ALBERTA "BERTIE" ROSE McCOLLOR b. 4/3/1878 at Moscow (or Waterville?), ME, dau. of THOMAS KENNEDY McCOLLOR and MARY POOLER m(1).  ?/?/1898 to ERNEST FRANKLIN McCOLLOR. m(2). 5/?/1906 to DAVID STEVEN DUBRY b. 12/19/1872 (or 74?) at Munroe, MI, son of OLIVER and MARY (FULLER) DUBRY. d. 1/24/1958 at Warmsprings or Chouteau, MT (not confirmed) BIOGRAPHY Ernest McCollor was born in Solon, Maine, on April 13, 1865 to Peter and Margaret (McGarrity) McCollor, their third child and first born son. He was a young teen, just 13, when his mother and siblings made the great adventure trip from Maine to join their father in Minnesota where their father had made a land claim and built for them a simple farmhouse and set up a family farm. There is a story of thier father coming to the train station on the day the kids were to arrive, and upon not finding them, asked a station master if he had seen them. The station master replied no, the only family on the train was a "gypsy woman and a bunch of black eyed kids".     Ernest's hard work is often referred to in his father's journals, which began when Earnest was 23 years old. Among his many duties was the job of "chauffeur" for the rest of the family. Whenever someone needed to get to another part of the territory, Ernest was the "driver". Stigman and McCollor say in their excellent book, "Perhaps it was these early travel experiences which led to Ernest's apparent insatiable urge to move about the country in later years".  He may also have inherited his wanderlust from his father, who also traveled frequently about the territory as recorded in Peter's jounal. We might all recall his grandfather and grandmother, Patrick and Bridget, moving quite frequently back and forth from Canada, large family in tow.	ERNEST FRANKLIN McCOLLOR b. 5/13/1865 in Solon, ME. d. 4/13(?)/1917 near Oaksdale, WA m (1). 1898 to ALBERTA "BERTIE" McCOLLOR m(2). 7/22/1905 to JULIA ELVIRA BANGLE	JULIA ELVIRA BANGLE b. 5/22/1875 at Kelso, MN, dau. of JOHN WILLIAM and AMELIA (DEIGNEAU) BANGLE. d. 6/2/1951 at San Francisco, CA. ERNEST LEAVES HOME .. again and again Adding to the adventure of "heading west" were the challenges of living in those days. The April 7,1889 entry in Peter's journal describes an incident in which Ernest and his brother Leon were "going down to the the Clarks" and "the big dog bit Ernest and him and Leon went to see Dr. Hand."  Frostbite and other injuries were common, and "on occasions, while traveling, the horses would bolt and possibly throw out the passengers or break the wagon."    December 23, 1889, according to Peter' journals, Ernest "started for the East to work". He was 24 years old. We don't know where in the East he went at that time, possibly it was back to Maine, where so many cousins and other family members remained. Or, Perhaps not nearly so far, we don't know. There are no records of his whereabouts, for almost 18 months, until, finally, on August 1 of 1889 Peter announces in his journal "Ernest came home..."   Reportedly, keeping a steady job upon his return to Grand County, was not an immediately successful achievement for young Ernest. Peter describes more than a couple of fast-ending assignments. Ernest decided he was best suited for traveling, and on September 13th, little more than a month after his return, Peter reports that Ernest and son Claud "start back to Stephens".   It would be almost two years before mention of Ernest was again made in Peter's journals; at some point during this time Ernest must have moved back "home" to Maine, for on July 24, 1893, Peter wrote that his eldest son "came home from Maine. Tena and two McQuillan boys came up from St. Paul came with him."   He stayed home for about four months, and then took off for St. Paul, MN. He would return from there on March 14th of 1894, for a month long visit, and then was off presumably, to Stephen with cousin Loney.  About six months later, he was back in St. Paul, after stopping at the  farm for a ten day visit.    Finally, Ernst stayed put, at least as much as he was capable of, for he lived in St. Paul for an unheard of two years. Occasionally he would go home for short visits. On February 25th, 1897, he left St. Paul for the second time, and headed home, where he would remain for two months and then to Duluth. Duluth only interested him for three weeks. He was home again and then off to Stephens by July 22 of that same year.    On October 2, 1897, Ernest again moves home.     SETTLING DOWN WITH A WIFE In 1898 Ernest married his cousin "Bertie" McCollor. The marriage was not meant to be. I don't know what date they married, perhaps in April, as on the 26th of that month Peter writes that Bertie joined Ernest "in town". In October of the next year, 1900, he reported Bertie "came home from Stephens". Subsequently, the couple divorced, with one child having resulted of the marriage, Thomas. He would later take the name of his step father: "Dubry".   A few years passed before Ernest remarried. July 22, 1905, Miss Julia Bangle became the new Mrs. Ernest McCollor. Their first child, a girl, waas born in May of the next year in Potlach, ID. They were in Sandpoint, ID in July 1907, when, tragically, the next child, Mona, was stillborn. Their third daughter, Enid Natalee, was born in the Spring of 1908, in Spirit Lake, ID. It was there that the family may have settled for a relatively long period of time. We assume this, as we do know Ernest operated a steam pile driver in the Coeur D'Alene, which was very close to Spirit Lake.    According to the 1910 census, Ernest's brother, John, about 41 years old, was living with them. This is strange, because he didn't have a brother named John! Possibly he was Julia's brother and the census taker erroneously recorded him as McCollor. It would be great to have this clarified.    FULL CIRCLE After all the years he spent running away from farming, Ernest returned to that profession after the birth of daughter Reba in 1912, at Plummer,  ID. They settled near that town, as new owner of a 160 acre homestead.  Julia had won the property as a prize in a lottery sweepstakes sponsored by the government. They were immediately thrown into the farming business, 34 years after he had farmed last. The difference this time, was that it was THEIR farm, not Peter's.  The property had a perfect "natural cut" through it that was coveted by the expanding rail road. Julie was repeatedly hounded to sell that portion of her land. Finally, considering the benefit for her family, she sold it.   In April, 1916, a son was born; Ford Hale. He was their last child for, two years later, in April 1917, Ernest McCollor was brutally murdered. He had been hauling wood he cut from the farm to various locations and selling it. The ill-fated trip was to Oaksdale, WA, only 25 miles from home. A week passed after he was expected home, with his family no doubt agonizing over his fate. His body was finally discovered near the Seabury Flag Station, about 5 miles north of Oakesdale. It was April 20, 1917, and he was almost 52 years old. Their youngest child, his son, was only two years old. The killer was never found.   For more than two years, a widowed Julia attempted to make ends meet. The children were so small, and supporting them on her own in that era was impossible. She made the agonizing decision in the best interest of the children, to take them to the Spokane Children's Home (WA).  We can only guess the gamit of emotions she felt in leaving them there, especially with Ford being but a toddler: guilt, agony, anger. No mother should have to do this selfless act.  On the day they parted, in September , there was one ne last photo of her with her babies was taken. It is on this page. The expressions of the children, the brave expression on Julia's face, tells it all.   A photo to here of Julia shows her working as a cook in a lumberjack camp.   On a 1940 census, Julia is listed with the last name of Jardas.  She is living in the household of her daughter Reba, with Reba's small children (Karen, 6, and James, 3), and her son Ford Hale who is then 23.  I haven't heard the Jardas name in my research, perhaps I'll find more on it. (It comes up ten years prior in the 1930 census, where an Otto Jardase is head of household with a wife named Ethel, and Ford and Reba listed as their son and daughter.) Apparently, she remarried? She was listed as widowed in 1940.  At 64, she is still working, and is listed as a practical nurse with private clients.   I tried to find more information on Otto Jardase and found zero records. I must have it mispelled or something. Anyone one know more? Please contact me.   Julia died in 1951 at 76 years old.
Julia Bangle McCollor Ernest McCollor? Amelia Bangle, Julia's mother. Julia Bangle working at a lumberjack camp Bangle Family Back L to R: Wallace Colbert, Enid McCollor, Ralph Bangle, Edna Bangle, Lewis Bangle, Ruth Bangle, Victor Jardas, Front: Joe Bangle The young family abt. 1912 1919. Julia and the children pose for one last photo on the day they  went to the Seattle Children's Home.     EARNEST 1909 (Far left front) in Idaho Enid McCollor Lencioni Enid 1927 Enid 1925 Enid's Work Place

Nathan First Wedding? Nathan Lencioni Fred Lencioni

Nathan in Navy Lencioni Family Nathan with parents

Nathan as a baby Fred & Nathan

Nathan Lencioni Susie Harrington

Child of Ernest & Alberta McCollor

THOMAS KENNEDY McCOLLAR DUBRY   All my data on Thomas got swiped away somehow during imput!  I have a goodly amount of info and will try and retreive some of the documents very soon.

Children of Ernest & Julia Bangle McCollor

MYRL LEOLA McCOLLOR   b.5/18/1906 at Potlatch, ID  d. 9/26/1967 at the age of 61, in San Francisco, CA. "Cremated with her ashes scattered to the Pacific Ocean". m(1). 8/22/1923 at Spokane, WA, to ROBERT O. MILLER  b. 7/10/1900 at Colvile, WA (or PA? see Research notes), son of ROBERT F. MILLER and MINNIE WATSDORF (both of Germany) d. ? at ? m(2) ?/?/1929 at __? to EUGENE OTTO MILLER, b. 12/22/1902 in Germany, son of __? d. 8/26/1987 at San Francisco, CA. m(3). 3/21/1942 at Reno, NV to WILLIAM JAMES WELCH, b. 12/11/1910 at San Francisco, CA, son of __? d. 7/1/2000 at Navoto, CA. Second husband Marriage  RESEARCH NOTES: Throughout all her marriages, Myrl remained childless.  She worked as a sales clerk. First husband is listed as a "mechanic" on their marriage certificate. Both bride and groom were living in Newport, WA .  Both his parents were born in Germany.  Second husband, Eugene, is listed as a Machinist in the 1930 census. He became a U.S. citizen in 1923. I'm beginning to really doubt her first marriage actually existed. There is no supporting documentation that I have as yet uncovered, although I am searching for some in the meantime.  Also, Myrl is listed on her marriage license to Eugene as single, not divorced. She would have been quite young if she married prior to her marriage with Eugene.

1910 Census Ernest 1920 Census Ernest 1930 census Myrl 1940 census Myrl WHAT DO THE CENSUS'S TELL US? 1910 - Myrl is 4 years old, she and her parents are living in a rented home in Coeur d'Alene, Kootenai county, Idaho, and Ernest's profession is not legible.  Her uncle John, at 41, is living with them. 1920 - The children, Myrl at 13 all the way down to Ford Hale, 3 1/2 are described as "inmates" in the Spokane (WA) Children's Home. Her mother can no longer support the children, since the death of their father.  *See story above. 1930 - Myrl and Eugene have married, living in a home on Fell St. of San Francisco. The way the census reads it looks like they are boarders in a large home. He is a real estate agent and she is telephone operator. 1940 - Eugene and Myrl remain in San Francisco, and have bought a home on LeGrande St. Ironically, two houses away reside the Welch family including William Jr. who would soon eventually become her husband.  Eugene is employed as a longshoreman on the San Francisco waterfront. No profession is listed for Myrl.

ENID McCOLLOR   b. 5/26/1908 AT Spirit Lake, ID.  d.  3/1/1983 at Oakland, CA at the age of 74. She was a waitress by trade. (parenthesis hold conflicting records) m (1) 8/9/1927 in Reno, NV to (AUGUST?) ALBERT MELVIN BERG,  b. 7/17/1897 at Sedro Valley, WA, son of __? d. ?/?/?? at ? No children born of this marriage. m(2). ?/?/1937 at Healdsburg, CA, to NATHAN FRED LENCIONI, b. 12/27/1909 at Healdsburg, son of FRED and SUSY (HARRINGTON) LENCIONI. d. 3/19/1971 at (San Lorenzo?) Oakland, CA. US Navy vet, GM worker.   RESEARCH NOTES: First husband's name is recorded in the some places as "Albert" and not "August". A family tree which provided the info above gave a place of marriage as Coeur D'Alene, ID. I have to do more research to get it correct. Enid was about 11 years old when she and her siblings were taken to the children's home (see story above).   NATHAN MERLE LENCIONI  b. 6/9/1938 at San Francisco, CA  Army vet, safety engineeer.  d. ?/?/?? at ??. m(1). 3/14/1970 at Las Vegas, NV to MARY MAXINE (C.?) WILSON b. 12/10/1947 at Kern, CA, dau. of ___? WILSON and _____? (BRUMMETT) WILSON. d. ? at ? Divorced in State of Nevada, 8/20/1996 m(2). 8/5/1999 at ?? NV to MARIE ROSE McCOY. b.?? at ?? dau. of ??   RENATA KAREN LENCIONI  b. 1/2/1976 at Las Vegas, NV m.?? DAVID JAMES LENCIONI b. 1/14/1977 at Las Vegas, NV.  m.?? MICHAEL HALE LENCIONI   b. 12/31/1939 at San Francisco, CA. Musician and office manager.   m(1) 7/?/1959 at ?? to _____? FERREIRA, b. ? at ? , dau. of ? m(2) 7/24/1976 at (Alameda?) Oakland, CA to LINDA JEANE OMMUNDSEN, b. 3/28/1942 at ? dau. of ? Schoolteacher   MICHAEL JACK LENCIONI  b. 2/25/1959 at __? Alameda Co., CA.  m. ? to ? at ?, b. ? at ?  dau. of ? "for a short period of time" (family narrative). TARA LENCIONI  b. 4/11/1978 at Oakland, CA. m.? KELLY ERIN LENCIONI  b. 8/11/1981 at Oakland, CA .  m.?

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REBA EULAH McCOLLOR   b. 5/28/1912 at Plummer, ID. Warehoue working during WWII, homemaker. d. 8/7/1987 at the age of 63 at ___? m (1).  6/12/1932 at San Jose, CA to ROBERT BRUCE TAYLOR,  b. 11/14/???, son of __? d. ?/?/1958 at Colfax, CA. Cab driver, bartender, and general laborer. m(2). 9/4/1943 at New Brunswick, Canada, to CHARLES BRYAN MURPHY, b. 3/29/1895 ?? d. 8/15/1980 at ? No children born of this marriage.   Research note: in the 1940 census, Reba is listed as divorced, and is head of household with her two very small children, her mother, and her brother Ford Hale. She is working as a seamstress for a "sewing project WPA". I don't know what that is, perhaps it is related to the war effort?   KAREN JUNE TAYLOR  b. 8/14/1933 at San Francisco, CA  Secretary  d. 6/10/1982 at San Francisco, at the age of 49.  m(1). 6/10/1982 at Reno, NV to WILLIAM KWAN b. ?/?/?? in China, son of ___?  d. ? at ? Accountant m(2). ?/?/?? at ?? NV to EDWIN O'DOHLE. b. ?/?/?? at San Francisco, CA (?) son of ?   WENDY LYNN KWAN  b. 11/16/1953 at San Francisco, CA.  m. ?? at ?? to KENNETH SHARP, b. ? at ? son of ? JAMES KENNEDY TAYLOR  b. 6/15/1936 at San Francisco, CA. Painter  d. 10/5/1975 at the age of 39 m(1) 3/18/1961 at San Francisco, CA  to GWEN L. (HUME?) NEWSBY, b. 8/9/1928 at Santa Barbara, CA dau. of ? Waitress James and Gwen divorced in San Francisco,1/1968   BRIAN HALE TAYLOR b. 12/7/1961 at San Francisco, CA.  m. ? BROWYN LEE TAYLOR b. 8/6/1964 at San Francisco, CA.  m. ? MAUREEN LEIGH TAYLOR b. 12/25/1965 at San Francisco, CA.  m. ?

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FORD HALE McCOLLOR   b. 4/28/1916 at Plummer, ID. Warehouse worker.  d. 6/13/1999 at San Francisco, CA at the age of 83.  m(1). 12/18/1948 at San Francisco,  to LORRAINE G. MEADE, b. ?/?/1920 at San Francisco, dau. of ___? d. ?/?/1955 at ? m(2). 11/11/1955 at San Francisco, CA to ANTOINETTE (ANTOINET?) ROSE CANCILLA, b. 1/21/1914 at ? dau. of VINCENZO and MARRIANA (SUNER) CANCILLA. d. 7/21/1994 in San Francisco.   Research notes: the 1930 census lists Ford as living in the household of one Otto Jardise, 45, and his wife Ethel. Otto is listed as working on the highway. Ford is listed as their son, and Reba is listed as their daughter, also living in the household. There are others living in the household, referred to as "roomers", one born in Ireland, another from France, and range in age from 30 to 70. 1940 census shows Ford Hale living in his sister Reba's household, working as a shipping cleark in wholesale drugs. In this  census his mother is listed as widow with the last name of Jardise.  See census below. Ford Hale Birth Certificate click to enlarge 1940 Census click to enlarge 1930 Census click to enlarge