Cardno Genealogies
Jane Cardno
1874 - 1948 (73 years)-
Name Jane Cardno Birth 8 Oct 1874 Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire [1] Gender Female Census 1901 Strichen [2] Death 10 Jun 1948 Fossil, Wheeler County, Oregon [3, 4] - Mrs Jane Rettie, 73, and her youngest son, Charles, 32, were drowned last Thursday night when they attempted to escape flood waters which were threatening to destroy their ranch home near Thirtymile creek east of Fossil. Funeral services weror them at the Methodist church here Monday afternoon.
The mother and son, together with Robert Rettie, another son, and Miss Mary Rettie, the older daughter, were in the house when a cloudburst struck about 8:30 o’clock in the canyon above their house. After seeing Mrs Rettie and Charles hit berling water, Mary and Bob returned to the house, where they spent the rest of the night. Robert discovered the body of his mother shortly after daylight, and the body of Charles Rettie was found the next day (Friday) some 200 yards farther down the stream and near the Kinzua railroad tracks along Thirtymile creek.
Person ID I1583 Cardno Last Modified 21 Jul 2019
Father James Cardno, b. 14 Dec 1822, Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire d. 4 Mar 1909, Strichen (Age 86 years) Mother Mary Mclennan, b. 4 Feb 1840 d. 11 Jan 1929, Strichen (Age 88 years) Marriage 14 Nov 1873 Old Machar, Aberdeen [1] Family ID F429 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family William Rettie, b. 17 Jul 1859, New Pitsligo d. 28 Jan 1924, Fossil, Wheeler County, Oregon (Age 64 years) Marriage 1903 St Machar, Aberdeen - M Cert 168/2 456
Children + 1. James Cardno Rettie, b. 26 Oct 1904, Fossil, Wheeler County, Oregon d. 7 Aug 1969, Arlington, Virginia (Age 64 years) 2. Mary Elizabeth Rettie, b. 1906, Fossil d. 1990, The Dalles, Oregon (Age 84 years) 3. Robert Crichton Rettie, b. 21 Jul 1908, Fossil, Wheeler County, Oregon d. 26 Aug 1981, Wasco County, Oregon (Age 73 years) 4. Clara Elen Rettie, b. 12 Jan 1911, Fossil, Wheeler County, Oregon d. 12 Mar 2001, The Dalles, Wasco County, Oregon (Age 90 years) 5. Kenneth Rettie, b. 4 Apr 1913, Fossil, Wheeler County, Oregon d. 22 Oct 1988, John Day, Grant County, Oregon (Age 75 years) 6. Charles Bannerman Rettie, b. 18 Jan 1916, Wheeler County, Oregon d. 10 Jun 1948, Fossil, Wheeler County, Oregon (Age 32 years) Family ID F724 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 3 Jan 2020
- Mrs Jane Rettie, 73, and her youngest son, Charles, 32, were drowned last Thursday night when they attempted to escape flood waters which were threatening to destroy their ranch home near Thirtymile creek east of Fossil. Funeral services weror them at the Methodist church here Monday afternoon.
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Sources - [S2] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, International Genealogical Index.
- [S93] Census 1901, 241/00006/00006.
From ancestry.com:Name: Jeanie Cardnoation district: Strichen - [S27] Descendants of Murdock (Murdo) Mclennan, (http://www.clis.com/tarwathie/murdo.html).
- [S78] Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/29462456/jane-rettie.
- [S2] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, International Genealogical Index.