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Sources - Pollock Family
In 1950, shortly after his father died, Dean Pollock wrote a 20-typewritten-pages "Autobituary". Here is an excerpt of part of what he wrote explaining why it was important to, in effect, write his own obituary:
As for the (funeral) service itself, seldom do any of the details come off worse than the "obituary". It generally consists of a few bare facts (mostly dates) which the family, in the worst possible state of mind, has thrown together and handed to the parson. The stark and naked way-points of a man's life that thus emerge remind me of the flags that fly from the peaks of the "Big Top" -- they are the outstanding points alright, but they can't compete in interest with the three-ring circus that one can see by peeping under the canvas.Dean's "Autobituary" is full of stories about his life, about his earliest memories in Joseph, Oregon, and other places he lived as he was growing up, and about family history. Much of what we know about the Pollock Family has come from this document.
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Daniel Ross Pollock Marriage 22 July 1859 Copy of marriage license from Microfilm. License No 2071. Copy given to me by Dean Pollock's cousin, Amey Bernice Wilson. Other Children Information about James B Pollock, the child who died in 1869 at age 1 year, is from cemetery records on the Internet (Ancestry.com - Iowa Cemetery Records). James B Pollock is listed as the son of Daniel and Agnes Pollock, and is buried near them. There is nothing in our oral Family History or in Dean's Autobituary about this child. Census
Death 2 April 1890 This information is from the Internet - Ancestry.com - "Iowa Cemetery Records". |
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Edgar Anderson Pollock Census
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Dean Pollock Birth 9 June 1897 Certificate of Birth; State Registered No. D. F. 53; delayed birth ctf issued Nov 12, 1940. Copy owned by Dianne McRae. Birth Affidavit from the Department of State, Passport Office. Dean's copy now owned by Dianne McRae. I am Dean Pollock's Aunt, his mother being my sister. He was born in their home in Joseph, Oregon; June 9, 1897. The attending physician was Dr. Shaw, the nurse my mother Agnes Amey. These facts I know to be true. (Signed) Maude Amey Johnson. 28 November 1966. City Directories Polk's Directory of Portland, Oregon
Census
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Richard Wayne Pollock Birth 24 April 1924 Ctf of Birth, photocopy; Originally owned by Mildred Brown Pollock, now owned by Dianne McRae. Registration District No. 3104, Registered No. 16749, Cook County, Illinois. Death Certificate: State of Washington Dept of Social and Health Services, Vital Records, Ctf of Death. Cowlitz County, WA; Local file number 686, State file number 146-8. Photocopy owned by Dianne McRae. Military The certified copy of Richard Pollock's Army discharge papers, previously owned by Richard Pollock, is now owned by Dianne McRae. Death 24 December 1985 Death Certificate: State of Washington Dept of Social and Health Services, Vital Records, Ctf of Death. Cowlitz County, WA;1921; Local file number 686, State file number 146-8. Photocopy of the original owned by Dianne McRae. |
some of it has been documented.
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Abbreviations for Polk's Directories:
h = house
r = rooms or resides
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