Washington Family Group Sheet for the John FRIEND Family


Husband: John FRIEND
Birthdate: July 03, 1845
Birthplace: Bitton, Gloucester, England
Death date: June 22, 1932
Place of death: Pierce County Hospital, Tacoma, Pierce, WA
Burial: Mountain View Cemetery, Centralia, WA
Father: Coster FRIEND
Mother: Eliza HOPES

Marriage date: November 02, 1867
Marriage place: St. James, Bristol, Gloucester, England

Wife: Esther JENKINS
Birthdate:July 01, 1846
Birthplace: Bitton, Gloucester, England
Death date: March 19, 1922
Place of death: Tono, Thurston, WA
Burial: Mountain View Cemetery, Centralia, WA
Father: John JENKINS
Mother: Elizabeth HATHAWAY

CHILDREN

Child No. 1: Phoebe FRIEND
Sex: F
Birthdate: 1868
Birthplace: Bitton, Gloucester, England
Death date: 1891
Place of death: Houtzdale, Clearfield County, PA
Burial:
Marriage date: 1888
Marriage place:
Spouse's name: Joseph Ralph EDWARDS

Child No. 2: Charles William FRIEND
Sex: M
Birthdate: September 12, 1871
Birthplace: Blaina, Monmouthshire, Wales
Death date: April 19, 1942
Place of death: Centralia, Lewis, WA
Burial: Mountain View Cemetery, Centralia, Lewis, WA
Marriage date: February 27, 1897
Marriage place:
Spouse's name: Augusta "Gussie" SWANSON (originally "SVENSSON")

Child No. 3: Sarann M. FRIEND
Sex: F
Birthdate: October 27, 1873
Birthplace: Bitton, Gloucester, England
Death date: March 27, 1956
Place of death: Centralia, Lewis, WA
Burial: Mountain View Cemetery, Centralia, Lewis, WA
Marriage date: 1891
Marriage place:
Spouse's name: John Daniel ROBERTSON

Child No. 4: George Henry FRIEND
Sex: M
Birthdate: November 25, 1875
Birthplace: Gloucester, England
Death date: December 16, 1954
Place of death: Renton, King, WA
Burial: Mount Olivet Cemetery, Renton, King, WA
Marriage date: December 06, 1902
Marriage place: Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada
Spouse's name: Edith Frances HUNTER

Child No. 5: Walter Wesley FRIEND
Sex: M
Birthdate: May 07, 1889
Birthplace: Houtzdale, Clearfield, PA
Death date: August 19, 1957
Place of death: Centralia, Lewis, WA
Burial: Mountain View Cemetery, Centralia, Lewis, WA
Marriage date: May 14, 1910
Marriage place: Seattle, King, WA
Spouse's name: Sadie JOHNSON
 

Documentation:
* John and Esther FRIEND and their four oldest children immigrated to the US from England. They entered the U.S. via the Port of Buffalo on or about 15 July 1880 and settled in Clearfield County, PA. By abt. 1890 they had moved their family to Issaquah, King County, WA. In Jan 1910 (according to the Issaquah Independent), they moved to Centralia, Lewis County, WA where they are buried.
* Walter Wesley FRIEND: 2nd Wife: Winifred Leigh WRIGLEY SMITH, m. 1933, Lewis County, WA.

Sources:
* Obituaries and family news in The Centralia Daily Chronicle and the Issaquah Independent;
* Social Security Death Index;
* IGI on familysearch.org and familysearchlabs.org;
* Washington Death Index on ancestry.com;
* findagrave.com;
* Washington State Digital Records;
* Friend relatives;
* marriage certificate for John FRIEND and Esther JENKINS;
* Washington State death certificates for John and Esther FRIEND;
* England birth certificate for John FRIEND;
* England-Wales BMD Index;
* WA state birth certificate for Wilbert FRIEND (son of Charles and Augusta FRIEND);
* England Census 1851;
* US Federal Census 1900, 1910, 1920;
* 1892 Washington State and Territorial Census;
* citizenship papers for John Friend;
* worldvitalrecords.com;
* WWI Draft Registration.
 


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