When George and his birth family entered Douglas County there were few settlers in the area. His father secured an Oregon Donation Land Claim in Cow Valley. They lived with American Indians and a few pioneer families, like the Riddles, as neighbors. Gold was found in the hills of Southern Oregon. Thousands of men and a few women came into the area quickly looking for a fortune to be made. The pioneer came mainly for the land to farm, ranch, log, and to build a new home and a new chance in life.
Instead of early peace in southern Oregon. There were the Indian Wars caused by white men flooding into the area looking for gold, silver and other minerals. Men had to volunteer to fight to take lands and homes from the Indians who were being pushed out of their territory. They had fished and hunted as they willed, and fought with other Indians to preserve there own way of life. Fighting the white men was very different...there were far too many of them and they brought modern weapons to the battle.
He watched as a very young man, the coming of the white men to land where none had lived before. The building of towns, communities, governments, lawmen, churches and trade routes used by horse, wagon, steam engine, boat, car, railroads, trucks, radio, telephone, etc.
George and his beloved, first wife, Louisa were married, 23 Oct 1879, in Douglas County, Oregon. She died before the 1900 U.S. Census Report was made. Their daughter, Maude Catching is then seen living with Mrs. Matilda Catching and her family in West Roseburg, Douglas, Oregon. Matilda was a sister-in-law of George.
He made a living working as a millwright on the repair and installation of boilers and other heating equipment in mines, lumber mills, large buildings, power plants and that sort of thing. It involved alot of time away from home for weeks at a time. This gave his second wife, Meda, time to be of use to her neighbors and extended community. Things like getting the Red Cross started in the surrounding towns and communities.
George, died in Pacific Christian Hospital [Sacred Heart Hospital] located in Eugene, Lane, Oregon. He had fallen off a ladder at home in Springfield, Lane, Oregon.
"Mr. Catching was a member of the Knights of Pythias and of the B.P.O.E."
{B.P.O.E. - The Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks}
"The order of Knights of Pythias -- founded in Friendship, Charity, and Benevolence, which it proclaims as its cardinal principles -- strives to gather into one mighty fraternity worthy men who appreciate the true meaning of friendship; who are cautious in word and act; who love truth; who are brave in defending right; whose honor is untarnished; whose sense of justice will prevent, to the best of their ability, a personal act or word injurious to the worthy; whose loyalty to principle, to family, to friends, to their country, and to the constituted authority under which they enjoy citizenship is undoubted; and who, at all times, are prepared to do unto others as they would that others should do unto them." [Quote from their online page.]
NOTE: Please, refer to his wife Almeda for more insight
into George's work and travel.
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Oregon State Archives, Salem
Oregon Historical Records Index
Groom: Catching, George W &
Bride: Schneider, Almeda [Meda] (Smith)
Date: 07 Nov 1908
Record Type: Marriage
County: Lane
Source: Health
Identifier: State Registrar
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NOTE: This was the second marriage for both.
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Instead of early peace in southern Oregon. There were the Indian Wars caused by white men flooding into the area looking for gold, silver and other minerals. Men had to volunteer to fight to take lands and homes from the Indians who were being pushed out of their territory. They had fished and hunted as they willed, and fought with other Indians to preserve there own way of life. Fighting the white men was very different...there were far too many of them and they brought modern weapons to the battle.
He watched as a very young man, the coming of the white men to land where none had lived before. The building of towns, communities, governments, lawmen, churches and trade routes used by horse, wagon, steam engine, boat, car, railroads, trucks, radio, telephone, etc.
George and his beloved, first wife, Louisa were married, 23 Oct 1879, in Douglas County, Oregon. She died before the 1900 U.S. Census Report was made. Their daughter, Maude Catching is then seen living with Mrs. Matilda Catching and her family in West Roseburg, Douglas, Oregon. Matilda was a sister-in-law of George.
He made a living working as a millwright on the repair and installation of boilers and other heating equipment in mines, lumber mills, large buildings, power plants and that sort of thing. It involved alot of time away from home for weeks at a time. This gave his second wife, Meda, time to be of use to her neighbors and extended community. Things like getting the Red Cross started in the surrounding towns and communities.
George, died in Pacific Christian Hospital [Sacred Heart Hospital] located in Eugene, Lane, Oregon. He had fallen off a ladder at home in Springfield, Lane, Oregon.
"Mr. Catching was a member of the Knights of Pythias and of the B.P.O.E."
{B.P.O.E. - The Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks}
"The order of Knights of Pythias -- founded in Friendship, Charity, and Benevolence, which it proclaims as its cardinal principles -- strives to gather into one mighty fraternity worthy men who appreciate the true meaning of friendship; who are cautious in word and act; who love truth; who are brave in defending right; whose honor is untarnished; whose sense of justice will prevent, to the best of their ability, a personal act or word injurious to the worthy; whose loyalty to principle, to family, to friends, to their country, and to the constituted authority under which they enjoy citizenship is undoubted; and who, at all times, are prepared to do unto others as they would that others should do unto them." [Quote from their online page.]
NOTE: Please, refer to his wife Almeda for more insight
into George's work and travel.
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==========================================
Oregon State Archives, Salem
Oregon Historical Records Index
Groom: Catching, George W &
Bride: Schneider, Almeda [Meda] (Smith)
Date: 07 Nov 1908
Record Type: Marriage
County: Lane
Source: Health
Identifier: State Registrar
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NOTE: This was the second marriage for both.
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===========================================
When George and his birth family entered Douglas County there were few settlers in the area. His father secured an Oregon Donation Land Claim in Cow Valley. They lived with American Indians and a few pioneer families, like the Riddles, as neighbors. Gold was found in the hills of Southern Oregon. Thousands of men and a few women came into the area quickly looking for a fortune to be made. The pioneer came mainly for the land to farm, ranch, log, and to build a new home and a new chance in life.
Instead of early peace in southern Oregon. There were the Indian Wars caused by white men flooding into the area looking for gold, silver and other minerals. Men had to volunteer to fight to take lands and homes from the Indians who were being pushed out of their territory. They had fished and hunted as they willed, and fought with other Indians to preserve there own way of life. Fighting the white men was very different...there were far too many of them and they brought modern weapons to the battle.
He watched as a very young man, the coming of the white men to land where none had lived before. The building of towns, communities, governments, lawmen, churches and trade routes used by horse, wagon, steam engine, boat, car, railroads, trucks, radio, telephone, etc.
George and his beloved, first wife, Louisa were married, 23 Oct 1879, in Douglas County, Oregon. She died before the 1900 U.S. Census Report was made. Their daughter, Maude Catching is then seen living with Mrs. Matilda Catching and her family in West Roseburg, Douglas, Oregon. Matilda was a sister-in-law of George.
He made a living working as a millwright on the repair and installation of boilers and other heating equipment in mines, lumber mills, large buildings, power plants and that sort of thing. It involved alot of time away from home for weeks at a time. This gave his second wife, Meda, time to be of use to her neighbors and extended community. Things like getting the Red Cross started in the surrounding towns and communities.
George, died in Pacific Christian Hospital [Sacred Heart Hospital] located in Eugene, Lane, Oregon. He had fallen off a ladder at home in Springfield, Lane, Oregon.
"Mr. Catching was a member of the Knights of Pythias and of the B.P.O.E."
{B.P.O.E. - The Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks}
"The order of Knights of Pythias -- founded in Friendship, Charity, and Benevolence, which it proclaims as its cardinal principles -- strives to gather into one mighty fraternity worthy men who appreciate the true meaning of friendship; who are cautious in word and act; who love truth; who are brave in defending right; whose honor is untarnished; whose sense of justice will prevent, to the best of their ability, a personal act or word injurious to the worthy; whose loyalty to principle, to family, to friends, to their country, and to the constituted authority under which they enjoy citizenship is undoubted; and who, at all times, are prepared to do unto others as they would that others should do unto them." [Quote from their online page.]
NOTE: Please, refer to his wife Almeda for more insight
into George's work and travel.
==========================================
==========================================
Oregon State Archives, Salem
Oregon Historical Records Index
Groom: Catching, George W &
Bride: Schneider, Almeda [Meda] (Smith)
Date: 07 Nov 1908
Record Type: Marriage
County: Lane
Source: Health
Identifier: State Registrar
===========================================
NOTE: This was the second marriage for both.
===========================================
===========================================
Instead of early peace in southern Oregon. There were the Indian Wars caused by white men flooding into the area looking for gold, silver and other minerals. Men had to volunteer to fight to take lands and homes from the Indians who were being pushed out of their territory. They had fished and hunted as they willed, and fought with other Indians to preserve there own way of life. Fighting the white men was very different...there were far too many of them and they brought modern weapons to the battle.
He watched as a very young man, the coming of the white men to land where none had lived before. The building of towns, communities, governments, lawmen, churches and trade routes used by horse, wagon, steam engine, boat, car, railroads, trucks, radio, telephone, etc.
George and his beloved, first wife, Louisa were married, 23 Oct 1879, in Douglas County, Oregon. She died before the 1900 U.S. Census Report was made. Their daughter, Maude Catching is then seen living with Mrs. Matilda Catching and her family in West Roseburg, Douglas, Oregon. Matilda was a sister-in-law of George.
He made a living working as a millwright on the repair and installation of boilers and other heating equipment in mines, lumber mills, large buildings, power plants and that sort of thing. It involved alot of time away from home for weeks at a time. This gave his second wife, Meda, time to be of use to her neighbors and extended community. Things like getting the Red Cross started in the surrounding towns and communities.
George, died in Pacific Christian Hospital [Sacred Heart Hospital] located in Eugene, Lane, Oregon. He had fallen off a ladder at home in Springfield, Lane, Oregon.
"Mr. Catching was a member of the Knights of Pythias and of the B.P.O.E."
{B.P.O.E. - The Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks}
"The order of Knights of Pythias -- founded in Friendship, Charity, and Benevolence, which it proclaims as its cardinal principles -- strives to gather into one mighty fraternity worthy men who appreciate the true meaning of friendship; who are cautious in word and act; who love truth; who are brave in defending right; whose honor is untarnished; whose sense of justice will prevent, to the best of their ability, a personal act or word injurious to the worthy; whose loyalty to principle, to family, to friends, to their country, and to the constituted authority under which they enjoy citizenship is undoubted; and who, at all times, are prepared to do unto others as they would that others should do unto them." [Quote from their online page.]
NOTE: Please, refer to his wife Almeda for more insight
into George's work and travel.
==========================================
==========================================
Oregon State Archives, Salem
Oregon Historical Records Index
Groom: Catching, George W &
Bride: Schneider, Almeda [Meda] (Smith)
Date: 07 Nov 1908
Record Type: Marriage
County: Lane
Source: Health
Identifier: State Registrar
===========================================
NOTE: This was the second marriage for both.
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