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Note: According to Raymond Greene II, Medora Trego's family came from Iowa. Medora was second wife of John Hammond Greene. His first wife's name was: Flora. John Hammond Greene named his first child Flora, too. From Aunt Flora's notes: "The name Raymond was not a family name--just a favorite name of your grandmother's. Your second name, Trego, was her maiden name, of which she was very proud, so she naturally gave it to her oldest son, your father. We have several books of the Trego family tree and know that our direct line came from Spain to France to England and to Pennsylvania with William Penn as Quaker settlers. A distant cousin, Dr. Trego Shertser (Shirtser? Sheitser?) was a very rich man who spent his life tracing his family tree. Shortly before his death, he found that the Tregos came to Spain with the Moorish invaders and he found the name, in army records, through Syria and to Persia. The name was first romanized in Spain as Trejo, in France as Tregue, and was changed to Trego in England. Only a few weeks ago I wrote to your Aunt Bess, saying that I wished some of the Greenes would become wealthy enough to support a hobby of tracing the family. Trego Shertser spent much of his time in Europe and Asia Minor for years.
Family lore and writings by Medora Belle Trego indicate Medora was a school teacher who came to Blackfoot, Bingham County, Idaho with her younger brother, Willet D. Trego, arriving by train the evening of July 31, 1885. There she joined another younger brother, Byrd Trego and a maternal uncle, Davis Dean who had arrived in Idaho earler. Because Byrd was only 16 yers old and Willet was only 18 years old, Medora, at the legal age of 21, filed on land near Blackfoot beside the Snake River. Her filling was for 640 acres of desert land, 160 acres of a tree claim and 160 acres of preemption. Rules required the applicant live on the preemption so Medora and her brothers lived in a camp on the land. This was their first experience in camping. Medora's daughter, Flora Volga Greene Donahue added to this land filing story by telling that her mother's claim was challenged because she was a women though it was ajudicated in favor of Medora. No records have been searched to varify this story.
Because of the approching Idaho winter, Medora, her uncle and her brothers needed a house in which they could live. Willet, after watching the men at the local brick yard make bricks, constructed some brick moulds and he, Byrd and Uncle Dave Dean made enough bricks to build a small house. They were aided in the construction by John Porter. Porter also helped with constructing a cellar. Medora, her brothers and her uncle moved into the new house on December 7, 1885.
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