Family Group Sheet

HUSBAND
Abraham BOLEJACK-B5B46
BIRTH	17 March 1803	Surry County ?; Stokes, North Carolina, United States78,79,80,81,82,83,84
CENSUS	1830	1 m 20-30 (Abraham), 2 males age 0-5 (_________ & _____) young sons who died young ?, 1 f 20-30 (Mary Ann). ; Surry, North Carolina, United States
MIGRATION	1837	then Van Buren County, Missouri, Cass, Missouri, United States84
DEED	2 August 1838	39.66 acres - Range 29W, Township 46N; Section 4; Cass, Missouri, United States84,85
CENSUS	1840	then Van Buren, Missouri, United States, Big Creek Township, Cass, Missouri, United States84
PROPERTY	1848	Van Buren Co., MO. tax list as Abram Bolejack with 40 acres of land as the original purchaser. ; then Van Buren County, Missouri, Cass, Missouri, United States84
DEED	1 November 1848	39.855 acres - Range 29W, Township 46N, Section 5 ; Cass, Missouri, United States86
CENSUS	4 October 1850	Cass, Missouri, United States80
CENSUS	4 October 1850	He owned 1 female slave age 18; Cass, Missouri, United States87
DEED	15 February 1851	39.6575 acres, Range 29-W, Township 46-N, Section 4; Cass, Missouri, United States88
MISC	1853	Description of life on the Oregon Trail; Oregon Trail89
MIGRATION	April 1853	In Apr 1853, the family left for the Oregon Territory by wagon train from Lone Jack, MO., along with their married daughter Colley and her husband James Noel Dickey as well as James' father John Dickey and his family. During this time period, cholera and other diseases were epidemic along the trail. Lillian Schlissel, in her book Women's Diaries of the Westward Journey offers a detailed look at the Western migration to Oregon and California. A. (Abraham) Bolejack, his wife and two daughters (Sophronia & Martha -- Colley was already married) were registered at Umatilla Agency in Oregon on 12 Sep 1853. The youngest daughter Elizabeth had apparently died in Missouri or along the road to Oregon as she was not with them. It is not known what route they took from Eastern Oregon, but they probably floated down the Columbia River.; left Missouri for Oregon, Cass, Missouri, United States84
MISC	12 September 1853	Registered with the Umatilla Land Agency. A Bolejack wife 2 daughters Colley was already married to James Dickey. Elizabeth must have died in Missouri or on the Oregon Trail.; Oregon, United States84
MIGRATION	1 October 1853	between Gooseneck Creek and the south fork of the Yamhill River, Polk, Oregon, United States79,84
DEED	4 May 1854	Application 3608; 318.53 acres Township 6S, Range 6W, Section 19 and Township 6S, Range 7W, Section 24; Polk, Oregon, United States79,90
CENSUS	1856	A Bolinjack wife 2 daughters 10-18; Polk, Oregon, United States84
DEED	15 January 1858	40 acres - Range 29-W, Township 46-N, Section 4; Cass, Missouri, United States91
CENSUS	17 July 1860	Douglas Precinct, Polk, Oregon, United States81
CENSUS	8 July 1870	Abraham Bolejack, William Newbill and James N Dickey are all on the same census page.; Grand Ronde Post Office, Polk, Oregon, United States82
CENSUS	12 June 1880	Douglas Precinct, Polk, Oregon, United States83
MISC	1898	20 granchildren;
DEATH	1 May 1898	Gooseneck. Abraham died at age 95 on 01 May 1898 at the Lackey family homestead on Gooseneck Creek in Polk Co., OR. He was found dead in his bed at the home of his only surviving child Sophronia Lackey.; Douglas Precinct, Polk, Oregon, United States78,84
BURIAL	May 1898	Harmony Cemetery, Polk, Oregon, United States78,84
REF #		B5B;
PHOTO		92
MARRIAGE	18 August 1825	Surry, North Carolina, United States79
MARRIAGE	18 September 1825	Surry, North Carolina, United States78,80
FATHER	Samuel Henrich BOLEJACK-B5
MOTHER	Martha MARTIN-B5/W/
WIFE
Mary Ann TATE-B5B/W/78
BIRTH	13 March 1807	Surry, North Carolina, United States78,80,82,83
DEATH	30 May 1881	Douglas Precinct, Polk, Oregon, United States78
BURIAL	1881	Harmony Cemetery, Polk, Oregon, United States78
REF #		B5B/W/;
FATHER	Owen TATE
MOTHER