Agnes Marie Steiner Ayer Matthews

My Favorite Grandmothers Obituary

Victor York

This is Victor York The oldest of my husbands grandmothers siblings.

Elizabeth Allen York

This is her High School Picture. I don't know much about my husbands family. I plan to get to understand who they are and what kind of people they were.

Bess York

This is My husbands Grandmothers sister. Bess York she was married several times but enjoyed life. She was a teacher for many years. Her name when she died was Bess Sanderson.

Thanksgiving 1924

This is a picture of the Yorks in 1924 on thanksgiving day.

Ruth York

This here is Aunt Ruth York
She is my husbands Great Aunt on his fathers mothers side. She was my husbands grandmothers sister one of the many children. More information to come later.

Facey Homested

This his the home that James and Hazeltine raised 13 children in. They owned it in Callahan California. I am going this summer to do research on the family with my mother. I feel that it will be a great thing to do. I really want to know my families roots. So this will be a very fun experience. I want to take my own pictures and interview people and find out who they really were. Maybe I wont want to know who they were but I am willing to find out and think that it is a fun and interesting thing. I really to do these things and research is fun to me.

Haseltine Cathrine Burch

This is my Great Great Grandmother the mother of Thirteen children. My Great grand mother had a son named Thomas Waren Facey. She married her husband in 1858. They raise their children on a ranch in Callahan California.

This is James C. Facey Born on January 26 1834 in MO Died June 1, 1914 In Etna, Siskyou County, California. This man is Great Great Grandfather. He is buried in the Etna Cemetery. He was married to Hazeltine Cathrine Burch on 17 Oct 1858 in Edina, Knox County, Missouri They both had 13 children. They Settled in Callahan California.

The Ashfrod's

Grandpa and Granny Ashford. Sitting on there laps was Steven and Tereasa. My husband remembers them as being very pleasent to be aroun.

Maud Adele York Arnold

Maud was our towns first Post mistress. She ran the post office for thirty years. She lived a long beautiful life. Being loved by many wemon, men and children. She died from natural causes the result of Alzhiemers. What a funny lady. I really like this woman.

Our Town

This picture of part of the town of Butte Falls, Oregon. In the upper portion of this pic is Broad St. Homes from left to right on upper portion of pictures are: Via's, Old Man Stevens, Butte Falls Community Bible Church, Then Cedar Street running up and down the pic. Then Butte Falls Community Bible Church Parsenage, Sprint Phone Company, A double Wide moble Rhodes lived there, Totem Pole and Post Office in the right side by broad st. Cedar St. Right side is Rambos property, Lanes Home, Double wide and then Arnold's. Main St. then The Curtises. To left of Cedar st. Is The school and then Fergasons. The bottom of photo across from Arnold are Curtises in the clump of trees. Then Ray Finchum, Then Frank Fenchum Ray's brothers house. Then in the right in a bonch of trees is the Vorbecks. This is just a portion of Butte Falls. But a pritty good portion of it. Our town is in the Book of World Records for being the only town that is completely inclosed by a fence. Our town is One square mile. A quite town that stands by there people.

This picture is of Otto E. Crittens 86 year old Wife and her daughter Mrs Byron E. (Hazel) Smith, Her son Don Harold Smith. His Daughter Mrs David (Donna) Slater, with her daughter whom is two weeks old in this picture. Her name is Melinda Leigh Slater. I have never known this part of my husbands family but I do wish that I would have known a few of his family members.

This is Harold Arnold in 1968 running a dragsaw. This pic was taken at the old US Forest Service property in Butte Falls Oregon.
He is my father in law. Harold is known as Happy Harold at his work place. He has had a very wonderful life with the exception of losing his wife and daughter in 78 in a motor vehicle accedent. There are numerous stories here in our town telling about his younger days. It has been said that he gave a bear a major headache. Although I can say that he blew a head off a bear that was robbing the trail crews camp. He had put a stick of dinamite in a fish and waited for the bear. When the bear took it he hit the fuse box. Harold grew up in the time of the great depression. He grew up working in the family Minning claim. The Minning claim supported the family during the tough times. I have to say that Harold is a bright man that knows how to fix any machine. He has a very high iq but is lacking in the common sence area. But makes up for it in how he loves his boy and grandchildren. He has been diagnosed with Alzhimers and it really saddens me to watch a brilliant man loose grip on the hear and now.