Seeking descendants of Harold Ray PETTIJOHN and Ethel CLAWSON (Idaho)
Hi,
I have some old photos from Lewiston in Idaho in my posession. The photos are most likely Ethel Clawson and her sisters as children. The photos can be seen here:
http://www.philip-kofoed.dk/wanted/usa/http://www.philip-kofoed.dk/wanted/usa/
Here's some of what I know based on information found on the net and elsewhere:
Harold Ray Pettijohn, 1886-1967, married to Ethel 15 feb 1915 in Lewiston, Idaho.
Harolds parents was Dyer Burgess Pettijohn and Mary Catherine Rainwater.
Ethel Clawson, born 23 Mar 1892, died 1967.
They had the children:
1. Fay Pettijohn, 1917-1945
2. Bill (William) Pettijohn, born 1924
3. Shirley Pettijohn, born 1931
The only information about Ethels parents I can find on the net, is that she was the daughter of William Clausen and 'Mrs Clausen', both born in Denmark where they married before going to US.
I am very sure that William Clausen and 'Mrs Clausen' are identical to William Clausen and his wife Nielsine Johanne Mogensen, a newly wed couple from the danish island Bornholm. They married in 1888 and left for Lewiston in Idaho later that year.
According to a danish book, William and Nielsine had 4 daughters in Idaho:
1. Minnie Clawson born 189?, died age 20.
2. Ethel Clawson born 189?(!!)
3. Ada Clawson born 189?, schoolteacher, never married
4. Laura Clawson born 1899, schoolteacher, never married.
One of my Idaho photos is of a little girl named Laura. I know for a fact that Nielsines ('Mrs Clausens') parents had their picture taken in 1892, so that they could send it to her in Idaho.
Nielsine was a sister to my great-grandfathers first wife, and that's how pictures of William and Nielsines children ended up in my very old family albums.
I hope that descendants of Harold Ray and Ethel can help me to get my photos identified. I'm not releated to Nielsine, and thereby not to any descendants, but I am in touch with people who are descendants of Nielsines 2 sisters. I have a lot of information about Nielsines ancestry, and some photos of her siblings and parents if someone would like to see it.
Best regards
Philip Kofoed, Denmark