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Dorothy,
Since you didn't identify specific information on the persons given, I first looked at the 1900 Census to find out more about Mr. Pattison.
The 1900 Census for Tacoma, Pierce County, WA
James W. Pattison, born April 1861 in Maryland to both parents born in Maryland, and identified as a "Wd" for Widower.
So, this gives me an age. He would have been about 29/30 when he married in 1891 in Multnomah County.
I looked at your other postings and see you've been doing genealogy for many years. You had some great help in 2004 on this James Winder Pattison to know his movements. He had returned to Oregon by 1910 and eventually died in Clatsop County.
To correct the other "suggestor's" posting for you to look at cemeteries:
www.rootsweb.com/~cemetery/oregon/multnomah.html
Don't waste your time. I took the additional 4 minutes to look through the listings and find Freda is not listed.
You probably have enough knowledge about genealogy to know:
a. Because someone was married in Mulnomah County, does not mean she lived there; or, that she died there. Since he was found in Tacoma in 1900, it is also possible that she had died there.
Searching in Cemetery Listings is pretty much hit or miss. There are simply not enough cemeteries, even in the Portland area, that have been transcribed. And, for those with deaths so long ago, there are so many missing stones, unreadible or missing grave sites. There are several projects on-going to try to rectify the number of transcribed cemeteries; but, the problem with missing stones will continue.
I did look through the listings on www.Interment.net without success.
Obituaries? They were just not written for the common folk in that period of time, unless you were rich, famous, infamous, or a victim of a fire, or other accidents or murder. These were then usually written by a reporter. Funeral homes did have Funeral Notices, but these were not much more than an advertisement for the funeral home. People did not want to pay for obits. If they were new to an area, or living in a sparse population area, or they assumed everyone would know. But, again, they weren't very common.
I will also correct another mistake made by the the other "suggestor". The Oregon Death Index did not begin until 1903. http://arcweb.sos.state.or.us/vital.html
-- From the same page, the Multnomah Marriage license records ARE on microfilm from 1855-1947. I do not know if they are images or just records; but, I probably can "assume" they are just records. But, you indicated you have the marriage information.
--In addition to the marriage of Freda Runge, I find a Felix L. Runge married Johanna Kaiser in 1890. This was from the Multnomah County Marriage Index.. In the Portland, Oregon Directories for 1890-91, he was listed as living at 16 S 1st, in Portland in 1891.
--The Oregon Archives: http://genealogy.state.or.us/ show Felix and Johanna as parents of Hermann born 7 July 1891. It also shows the immigration of a Herman Runge in 1889 in Clackamas County. Could Felix's son have been named for his father?
-- The San Francisco, California Directories ALSO show a Felix L. Runge living at 15 Sixth. He was a clerk. The directories are for years 1889-1891. So, there "Could" be two Felix L. Runge.
--The 1910 Census for Los Angeles, LA County, Florida
Johanna Runge, age 37, born in Germany, mother of 6, all living
Herman, son 17, born in Oregon
Clara, 16, born in CA
Felix, son age 14, CA
Alfred 10, CA, born in New Mexico
The children are shown as having both parents born in Germany. Felix the father is not shown, but Johanna is shown as "M1", indicating she was in her first marriage and not widowed or divorced; Or, she didn't specify this to the enumerator.
For further help:
The Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness has volunteer researchers:
* BUT, none appear to be record researchers.
Here are other volunteers as identified in the Genealogical Forum of Oregon:
http://www.gfo.org/orgresea.htm
** BUT, they charge $10.00 per half hour ($10.00 minimum). AND, there is no Death Index before 1903, and limited obituary files. I would NOT recommend paying such fees for such limited information.
I would suggest you also post on Rootsweb in the Multnomah message board:
http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.oregon.counties.multnomah/mb.ashx
AND, the Pierce County, Washington board, since James was found there in 1900:
http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.washington.counties.pierce/mb.ashx
I suggest these as they probably have a wider audience, and perhaps more knowledgable researchers.
I also have two other databases to check; but this morning they are not working. I will check them later and repost if I have any findings.
Ron Bestrom
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