaventura: John Hyde, now teller of the Ventura Bank; Arthur Leslie, his father's bookkeeper; and Helen L., Ethel, Lawrence, Chester and Margareta, all of whom are at home with their parents. Mrs. Chaffee is a member of the Presbyterian Church, and Mr. Chaffee, although brought up a Presbyterian, has never joined any church. He is a Master Mason and a Knight Templar.

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Walter's parents were Enoch Hyde Chaffee and Rhoda Mianda Stranahan:

Descendants of Enoch Hyde Chaffee & Rhoda Mianda Stranahan:

1 Enoch Hyde Chaffee b: February 11, 1805 in Peterboro, Madison Co., NY d: March 15, 1887 in Delton, Sauk Co., WI
.. +Rhoda "Mianda" Stranahan b: April 23, 1804 in Cooperstown, Otsego Co., NY m: September 03, 1829 in Butternuts, Otsego Co., NY d: May 26, 1881 in Smithfield, Madison Co., NY
......... 2 Charles Corydon Chaffee b: December 08, 1831 in Peterboro/Smithfield, Madison Co., NY d: March 06, 1898 in Baraboo, Sauk Co., WI
............. +Hennetta "Nettie" Betts b: Abt. 1838 in NY m: in NY
.................... 3 Mina Chaffee b: Abt. 1858 in Oswego Co., NY d: Aft. 1898 in MI
......... 2 Martha Stranahan Chaffee b: June 19, 1833 in Peterboro/Smithfield, Madison Co., NY d: 1909 in Smithfield, Madison Co., NY
............. +Emmon Downer b: September 07, 1805 in Smithfield, Madison Co., NY m: February 09, 1851 in Peterboro, Madison Co., NY d: December 22, 1879 in Smithfield, Madison Co., NY
.................... 3 Emmona "Mona" Downer b: August 18, 1853 in Peterboro, Madison Co., NY d: 1941 in Buffalo, Erie Co., NY
........................ +William J. Packwood b: 1851 in England m: October 18, 1876 in Peterboro, Madison Co., NY d: 1906 in Buffalo, Erie Co., NY
............................... 4 Earl Surrey Packwood b: 1879 in Buffalo, Erie Co., NY d: 1964 in Buffalo, Erie Co., NY
................................... +Ethel Jones b: July 30, 1880 in NY m: Abt. 1908 in Buffalo, Erie Co., NY d: in Buffalo, Erie Co., NY
........................................... 5 Donner B. Packwood b: July 22, 1909 in Amherst, Erie Co., NY d: February 15, 1980 in NY
........................................... 5 Esther M. Packwood b: Abt. 1912 in Amherst, Erie Co., NY
.................... 3 Amy Jarvis Downer b: August 14, 1854 in Peterboro, Madison Co., NY d: September 28, 1866 in Smithfield, Madison Co., NY
.................... 3 Stranahan Downer b: February 12, 1856 in Peterboro, Madison Co., NY d: 1915 in Peterboro, Madison Co., NY
.................... 3 Louise Downer b: August 10, 1858 in Peterboro, Madison Co., NY d: 1929 in Peterboro, Madison Co., NY
........................ +Unknown Benzing
......... 2 Helen Louise Chaffee b: July 22, 1836 in Peterboro/Smithfield, Madison Co., NY d: December 13, 1897 in Baraboo, Sauk Co., WI
............. +Tille G. Gilbert b: 1840 in NY d: Aft. 1888 in Kimball, Brule Co., SD
......... *2nd Husband of Helen Louise Chaffee:
............. +Christopher Lymbaugh Kilts b: Abt. 1830 in Lenox, Madison Co., NY m: May 20, 1852 in Newport, Columbia Co., WI d: Abt. 1916 in Dayton, OH
.................... 3 Ida May Kilts b: September 18, 1856 in NY d: September 10, 1915 in Morris City, St. Louis Co., CA
........................ +Jerome J. Leighter b: Abt. 1842 in KY m: June 16, 1872 in Hannibal, Marion Co., MO d: in MO
............................... 4 Russie Leighter b: Abt. 1874 in Marion Co., MO
............................... 4 Estell Leighter b: Abt. 1877 in Marion Co., MO
.................... 3 Ambrose Ethington Kilts b: January 23, 1857 in NY d: November 20, 1909 in St. Louis, St. Louis Co., MO
........................ +Sarah Ella Taylor b: Abt. 1863 in OH m: May 25, 1880 in Hannibal, Marion Co., MO d: 1952 in Joplin, MO
............................... 4 Ethington Ambrose Sr. Kilts b: August 25, 1881 in Hannibal, Marion Co., MO d: Aft. 1930 in Hannibal, Marion Co., MO
................................... +Gertrude Unknown b: Abt. 1882 in MO d: Aft. 1930 in Hannibal, Marion Co., MO
........................................... 5 Ethington Ambrose Jr. Kilts b: in MO
........................................... 5 Ruth A. Kilts b: Abt. 1909 in Marion Co., MO
............................................... +Homer Gregory b: Abt. 1905 in MO
...................................................... 6 Homer R. Gregory b: Abt. 1929 in Hannibal, Marion Co., MO
............................... 4 William Taylor Kilts b: Abt. 1883 in Hannibal, Marion Co., MO d: November 20, 1944 in Weber Co., UT
................................... +Sena Unknown b: Abt. 1880 in UT
........................................... 5 Theodore Kilts b: Abt. 1906 in UT
........................................... 5 Earl Sylvester Kilts b: Abt. 1913 in UT d: September 03, 1942 in Weber Co., UT
............................... 4 Susie Louise Kilts b: Abt. 1887 in Hannibal, Marion Co., MO
............................... 4 Roy Edward Kilts b: Abt. 1897 in Hannibal, Marion Co., MO d: March 08, 1951 in Salt Lake Co., UT
................................... +Pearl Unknown b: Abt. 1896 in UT
.................... 3 Cora L. Kilts b: Abt. 1859 in Columbus, Warren Co., PA
........................ +Rand Rogers b: in Minneapolis, MN
.................... 3 Anna L. Kilts b: Abt. 1866 in PA d: in Quebec, Canada
........................ +Unknown Douglas
......... 2 Celinda Mianda Chaffee b: April 20, 1838 in Peterboro/Smithfield, Madison Co., NY d: July 16, 1917 in Neenah, Winnebago Co., WI
............. +Edward Emmon Eaton II b: October 02, 1836 in Benenden, Kent Co., England m: January 15, 1857 in Otsego Co., NY d: October 21, 1916 in Neenah, Winnebago Co., WI
.................... 3 Cora Lee Eaton b: June 27, 1858 in Delton, Sauk Co., WI d: August 02, 1866 in Delton, Sauk Co., WI
.................... 3 Minnie Mianda Eaton b: February 14, 1866 in Newport, Sauk Co., WI d: 1952 in Kenosha Co., WI
........................ +Thomas Edwards Foss b: April 24, 1859 in Perranuthnoe, Cornwall Co., England m: Abt. 1890 in WI d: 1940 in Kenosha Co., WI
............................... 4 Benjamin S. Foss b: September 01, 1891 in Sauk Co., WI
............................... 4 Mary A. Foss b: Abt. 1894 in Sauk Co., WI
............................... 4 James E. Foss b: 1896 in Sauk Co., WI d: Aft. 1930 in Milwaukee Co., WI
................................... +Bessie M. Unknown b: Abt. 1889 d: Aft. 1930 in WI
.................... 3 Edward Emmon Eaton III b: June 15, 1870 in Newport, Sauk Co., WI d: Abt. 1958 in Hettinger, Adams Co., ND
........................ +Eva E. Stella Hulbert b: 1873 in Delton, Sauk Co., WI m: Abt. 1900 in WI d: February 10, 1909 in Delton, Sauk Co., WI
.................... *2nd Wife of Edward Emmon Eaton III:
........................ +Nellie Angeline Pappenfus b: December 31, 1887 in Alberta Twp., Benton Co., MN m: Aft. 1909 d: Abt. 1956 in Hettinger, Adams Co., ND
......... 2 John Hyde Chaffee b: July 22, 1840 in Peterboro/Smithfield, Madison Co., NY d: March 11, 1898 in Delton, Sauk Co., WI
............. +Eva E. "Eveline" Marquisee b: July 06, 1840 in Smithfield, Madison Co., NY m: March 04, 1861 in Smithfield, Madison Co., NY d: June 22, 1873 in Eaton, Madison Co., NY
.................... 3 Mary E. Chaffee b: in Smithfield, Madison Co., NY d: September 01, 1866 in Newport, Sauk Co., WI
.................... 3 Martha Chaffee b: Abt. 1864 in Smithfield, Madison Co., NY
.................... 3 Walter S. Chaffee b: Abt. 1867 in Delton, Sauk Co., WI d: Aft. 1930 in Oneida Co., NY
........................ +Catherine Unknown b: Abt. 1870 in England d: Aft. 1930 in Oneida Co., NY
............................... 4 Stephen Chaffee b: Abt. 1891 in Oneida Co., NY
......... *2nd Wife of John Hyde Chaffee:
............. +Sarah M. Harnes b: July 23, 1845 in Kirkville, NY m: 1873 in Baraboo, Sauk Co., WI d: December 15, 1920 in Delton, Sauk Co., WI
.................... 3 Abbie M. Chaffee b: 1875 in Delton, Sauk Co., WI d: in Sacramento, Sacramento Co., CA
........................ +Unknown Farrell m: September 23, 1891 in Columbia Co., WI d: in CA
.................... 3 John Harnes Chaffee b: April 04, 1876 in Delton, Sauk Co., WI d: July 26, 1961 in Delton, Sauk Co., WI
........................ +Lola Clark Hamilton b: 1871 in White Creek, Adams Co., WI m: January 04, 1899 in Sauk Co., WI d: November 18, 1946 in Delton, Sauk Co., WI
............................... 4 Percy Vern Chaffee b: January 07, 1900 in Sauk Co., WI d: November 11, 1974 in San Bernardino, San Bernardino Co., CA
................................... +Grace Unknown b: Abt. 1912
.................... 3 Mona Ermine Chaffee b: Abt. 1881 in Delton, Sauk Co., WI d: Aft. 1930 in Coloma, Waushara Co., WI
........................ +William Alexander Roblier b: Abt. 1870 in NY/WI m: June 15, 1898 in Coloma, Waushara Co., WI d: Aft. 1930 in Coloma, Waushara Co., WI
............................... 4 Thelma Deborah Roblier b: June 13, 1900 in Coloma, Waushara Co., WI d: in Portage, Columbia Co., WI
................................... +Raymond D. Welsh b: March 07, 1894 in WI d: in Portage, Columbia Co., WI
........................................... 5 Living Welsh
........................................... 5 Patrick J. Welsh b: Abt. 1927 in Portage, Columbia Co., WI
........................................... 5 William "Bill" P. Welsh b: Abt. 1928 in Portage, Columbia Co., WI
............................... 4 William Bryan Roblier b: July 11, 1907 in Coloma, Waushara Co., WI d: September 21, 2000 in Eagle River, Vilas Co., WI
................................... +Beryl C. Unknown b: September 04, 1909 in WI d: November 26, 1998 in Eagle River, Vilas Co., WI
........................................... 5 Living Roblier
........................................... 5 Living Roblier
......... 2 James William Chaffee b: September 06, 1842 in Peterboro/Smithfield, Madison Co., NY d: January 17, 1927 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles Co., CA
............. +Amarilla "Emma" Clark b: in Eaton, Madison Co., NY m: in Madison Co., NY d: May 31, 1903 in Chippewa Falls, Chippewa Co., WI
......... *2nd Wife of James William Chaffee:
............. +Mary A. Lezeart b: 1851 in Baraboo, Sauk Co., WI m: December 31, 1874 in Baraboo, Sauk Co., WI d: Abt. 1893 in Chicago, Cook Co., IL
......... *3rd Wife of James William Chaffee:
............. +Eliza Virginia See b: June 27, 1836 in Buffalo, Erie Co., NY m: August 15, 1903 in Santa Monica, Los Angeles Co., CA d: February 11, 1923 in Glendale, Los Angeles Co., CA
......... 2 Walter Scott Chaffee b: February 02, 1835 in Peterboro/Smithfield, Madison Co., NY d: May 02, 1894 in Ventura, Ventura Co., CA
............. +Rebecca Olivia "Ollie" Nidever b: December 23, 1846 in Paris, Lamar Co., TX m: September 11, 1865 in Santa Barbara Mission, Santa Barbara Co., CA d: May 01, 1907 in San Fernando, Los Angeles Co., CA
.................... 3 Wallace Lemuel Chaffee b: in San Buenaventura, Ventura Co., CA d: November 24, 1875 in San Buenaventura, Ventura Co., CA
.................... 3 Walter Scott "W.S."/"Domp" Jr. Chaffee b: October 19, 1866 in Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara Co., CA d: January 30, 1936 in San Buenaventura, Ventura Co., CA
........................ +Mary "Gussie"/"Donnie" Augusta Ellis b: May 07, 1872 in Oskaloosa, Mahaska Co., Iowa m: April 15, 1888 in Santa Paula, Ventura Co., CA d: April 21, 1966 in Ventura, Ventura Co., CA
............................... 4 Clarence Fay Chaffee b: November 28, 1889 in Piru, Ventura Co., CA d: June 25, 1979 in Ventura, Ventura Co., CA
................................... +Martha Julia Murray b: November 07, 1891 in Wichita, Sedgwick Co., KS m: January 10, 1910 in Colinga, Fresno Co., CA d: April 14, 1974 in Ventura, Ventura Co., CA
........................................... 5 Ruth Mary Chaffee b: November 11, 1911 in Colinga, Fresno Co., CA d: April 03, 2007 in Fillmore, Ventura Co., CA
............................................... +Frank Lima Kennedy b: January 20, 1908 in Watertown, Jefferson Co., NY m: December 15, 1935 in Ventura, Ventura Co., CA d: January 29, 1975 in Ventura, Ventura Co., CA
...................................................... 6 Living Kennedy
.......................................................... +Living Carrell
........................................... 5 Lucille Martha Chaffee b: June 06, 1920 in Ventura, Ventura Co., CA d: November 26, 1996 in Ventura, Ventura Co., CA
............................................... +William Clay Gragg m: in Las Vegas, Clark Co., NV d: March 12, 1997 in Ventura, Ventura Co., CA
...................................................... 6 Living Gragg
.......................................................... +Living Reed
................................................................. 7 Living Reed
................................................................. 7 Living Reed
................................................................. 7 Living Reed
........................................... 5 Alice "Linnie" Lillian Chaffee b: July 29, 1921 in Ventura, Ventura Co., CA d: April 08, 1984 in Vista, San Diego Co., CA
............................................... +Emmett Roy Cudahy b: August 20, 1917 in CA m: Abt. 1939 in Reno, Washoe Co., NV d: May 28, 1982 in Ventura, Ventura Co., CA
............................... 4 Helen Rebecca Chaffee b: February 02, 1893 in Piru, Ventura Co., CA d: December 17, 1970 in Laguna, Orange Co., CA
................................... +William Edward Temple b: October 03, 1888 in Anthon, Woodbury Co., IA m: August 07, 1911 in Ventura, Ventura Co., CA d: January 23, 1978 in Downey, Los Angeles Co., CA
........................................... 5 Scott Edward Temple b: July 09, 1912 in Ventura, Ventura Co., CA d: September 28, 2003 in Katy, Harris Co., TX
............................................... +Faith Amelia Carne b: March 18, 1914 in Ventura, Ventura Co., CA m: July 02, 1936 in Ventura, Ventura Co., CA
...................................................... 6 Living Temple
.......................................................... +Living Christhoff
...................................................... 6 Living Temple
.......................................................... +Living Hunt
...................................................... 6 Roger William Temple b: September 19, 1937 in Ventura, Ventura Co., CA d: August 09, 1989 in San Gabriel, Los Angeles Co., CA
.......................................................... +Living Wyrick
........................................... 5 Mary Fern Temple b: April 04, 1915 in Ventura, Ventura Co., CA d: September 19, 1939 in Camarillo, Ventura Co., CA
........................................... 5 William "Bill" Chaffee Temple b: November 12, 1921 in Mound (Ventura), Ventura Co., CA
............................................... +Nancy Ruth Price b: December 31, 1929 in Ventura, Ventura Co., CA m: December 18, 1947 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles Co., CA
...................................................... 6 Living Temple
.......................................................... +Living Kalil
................................................................. 7 Living Temple
................................................................. 7 Living Temple
................................................................. 7 Living Temple
...................................................... 6 Living Temple
.......................................................... +Living Metz
...................................................... 6 Living Temple
.......................................................... +Living Unknown
...................................................... 6 Living Temple
.......................................................... +Living McCormick
............................... 4 Callie Eudora Chaffee b: February 23, 1897 in Ventura, Ventura Co., CA d: May 09, 1992 in San Jose, Santa Clara Co., CA
................................... +Harry Ray Sr. Van Delinder b: January 04, 1889 in Spink Co., SD m: March 24, 1918 in Ventura, Ventura Co., CA d: May 30, 1974 in Fresno, Kern Co., CA
........................................... 5 Walter Scott Van Delinder b: October 12, 1918 in Ventura, Ventura Co., CA
............................................... +Doris Ann Ward b: May 26, 1920 in NE m: November 08, 1942 in Glendale, Los Angeles Co., CA d: April 01, 2005 in Northridge, Los Angeles Co., CA
........................................... 5 Harry Ray Jr. Van Delinder b: October 10, 1922 in Ventura, Ventura Co., CA
............................................... +Nancy Peale m: February 24, 1951 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles Co., CA
........................................... 5 Jeanne Ellen Van Delinder b: May 30, 1925 in Ventura, Ventura Co., CA d: July 30, 1992 in Thousand Oaks, Ventura Co., CA
............................................... +Dale Lee Bolyard b: 1922 in Goodland, Sherman Co., KS m: August 15, 1953 in Ventura, Ventura Co., CA
............................... 4 Alice Lillian "Lillie" Chaffee b: November 18, 1900 in Ventura, Ventura Co., CA d: July 17, 1912 in Ventura, Ventura Co., CA
.................... 3 Mary Chaffee b: 1868 in San Buenaventura, Ventura Co., CA d: in San Buenaventura, Ventura Co., CA
.................... 3 John "Hyde" Chaffee b: January 29, 1869 in San Buenaventura, Ventura Co., CA d: January 25, 1950 in San Buenaventura, Ventura Co., CA
........................ +Lucia "Lorena/Rena" Davison b: August 04, 1873 in Galesburg, Knox Co., IL m: June 15, 1892 in San Buenaventura, Ventura Co., CA d: March 27, 1956 in Ventura, Ventura Co., CA
............................... 4 Olive Lorena Chaffee b: August 07, 1893 in Ventura, Ventura Co., CA d: February 06, 1979 in Ventura, Ventura Co., CA
................................... +Harry Hall Garman b: January 12, 1890 in Waterview, Cumberland Co., KY m: October 31, 1912 in Ventura, Ventura Co., CA d: July 19, 1979 in Ventura, Ventura Co., CA
........................................... 5 Dixie Margaret Garman b: September 22, 1913 in Ventura, Ventura Co., CA d: March 14, 2001 in Van Nuys, Los Angeles Co., CA
............................................... +Jack Earl Bernsdorf b: May 20, 1913 in Franklin Co., OH m: December 30, 1939 in Ventura, Ventura Co., CA d: September 10, 1995 in Van Nuys, Los Angeles Co., CA
........................................... 5 Donald Chaffee Garman b: October 15, 1914 in Ventura, Ventura Co., CA d: May 24, 1989 in Fremont, Alameda Co., CA
............................................... +Francis Merrill m: August 22, 1939 in Oakland, Alameda Co., CA
...................................................... 6 Living Garman
...................................................... 6 Living Garman
.......................................................... +Living Archer
........................................... 5 Glenn Crawford Garman b: June 15, 1925 in Ventura, Ventura Co., CA d: July 13, 1981 in Walnut Creek, Contra Costa Co., CA
............................................... +Peggy Marie Larrieu b: in TX m: September 11, 1945 in Ventura, Ventura Co., CA
...................................................... 6 Living Garman
............................... 4 Wallace Hyde Chaffee b: March 30, 1895 in Ventura, Ventura Co., CA d: November 10, 1918 in Beaumont Valley, Argonne Sector, France
............................... 4 Howard Davison Chaffee b: January 10, 1902 in Ventura, Ventura Co., CA d: December 10, 1986 in Glendale, Los Angeles Co., CA
................................... +Helen Marie Nick b: March 20, 1909 in Bakersfield, Kern Co., CA m: Abt. 1938 in CA d: August 07, 1986 in Glendale, Los Angeles Co., CA
........................................... 5 Living Chaffee
........................................... 5 Christine Marie Chaffee b: November 07, 1949 in Burbank, Los Angeles Co., CA d: October 18, 1978 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles Co., CA
............................... 4 Alice Ellen Chaffee b: March 30, 1904 in Ventura, Ventura Co., CA d: May 10, 1986 in Ventura, Ventura Co., CA
................................... +John "Earl" King b: July 01, 1892 in OR m: May 03, 1925 in Ventura, Ventura Co., CA d: June 22, 1948 in San Joaquin Co., CA
............................... *2nd Husband of Alice Ellen Chaffee:
................................... +Edgar Johns m: Aft. 1948
............................... 4 Walter Raymond Chaffee b: June 21, 1911 in Ventura, Ventura Co., CA d: July 24, 1927 in Ventura, Ventura Co., CA
............................... 4 Willard Leslie "Bill" Chaffee b: June 21, 1911 in Ventura, Ventura Co., CA d: December 25, 1998 in Hilmar, Merced Co., CA
................................... +Barbara E. Atkinson b: June 19, 1918 in Maricopa, Kern Co., CA m: in Ventura, Ventura Co., CA d: April 25, 2002 in Temecula, Riverside Co., CA
........................................... 5 Living Chaffee
............................................... +Living Laughter
...................................................... 6 Living Laughter
.......................................................... +Living Han
...................................................... 6 Living Laughter
.......................................................... +Living Divers
...................................................... 6 Living Laughter
.......................................................... +Living Tosi
........................................... *2nd Husband of Living Chaffee:
............................................... +Living Turner
............................... *2nd Wife of Willard Leslie "Bill" Chaffee:
................................... +Marie Betty Coates b: in AK m: June 13, 1946 in Ventura, Ventura Co., CA d: in Santa Paula, Ventura Co., CA
............................... *3rd Wife of Willard Leslie "Bill" Chaffee:
................................... +Betty Lou Zane b: April 04, 1929 in Blythe, San Bernadino Co., CA m: June 20, 1947 in Riverside, Riverside Co., CA
........................................... 5 Living Chaffee
............................................... +Living Walls
........................................... 5 Living Chaffee
............................................... +Living Bromilow
........................................... 5 Living Chaffee
............................................... +Living Dow
........................................... 5 Living Chaffee
............................................... +Living Bickley
.................... 3 ARTHUR "LESLIE"/"A.L." CHAFFEE b: November 22, 1870 in San Buenaventura, Ventura Co., CA d: June 11, 1929 in San Buenaventura, Ventura Co., CA
........................ +Eva Catarina Solari b: May 06, 1878 in San Buenaventura, Ventura Co., CA m: February 19, 1898 in San Buenaventura, Ventura Co., CA d: July 10, 1965 in San Buenaventura, Ventura Co., CA
............................... 4 GRANT LESLIE "PA" SR. CHAFFEE b: April 28, 1899 in Ventura, Ventura Co., CA d: July 28, 1960 in Oxnard, Ventura Co., CA
................................... +Lucille "Lucy" Veronica Booth b: May 07, 1897 in Fall River, Bristol Co., MA m: September 06, 1921 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles Co., CA d: February 12, 1972 in Ojai, Ventura Co., CA
........................................... 5 ARTHUR WILLIAM "BUD" CHAFFEE b: December 01, 1922 in Ventura, Ventura Co., CA
............................................... +Phyllis June Tipton b: May 30, 1925 in Ventura, Ventura Co., CA m: July 27, 1947 in Ventura, Ventura Co., CA
........................................... *2nd Wife of ARTHUR WILLIAM "BUD" CHAFFEE:
............................................... +Alice "Alicia" Eugenia Fowler b: December 18, 1917 in Santa Maria, Santa Barbara Co., CA m: July 12, 1952 in Las Vegas, Clark Co., NV
...................................................... 6 Living CHAFFEE
.......................................................... +Living Ventura
........................................... 5 Grant Leslie Jr. Chaffee b: February 23, 1925 in Ventura, Ventura Co., CA
............................................... +Patricia June "Patsy" Waldron b: March 12, 1926 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles Co., CA m: July 14, 1946 in Ventura, Ventura Co., CA d: April 11, 2004 in Oxnard, Ventura Co., CA
...................................................... 6 Living Chaffee
.......................................................... +Living Wood
................................................................. 7 Living Chaffee
...................................................... 6 Living Chaffee
.......................................................... +Living Ferro
................................................................. 7 Living Ferro
................................................................. 7 Living Ferro
................................................................. 7 Living Ferro
................................................................. 7 Living Ferro
............................... 4 Harold Scott Sr. Chaffee b: July 22, 1900 in Ventura, Ventura Co., CA d: March 06, 1987 in Palm Desert, Riverside Co., CA
................................... +Ruth Genevieve Hennion b: July 06, 1901 in Ventura, Ventura Co., CA m: June 09, 1924 in Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara Co., CA d: May 25, 1965 in Ventura, Ventura Co., CA
........................................... 5 Harold "Scotty" Jr. Chaffee b: December 06, 1926 in Ventura, Ventura Co., CA d: February 14, 1948 in San Francisco, San Francisco Co., CA
........................................... 5 Nancy Ann Chaffee b: March 06, 1929 in Ventura, Ventura Co., CA d: August 12, 2002 in Coronado, San Diego Co., CA
............................................... +Ralph McPherran Kiner b: October 27, 1922 in Santa Rita, Grant Co., NM m: October 13, 1951 in Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara Co., CA
...................................................... 6 Living Kiner
.......................................................... +Living Sullivan
...................................................... *2nd Wife of Living Kiner:
.......................................................... +Living Unknown
................................................................. 7 Living Kiner
...................................................... 6 Living Kiner
.......................................................... +Living Throckmorton
................................................................. 7 Living Kiner
................................................................. 7 Living Kiner
................................................................. 7 Living Kiner
...................................................... *2nd Wife of Living Kiner:
.......................................................... +Living Goodsell
...................................................... 6 Living Kiner
.......................................................... +Living Freeman
................................................................. 7 Living Freeman
................................................................. 7 Living Freeman
...................................................... *2nd Husband of Living Kiner:
.......................................................... +Living Snyder
........................................... *2nd Husband of Nancy Ann Chaffee:
............................................... +John Francis "Jack" Whitaker b: May 18, 1924 in Philadelphia, PA m: 1991
............................... 4 Mercedes Olivia "Sis" Chaffee b: October 09, 1908 in Ventura, Ventura Co., CA
................................... +Lloyd Leon Ledbetter b: February 17, 1905 in OK m: July 14, 1926 in Ventura, Ventura Co., CA d: October 07, 1950 in Ventura, Ventura Co., CA
........................................... 5 Living Ledbetter
............................................... +Living Stoddard
...................................................... 6 Living Ledbetter
.......................................................... +Living St. Mary
........................................... *2nd Wife of Living Ledbetter:
............................................... +Phyllis Hanley b: August 11, 1929 in Indianapolis, Hamilton Co., IN d: June 30, 1997 in Ventura, Ventura Co., CA
...................................................... 6 Living Ledbetter
............................... 4 Eva Catherine Chaffee b: February 06, 1910 in Ventura, Ventura Co., CA d: January 16, 2003 in Ventura, Ventura Co., CA
................................... +Dennis Thurman
............................... *2nd Husband of Eva Catherine Chaffee:
................................... +Harold "Hal" Seymour b: June 14, 1914 in Columbus, Franklin Co., OH d: June 08, 1982 in Ventura, Ventura Co., CA
............................... *3rd Husband of Eva Catherine Chaffee:
................................... +Clyde Barnes
............................... *4th Husband of Eva Catherine Chaffee:
................................... +Romeo Marceloes Ortega b: January 16, 1900 in Ventura, Ventura Co., CA m: March 23, 1936 in Malibu, Los Angeles Co., CA d: December 09, 1965 in Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara Co., CA
........................................... 5 Living Ortega
............................................... +Living Morgan
...................................................... 6 Living Morgan
...................................................... 6 Living Morgan
...................................................... 6 Living Morgan
...................................................... 6 Living Morgan
.................... 3 Helen Lenore Chaffee b: October 18, 1872 in San Buenaventura, Ventura Co., CA d: July 11, 1953 in San Francisco, San Francisco Co., CA
........................ +Willington Goodwin Sr. Wilde b: in St. Louis, St. Louis Co., MO m: June 08, 1892 in San Buenaventura, Ventura Co., CA d: April 17, 1937 in San Bernardino, Los Angeles Co., CA
............................... 4 Dorothy Wilde b: in Ventura, Ventura Co., CA
............................... 4 Leslie Wilde b: May 21, 1893 in Ventura, Ventura Co., CA d: October 22, 1970 in Greenbrae, Marin Co., CA
................................... +Mervin Bryant Ganyard b: May 26, 1892 in Madera, Madera Co., CA m: May 29, 1920 in Ventura, Ventura Co., CA d: October 02, 1962 in San Francisco Co., CA
........................................... 5 Peter Ganyard b: September 01, 1928 in Berkeley, Alameda Co., CA
............................................... +Nancy Rae Taylor b: January 31, 1927 in Worcester Co., MA m: October 25, 1953 in Worcester, Worcester Co., MA
...................................................... 6 Living Ganyard
...................................................... 6 Living Ganyard
...................................................... 6 Living Ganyard
............................... 4 Willington "Will" Goodwin Jr. Wilde b: August 05, 1901 in Ventura, Ventura Co., CA d: July 09, 1970 in Greenbrae, Marin Co., CA
.................... 3 Ethel Martha Chaffee b: November 23, 1877 in San Buenaventura, Ventura Co., CA d: March 25, 1974 in Lodi, San Joaquin Co., CA
........................ +Frederick Emmet Sr. Woods b: Abt. 1873 in Galesburg, Knox Co., IL m: November 27, 1895 in San Buenaventura, Ventura Co., CA d: in Los Angeles, Los Angeles Co., CA
............................... 4 Nealy "Neal" Chaffee Sr. Woods b: February 27, 1897 in Ventura, Ventura Co., CA d: May 16, 1971 in Loma Linda, San Bernardino Co., CA
................................... +Winona Ruby Yoder b: August 26, 1896 in OR m: Abt. 1920 d: February 08, 1987 in Los Angeles Co., CA
........................................... 5 Living Woods
........................................... 5 Living Woods
........................................... 5 Neal "Woody" Chaffee Jr. Woods b: July 23, 1921 in Los Angeles Co., CA
............................................... +Mildred "Millie" McGavock
...................................................... 6 Living Woods
...................................................... 6 Living Woods
...................................................... 6 Living Woods
........................................... 5 Joanne "Joan" Marilyn Woods b: February 27, 1928 in Los Angeles Co., CA d: April 28, 2001
............................................... +Arnold "Arn" E. Slater b: January 01, 1926 in Sonoma Co., CA m: Abt. 1950 d: July 19, 1998 in Lemoore, Kings Co., CA
...................................................... 6 Living Slater
...................................................... 6 Kent Arnold Slater b: May 04, 1955 in San Diego Co., CA d: April 28, 2001
........................................... 5 Gary B. Woods b: June 18, 1936 in CA d: November 09, 1964 in Mendecino Co., CA
............................... 4 Walter "Wayne" Woods b: July 16, 1898 in Piru, Ventura Co., CA d: September 20, 1986 in Flintridge, Los Angeles Co., CA
................................... +Paloma Carillo Grant b: July 31, 1904 in Los Angeles Co., CA m: Abt. 1921 in CA d: May 02, 1986 in Los Angeles Co., CA
........................................... 5 Wayne "Winkie" Grant Woods b: May 20, 1922 in Los Angeles Co., CA d: August 09, 1991 in San Bernardino Co., CA
............................................... +Ruth Unknown
........................................... 5 John "Jack" Delano Woods b: November 25, 1924 in Los Angeles Co., CA
............................................... +Dorothy Unknown
........................................... *2nd Wife of John "Jack" Delano Woods:
............................................... +Mary Geneva Johnson b: July 17, 1925
...................................................... 6 Living Woods
...................................................... 6 Living Woods
............................... 4 Frederick "Fred" Emmet Jr. Woods b: February 24, 1900 in Ventura, Ventura Co., CA d: March 20, 1980 in Temple City, Los Angeles Co., CA
................................... +Florence "Floss" Mae Brooke b: December 06, 1901 m: Abt. 1925 d: April 17, 2001 in Temple City, Los Angeles Co., CA
........................................... 5 Living Woods
............................................... +Living Pyron
...................................................... 6 Living Woods
...................................................... 6 Living Woods
........................................... 5 Shirley Jane Woods b: January 04, 1926 in CA
............................................... +Jack Bailey
...................................................... 6 Living Bailey
...................................................... 6 Living Bailey
...................................................... 6 Living Bailey
.................... *2nd Husband of Ethel Martha Chaffee:
........................ +Marcus Augustus McElhany b: August 06, 1873 in Santa Maria, Santa Barbara Co., CA m: August 21, 1901 in Ventura, Ventura Co., CA d: May 08, 1942 in Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara Co., CA
............................... 4 Ruth Margaret McElhany b: 1902 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles Co., CA d: December 23, 1910 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles Co., CA
............................... 4 Ethel "Genevieve" McElhany b: September 30, 1905 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles Co., CA d: December 30, 1986 in Lodi, San Joaquin Co., CA
................................... +Howard Warren Woodall b: January 15, 1905 in Graysville, Rhea Co., TN m: April 09, 1926 in Santa Rosa, Sonoma Co., CA d: May 10, 1964 in Lodi, San Joaquin Co., CA
........................................... 5 Living Woodall
............................................... +Living Scott
........................................... 5 Ethel Howardine Woodall b: September 24, 1927 in Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara Co., CA d: in Loma Linda, San Bernadino Co., CA
............................................... +Harley Henry Adam Boehm b: July 02, 1924 in Chowchilla, Madera Co., CA m: June 06, 1948 in Lodi, San Joaquin Co., CA
...................................................... 6 Living Boehm
.......................................................... +Nabil Tawfic Issa d: in Placerville, Placer Co., CA
...................................................... 6 Living Boehm
.......................................................... +Living Ronzo
................................................................. 7 Living Ronzo
................................................................. 7 Living Ronzo
................................................................. 7 Living Ronzo
...................................................... *2nd Husband of Living Boehm:
.......................................................... +Living Dancer
................................................................. 7 Living Dancer
................................................................. 7 Living Dancer
.................... 3 Lawrence Wayne Sr. Chaffee b: July 26, 1880 in San Buenaventura, Ventura Co., CA d: April 16, 1940 in Visalia, Tulare Co., CA
........................ +Ella Bounds b: July 26, 1882 in WA m: November 24, 1901 in San Buenaventura, Ventura Co., CA d: August 12, 1959 in Turlock, Stanislaus Co., CA
............................... 4 Lawrence Wayne Jr. Chaffee b: March 02, 1904 in Sherman, Los Angeles Co., CA d: December 16, 1989 in Turlock, Stanislaus Co., CA
................................... +Florence Carolyn Thomas b: October 27, 1904 in CO d: December 29, 1985 in Turlock, Stanislaus Co., CA
.................... 3 Chester Chauncy "Chet" Chaffee b: September 09, 1883 in San Buenaventura, Ventura Co., CA d: January 09, 1960 in San Buenaventura, Ventura Co., CA
........................ +Dollie Bounds b: in ID m: November 24, 1901 in San Buenaventura, Ventura Co., CA d: December 27, 1925 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles Co., CA
.................... *2nd Wife of Chester Chauncy "Chet" Chaffee:
........................ +Anita Mary Elwell b: March 03, 1886 in San Buenaventura, Ventura Co., CA m: July 27, 1912 in San Buenaventura, Ventura Co., CA d: April 21, 1944 in Oak View, Ventura Co., CA
............................... 4 Olga Rebecca Chaffee b: March 13, 1913 in Ventura, Ventura Co., CA d: June 12, 1969 in Ventura, Ventura Co., CA
................................... +Merton Robert Connick b: February 02, 1916 in MT m: September 09, 1939 in Ventura, Ventura Co., CA d: March 12, 1986 in Ventura, Ventura Co., CA
........................................... 5 Living Connick
............................................... +Living Merrill
........................................... 5 Living Connick
............................................... +Living Chaine
...................................................... 6 Living Chaine
...................................................... 6 Living Chaine
.......................................................... +Living Espinosa
...................................................... 6 Living Chaine
.......................................................... +Living McDonald
...................................................... 6 Living Chaine
.......................................................... +Living Young
...................................................... 6 Living Chaine
...................................................... 6 Living Chaine
.......................................................... +Living Brown
........................................... 5 Robert Chester Connick b: November 19, 1943 in Ventura, Ventura Co., CA d: June 17, 1985 in Ventura, Ventura Co., CA
............................................... +Living Winfrey
............................... 4 William Chester "Billy" Chaffee b: March 04, 1914 in Ventura, Ventura Co., CA d: November 29, 1964 in Oak View, Ventura Co., CA
............................... 4 Norma Anita Chaffee b: March 26, 1919 in Ventura, Ventura Co., CA d: August 02, 2003 in Oakview, Ventura Co., CA
................................... +Emery Taylor b: December 11, 1924 d: in Phoenix, Maricopa Co., AZ
............................... *2nd Husband of Norma Anita Chaffee:
................................... +Warren R. Hargraves b: May 20, 1918 d: October 25, 1996 in Kingman, Mohave Co., AZ
............................... *3rd Husband of Norma Anita Chaffee:
................................... +James "Jim" Roger Jones b: January 26, 1918 in CA m: April 11, 1938 in Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara Co., CA d: March 11, 1989 in Ventura, Ventura Co., CA
........................................... 5 Living Jones
............................................... +Edward August Lunsford b: 1926 in Canada
...................................................... 6 Living Lunsford
.......................................................... +Living Brashear
...................................................... 6 Living Lunsford
...................................................... 6 Living Lunsford
........................................... *2nd Husband of Living Jones:
............................................... +Living Vork
........................................... 5 Linda Louise Jones b: December 02, 1941 in Ventura, Ventura Co., CA d: August 16, 1991 in Ventura, Ventura Co., CA
............................................... +Living Able
...................................................... 6 Living Abel
...................................................... 6 Living Abel
............................... *4th Husband of Norma Anita Chaffee:
................................... +Chester C. Crawford b: November 15, 1915 in Bado, MO m: May 31, 1946 in Ventura, Ventura Co., CA d: August 17, 1979 in Oxnard, Ventura Co., CA
........................................... 5 Living Crawford
........................................... 5 Living Crawford
............................................... +Living Scott
.................... 3 Bessie Marguerite Chaffee b: May 19, 1887 in San Buenaventura, Ventura Co., CA d: July 24, 1966 in Ojai, Ventura Co., CA
........................ +Edward "Lee" Bounds b: in ID m: June 05, 1909 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles Co., CA d: September 10, 1928 in Ventura, Ventura Co., CA
............................... 4 Jackson "Jack" Lee Bounds b: February 25, 1910 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles Co., CA d: March 05, 1914 in Ventura, Ventura Co., CA
............................... 4 Marguerite Alice Bounds b: August 31, 1911 in Fullerton, Orange Co., CA d: March 10, 1990 in Oakview, Ventura Co., CA
................................... +Louis Samuel Yett b: April 12, 1909 in Dilley, TX m: September 08, 1928 in CA d: December 16, 1984 in Citrus Heights, Sacramento Co., CA
........................................... 5 Living Yett
............................................... +George Sr. Platner
...................................................... 6 Living Platner
...................................................... 6 Living Platner
...................................................... 6 Living Platner
...................................................... 6 Living Platner
...................................................... 6 Living Platner
............................... *2nd Husband of Marguerite Alice Bounds:
................................... +George Herbert Hardeman b: March 27, 1910 in CA m: 1934 in Yuma, Yuma Co., AZ d: March 06, 1976 in Oak View, Ventura Co., CA
............................... 4 Chester Bounds b: 1913 in Fullerton, Orange Co., CA d: 1917 in Ventura, Ventura Co., CA
............................... 4 James Bounds b: 1916 in Fullerton, Orange Co., CA d: February 26, 1933 in Ventura, Ventura Co., CA
............................... 4 Wallace "Wally" Alvin Bounds b: November 10, 1919 in Fullerton, Orange Co., CA d: in Bellevue, King Co., WA
................................... +Helen Delores Gomez b: 1923 m: 1945 in CA d: in Bellevue, King Co., WA
........................................... 5 Living Bounds
............................................... +Living Foerder
...................................................... 6 Living Foerder
........................................... 5 Living Bounds
............................................... +Living Johnson
............................... 4 Edward Laurence Bounds b: March 02, 1922 in Tustin, Orange Co., CA d: February 17, 2007 in Foresthill, Placer Co., CA
................................... +Joyce Pickel m: 1948 in CA d: in CA
........................................... 5 Living Bounds
........................................... 5 Living Bounds
.................... *2nd Husband of Bessie Marguerite Chaffee:
........................ +John Wesley Staley b: April 04, 1880 in VA m: 1939 in Ventura, Ventura Co., CA d: November 03, 1959 in Martinez, Contra Costa Co., CA


Note: Compiled by Tony Larson and Jon Miller

Monday, April 9, 2007



Ventura Independence Day Celebration
July 4, 1874

venturahistory.com

Ventura County, from Wikipedia

Ventura County, from Wikipedia:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ventura_County,_California

Ventura County ...is a county in the southern part of the U.S. state of California. It is located on California's Pacific coast, and forms the northwestern part of the Greater Los Angeles Area. It is often referred to as the Gold Coast, and has a reputation of being one of the safest populated places and one of the most affluent places in the country. It is ranked as one of the top 100 highest-income counties in the country and as the thirteenth wealthiest county in California. Median Home Prices range from $400,000 to around $2 million.

As of the 2000 census, the county had a population of 753,197. A more current California Department of Finance estimate places the population at 813,052. The county seat is the city of Ventura (formally known as San Buenaventura). Ventura County's largest city is Oxnard, with a population of about 200,000.

History
Prior to the arrival of Europeans in California, the area was home to the Chumash tribe of Native Americans.


Spanish period
In October of 1542, the expedition led by Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo anchored in an inlet near Point Mugu, becoming the first Europeans to arrive in the area that would become Ventura County.[1]

Active occupation of California by Spain began in 1769. Gaspar de Portolà led a military expedition by land from San Diego to Monterey, passing through Ventura County in August of that year. A priest with the expedition, Father Juan Crespi, kept a journal of the trip and noted that the area was ideal for a mission to be established and it was a "good site to which nothing is lacking".[2]. Also on this expedition was Father Junípero Serra, who later founded a mission on this site.

On March 31, 1782, the Mission San Buenaventura was founded by Father Serra[3], named after Saint Bonaventure. Buenaventura is composed of two Spanish words, buena meaning "good" and ventura meaning "fortune." The town that grew up around the mission is named San Buenaventura, which came to be known as Ventura.

In the 1790s, the Spanish Governor of California began granting land rights to Spanish Californians, often retiring soldiers. These grants were known as ranchos and consisted of thousands of acres of land that were used primarily as ranch land for livestock. By 1822, there were 19 rancho grants in Ventura County.[4]


Mexican period
In 1822, California was notified of Mexico's independence from Spain and the Governor of California, the Junta, the military in Monterey and the priests and neophytes at Mission San Buenaventura swore allegiance to Mexico on April 11, 1822. California land that had been vested in the King of Spain was now owned by the nation of Mexico. By the 1830s, Mission San Buenaventura was in a decline with fewer neophytes joining the mission. The number of cattle owned by the mission dropped from first to fifteenth ranking in the California Missions.[5]

In 1836, Mission San Buenaventura was transferred from the Church to a secular administrator. The natives who had been working at the mission gradually left to work on the ranchos. By 1839, only 300 Indians were left at the Mission and it slipped into neglect.[6]


United States of America period
The Mexican–American War began in 1846 but its effect was not felt in Ventura County until 1847. In January of that year, Captain John C. Frémont led the California Battalion into San Buenaventura finding that the Europeans had fled leaving only the Indians in the Mission. The Fremont and the Battalion continued south to sign the Treaty of Cahuenga with General Andrés Pico. The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo formally transferred California to the United States in 1848.[7]

By 1849, a constitution had been adopted for the California territory. The new Legislature met and divided the pending state into 27 counties. At the time, the area that would become Ventura County was the southern part of Santa Barbara County.[8]

The 1860s brought many changes to the area. A drought caused many of the ranchos to experience financial difficulties and most were divided, sub-divided and sold. Large sections of land were bought by eastern capitalists based on favorable reports of petroleum deposits. A United States Post Office was opened at Mission San Buenaventura in 1861. On April 1, 1866, the town of San Buenaventura was incorporated becoming the first officially recognized town in Ventura County.[9]

On January 1, 1873, Ventura County was officially split from Santa Barbara County bringing a flurry of change. That same year, a courthouse and wharf were built in San Buenaventura. A bank was opened and the first public library was created. The school system grew with the first high school opening in 1890.[10]

Other towns were starting in the county. A plan for Port Hueneme was recorded in 1874 and Santa Paula's plan was recorded in 1875. The community of Nordhoff (later renamed Ojai) was started in 1874.[11] Piru, Fillmore and Montalvo were established in 1887.[12] 1892 saw Simi (later Simi Valley), Somis, Saticoy and Moorpark. Oxnard was a late-comer, not being established until 1898.[13]

The Southern Pacific Railroad laid tracks through San Buenaventura in 1887. For convenience in printing their timetables, Southern Pacific shortened San Buenaventura to Ventura. The Post Office soon followed suit. While the city remains officially known as San Buenaventura, it is more commonly referred to as Ventura.[14]

It had been known that oil existed in Ventura County as far back as the Chumash people who used tar to make baskets and canoes waterproof. in the 1860s, several attempts were made to harvest the petroleum products under Ventura County but none were financially successful and the oil speculators eventually changed from oil to land development. In 1913, oil exploration began in earnest with Ralph Lloyd obtaining the financial support of veteran oil man Joseph B. Dabney. Their first well, named "Lloyd No. 1", was started on January 20, 1914. The well struck oil at 2558 feet (780 m) but was destroyed when it the well went wild. Other wells met a similar fate until 1916 when a deal was struck with the Shell Oil Company. Other deals followed with General Petroleum in 1917 and Associated Oil Company in 1920. At its peak, the Ventura Avenue oil field was producing 90,000 barrels of oil a day with annual production of over a million and a half barrels.[15]

In the early hours of the morning of March 13, 1928, the St. Francis Dam collapsed sending billions of gallons of water rushing through the Santa Clara Valley, killing 385 people, destroying 1,240 homes and flooding 7,900 acres (32 km²) of land, devastating farm fields and orchards.[16] This was the largest single disaster to strike Ventura County.


Modern period
Ventura County can be separated into two major parts, East County and West County. East County consists of all cities east of the Thousand Oaks / Camarillo city boundaries, which is known as the Conejo Grade, or simply "The Grade." This area, geographically, is the end of the Santa Monica Mountain Range which the Conejo Valley resides in, and where there is a large change in elevation. Communities east of this area which are considered to be in the East County are Thousand Oaks, Newbury Park, Lake Sherwood, Hidden Valley, Santa Rosa Valley, Oak Park, Moorpark, and Simi Valley. A majority of these communities, Thousand Oaks, Newbury Park, Lake Sherwood, Hidden Valley, parts of Santa Rosa Valley, Oak Park reside in the Conejo Valley, one of the most affluent areas in the country. West County, which everything west of the Conejo Grade, consists of communities such as Camarillo, Oxnard, Somis, Point Magu, Port Hueneme, Ventura, Ojai, Santa Paula, and Fillmore. West County consists of some of the first developed cities in Ventura County. Ventura County's largest beach communities are located in West County on the coastline of the Channel Islands Harbor.


East County
Ventura County consists of a number of suburban areas. Starting in the mid-1900s, there was a large growth in population in the East County, moving from the San Fernando Valley in Los Angeles and out into the Conejo Valley, which consists of Calabasas, Hidden Hills, Agoura Hills, Agoura, Oak Park, and parts of Westlake Village belonging to Los Angeles County. The other half of the Conejo Valley , which belongs to Ventura County, consists of Lake Sherwood, Hidden Valley, Oak Park, parts of Westlake Village, Thousand Oaks, and Newbury Park which was formerly an unincorporated area that is now the most westerly part of Thousand Oaks. Much of the working class whites migrated to this area during the 1960s and 1970s out of East and Central Los Angeles. As a result, there was a large growth in population into the Conejo Valley and into Ventura County through the US 101 corridor. Making the US 101 a full freeway in the 1960s and expansions that followed helped make commuting to Los Angeles easier and opened the way for development westward. The communities that have seen the most substancial developement are Calabasas, Hidden Hills, Agoura Hills, Westlake Village, Thousand Oaks, and Newbury Park. Developement moved farther down the US 101 corridor and sent population rising in West County cities as well. Largest population growth there has been in Camarillo, Oxnard, and Ventura. Develpement in the East County and along the US 101 corridor is becoming more rare today due to the fact that most of these cities were master planned cities, such as Thousand Oaks, and are approaching towards build out. Although the area still has abundant amount of open space and land, almost all of it was put aside and mandated never to be developed as part of the master plan of each city. Because of this, it's private low key location, it's country feel, and it's close proximity to Los Angeles, the Conejo Valley area has become a very attractive place to live. It once had relatively inexpensive real estate, but this has changed due to sky rocketing real estate prices. Median home prices in the Conejo Valley for instance, now range from $700,000 to $2.2 million. The Conejo Valley Area is one of the most affluent areas in the country.


West County
While much of the East County consists of master planned cities that have a set maximum population for build out and limited developement allowed per year, West County's older cities have had to take different actions in order to slow or completely stop population growth and developement. In the 1970s and 1980s, Ventura County surged to the forefront of the smart growth movement through a series of voter initiatives that barred development on large swaths of open space surrounding its cities. These measures have limited sprawl, allowing the county to maintain its status as one of California's leading agricultural areas and limiting air pollution in its narrow valleys. However, residents' unwillingness to embrace greater population density has led to a severe housing shortage, to the extent that in 2004, the county's new housing bureau chief resigned due to his inability to purchase a home in the county on his $80,000 salary. As is the case in many areas of California, the struggle to meet the demand for housing while preserving its rural character dominates the county's politics.


[edit] Geography
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 5,719 km² (2,208 mi²). 4,779 km² (1,845 mi²) of it is land and 940 km² (363 mi²) of it (16.43%) is water. Anacapa Island of Channel Islands National Park and San Nicolas Island are located in the county.

Most of the population of Ventura County lives in the southern portion of the county. The major population centers are the Oxnard Plain and the Simi and Conejo Valleys.

North of Highway 126 the county is mountainous and mostly uninhabited, and contains some of the most pristine, rugged and inaccessible wilderness remaining in southern California. Most of this land is in the Los Padres National Forest, and includes the Chumash Wilderness in the northernmost portion, adjacent to Kern County.

The highest peaks in the county include Mount Pinos (8831', 2697 m), Frazier Mountain (8017', 2444 m), and Reyes Peak (7525', 2294 m), all in the San Emigdio Mountains (Pinos and Frazier Mountain are sometimes assigned to the Tehachapis). The uplands are well-timbered with coniferous forests, and receive plentiful snow in the winter.

Mount Pinos is sacred to the Chumash Indians. It is known to them as Iwihinmu, and was considered to be the center of the universe; being the highest peak in the vicinity, it has a spectacular view, unimpeded in three directions.

The Santa Clara River is the principal waterway. Lake Casitas, an artificial reservoir, is the largest body of water.

Saturday, April 7, 2007

HAPPY EASTER!! Please remember the reason for the season

The last seven utterances of Christ:

Luke 23:34: "Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do."

Luke 23:43: "Today you will be with me in paradise."

John 19:26-27: "Woman, behold your son; son, behold your mother."

Matthew 27:46, Mark 15:34: "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?"

John 19:28: "I thirst."

John 19:30: "It is finished."

Luke 23:46: "Father into your hands I commend my spirit."

The visit of the angel:

Mathew 28:5-7: "The angel said to the women, 'Do not be afraid, for I know that you are looking for Jesus, who was crucified. [6] He is not here; he has risen, just as he said. Come and see the place where he lay. [7] Then go quickly and tell his disciples: 'He has risen from the dead and is going ahead of you into Galilee. There you will see him.' Now I have told you."

Friday, April 6, 2007

Ventura County Republican Project: History & Genealogy

John Boak McNab's wife's family:

Descendants of Joseph Neville Green
1 Joseph Neville Green b: 1805 in Moorefield, Hardy Co., VA d: Abt. 1853 in Daviess Co., MO
.. +Amanda Molonica Parsons b: September 20, 1800 in Moorefield, Hardy Co., VA m: April 12, 1832 in Moorefield, Hardy Co., VA d: Abt. 1853 in Moorefield, Hardy Co., VA
......... 2 Rebecca F. Green b: Abt. 1835 in West Virginia
............. +William H. Ogden b: Abt. 1832 in West Virginia m: 1858 in West Virginia d: Bet. 1873 - 1880 in West Virginia
.................... 3 James Parsons Ogden b: 1859 in West Virginia
.................... 3 Anna Amanda Ogden b: 1861 in West Virginia
.................... 3 Mary Ogden b: 1864 in West Virginia
.................... 3 William M. Ogden b: 1867 in West Virginia
.................... 3 Maggie F. Ogden b: 1868 in West Virginia
.................... 3 Oliver Ogden b: 1873 in West Virginia
*2nd Wife of Joseph Neville Green:
.. +Kaziah Stark b: Abt. 1824 in Iowa m: June 11, 1840 in Muscatine Co., IA d: Abt. 1853 in Daviess Co., MO
......... 2 Mary Ellen Green b: October 10, 1841 in Davies Co., MO d: February 23, 1905 in near Fillmore, Ventura Co., CA
............. +Samuel Allen Guiberson b: 1835 in near Millersbury, Holmes Co., OH m: June 1859 in on wagon train, near Fort Laramie, Nebraska Ter. d: 1918 in near Fillmore, Ventura Co., CA
.................... 3 Lorrain Parr Guiberson b: 1863 in Eldorado, Lake Co., CA d: 1923 in Taft, Maricopa Co., CA
........................ +Mary Frances Fry b: Abt. 1868 m: in Los Angles, CA
............................... 4 Ellen Bernice Guiberson d: Deceased
................................... +Gordon Keith d: Deceased
............................... 4 Romona Lorraine Guiberson b: May 11, 1890 in Alma, Crawford, Arkansas d: June 15, 1983 in Fillmore, Ventura, California
................................... +James Harmon Walker b: August 20, 1883 in Onowa, Manoma Co., IA m: October 10, 1919 in Fillmore, Ventura Co., CA d: May 01, 1961 in Fillmore, Ventura Co., CA
........................................... 5 James G. Walker b: Abt. 1920
............................................... +Francis L. Nafe b: Abt. 1926 m: in 4 Children
........................................... 5 Sara Lorraine Walker b: April 26, 1922 in Taft, Maricopa, California d: November 21, 2003 in Spokane, Washington
............................................... +Larry Lincoln Wolf m: in 5 Children
.................... 3 Joseph Warner Guiberson b: Abt. 1865 in California
........................ +Nellie Florence Throckmorton b: Abt. 1870
.................... 3 Nathaniel Greene Guiberson b: Abt. 1867 in California
........................ +Eulavelle Sweetland b: Abt. 1868
.................... 3 Samuel Allen Guiberson, Jr b: Abt. 1870 in California
........................ +Ethel Heanen b: Abt. 1875
.................... 3 William Richard Guiberson b: Abt. 1872 in California
........................ +Zada Belle Taylor b: Abt. 1877
.................... 3 Zuleika Catherine Guiberson b: Abt. 1877 in Ventura, California d: Deceased
........................ +Richard Snell Haseltine b: Abt. 1870 d: Deceased
.................... 3 Carrie Ellen Guiberson b: Abt. 1879 in Ventura, California
.................... 3 Blanche Deborah Guiberson b: Abt. 1880 in Ventura, California
........................ +John Boak McNab b: Abt. 1876
......... 2 Harriet Green b: 1844 in Davies Co., MO d: 1905 in Fillmore, Ventura Co., CA
............. +John M. Bussick b: Abt. 1840 m: in El Dorado Co., CA
......... 2 Martha Green b: 1846 in Davies Co., MO
......... 2 William T. Green b: Abt. 1849 in Davies Co., MO
......... 2 James Green b: Abt. 1850 in Davies Co., MO

Note: Compiled by Tony Larson and Jon Miller

Ventura County Republican Project: History

"The History of Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo & Ventura Counties"
C.M. Gidney of Santa Barbara, Benjamin Brooks of San Luis Obispo & Edwin M. Sheridan of Ventura
The Lewis Publishing Company, of Chicago, Illinois
1917, pages 816-817

JOHN B. MCNAB

The Town of Fillmore, in Ventura County, is largely built up on land formerly owned by the McNab family. The McNabs have been prominently identified with the ranching, fruit growing, business affairs of this section of Southern Calfornia for the past thirty years.

The first of the family to be mentioned was the late Joseph Derby McNab, who was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, March 4, 1838. His career was one of singular variety and not without strenuous adventure. In the course of his long life he went from the rock-bound coasts of Nova Scotia over all the paths of the sea as a mariner, afterwards established himself in business in Chicago, and from there extended his interests to the Far West and the sunny climate of California.

He was reared and educated at Halifax, but at an early age followed his inclination for the sea and began sailing before the mast. He rose in that service until he became captain and owner of his own vessels, and navigated them to all the ports of the civilized world.

When he gave up the sea, in order to get away from its fascination and attractions, like many other old sailors, he sold his vessels and in 1870 located at Chicago, where he became engaged in the wholesale fish and provision business under the name of McNab & Johnson. The great fire of 1871 destroyed their place of business, but he rebuilt and started again under the name of McNab & Company, and in time had a prosperous establishment and a very large trade.

In 1886 he came to Riverside, California, and bought an orange grove. He sold that in 1900, and spent his last years at Fillmore. As early as 1888 Joseph D. McNab had bought an interest in the Sespe Land and Water Company of Ventura County and subsequently he acquired the controlling interest. This company owned 3,300 acres of the Santa Clara Valley known as the Sespe Rancho Tract No. 2, and the company also furnished water. After it came under his ownership Mr. McNabb subdivided the land, a part of which is now the townsite of Fillmore, while outside that city the land was subdivided into small tracts for lemon and orange groves. From 1892 until his death in 1904 Joseph D. McNab was president of the company. In 1888 he also formed the Fillmore Irrigation Company, of which he was president.

Besides his enterprise in assisting the development of one of the finest bodies of land to be now found in the Santa Clara Valley, another distinction is associated with the name of Joseph D. McNab. He was the pioneer in Ventura County in drying apricots. In 1890 he had a large plant and drying house ready for operation, and that year he bought nearly all the apricots grown in Ventura County and was able to control the market.

After he came to the United States and became an American citizen he voted the republican ticket. Religiously he was a Unitarian. At Halifax, Nova Scotia, in 1870, he married Lily Robinson. They were the parents of five children: Joseph Robinson, who is now employed in establishing- agencies for the Fox Film Company; Mrs. Grace Elizabeth Rhodes of Chino, California; Miss Anna Vera of Los Angeles, John Boak and Dr. Thomas R. of Los Angeles. John B. McNab, who, with his brother Dr. Thos. R. McNab, have assumed many of the business responsibilities left by his father, was born in Chicago, August 31, 1875. He lived in Chicago until 1886, had attended the common schools there, and afterward completed his education in the grammar and high schools of Riverside, California, where he was graduated in 1896. His higher education was acquired in the University of California, where he graduated in 1900.

On leaving college Mr. McNab returned to Fillmore and became secretary of the Sespe Land and Water Company, and at the death of his father four years later was made president and manager. He has also served as president of the Fillmore Irrigation Company since 1904. Besides the management of these extensive corporate interests he owns individually a seven-acre orange grove near Fillmore. He was one of the organizers and a director in the Ventura County Cooperative Association, and was also an organizer and is a director of the Farmers and Merchants Bank of Fillmore.

Mr. McNab is a Scottish Rite and York Rite Mason and Shriner. is affiliated with the Knights of Pythias, the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, the Woodmen of the World, and is well known socially both in Ventura County and m Los Angeles. He is a "member of the California Club of Los Angeles, of the Los Angeles Country Club, the Fillmore Club, was one of the organizers of the Bachelors Club of Los Angeles, and a charter member of the Benedicts Club of Los Angeles, and from college days he retains membership in the Sigma Nu fraternity, the Skull and Keys fraternity, and in university was noted in athletics, winning distinction both on the track and with the football team. He has had much to do with local republican politics and is a member of the county central committee. In Coalinga, California, January 1 1910, he married Miss Blanche Deborah Guiberson, a native of Ventura County. Her father, S. A. Guiberson, was one of the pioneer settlers in Ventura County.