Link to what I thought was a completed topic.
www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=350507.msg3332008 Quotes from jandishon
I am curious about the posting: Oram, Jenne Sturdevant (1825-1907) d/o Sam Sturdevant (pg. two by Shellyesq) Maybe someone out there can help me out. I am not related but was passing through Toledo, Oregon on Aug. 3rd, saw the cemetery sign so stopped and took a few photos to post on line. I found the marker for Jennie P. Owram but it was broken and there was one name I couldn't read. I will type what was on the marker and leave a blank for the name I couldn't read in hopes that someone out there can fill in the blank.
Owram, Jennie P. born Nancy Phedora Cra_______ or Gra____
Oct. 24, 1824 - April 26, 1907
Married "Elder" Lester Starr
Children:
Lester Starr, Ina Starr Sturdevant
Married Joseph Owram
Child:
Minnie Alice Owram Murray
It appears as though Joseph was the second husband. What is a mystery to me that I hope I can clear up is what her actual birth name was. I did find a listing of burials in the Toledo, Oregon cemetery that lists her as Jenne Sturdevant Oram (Oram is spelled differently than the marker) with father as Sam Sturdevant. But the marker says her birth name was something elise
It was unfortunate that the plastic marker was broken. I tried to clean out some of the dirt but didn't want to damage it further. The posting said her father was Sturdevant but I wonder if he adopted her or if her birth surname could have been her mothers surname. According to the marker her birth name was Nancy Phedora
Cra___ or Gra__. Hopefully we can deterine what that name actually was.
Another interesting thing is that her daughter from Lester Small was Ina Starr Sturdevant
Any thoughts on what the surname could be ?
Would be interesting to see if the marker could be over a 100 yrs old
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