John Raymond Parnell

  Research Notes:

Note: both John R Parnell and his aunt, Lottie Bjelland lived in the same general area of Oregon (Clackamas and Marion Co) ⁶⁷²⁰

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Residence 1940, 1 Apr 1940, Hamilton, Pembina Co, North Datoka, United States. ⁶⁷¹⁸ John R Parnell, age 25 <1915> born in ND, grade 7, works as a Laborer in a Tavern (in Hamilton Village), worked 60 hours in the last wk of Mar, worked 39 wks in 1939 earning $360, rents home for $5, lived in rural Pembina Co in 1935. Wife, Harriet age 20 <1920> born in Canada, grade 8, lived in Bathgate, Pembina Co, ND in 1935. Daughter Lois, age 2 <1938> born in ND.

2. Death 1962, 3 Jan 1962, Molalla, Clackamas Co, Oregon, United States. ^6719,6721 The location of his death is uncertain. The Oregon Death index records death in Marion Co, OR (about 100 kms south of Molalla), but it is not clear if this was his residence since he was buried in Molalla and likely the location of his family's residence. The tombstone photo on findagrave.com includes his wife (died 2001) and daughter Lois Stevens (died 2007 - see file folder for photo doc).

John married Harriet Littlefield between 1935 and 1937 in Pembina Co, North Dakota, United States.⁶⁷¹⁸ (Harriet Littlefield was born on 5 Apr 1919 in Wynyard, Saskatchewan, Canada,^6718,6719 died on 9 Apr 2001 in Molalla, Clackamas Co, Oregon, United States ⁶⁷¹⁹ and was buried in Adams Cemetery, Molalla, Clackamas Co, Oregon, United States ⁶⁷¹⁹.)