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Louisa Lane

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Louisa Lane

Birth
Oregon, USA
Death
26 Dec 1857 (aged 4)
Santa Rosa, Sonoma County, California, USA
Burial
Santa Rosa, Sonoma County, California, USA GPS-Latitude: 38.4551889, Longitude: -122.7043083
Plot
MC 107
Memorial ID
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Daughter of John Jackson Lane and Millie Ann Hancock. Date of birth calculated from tombstone. She was born right as the family entered the Willamette Valley in Oregon Territory after traveling across the plains from Missouri. She was born a few weeks after they passed through the Umatilla Agency Station July 25, 1853.

Umatilla Agency Immigrants List
published in the Oregonian 29 October 1853
1853, Jul 25-Immigrants to Oregon
Arrived in Willamette Valley in August 1853.

Listed are:
J.J. Lane with a wife, 3 sons, and a daughter.
J. Hancock

My notes:
Wife = Milly,
3 sons = James, Thomas, and William,
1 daughter = Lucinda.
J. Hancock was Millie's 16 year old brother James Hancock
Daughter of John Jackson Lane and Millie Ann Hancock. Date of birth calculated from tombstone. She was born right as the family entered the Willamette Valley in Oregon Territory after traveling across the plains from Missouri. She was born a few weeks after they passed through the Umatilla Agency Station July 25, 1853.

Umatilla Agency Immigrants List
published in the Oregonian 29 October 1853
1853, Jul 25-Immigrants to Oregon
Arrived in Willamette Valley in August 1853.

Listed are:
J.J. Lane with a wife, 3 sons, and a daughter.
J. Hancock

My notes:
Wife = Milly,
3 sons = James, Thomas, and William,
1 daughter = Lucinda.
J. Hancock was Millie's 16 year old brother James Hancock

Inscription

Tombstone Inscription: "In memory of Louisa,Daughter of J.J. & Milley Ann Lane.
Died Dec 26, 1857. Aged 4 years & 4 Months. Our sister's left this world of woe,For regions of eternal love; Twas God who called her from below, To join in praising him above.[Courtesy of Pam Sweeney]



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