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Note: 1894 Walker Address: 8th and Weidler Streets, Portland, Or? 1899 - 1900 Portland City Directory, page 681: Walker address: 466 Weidler Street, Portland, Or. Employed as salesman, Henry Everding: Hay, grain, feed, groceries and commission, 45-47 Front Street, Portland, Or.
1906 Portland City Directory: Walker employed at Everding's and residing at 461 East Burnside, Portland, Or.
1907 - 1908 Portland City Directory: Walker employed at Everding's and residing at 463 East Burnside, Portland, Or.
1909 Portland City Directory: Walker employed at Everding's and residing at 463 East Burnside, Portland, Or.
1910 Portland City Directory: Walker employed at Everding's and head of household at 463 East Burnside, Portland, Or.
1915 Portland City Directory: Lists Walker as head of household at 463 East Burnside and not employed.
1920 Portland City Directory: Lists Walker in City directory. He died 31 Aug 1920.
William and his wife, Eliza Jane Moe Walker helped build the Good Shepherd Episcopal Church in Portland, OR. Church records disputes claim that Walker's were active members. Church minister, however, performed burial ceremony.
William William Walker's cemetery marker shows 1859* as date of birth.
See Portland, Oregon Deaths, 1915 - 1924: Certificate #2307. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Located near the confluence of the Columbia and Williamette Rivers, Portland is one of the largest cities in Oregon. This database is a transcription of two city directories originally published in 1890 and 1891. In addition to providing the resident's name, it provides information regarding their address and occupation. This collection includes the names of over 62,200 people, mostly heads of households. For those seeking ancestors from western Oregon, this can be an informative database.
Extended Description:
City directories are primarily useful for locating people in a particular place and time. They can tell you generally where an ancestor lived and give an exact location for census years. They are also useful for linkage with sources other than censuses. There are usually several parts to a city directory. The section of most interest to the genealogist, of course, is the alphabetical listing of names, for it is there that you may find your ancestor.
Whenever you use a directory, however, it is important to refer to the page showing abbreviations used in the alphabetical section of the directory, usually following the name in each entry. Some abbreviations are quite common, such as h for home or r, indicating residence. There may even be a subtle distinction between r for residents who are related to the homeowner and b for boarders who are not related.
Some city directories list adult children who lived with their parents but were working or going to school. Look for persons of the same surname residing at the same address. If analyzed and interpreted properly, these annual directories can tell you (by implication) which children belong to which household, when they married and started families of their own, and when they established themselves in business. In cases where specific occupation is given, you can search records pertinent to that occupation.
Once an ancestor has been found in a city directory, there are several ways the information can be used to gain access to, or link with, such sources as censuses, death and probate records, church records, naturalization records, and land records.
Taken from Chapter 11: Research in Directories, The Source: A Guidebook of American Genealogy by Gordon Lewis Remington; edited by Loretto Dennis Szucs and Sandra Hargreaves Luebking (Salt Lake City, UT: Ancestry Incorporated, 1997).
Source Information:
Portland City Directory, 1890. Portland, OR: R. L. Polk and Co., 1890. Portland City Directory, 1891. Portland, OR: R. L. Polk and Co., 1891.
Listing of residents of Portland from two city directories in 1890 and 1891
Portland, Oregon Directories, 1890-91 Record
Name: William Walker Location 2: 8th S E Corner Weidler. Occupation: clk Year: 1891 City: East Portland State: OR ============================================================================================= Records Center 1620 S.E. 190th Avenue Portland, OR, 97233 (503) 988-3741 Courts: (503) 988-3957
This Multnomah County Courthouse was built in 1866 with additions in the 1880s. It was replaced by the current courthouse, which was completed in 1914. (Letterhead engraving)
The dawn of the automobile age saw the construction of the spectacular Columbia River Highway running east from Troutdale in Multnomah County. The highway, built between 1913 and 1922, blended engineering and art with a vivid appreciation for the magnificent Columbia River Gorge landscape.
Engineer Sam Lancaster applied lessons from some of the great European highways but drew his biggest inspiration from the idyllic surroundings. His goal was to build a modern transportation route that would take full advantage of every natural aspect, scenic feature, waterfall, viewpoint, and panorama. Contemporaries described the results of his work as a "poem in stone" and called the highway the "king of roads." It was designated a national historic landmark in 2000. (Sources: National Scenic Byways Program ! Oregon State Archives Exhibit)
Multnomah County was created on December 22, 1854. It was the thirteenth county created in Oregon Territory. The land was taken from the eastern portion of Washington County and the northern part of Clackamas County. The borders have remained relatively unchanged to the present.
Multnomah County was created when the people living in Portland found it difficult to travel to Hillsboro to conduct business at the county seat of Washington County. They also thought that they were paying too much in taxes to support the farmers in the rural areas surrounding Portland. In 1854, Portland businessmen petitioned the Territorial Legislature for a new county and Multnomah County was created at the subsequent session. The county was named after the Multnomah Indians who were part of the Chinookan tribe that lived on the eastern tip of what is now Sauvie Island in the Columbia River. The City of Portland was chartered in 1851 and made the county seat in 1854. The Multnomah County Commissioners met for the first time on January 17, 1855.
Multnomah County is the smallest county in Oregon, with only 465 square miles. It is bounded by Columbia County and the Columbia River on the north, Washington County on the west, Clackamas County on the south, and Hood River County on the east. Multnomah County is very diverse with Portland in the west and the Columbia Gorge and Mt. Hood in the east. Most of the eastern portion of the county is covered with timber and is sparsely populated.
The first courthouse was built in 1866. Expanding county business required the addition of a north wing in 1885 and a south wing in 1889. In 1914 a new courthouse was completed at the same location.
The voters of Multnomah County approved a home rule charter on May 24, 1966, which became effective January 1, 1967. The primary organizational change was a governing body consisting of a board of five full-time county commissioners, which is the policy determining body of the county. In 1968 the board of commissioners established administrative departments to operate county services and administer county affairs. The commissioners change the organization and duties of departments to meet changing needs. The county commissioners, auditor, sheriff, and district attorney are elected officials.
The principle industries of Multnomah County are manufacturing, transportation, wholesale and retail trade, and tourism. Tourism attractions in Multnomah County include the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry, Washington Park and Zoo, Oregon Historical Center, Portland Art Museum, Rose Test Gardens, and Japanese Gardens in Portland, and Multnomah Falls in the Columbia River Gorge. The Port of Portland, established in 1891, ranks third in total waterborne commerce on the West Coast. Portland is one of the five largest auto import ports in the nation and is the West Coast's leading exporter of grain and lumber. Portland International Airport is one of the fastest growing airports on the West Coast, serving as a Northwest regional hub and gateway to the Pacific Rim.
The population of Multnomah County has steadily increased since 1860. The 2000 county population of 660,486 represented an increase of 13.12% over 1990. Portland is the county's largest city with a population of well over 500,000. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Portland History: Asa Lawrence Lovejoy
Asa Lawrence Lovejoy was born in Groton, Mass., March 14, 1808. At an early age his parents removed to Townson, in the same state, where he remained until he was some 16 years of age. About this time he went to Boston, entering a mercantile house. After following such pursuit for a short time he entered Cambridge college, and then Amherst, where he completed his education. He then studied law, and upon his admission to the bar removed to Sparta, Missouri, where he began the practice of his profession. He became imbued with the idea that there were better opportunities for a young man in the far West, and in the spring of 1842 joined Dr. Elijah White and party, and started for Oregon. He and L. W. Hastings thought it would be the proper thing to carve their names on Independence rock, when that point in the journey was reached, and while carrying out the idea were captured by the Sioux Indians. After a brief captivity they were ransomed for a few trinkets and some tobacco. On arriving at Waillatpu, he was induced by Dr. Whitman to accompany him back East, but before the trip was ended he was compelled to stop at Brent's Fort on account of his inability to secure a fresh horse, the one he had having given out. He remained there until the spring of 1843, when he undertook to carry dispatches to Father De Smet, who was in the Yellowstone country.
When returning he was intercepted by some Snake Indians and Blackfoot Indians, who held him prisoner for nine days, when he succeeded in making his escape and way to Fort Boise, where he joined an emigrant train bound for Oregon, and arrived at Oregon City in November, 1843. Here he opened a law office, and from the first had a lucrative practice. He was twice a candidate for the office of provisional governor, but through combinations was defeated both times. From the time of his arrival until 1860 he held many important offices, discharging the duties of each with ability, honesty and to the satisfaction of all. His name and acts are indelibly stamped upon the history of Oregon, and none among the pioneers is more entitled to praise than he for faithful and efficient services rendered in molding the policy and progressive acts which built up the state.
He died in Portland, leaving a widow, two sons and two daughters. His wife was Miss Elizabeth McGary, a young lady of many personal attractions, refined manners and accomplishments, who in declining years is looked upon as one of the Oregon mothers whom all should bow to with the greatest respect and reverence. During Mr. Lovejoy's life, and since his death, the Lovejoy home has been one where the latchstring ever hung on the outside.
Source: Oregon Native Son and Historical Magazine, June 1899
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