WA Family Group Sheet for the John FRIEND Family *********************************************** Copyright © Stephanie Mannion Wrightson. All rights reserved. http://www.fgs-project.com/copyright.html *********************************************** Submitted by: Stephanie Mannion Wrightson Email address: swrightson51@gmail.com 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: COUNTIES: 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. NOTES for 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.