John's Notes:
1900 CENSUS, Gold Hill, Jackson Co, OR: born Oct 1893, 6 years, OR. Living with parents and 3 siblings.
1910 CENSUS, Ward 1, North Medford, Jackson, OR, ED 107: 17 years, born CA, does odd jobs. Living with mother and 5 siblings.
1920 CENSUS, Jackson Co, OR: 27 years. Living with mother, 2 brothers and nephew.
1930 CENSUS, Murray Twp, Alameda Co, CA, ED 260: 38 years, born CA, father born MO, mother born AR, married at 20, rents for $20, electrician. Living with wife, Nettie, and 3 children (Jackie, Frank, Dorothy).

Family sources say John lived in the Orland area of Butte Co, CA. He served in Company 16, M.B., US Army, WW I. John's widow, Nettie, married a REFENBURGE (died about 1973).

BLM Land Records: 28 Apr 1925, John H. HALSEY got 120 Acre homestead in Roseburg, Oregon, area, Serial No.95816.

CA Death Records on-line: "John Henry HALSEY, born 27 Oct 1892, CA; died 29 Apr 1947, Shasta Co, CA. SS No. 706-07-4323. Death Certificate: born 27 Oct 1892, Gridley, CA; married and divorced; WW I veteran. In community 14 years; in CA for life; resided Ono (Rural), Shasta Co, CA. Died 28 Apr 1947, Ono, age 54 years 6 months 1 day. Cause: acute coronary occlusion, immediate; due to Eg coronary sclerosis, 3 years; chronic myocarditis, 2-3 years; cardiac renal vascular disease, 2-3 years. Burial: Redding Cemetery, 2 May 1947; Funeral director, Meininger's Mortuary, Redding. Informant: Mrs. Dorothy I. COSTA."

Obituary from "Redding Record-Searchlight", Tuesday, 29 Apr 1947: "ONO AREA MINER DISCOVERED DEAD; John Henry HALSEY of Ono, 54, died yesterday afternoon following an apparent heart attack near Ono, according to Coroner Claude E. Whiteman. HALSEY, who had just received some equipment by stage, was found beneath a tree about 25 yards away by John Branyen of Ono who was working on a water ditch nearby. HALSEY owned a mine about 4 miles up the hill and was doing assessment work. He was a native of Gridley, and for a long time was a survey crew chainman in OR, employed by the Southern Pacific Company. He was the father of John H. HALSEY Jr, of Selma, OR; Frank W. HALSEY of Orland; and Mrs. Dorothy Costa of Corning. He also leaves 2 brothers, William HALSEY of Weed and Jess HALSEY of Medford; and 1 sister, Mrs. Jennie PECK of Medford. Meininger's mortuary is in charge of funeral arrangements."

(Siskiyou Co, CA marriages: J. HALSEY and Helen MOORE, 28 Mar 1933; Fred W. HALSEY and Elaine CONNELLY, 10 May 1923. There is a Gerald HALSEY buried South Side, Evergreen Cemetery Any connection?)

Nettie 's Notes:
1930 CENSUS, Murray Twp, Alameda Co, CA: 24 years, born OR, parents born OR, married at 16. Living with spouse, John HALSEY and 3 children.

CA Death Index: Nettie A. RIFENBURG, born 14 Jan 1907, OR; died 7 Sep 1976, Butte Co, CA. SS #568-34-9389. (Aunt Anna gave name as "REFENBURGE".)