I found a 1880 census in Butte County, CA and it lists a Oregon Township. I have been looking all over the internet for Butte County and any information about the Oregon Township. Does anybody know anything about the Oregon Township in 1880? I think I found my grandmothers side of the family on the Oregon Township census for Butte County. But I can't find any other information on the Oregon Township and my family.
My Great Grandparents came over from Portugal or The Azores I think approx. 1874 or 1875 into MASS. according to this 1880 census then traveled to Oregon Township in Butte County. On the 1880 census it lists the following that I think is my family that I am looking for any information on. When Portuguese people came over from there country they tended to shorten there name and use the last name as the 1st name and the 1st name as the last name to make it easier to conform to living in the U.S. So my family might have changed there original name to the name that is listed on the 1880 census.
I am trying to see if I can find any birth records for the 2 children born in CA good possibilty in Butte County in 1877 & 1879 or 1880
Frank, Martin 42 Head Farmer Born In Portugal
Frank, Mary 30 Wife Born in Portugal
Frank, Mary 5 Daughter Born in Mass.
Frank, Frank 3 Son Born in CA (yes the named there son Frank Frank)
Frank, Manuel 6 months Born in CA
Luther, Joseph 49 Born in Portugal
They had a total of 6 children to my knowledge. Martin, Josephine & my grandmother Alice Rena Frank (Franck). My grandmother Alice Rena Frank (Franck) married my grandfather Gus Foster Rowe approx. in 1908 and they lived in Albion CA in Mendocino County were his parents, brothers and sisters lived. My grandmother had 11 children.
Theodore (Ted), Glen, Bradford (he used the name Ray), and my father Gus Foster Rowe. The daughters names are Mabel, Eva, Violet, Evelyn, Edith, Dorothy & Helen.
If anybody has any information and can help me or guide me I would really appreciate it. You can email me at tex61@bellsouth.net
Thank you