May 16, 1942, Mary Alice Lavadour Death Certificate
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Title
May 16, 1942, Mary Alice Lavadour Death Certificate
Description
This is the death certificate of Mary Alice Lavadour, grandchild of Letitia and David Carson and daughter of Martha Carson. Letitia Carson’s daughter Martha Carson married Narcisse Lavadour of the Metis French Canadian Lavadour family in January 1868 in Oregon Territory near the Umatilla Reservation in Umatilla County, present-day Milo. Narcisse was Martha’s second partner, she had one child with Soloman Bigham on November 26, 1864, named Mary Alice Bigham. Martha and her child Mary Alice Bigham married Lavadours and raised their children a short distance from Letitia’s farm, where Letitia lived to become a grandmother and great-grandmother.
In the summer of 1887, the two Lavadour-Carson families moved to the Umatilla Reservation, in large part to take advantage of the new “Dawes Act” Allotment claims that could be made on the reservation during that year. Jack stayed behind with his mother, Letitia, not being qualified to claim an allotment and not likely interested in moving, and Letitia deeded her land to him. Martha and Narcisse had five children together in Umatilla, OR. Martha died on May 15th, 1942 in Umatilla County, Oregon. She was 77 years old.
In the summer of 1887, the two Lavadour-Carson families moved to the Umatilla Reservation, in large part to take advantage of the new “Dawes Act” Allotment claims that could be made on the reservation during that year. Jack stayed behind with his mother, Letitia, not being qualified to claim an allotment and not likely interested in moving, and Letitia deeded her land to him. Martha and Narcisse had five children together in Umatilla, OR. Martha died on May 15th, 1942 in Umatilla County, Oregon. She was 77 years old.
Creator
Oregon State Board of Health, Division of Vital Statistics
Source
Oregon State Archives
Publisher
LCLP
Date
1942-05-16
Contributor
Jan Meranda, Zachary Stocks
Rights
No Copyright, Public Domain
Format
PNG
Language
English
Type
Legal Document
Identifier
Oregon-64
Coverage
Umatilla County, Oregon
Collection
Citation
Oregon State Board of Health, Division of Vital Statistics, “May 16, 1942, Mary Alice Lavadour Death Certificate,” Letitia Carson Digital History Collection , accessed May 3, 2024, https://letitiacarson.omeka.net/items/show/217.