Volume 3, Number 1 - Winter 1967-68
The Dye Family
Compiled and Edited by Bertha (Dye) Larson (Page 10) And Dedicated to the Dyes, Past, Present and FuturePREFACE
The Dye family came to Missouri from Kentucky in the early part of the nineteenth century. They came by wagon train, by way of the present site of Springfield, Missouri, which then consisted of one lone log cabin. The route must have been very near the present U. S. 166 highway.
They had trouble at Turnback, so named because so many turned back when Wilson Creek was in flood.
In the train was also the Dobbs family. William Dye and Kizzy Dobbs are the first generation of this record.
The family settled in Christian Co, Mo. Later went to Joplin. They were principally miners and most of the men at some time of their lives ~worked in the mines at Joplin and later in the Aurora mines. The Aurora mines closed during the First World War so they turned to other occupations. The family moved some before the war, to Christian County after the civil war. When the doctor ordered the men out of the mines, one son, Columbus Dye, remained in Joplin and later died of lead poisoning as did his sons. We have no further record of this branch of the family.
Although our beginnings, in Missouri, were at Joplin where most of the second and third generations were born, Christian County and Aurora, in Lawrence County, played a large part in the lives of the family. Christian County celebrates its centennial this summer, 1959. Several Dye families remain in Christian County at the present time.
Of the second generation, we have very skimpy records of William Tayler Dye and family, "Sis" Dye and Mary Dye McReynolds.
We have no birthdate record of either William Dye or Kizzy Dobbs Dye, however, William Dye died December 29, 1867 of a head injury suffered during the civil war. Kizzy Dye, who was quite old, died in 1899. They are both buried in a small cemetery, the Carter Cemetery in Christian County.
Kizzy Dye had a brother, George Dobbs, who in later life settled in Springfield, which had grown into large town. We know nothing of his descendents. She had a sister, Martha Dobbs, who married John Bright and to this union were born three sons, John Wesley, Andrew, and George Bright. Nothing more is known of this family except that John Wesley married a daughter of "Black" Bill Gidion. John Bright died around 1902 and Martha a few years later, both were rather old.
William Dye had a brother, Elmer Dye, who went to Arkansas when the family came to Missouri and nothing was ever heard of him.
As to politics, the first and second generations were evidently Republicans as they were union soldiers.
The first and second generation were predominatly Baptists but the third and succeeding generations branched out to include: Methodist, Presbyterian, Cumberland Presbyterian, Christian Evangelical-United Brethern, Catholic, Church of Christ and Nazarine.
Credit goes to my cousins, sisters and my father, Walter Dye, without whose help this would have been impossible.
I thank you all.
Bertha Larson
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| William Dye Died Dec. 29, 1867 Married Kizzy Dodds Died 1899 Buried Carter Cemetery Christian Co. Mo. |
Tabitha Dye Born 1856 Died 1917 Married Milo Stewart |
Con't. on page 19 |
| William Taylor Dye MarriedMiss Gideon |
Charls Dye, Deceased Columbus Dye |
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| James Wesley Dye (Tank) Born March 12, 1861 Died Oct. 2,1955 Spokane, Missouri Married Ella Arterberry, May 13, 1888 Died 1953 |
Buried Spokane MO. Con't. on page 22 |
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| John Henry Dye Born Jan. 2, 1844 Died March 8, 1909 (paralytic stroke) Anadarko, Okia. Married Martha Ann Smith Born June 19, 1839 Died March 14, 1928 |
John H. Dye Martha A. Dye Buried in Block 1 Anadarko City Cemetery Anadarko, Okla. |
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| Mary Dye Married Will Mc Reynolyds |
Fletcher Mc Reynolds Doc Mc Reynolds Charles Mc Reynolds William Mc Reynolds John Mc Reynolds Two more boys. Two grandchildren, Purd and Ida Mc Reynolds |
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| "Sis" Dye | Billy Dye Sam Dye Burton Dye Two girls |
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| Columbus Dye | ||
Minnie Dye |
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Alice Dye |
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William and Kizzy Dye John Henry Dye and Martha Ann Dye |
William Henry Dye |
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| Minnie Dye Born, Nov. 6, 1864 Died, Feb. 23, 1944 Married, L. T. Matthews, May 22, 1881 NOTE: Roscoe was a fine penman. He taught penmanship in Quincy, Illinois and for years filled in the high school diplomas Aurora. |
Sarah Belle Dye Born, June 20, 1871 Died, February 27, 1934, Raytown, Missouri (Cancer) Married, William J. Larkins, Missouri |
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| Alonza (Lon) Columbus Dye Born, May 22, 1873 Died, May 6,1946, Reedsport, Oregon (Heart failure) Married, Daisy Pryer |
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| Walter Blain Dye Born, May 2,1876 Died Dec 14, 1959 Married, Henrietta Gill, July, 1895 Born, November 7, 1878, Sherman, Texas Died, October 9,1957, Fresno, California |
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| Orda Enoch Dye Born May 28, 1880 Died, May 16, 1930, Calif. (Brain tumor) Married, Effie Rexroad -Spokane, Mo. Born, March 1,1881 Died, October, 1941 |
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William C. Matthews, Berkley, Calif. . . a retired teacher Born March 1,1881 Died July 18, 1965 Santa Barbra, Calif. Married Florence Ward, November 1 1920 |
No children | |
| Roscoe Lee Matthews Born,March 16 1886, Aurora, Missouri Died March 24, 1941, San Francisco, Calif. Married, Ethelda May Wheat, March 26, 1907 Born April 2,1888 Died April 10, 1926 Married, Lesta Hillhouse, about 1928. |
No children. Adopted Virginia Ruth about 1918 |
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| Charm Matthews Born, June 2,1888, Mo. Died August 23, 1927, California Married Jess Kinney, March 26, 1907(Divorced) Married, Gus Worth, 1926 |
Glenn Matthews Kinney Born, June 10, 1909 Married Dorthy -- one child, Neil Kinney. Born March 14, 1943 |
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| Mina Ruth Matthew Born, Sept. 5, 1896 Missouri Married, Moore Rose |
No children | |
| Claudia Matthews Born, 1882 DIED, 1884 (about) |
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Twins and two other children died in infancy. |
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| Alice Dye Born Dec. 20, 1866 Joplin, Mo. Died, July, 22, 1929, Greenville, Texas Married E. E. Patterson Ozark, Mo. |
NOTE: Alice Patterson died of Bright's disease | Alice and E. E. Patterson Are buried at Greenville Texas |
| CHILD Ethel Patterson, a teacher Born, July 14, 1887, Ozark, Mo. Married, Robert McWhriter Feb. 2, 1910 Died Feb. 20, 1963 Elhelda McWhirter a teacher born Jan. 29, 1912, Texas Married, J. Travis Poole, Feb. 2, 1935 |
Ethel Ann Poole Born, May 23, 1939 Married, Larry Ford |
Larry Ford, Jr. Born, June 5, 1958 |
| Travis Mc Whirter Poole Born, April 18, 1943 | ||
Jonathan Robert Poole Born, Oct. 23, 1946 |
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| Robert McWhirter, F.B.I. Born, Sept. 1, 1916, Texas Married Trellis Jean Conger, June 15, 1940 |
Alice Jean Mc Whirter Born, Aug. 22, 1942 Linda Conger Mc Whirter Born, Oct. 19, 1946 |
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| CHILD Imogene Patterson, a teacher Born, March 14, 1908, Anadarko, Oklahoma. Married, Harry H. Harris, Texas No children |
Divorced. |
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| CHILD Harold Patterson Died in infancy |
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| William Henry Dye Born, April 7, 1869 Died Sept. 18, 1954 Married, Lilly Cole Died, March 5, 1904 |
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| Ada Dimple Dye Born, December 9, 1865 Married Elmer F. Eggers Born, July 6, 1891 |
Harold Franklin Eggers Born, June 4, 1915 Married Mary Nobbett, May 2, 1937 Born, Aug. 15, 1918 |
Donna Marie Eggers Born, Oct. 1942 |
Walter Albert Eggers Born, Feb. 5, 1917 Married, Jeraldine Twigger |
Larry Albert Eggers Born, March 1, 1941 Marjorie Jean Eggers Born, March 6, 1942 |
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| Doras Jean Eggers Born, Oct. 30, 1925 Married, Howard C. Coley (Divorced) Married, Herman Ringenberg, Aug. 28, 1914 Born Aug. 28, 1914 |
Donna Jean Coley Born, Sept. 17, 1946
James Albert Ringenberg Born, April 2, 1950 |
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Robert Wm. Eggers Born, June 9, 1930 Married, Jo Anne Davidson, Jan. 9, 1955 Born, Dec. 25, 1934. |
Robert Stephens Eggers Born, Jan. 13, 1958 | |
| Ellen and William had one boy Lester Dye. | ||
Bonnie Dye Born, May 25, 1891 Died, March 12, 1931 Married, Victor Alvin Killingsworth Born. April 7, 1891 Victor Killingsworth Died Feb. 1965 |
Sylvia Ada Killingsworth Born, July 5, 1914 Married Omer Virgil Hall Born, Oct. 6, 1910 |
Lillian Ann Hall Born, Aug. 7, 1941 Harvey Elden Hall Born, May 22, 1945 Virgil Allen Hall Born, Dec. 9, 1949 |
| Lillian Gladys Killingsworth Born, Aug. 7, 1916 Married Brook Edmindson Stephens Born, Aug. 12, 1888 |
Clifford Brook Stephens Born, Oct. 2, 1939 Clarrissa Ann Stephens Born, July 6, 1947 |
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| Virgil Victor Killingsworth Born, Oct. 24, 1918 Married, Florenc E. Beaver Born, Nov. 16, 1923 |
Delbert Virgil Killingsworth Born, Oct. 31, 1941 Larry Wayne Killingskorth Born, Oct. 31, 1946 Bonnie Elizabeth Killingsworth Born, June 24, 1949 Judy Kay Killingsworth Born, Oct. 5, 1954 |
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| Orvil Clifford Killingsworth Born, Dec. 20, 1920 Married, Elizabeth June Martin. Born, Jan. 16, 1925 |
Mary Margaret Killingsworth Born, Dec. 15, 1944 |
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| Rita June Killingsworth Born, No. 4, 1948 | ||
| Robbie Joe Killingsworth Born, Aug. 10, 1953 | ||
| Lucille Virginia Killingsworth Born, Aug. 9,1927 Married Clarence Hugh Jones Born, Dec. 6, 1923 |
Beverly June Jones Born, May 30, 1946 |
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| Gary Michael Jones Born, Oct. 19, 1952 | ||
| Danny Hugh Jones Born, July 11, 1956 |
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| Ancel Elden Killingsworth Born, July 22, 1923 Married Gertrude
Rita Menninger Born, April 25, 1925 |
Rita Jean Killingsworth Born, April 16, 1947 | |
| Gail Lynn Killingsworth Born, Oct. 22, 1950 |
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| Percy Dye Born, June 9, 1893 Died, Nov. 9, 1957 Married and had no children. |
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| Willam Robert Dye Born, April 9, 1901 Married Mable Martin, December 23, 1928 Born, July 25, 1901 |
One son, adopted. Born, Oct. 1, 1920 Married, Eve Rory Born, Dec. 23, 1920 |
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Walter Blain Dye Married, Henrietta Gill, 1895, Missouri. |
Bertha Dye Born, Jan. 24, 1896, Highlandville, Missouri Married, Sanfert Linus Larson, March 26, 1916 in Aurora, Mo. Born, Jan. 22, 1895 Kansas City, Missouri. |
Susan Marie Dye Born, June 8, 1949 David Scott Dye Born, Aug. 3, 1950 |
| Madeline Dye Born, March 24, 1898, Highlandville, Missouri | ||
| Walter Blame is a retired carpenter. Died Dec. 14, 1955 Walter B. Dye Etta Dye are buried-Block 27 Blmont Cemetery Fresno Calif. |
Maud Dye Born, July 11, 1900, Christian County, Missouri Married, Dudley T. Ames, Dec. 6, 1924, Greenville, Texas |
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| Blanch Dye Born, Jan. 22, 1904, Bluff, Mo. Married, George Engle, Springfield, Missouri |
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| Fred Blaine Dye Born, June 26, 1906, Chestnutridge, Missouri Married, Faye McBridge, July, 2, 1927, Aurora, Missouri |
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| Virginia Ruth Dye Born, Jan. 18, 1913, Chestnutridge, Missouri Married, Thomas B. Wheeler, Aurora, Missouri in 1932. |
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| Mina Bell Dye Born, May 19, 1915, Chestnutridge, Missouri Married, Virgil Means (Deceased) Fresno, California Married, Don Jorgensen, Fresno, California |
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| Paul Edward Dye Born, March 19, 1918, Verona, Mo. Married, Hazel Brown, Fresno, Calif. |
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Dewey Henry Dye Born, March 2, 1909, Anadarko, Oklahoma. Married, Daisy Hillhouse, Aurora, Missouri in 1932 |
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| W. B. DYE (CONTINUED) | James Harding Dye Born, Oct. 19, 1920, Verona, Mo. Married, Alene Shamblain, Fresno, California in 1942 |
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| Jean Etta Dye Born, Jan. 5, 1924. Aurora Mo. Married, Bill Brooks, Fresno, California |
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| Johnnie Dye Born, Nov. 27, 1902 Died, Dec. 9, 1902 |
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| Dewey Henry Dye Born, March 2, 1909, Anadarko, Okia. Married, Daisy Hillhouse, 1932, Aurora, Mo. |
Nellie May Dye Born, Oct. 4, 1932 Aurora, Mo. Married, Floyd Williams |
Susan Marie Williams Born Aug. 3 1953 Patrica Lee Williams Born, May 2, 1956, Calif. |
| Lonnie Wayne Dye Born, Oct. 20 1934, Aurora Mo. Married, Marline Keister, June 12, 1954 |
Robert Wayne Dye Born, March 27, 1955 Fresno, Calif. Cathy Louise Dye Born, Oct. 18, 1957 Fresno Calif. |
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| Paul Edward Dye Born, March 19, 1918, Verona, Mo. Married, Hazel Brown Fresno, Calif. |
Norma Jean Dye Born, Dec. 2, 1939 Died Oct. 5, 1958 Married, Roger Beito, Dec. 1957. |
Norma was killed in an automobile accident and an unborn child died with
her. Fresno, Calif. |
| Jerry Paul Dye Born, Aug. 21, 1941 M. Donna Marley June 1962 In Turkey. |
Sherry Kay Dye Born, Aug. 5, 1963 Steven Craig Dye Born Feb. 24, 1965 |
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| Linda Gail Dye Born, Nov. 19 1943 M. Chas. Emberton June 14, 1962 |
John Edwards Emberton Born, Aug. 18, 1963 Stasey Janine Born Feb. 28, 1965 |
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| Randall Lee Dye Born, Jan. 10 1955 |
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| Maud Dye Born, July 11, 1900, Eaudevie, Mo. Married, Dudley Ames, Dec. 6, 1924 Insurance agents. Dudley Died, May 19 1965 Greenville, Texas |
Mildred Jean Ames Born, May 8, 1926 Greenville, Texas Married James William Marrison. July 6, 1950 |
James William Morrison Born, Oct. 15, 1951, Greenville, Texas Kathy Lynn Morrison Born, Nov. 16, 1954 Greenville, Texas |
| Virginia Ruth Dye Born, Jan. 18, 1913, Chestnutridge, Mo. | Derrel B. Wheeler, a Fireman Born, May 25, 1933, Aurora, Mo. Married, Jo Ann Wallace, June 15, 1952, Aurora, Mo. |
Thomas Wayne Wheeler Born, June 30, 1953, Aurora, Mo. Glen Allen Wheeler Born, Jan. 7, 1956 Kansas City, Mo. |
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| W. B. DYE (CONTINUED) Married, Thomas B. Wheeler, Oct. 24, 1932, Aurora, Mo. He was born June 6, 1908. |
Charles Roy Wheeler, |
Charles Roy Wheeler, Jr. Born, Dec. 23, 1956, Germany (Schweinfort) Ronald Dean Wheeler Born, April 26, 1960 Kenneth Earl Wheeler Born, June 15, 1962 Nancy Marcella Wheeler Born, Sept. 23, 1963 |
| Shirley Jean Wheeler, a bank teller. Born, Feb. 13, 1936, Aurora, Missouri Married, James Edward Gray Dec. 5, 1959 |
Denise Renee Gray Born, Jan. 30, 1961 Jennifer Lyn Gray Born, Feb. 13, 1963 |
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| Mina Lou Wheeler Born, April 12, 1937, Aurora, Mo. Married Forest Prosser, a minister, Sept. 2, 1956. He was born April 25, 1937. |
Durinda Sue Prosser Born, Aug. 30, 1958, Paris, Tenn. Karen Lynn Prosser Born, Nov. 8, 1965 Memphis, Tenn. |
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| Gary Lynn Wheeler, Navy Born, April 12, 1937, Aurora, Mo. Norma Pruete May 28, 1960 |
Terry Lynn Wheeler Born, April 17, 1961 Mark Alan Wheeler Born, Jan. 1964 |
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| Mary Sue Wheeler Born, April 12, 1937, Aurora, Mo. Died, July 18, 1937 |
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Fred Blame Dye Married, Faye McBride, |
Betty June Dye |
Kevin Forrest Baldwin Born, March 16, 1958 Ukiah, Calif. Kyle Fred Baldwin Feb. 13, 1965 |
| Donna Earlene Dye Born, June 26, 1939, Ukiah, Calif. Married, Bill Mayfield, 1956, Ukiah, Calif. Ukiah, Calif. Barry Donald Mayfield Born, June 1, 1960. |
William Blaine Mayfield Born, March 19, 1957 Ukiah, Calif. Brent Warren Mayfield Born, Oct. 19, 1958 |
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| Jackie Renay Dye Born, Pan. 10, 1950, Ukiah, Calif. |
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| James Harding Dye Born, Oct. 19, 1920, Verona, Mo. Married Alene Shamblain. |
Gwendalyn Sue Dye |
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| James Danny Dye Born, Dec. 14, 1943, Fresno, Calif. |
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| Sandra Aline Dye Born, Nov. 13, 1945, Fresno, Calif. Married Roy Don Pike May 2, 1964, Fresno |
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| Steven Dye Born, July 24, 1953 Adopted in 1956 |
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| Blanch Dye Born, Jan. 22, 1904 Married, George Engle Divorced Married, Bill Gerfiri Divorced No children. Married, Robert E. Fehring Born, June -19, 1904 |
Martha Joan Engle Born, May 16, 1924, Aurora, Mo. Married, Andrew Decker, Dec. 24, 1942 Born, April 18, 1918 |
Jerry Lee Decker Born, Sept. 28, 1943, Springfield, Mo. Joseph Donald Decker Born, Oct. 4, 1952, Kansas City, Mo. Jenean Claudine Decker Born, Oct. 25, 1958, Kansas City, Mo. |
Modena June Engle Born, July 12, 1927, Springfield, Mo. Married, Lee Goodell Divorced No children. Married, Muriel Bradley, (Lumberman) March 14, 1959 |
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| Mina Belle Dye Born, May 19, 1915, Chestnutridge, Mo. Married, Virgil Means Died Feb. 6, 1938, Fresno, Calif. Married, Don F. Jorgensen |
Virgil Denton (Means) Jorgensen Born, July 22, 1938, Fresno, Calif. Married Marylin K. Irwin M. 25, 1961 |
Kenneth Donald Jorgnsen Born, June 25, 1964 Fresno, Calif. |
| Douglas Walter Jorgensen Born, June 26, 1941, Fresno, Calif. |
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| Russell Ernest Jorgensen Born, April 15, 1943, Fresno, Calif. | ||
| Janice Ruth Jorgensen Born, Sept. 16, 1946 Fresno, Calif. Married Clifford Newton March 17, 1965 |
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| Richard Dean Jorgensen Born, Dec. 13, 1951, Fresno, Calif. |
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