Parents and Siblings of Catherine Elizabeth DeLong Daugherty - from the files of Lori Johnson

This is information I received from Aunt Lori Johnson concerning the immediate family of Catherine Elizabeth DeLong Daugherty (my great grandmother & mother of Fred Irwin Daugherty). I'll add a few facts in italics.

Lori wrote that "Libby's" grandfather was James DeLong. I have seen that same information elsewhere. There are many questions concerning Libby's grandfather. Arie DeLange did have a Peter and a James. Lori says that James was born in 1810 and died in 1883, buried in the Graveside Cemetery in Brookham, NY. That is all she has. I have even less concerning this James. James' brother, Peter, was actually Libby's grandfather, according to many sources. I read a story about this Peter being an inventor of railroad couplers and being crushed by train cars...I can't find my source and according to his death certificate, Peter lived a long life. I'm wondering about the confusion.

Libby's father was also names Peter. He was born in 1838 and married Susan Powell. Some records say "Susannah", whose parents came from England. Peter and "Susan" had 6 children. We don't know the date of his death but he was "caught in one of SD's bad snowstorms and disappeared." Lori wondered what Peter was doing in SD, but I have a land record stating that he owned a parcel of land in that state.

The children of Peter and Susan were: Matilda, born in 1862 and died in 1924. She's buried in 82nd Cemetery in Portland, Ore. She married Edwin Lynn in 1883. They had 3 children Walter Roy, Jessie and Lucy Mable. Eva was born 7/3/1865. She never married and died in 1917. She is also buried in Portland, Oregon. Catherine Elizabeth came next. Then Andrew, who was born in 1871 and died in 1947. He is buried in North Battleford, Sask. Canada. He married Edna Draper in 1905 in Battleford. They had 3 children, Karl, George Henry, and Clarence. Susan was born about 1872 and buried in Portland, Oregon. She married Alonzo Gates. Lori says they had a son, deceased. The youngest of the family was Edwin Peter DeLong, born 1877, died 1951. He is buried in Sandy, Ore. He married Maude Ella Brown in Wessington, SD. They had 4 children Earl Eugene, Edith May, Neil and Rose.

Aunt Lori had an active interest in her family. She states that she also has information of the generation after this. I'd love to see that, with it we might have some clues as to where these families are now. I am in touch with a few, in Canada, but many family branches are totally missing from my records.