Additional Information on Catherine Elizabeth DeLong's Sibilings

Pictured is Edna Draper DeLong, wife of Andrew DeLong

Having this blog is good, as it causes me to look at old information. I found this typed information with no name as to the source, other than the words, "Dad's Bro." after Andrew DeLong's name. I'd like to share this document with you.

As I mentioned, ggrandmother, Catherine Elizabeth DeLong Daugherty had a brother Andrew, b. 1871, buried in Sask, Canada, and married to Edna Draper, who was born in Phillips, WI. Their children were Karl, George and Clarence. It looks like they all had the address of North Battleford, Sask, Canada. AT the time of this document Karl and George were still living. Karl had Doreen, George had Larry and Robert, and Clarence had Lynn, Loren, twins John and Judy, and Delores. A notation at the bottem says, "Uncle Andy went alone with a wagon, team of horses when I was small and homesteaded in Canada and never came back to visit nor Dad went up - however they corresponded. When Uncle Andy came to see Dad here in Portland they were both older. He died not long after he was here. He married Aunt Edna in Canada. I had a picture of them living in a sod house when they were first married. Far cry from today.

Next the writer lists the family of Edward Peter DeLong. As mentioned in the last blog, Edward married Maude Ella Brown in Wessington. Their children were Earl Eugene, b. 1902 and buried in Sandy Oregon, married to Ella. The second child was Edith May, born 1903. It looks like she married Lyle Nobel in 1929 and divorced him in 1936 then married Wesley Evans and divorced in in 1945. She was still living at the time the writing was done. Neil was born 1918 and died 1977. He married a Rose in 1945. The youngest child was Lowell Melvin, b. 1922 (quite a difference in age between the siblings). Both he and Neil were WWII veterans. He married Dorothy Bolle and they were divorced. Then he married a Mable,also divorced. Then married Doris Howard in 1967 and divorced again. Maybe married to a Grace Johnson next. That name was penciled in.

The next generation, closer to my generation are; Edith's children, David Noble, b. 1930, Luanne (Fitzpatrick), b. 1930; Neil's son Rodney, born 1946, Lowell's children (I think...it's a bit hard to follow at this point), Sandra Rae, married to Alan Van Lorn and Ella , b. 1954, a polio victim at age 13 months spending most of her first 12 years at Shriner's Hospital.

The writer then mentions a next generation. Susan Marie Noble, b. 1956 living in NY, Karen Ann Noble, b. 1960, living in ORegon, and Michael David Noble, b. 1966, also living in Oregon. I'll finish this document in the next posting. The writer could be a member of Edward Peter's family, probably Edith, as there is more information on the Noble family than any other.