#52Ancestors: Week 23 – Charles Sherman Howes – Past Pacific NW Connections

This is week 23 of the 2015 #52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks Challenge where a group of u52ancestors-2015 Images blog about a different ancestor for each week of the year.  To learn more about the 52 Ancestor Challenge visit Amy Johnson’s site at Amy’s website.

I am not the only person in my family lineage that has relocated to the Pacific Northwest to live and work.  My grandfather, Hugh Howes’ brother Charles Sherman, briefly lived in Portland, Oregon.  Charles’ son, Beryl Leon Howes was living and working as an electrician.  Charles and his wife, Barbara A. Piper, moved in with Beryl and his wife.  The 1943 Portland City Directory lists both couples at 4933 N Gantenbein Ave, near the cross street, NE Alberta.

Charles and Barbara did not stay long in the area.  There was no listing of them in the 1941 City Directory.  Ancestry.com did not have city directories for 1944 to 1950 for Portland.  They may have stayed a couple of years before moving back to Sullivan, Indiana.

Charles passed away in 1960, Barbara in 1961.  Both are buried at Center Ridge Cemetery in Sullivan, IN.

Beryl with his wife, Edith P. Kirk remained in Portland for a number of years. They are listed as living on NE 77th Ave in 1957.  The 940 sqft house built in 1924 stills stands today.  Beryl and Edith return to live in Sullivan possibly before his parents passed.  He and his wife are also buried at Center Ridge Cemetery.

Chas Howes Portland OR

Image capture from Ancestry.com. U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin. Page 800 Portland, Oregon, City Directory, 1943

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