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Oregon/Washington Crabers

Oregon/Washington Crabers

Posted: 29 Oct 2007 9:39PM GMT
Classification: Query
After reading Allyson's list of Crabers born in Eastern Oregon I had my 94-year-old father-in-law sit down with me and have a look at the list of the children of Sylvester Eugene and Mary Craber. His dad was Edwin (married to Maude Rice). Edwin was apparently born in Illinois and Maude was an Oregonian. Ralph Craber was known as Kim, never married (we have a picture of him in an old army uniform), and was very inventive and creative. Bessie Craber was a wonderful woman and a great cook. Cyrus and Jessie lived in Independence. Jessie had a daughter (Daisy) who recently died (last time I saw Daisy was at a Craber reunion in The Dalles. She was wearing a big, red flower in her beautiful white hair and said she had been an entertainer. I'll always wish I asked her what kind.) David provided us with a picutre of Herman in his Civil War finery, armed to the teeth with a rifle, long sword, a pistol, and long boots. He looks every inch a Prussian. Since the list of 11 kids covered my father-in-law's aunts and uncles, he didn't know much about the older ones.
We're doing our part to keep the Craber name alive here in the Pacific Northwest -- we have 2 sons and 3 grandsons.

Re: Oregon/Washington Crabers

Posted: 23 Nov 2007 12:20AM GMT
Classification: Query
Surnames: Craber, Rice
Hello, Kaye,
My grandparents grew up in Hardman, Oregon; my grandmother was a 1/2 cousin to Sylvester "Eugene" Craber (originally Kroeber). I have corresponded with Dallas Craber (wrote him a letter when I was in Heppner, and they told me at the Morrow Co Museum that he lived in town)--in 2004. His son Don sent me the photo of Herman Kroeber. I'm descended from his wife's 2nd marriage. I live in the Portland area. Thanks for sharing some information. Please email me at allyonhaines@yahoo.com if you are interested in my sending the Civil War pension information on Herman Kroeber. He died in a vet's hospital in St. Louis on his way home from the war. Very sad. P.S. Do you know who Shirley Rice was? She signed my grandmother's autograph book 100 years ago to the day that I saw your message (Nov 19th). --Allyson
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