Richard E. Onan

M, #103081, b. 11 January 1926

Family: Elaine Louise Houghton

Biography

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BirthJan 11, 1926
MarriageJun 17, 1950
ParentsSSam and Helen Onan
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Richard E. Onan

M, #103082, b. 25 May 1952

Family: Pattie Sue Lee

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BirthMay 25, 1952
MarriageJun 29, 1975
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Pattie Sue Lee

F, #103083

Family: Richard E. Onan

Biography

A Contributor to Houghton Surname ProjectN
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MarriageJun 29, 1975
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Patrick Onan

M, #103084, b. 10 May 1954

Biography

A Contributor to Houghton Surname ProjectN
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BirthMay 10, 1954
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Philip D. Onan

M, #103085, b. 27 January 1958

Biography

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BirthJan 27, 1958
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Kathleen D. Onan

F, #103086, b. 18 September 1959

Biography

A Contributor to Houghton Surname ProjectN
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BirthSep 18, 1959
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Rosemary C. Onan

F, #103087, b. 15 September 1964

Biography

A Contributor to Houghton Surname ProjectN
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BirthSep 15, 1964
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Paul L. Onan

M, #103088, b. 21 May 1968

Biography

A Contributor to Houghton Surname ProjectN
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BirthMay 21, 1968
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Dr. Bradley Bunnell1

M, #103089, b. 26 January 1784, d. 1856

Family: Charlotte Houghton

Biography

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BirthJan 26, 1784Newtown, CT, USA2
Marriage1805VT, USA
Children+1814Willard Bradley Bunnell 1814 – 1861
Anna Marie Bunnell 1830 –
Charlotte Bunnell 1830 – 1920
Stephen Bunnell 1830 –
Lafayette Houghton Bunnell 1822 – 1903
Frances Augusta Bunnell 1830 – 1870
Leumann S Bunnell 1831 – 1888
Death1856Homer, Winoma Co., MN, USA2
ParentsSJob Bunnell 1752 – 1827 and Rachel Bradley 1751 – 1839
BiographyThe writer's father, Dr. Bradly Bunnell, was born in New London, Conneticut, in about 1781, and his mother, Charlotte Houghton, was bom in Windsor, Vermont, in about 1785. Soon after their marriage they came to Albany, New York, where the eldest sister of the writer was born, and where also was born her husband, Stephen Van Rensselaer. From Albany his parents moved to Homer, New Yoi-k, where the eldest son, Willard
Bradly Bunnell, was born in 1814. Ten years later, 1824, the writer was born in Kochester, New York.

While living in that beautiful city, his father conceived the idea of visiting the Territory of Michigan, and in 1828 went to Detroit. The writer is made sure of the time, by the date of a diploma of his father's membership in the Detroit Medical Society, signed by Stephen C. Henry, president, and II. S. Rice, secretary, and other papers in his possession.

In the autumn of 1831, Bradley Bunnell started for Detroit, with the intention of establishing himself in the practice of his profession, but, delayed by the inclemency of the season, and lack of secure transportation, was induced to open an office in Buffalo.

His practice grew into importance, and during the season of cholera, 1832, the calls for his services to relieve the distressed and dying were almost ...

The writer had an attack of Asiatic cholera, and passed into what was ...osed by consulting physicians to be a collapsed stage of the
disease, but the heroic treatment decided upon caused a rally of

the vital forces, and the grim enemy was routed. Although but
eight years old at the time of the Black Hawk war, that event, and
incidents connected with it, he distinctly remembers. The passage
through Buffalo of United States troops on their way to the scene
of conflict made a vivid impi-ession that years have failed to eradi-
cate. In 1833 it was thought advisable by the writer's father to
move up to Detroit, but meeting with what he thought a better
opportunity to establish himself, after a short delay at Detroit, con-
tinued on up to Saginaw. There he purchased forty acres of land,
that now forms part of that flourishing city. He also bought forty
acres that forms the site of Carrolton. Soon dissatisfied with his
purchase, and the felicity afforded by howling wolves and croaking
bullfrogs in their gambols and songs of love, he left in the sweet
spring-time for metropolitan life in the French village of Detroit.
His family, on the score of economy, and most likely for want of
ready funds, were left in Saginaw to care for the household goods
and garden, and the children to cultivate their unfolding intellects at
a country school. The writer was called "Pef' by his mother, and
was allowed to run at large with Chippewa children (whose tongue
wsis soon acquired), visit their camps, sugar-groves, hunt, fish, swim,
skate and fight, to his unbounded satisfaction. His pride was to
excel his dusky competitors in all things, and this was soon accom-
])lislied, to the admiration of an old Chippewa warrior instructor by
his killing two immense bald eagles at the age of eleven. The
writer was not then aware of the importance Indians attach to the
killing of an eagle.

His mother soon became satisfied that her "Pet" was learning
more of the camp than tlie school, more of the hi-yah, of Indian
music, than of that taught by his sisters. After a few written notes
received from his teacher (confidential), and a vain attempt to take
all of "his hide off," after the most approved methods of that
''''good old time''%'). It was thought best, upon one of his father's
periodical visits, to place the writer in a Detroit "classical school."

At about the age of twelve the misguided boy was placed in the
Latin school of Mr. O'Brien, of Detroit, who has for many years
taught the 3'oung ideas "to shoot," fitting many young men with
preparatory instruction for useful lives. Mr. O'Brien had been
educated for the Catholic priesthood, but discovering some peculi-
arity in his character (it was thought to be his temper) un suited to
so sacred an office, he opened his Latin school in Detroit.



There can be no doubt of the masterly ability of O'Brien as a
teacher ; but his method was the old one he learned in his bible, to
"spare not the rod !" So, after a very short term at that school,
receiving in the meantime a few extr'a lessons in the manly art ot
self-defense^ the writer one day with a ty-yah ! left the school and
his books never to return.

A new method was then tried with the young savage, and his
experiences at the "Bacon Select or High School," of Detroit, are
cherished in grateful memory. The writer made rapid progress
toward the goal of his ambition, a liberal education, but the "wild-
cat mania" had seized upon his father, and as a consequence of
losses, sickness and deaths in his family, the boy aspirant had to be
made self-supporting.

He was placed in the drug store of Benjamin T. Le Britton,
opposite Ben Woodworth's hotel, where he boarded for a time upon
his arrival in Detroit, and with that kind and upright gentleman,
and his successor in business, he remained until the fires that raged
in the wooden buildings of that period had destroj^ed them.
Before the destruction of the American or Wale's Hotel by fire
the writer was boarded at that house by his employer, and
while there remembers that Henry R. Schoolcraft boarded there also
for some considerable time, engaged, probably, upon his Indian
works. A Chippewa maiden in attendance upon his invalid wife
(who was of mixed blood), though shy, seemed pleased when spoken
to in Chippewa, which, boy like, the writer would do.

For a time, at intervals, though young for the work, he was sent
by his employer to take orders and make collections in Ohio, Ken-
tuck' and Virginia.

It was now thought advisable to engage the writer in the study
of medicine. This was distasteful to him, but finally, with his ex-
perience as a druggist to build on, in 1840 he went into his father's
office in Detroit, and in winter, for want of other resources, attended
private clinics and demonstrations.

The reading and confinement involved was too great a change
from his former and accustomed habits, but nevertheless, in order
not to disappoint the fond expectations of -his parents, he worked
against his inclinations. He had continued liis studies, more or less
regularly, when a most welcome letter from his brother, Willard B.
Uunnell, decided him, in the spring of 1842, to go to Bay-du-Noquet,
where Willard was engaged in the fur trade.
Pedigree

Citations

  1. [S1464] Unknown editor, Bunnell/Bonnell Newsletter, p. 16.
  2. [S882] Ancestry.Com, online www.ancestry.com, http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/11904809/person/1881474120

Sarah H. Smith

F, #103090, b. March 1824, d. 1902

Family: Lafayette Houghton Bunnell M.D.

Biography

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BirthMar, 1824
Marriage1859
Death1902Winona, MN, USA
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George Houghton1

M, #103091, b. circa 1801

Family: Elizabeth (?)

Biography

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Birthcirca 1801Ospringe, Kent, England, age 49 in 1851 census1
Marriage2
Census1851Teynham, Kent, England, age 49, agric. laborer
Pedigree

Citations

  1. [S882] Ancestry.Com, online www.ancestry.com, http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/166818/person/-100495645
  2. [S882] Ancestry.Com, online www.ancestry.com, http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/166818/person/-100494080

Elizabeth (?)1

F, #103092, b. circa 1794

Family: George Houghton

Biography

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Birthcirca 1794Boughton Monchelsea, Kent, England, age 57 in 1851 census1
Marriage1
Census1851Teynham, Kent, England, age 49, agric. laborer
Pedigree

Citations

  1. [S882] Ancestry.Com, online www.ancestry.com, http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/166818/person/-100494080

Mary Ann Houghton1

F, #103093, b. circa 1852

Biography

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Birthcirca 1852Poplar, Middlesex, England1
Pedigree

Citations

  1. [S882] Ancestry.Com, online www.ancestry.com, http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/166818/person/-172119613

Thomas H. Lucas1

M, #103094, b. March 1860

Family: Emma Houghton

Biography

Corresponded with authorN
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BirthMar, 1860IN, USA1
Marriage1
Pedigree

Citations

  1. [S882] Ancestry.Com, online www.ancestry.com, http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/166818/person/-119044211

John Menary1

M, #103095, b. circa 1860, d. 1932

Family: Sophia Houghton

Biography

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Birthcirca 1860Canada1
Marriage1
ResearchRemarried: Laura E Deardorf 1875 – 1912
Albert Raymond Menary
1896 – 1897
Laurine Menary
1898 – 1986
Bernice L Menary
1903 – 1955
Death1932Baldwin Co., AL, USA1
Pedigree

Citations

  1. [S882] Ancestry.Com, online www.ancestry.com, http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/166818/person/-119001892

Sophia Menary1

F, #103096, b. 21 August 1888, d. 7 September 1888

Biography

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BirthAug 21, 1888Arnold, Custer Co., NE, USA1
DeathSep 7, 1888Arnold, Custer Co., NE, USA1
Pedigree

Citations

  1. [S882] Ancestry.Com, online www.ancestry.com, http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/166818/person/-119001892

Lillian Helen Jones1

F, #103097, b. circa 1874, d. 27 November 1946

Family 1: Albert John Houghton

Family 2: Jack Curtis

Biography

A Contributor to Houghton Surname ProjectN
Corresponded with authorN
Birthcirca 1874NY, USA, age 27 in 1900 census; age 36 in 1910 census; age 48 in 1920 census; age 58 in 1930 census1,2
Marriagecirca 1891age 19 in 1910 census1
1900 Census1900Garfield, Lincoln Co., NE, USA, age 34, farmer3
1910 Census1910Prosser, Benton Co., WA, USA, age 45, real estate agent2
Marriage4
1920 Census1920Centralia, Lewis Co., WA, USA, age 61, barber4
1930 Census1930Centralia, Lewis Co., WA, USA, age 58, widow, servant to Eli and Etta Watts5
DeathNov 27, 1946Portland, OR, USA, Lillian and her husband Julius Stephen Raymond died together in auto accident November 27, 1946, Portland, Oregon
ParentsDparents born in NY
Pedigree

Citations

  1. [S882] Ancestry.Com, online www.ancestry.com, http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/166818/person/-119039885
  2. [S1231] 1910 U.S. Federal Census , Year: 1910; Census Place: Prosser, Benton, Washington; Roll: T624_1653; Page: 13B; Enumeration District: 0019; FHL microfilm: 1375666.
  3. [S1230] 1900 U.S. Federal Census , ear: 1900; Census Place: Garfield, Lincoln, Nebraska; Roll: 932; Page: 1A; Enumeration District: 0148; FHL microfilm: 1240932.
  4. [S1232] 1920 U.S. Federal Census , Year: 1920; Census Place: Centralia, Lewis, Washington; Roll: T625_1933; Page: 2B; Enumeration District: 116; Image: 143.
  5. [S1233] 1930 U.S. Federal Census , Year: 1930; Census Place: Centralia, Lewis, Washington; Roll: 2507; Page: 2A; Enumeration District: 0018; Image: 209.0; FHL microfilm: 2342241.

Caroline Loveland1,2

F, #103098, b. 1901

Family: Floyd Albert Houghton

Biography

A Contributor to Houghton Surname ProjectN
Corresponded with authorN
Birth1901MO, USA, age 29 in 1930 census; age 39 in 1940 census1,3
Marriage1
1930 Census1930Yakima, Yakima Co., WA, USA, age 31, Yakima Harwood clerk3
1940 Census1940Yakima, Yakima Co., WA, USA, age 41, paint shop, part owner4
Occupation1940paint shop assistant
ParentsDfather born in England, mother in IL
Pedigree

Citations

  1. [S882] Ancestry.Com, online www.ancestry.com, http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/166818/person/1668216896
  2. [S415] E-mail Jill Bell Houghton, May 28, 2015.
  3. [S1233] 1930 U.S. Federal Census , Year: 1930; Census Place: Yakima, Yakima, Washington; Roll: 2524; Page: 5A; Enumeration District: 0012; Image: 280.0; FHL microfilm: 2342258.
  4. [S1479] 1940 U.S. Federal Census , Year: 1940; Census Place: Yakima, Yakima, Washington; Roll: T627_4371; Page: 7A; Enumeration District: 39-34.

Lawrence T. Campbell1

M, #103099, b. circa 1899

Family: Valora B. Houghton

Biography

A Contributor to Houghton Surname ProjectN
Corresponded with authorN
Birthcirca 1899WI, USA1
Marriage1
1930 Census1930Prosser, Benton Co., WA, USA
Pedigree

Citations

  1. [S882] Ancestry.Com, online www.ancestry.com, http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/166818/person/1671118397

Violet B. Houghton1

F, #103100, b. 1906

Biography

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Birth1906Prosser, Benton Co., WA, USA, age 4 in 1910 census; age 14 in 1920 census1
Pedigree

Citations

  1. [S882] Ancestry.Com, online www.ancestry.com, http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/166818/person/1671118397

Dr. Seneca F. Dean M.D.1

M, #103101, b. 1816

Biography

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Birth1816WI, USA1
ResidenceNE, USA
BiographySeneca F. Deane, M. D. Son of Capt. Daniel and Jerusha (Houghton) brother of Erastus P., mentioned in the early part of these sketches. Born
1816, raised on a farm, commenced his schooling at district, No. 10, supplemented by heme study, after his day's work. Learned the carpenter's trade, then commenced as journeyman millwright at Mayo's mills, in the vicinity of his home, worked at this two or three years, and then continued it for three years more in the employ of Lysander Richardson, Athol. Receiving an injury to his arm that was pronounced permanent by one of the foremost physicians, he commenced the study of the Botanic practice of medicine, and was graduated in Vermont, 1843, when Dr. Silas Wilcox of Bennington was president of the Board. Subsequently his arm regained its strength and he again took up his mechanical employment. Iu 1851 he left his
native state for Wisconsin where he remained but five months, when he removed to western New York where he took up the practice of medicine, and soon obtained the confidence of a large circle of patrons. In 1857 he again removed to Wisconsin where he continued the practice several years, then moved to Darlington, Lafayette Co., and resumed his trade as millwright, to which he added the office of referee in deciding the law of water rights and privileges, a matter he had studied, and hence became master of the situation, building the motive power of flouring mills that worked with the utmost nicety and satisfaction, continuing eight years, when his lungs become seriously affected, and the case aggravated by the dust attendant on his wTork. As a last resort he moved to Carleton, Nebraska, where he once more resumed the practise of medicine, which he has continued for eleven 3rears, and is still perscribing for the benefit of patients. In early life he was a strong pro-slavery man, but on getting nearer the field, and becoming better acquainted with the institution, he became a convert to the other side, and took a bold, outspoken and prominent part in behalf of the slave, even
to being conductor on the underground railroad and assisted the escape of the fugitives, in every way that a fearless and determined man could.
Always temperate himself for forty-five years he has done his best to inculcate the principle to those around him by practice and precept, and for nearly the same length of time he has been a staunch believer in "the good time coming" when the women shall vote. Of stalwart figure, decided opinions, keen
perceptions, he is a good representative of New England pluck and perseverence.1
Pedigree

Citations

  1. [S1465] J. B. HOWE & Charles K. Wilder, Petersham MA Natives, p. 73.

Rose Spiegelman1

F, #103102, b. circa 1902

Family: William Anderson Houghton

Biography

Corresponded with authorN
A Contributor to Houghton Surname ProjectN
Birthcirca 1902NY, USA, age 38 in 1940 census2
Marriage1
1940 Census1940New York, Bronx Co., NY, USA, age 43, wholesale funeral dry goods mortician salesman2
Residence1942New York, New York Co., NY, USA
1950 US Census1950New Rochelle, NY, USA, age 56, wholesale furniture co. salesman
Duplicate
Pedigree

Citations

  1. [S1323] "WWII Draft Registration 1942", National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Washington, D.C.; ; State Headquarters: New York.
  2. [S1479] 1940 U.S. Federal Census , New York, Bronx, New York; Roll: T627_2498; Page: 10B; Enumeration District: 3-1479; line 43, dwl 1760.

Bernard Joseph Houghton1

M, #103103, b. 14 August 1896

Biography

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BirthAug 14, 1896Donegal, Ireland1
Mil. Draft1942Pilot Rock, Umatilla Co., OR, USA, age 45, Cunningham Sheep Co., Pendleton OR1
Pedigree

Citations

  1. [S1323] "WWII Draft Registration 1942", The National Archives Pacific Alaska Region (Seattle); Seattle, Washington; Fourth Registration Draft Cards (WWII); State Headquarters: Oregon; Record Group Name: Records of the Selective Service System; Record Group Number: 147; Archive Number: 563991; Box Number: 58.

Gordon Victor Houghton1

M, #103104, b. 3 September 1896

Biography

Corresponded with authorN
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BirthSep 3, 1896Cambridge, Middlesex Co., MA, USA1
Mil. Draft1942Middlesex Co., MA, USA, age 46, Mass. Ave. Motor Car Co.1
Pedigree

Citations

  1. [S1323] "WWII Draft Registration 1942", National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Washington, D.C.; ; State Headquarters: Massachusetts; Microfilm Series: M2090; Microfilm Roll: 72.

John James Houghton1

M, #103105, b. 1 November 1897

Family: Mary (?)

  • Marriage*: John James Houghton married Mary (?)1

Biography

A Contributor to Houghton Surname ProjectN
Corresponded with authorN
BirthNov 1, 1897County Donegal, Ireland1
Marriage1
Mil. Draft1942Jamaica Plain, MA, USA, age 44, Star Brewery, Roxbury MA1
Residence1942Jamaica Plain, MA, USA
Duplicatewife Mary
Pedigree

Citations

  1. [S1323] "WWII Draft Registration 1942", National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Washington, D.C.; ; State Headquarters: Massachusetts; Microfilm Series: M2090; Microfilm Roll: 72.

Mary (?)1

F, #103106

Family: John James Houghton

Biography

Corresponded with authorN
A Contributor to Houghton Surname ProjectN
Marriage1
Residence1942Jamaica Plain, MA, USA
Pedigree

Citations

  1. [S1323] "WWII Draft Registration 1942", National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Washington, D.C.; ; State Headquarters: Massachusetts; Microfilm Series: M2090; Microfilm Roll: 72.

Opal Mae Olbert

F, #103107, b. 26 November 1937, d. 7 November 1995

Biography

Corresponded with authorN
A Contributor to Houghton Surname ProjectN
BirthNov 26, 1937Durango, CO, USA
DeathNov 7, 1995Cortez, CO, USA
BurialLebannon Cemetery, Dolores, Montezuma Co., CO, USA
ParentsDFather:     Fred G Olbert & Mother:     Harriet Hurt
Pedigree

Ruth Haughton

F, #103108

Family: (?) Dunn

  • Marriage*: Ruth Haughton married (?) Dunn.

Biography

A Contributor to Houghton Surname ProjectN
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Birth
Marriage
Pedigree

(?) Dunn

M, #103109

Family: Ruth Haughton

Biography

A Contributor to Houghton Surname ProjectN
Corresponded with authorN
Marriage
Pedigree

(?) Caffer

M, #103110

Family: Sarah A. Haughton

Biography

A Contributor to Houghton Surname ProjectN
Corresponded with authorN
Marriage
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