Henrietta Fiester, born December 10, 1848 in Gervais, Oregon Territory, was Ethel Ralston’s grandmother. She was the fourth child of Daniel and Rebecca Fiester and the first born in the Oregon Territory.
In Ethel’s narrative, Henrietta eloped with Ephraim Jackson, being too young to marry in Oregon. They rowed across the Columbia River to Washington Territory and married in 1866, when she was 17 years old.
They returned to Linn County (in the Sweet Home area) where they eventually had twelve children. Ten survived to adulthood.
Ephraim and Henrietta Jackson both died at a young age. Ephraim died in 1899 at 58 and Henrietta died in 1896, when she was 48 years old. Their younger children went to live with older siblings. (The youngest, Lena, who was four when their mother died, lived with Ethel’s family in Eugene.)
In Ethel’s narrative, Henrietta eloped with Ephraim Jackson, being too young to marry in Oregon. They rowed across the Columbia River to Washington Territory and married in 1866, when she was 17 years old.
They returned to Linn County (in the Sweet Home area) where they eventually had twelve children. Ten survived to adulthood.
Ephraim and Henrietta Jackson both died at a young age. Ephraim died in 1899 at 58 and Henrietta died in 1896, when she was 48 years old. Their younger children went to live with older siblings. (The youngest, Lena, who was four when their mother died, lived with Ethel’s family in Eugene.)
The photo is of Henrietta Jackson, most likely about 1874, with her daughter Ella. Ella died soon after the photo was taken.
Three of Ephraim and Henrietta’s daughters married the three Ralston brothers. Alice married Samuel. Emma married James. And Lottie married Ernest. That’s a lot of double cousins.(The three Ralston brothers are in the photograph a few postings back.)
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