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of these two ladies had any children and if
so trace them. I do have a lot more details
of the family, but do not want to bog you
down with too much information, but I
have for interest attached a photograph of
the Barber children: Walter is on the left,
and my grandfather on the right.
I would be grateful if you could appeal
to your readers for any information that
would help me trace my relatives, or if
you think it worth doing a feature, Walter
comes from quite an interesting family…
his grandfather had an Inn in Suffolk in
the mid 1800s and had fi ve wives.
Will free-flowing Hoot Owl
Corner be abandoned?
Received the “Notice of Intent” for this
project (Vermont Street /Capitol Highway
connection) at the Multnomah Neighbor-
hood Association meeting last night.
After reading the three page doc-
ument, it is unclear to me if the
free-flowing curved section (Hoot
Owl Corner) of Capitol Highway will
be abandoned and all traffic will be
rerouted to the new improved
square intersection or not.
I understand from conversations dur-
ing the previous Capitol Highway projects
that the south-to-east slip lane is
problematic and ripe for elimination.
And since I drive it almost everyday I
agree.
But routing all northbound traffic
down the hill to a dead stop right turn
seems counter intuitive to encourag-
ing the fl ow of traffi c. Would not want
to make that stop and turn during bad
slippery weather, where as the curve is
manageable.
I would like to suggest that the existing
curve be made One-Way northbound,
eliminating the slip lane, allowing the
existing right-of-way to become bike and
pedestrian lanes.
This would allow space on the north
end of the curve right-of-way for merge,
parking lot access, and make for an easier
northbound passage for all. And I am
sure that TriMet would be happier about
the various bus schedules.
Bryan H. Ackler
Multnomah Village
March 2009
Photo courtesy Janet Cornforth
Janet Cornforth
Cuidad Quesada
Rojales, Alicante
Spain
Tel 0034 966719887
e-mail bjcornforth@yahoo.co.uk
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Reader hopes to trace family that
lived in Multnomah circa 1911
I am writing to your newspaper to
request your help. I am hoping that you
may have a “letters page”, or do features
“where are they now?”
My name is Janet Cornforth & although
I am English I now live in Spain, I have
been tracing my family. I have found that
my grandfather’s brother Walter Barber
(b.1880) emigrated from Sudbourne Eng-
land, to the USA in 1909.
I have found that from the 1910-1930
census he lived in Multnomah Oregon, he
was married to Elsie and had 2 daughters
Freda (b.1910 in New Jersey) and Eva (b.
1911 in Oregon), and this is where I am
stuck.
I would dearly love to fi nd out if either
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