Research Interests Forum Entry for ELIAS COLE at CANADA,OREGON,WASHINGTON

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Research Interest: I'm trying to find out who Elias Cole's parents were. He is my great grandfather. I believe that he was born in Canada, Ottawa possibly in either 1880 or 1881. He then lived in Astoria Oregon and became a U.S. citizen is 1883. He later married Rei nette Whitbeck date unknown and had two children Floyd Albert Cole and Richard Cole. I have been to the Astoria public library and found several newspaper articles in the Astoria Daily Buget about him, one of which was his obit. He died in 1943 and was living in Raymond Washington and his surviving relatives were wife Mary Cole, three sons, Richard, Floyd, and Delbert and two stepchildren Myrtle and William Martin. Most of the information that I have about him came from the Oregon Census f or 1920 and 1940 I think, I've learned my lesson about writing that info. on the back of photocopies. I also went down to Astoria and looked at a few newspaper article in the Astoria Daily Buget which is where I read his obit. Basically what I'm l ooking for is who his parents are, from there I think I can start up again.