OTHER OREGON MATLOCK LINES

Received the following information from Juanita Fern IGNOWSKI, of The Dalles, Or. June 1992

I believe my grandfather's name was William --- MATLOCK, and that he came from Liverpool, England. My grandmother's name was NANCY JANE WINTERS, and I believe she came from Ireland.  (Could this be William MATLOCK & Nancy SHIELDS ??) My father was known as:

WILLIAM FREDRICK MATLOCK b. 30 Mar 1890, Worthington, Indiana d. 21 Feb 1963, Hillsboro, Or. burr.Crescent Grove,Cem,Tigard,Or. m.1st.Marqrettia (May),a Mexican lady.Her name may be misspelled. May died giving birth to a son, Arron, someplace in Texas and as near as we can tell in 1918. May's sister came to care for the baby until William, my dad, came home from the war.. Then Aaron's Aunt took him and fled to Mexico, so my dad couldn't see or ever have his son. I doubt he ever went by the name of Matlock. His aunt might have used her name for him.

William m. 2nd DELLIE IRENE WRIGHT b. 20 Dec 1901,Eight Mile near Heppner, Or. m. 1 Nov 1921, at Heppner, Or. d. 14 Mar 1986 In Portland, Or. burr Monument,Or. They had four daughters:

1. JUANITA FERN MATLOCK b. 24 Nov 1924, in Heppner, Or. m. MICHAEL IGNOWSKI, 14 Dec 1941, in The Dalles,Or. I attended the first five years of school in Lexington. We moved to The Dalles in Oct 1933 and I went to Court St. School, Jr. High and Dalles High 2yrs. and later to ST. Mary's Academy. We had three son's, Patrick and Robert, both live in The Dalles, and Mike, who lives in Green River, Wyoming. I retired from Stadleman Fruit Co. after working there 35 yrs., as floor lady. I went to work at Orchard View Farms, I have also worked part time since 1966 as a waitress at Johnny's Cafe where I still am. [Note: The Orchard View Farms, was owned by Walter Raymond BAILEY and Mabel Clair WITHERS, now owned by their son Donald Withers BAILEY and Edwina Joan OHLEGSCHLAGER. Edwina is my sister and Donald is my husband Jack,s, brother. WSB ] PATRICK INGOWSKI, m. POLLY LONG MORGAN He has two stepdaughters; Dana MORGAN, m. Mike ELLIOT. They live at Cannon Beach & have one daughter;; Kim MORGAN, m. Pete WONGIN and lives in Beaverton. ROBERT IGNOWSKI, not married. He and Pat both work for the Columbia Alum. Co. in Goldendale, Wa. MIKE IGNOWSKI m. Linda MORIKA. Mike is a district manager for Pacific Power Co. and Linda is an Assistant Dean in the College at Rock Spring, Wy. They have two son's, Mark attending school at Oregon State and John is a Junior at Green River.

2. LULU JANE MATLOCK b. 3 Mar 1925 , at Bend, Or. m. LYLE G COLE, 23 Dec 1943 d. Mar 1991. They lived in Portland. Or. They had 2 daughters and one son, was killed in New Jersey, Aug. 1959. Lulu attended school in Lexington and Dalles High.

3. BETTY LOIS MATLOCK b. 16 Dec 1928, Heppner, Or. m. 1st EARNIE BROCK, Sept. 1947 m. 2nd DONALD BALDWIN, 17 Jan 1949 m. 3rd GEORGE WILSON, 2 Nov 1958. (now dec'd)

4. CAROL ARDELLA MATLOCK b. 1 Dec 1930, Heppner, Or. m. ROBERT LEE WASSON, 2 Mar 1952 They have 1 son and 1 daughter. Carol attended school in The Dalles and now lives in Zig Zag,Or. In 1947 my husband and I took my parents to Indiana. Dad looked up a cousin that lived in Coal City, Indiana. They ran an 'Old Hotel' with wooden walkway, out door john, big pot belly stove in the entrance way. They had made the bottom floor into three small apartments. Dad's cousin Laura, had the first apt. she had an old wood stove with a hearth part way around it.Blanche, Laura's dau. lived in the next apt., and this is where the guest's registered. She had an electric stove, etc. The next apt. was occupied by Blanche's dau., and she had everything in gas. These are the only people I ever saw of dad's family except for his cousin, Les MATLOCK of Heppner. I believe we are related to the Matlock's in Pendleton, Heppner and Eugene. During WWII I lived in Portland,I saw another Juanita MATLOCK in the phone book. I called her up and was invited to visit her. I was never treated so like a queen before. She had a brother named Glenn, a farmer, living in Heppner also related to Les MATLOCK. She and her brother had shares in the Imperial Hotel, on 6th and Oak, I believe across from the Heathman. She lived near where the Lloyd Center in located, with her servants

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Another family of OREGON Matlock's. This information comes from Myra J. (NATLOCK) GARRETSON, 20 Feb 1991, Gridley, Ca.

Dear W.S.Bailey, my grandfather was:

NOBEL NOAH MATLOCK b. 1831, Belleville, Indiana and d. 11 Jan 1895. m. SARAH MILES (or SARAH CRAGHEAD) b. 1838 in Sedalia, They settled in Missouri before crossing the plains to Oregon in the 1850's. They had nine children, six boys and three girls, my father was the youngest. Charley, Carrie, Claude, Grant, William,and Merle. The girls were Ruth, Agnes, and Louise.

My father Merle and possibly Uncle Carrie who lived in Clackamas, Ore.are buried in the Clackamas cemetery where there is a Matlock family plot, my brother, Hugh Ballard is buried there also. I remember my father speak of living in the Salem-Silverton area; I believe he was born on Mill Creek near Salem in 1880. That concludes all the information I have on my family.

[Note from WSB: Myra's mention of the Clackamas Cemetery and that her brother Hugh BALLARD was there, was the key for Clarke Morton to find his family and aline them to the family tree.

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