Fannie May McDonald
b. March 17, 1868
in Albia, Iowa
d. April 27, 1894
in Portland, Oregon
Fletcher Thomas Hamshaw
b.August 23, 1863
in Athens, Ohio
d. November 5, 1933
in Rochester, Minnesota
While the McDonald family was living in Nebraska during the early 1880's, Fannie May earned her teacher's certificate and taught from 1884-86.
Fannie moved with her family to Santa Fe, Kansas in 1886, where, on October 30, 1887, she married Fletcher Hamshaw. Earl Cranston Othello Hamshaw, the couple's first child, was born in Santa Fe August 11, 1888.
Fletcher eventually operated placer mines in British Columbia and Alaska. His children, Earl, Eva, and Gertrude, would sometimes join him for visits in those locations, and, after he married Margaret Frost (born May 20, 1873 in Canada; died January 21, 1950 in Los Angeles, California; Fletcher and Margaret Hamshaw became the parents of Greta Hamshaw born March 18, 1904 in New York; died May 30, 1975 in Inglewood, California) they would visit their father and new stepmother in New York. The children, who were all very musically inclined, eventually attended and boarded at Oberlin School. According to their instructors, they couldn't teach Earl anything, but that he could teach them a thing or two. Eva went on to become a concert pianist.
Above...a loving remembrance written by Fletcher for his beloved wife just after her death.
Earl Cranston Othello Hamshaw
Born: August 11, 1888
in Santa Fe, Kansas
Married: Marie F. Williams
March 22, 1911
Died: April 14, 1912
in King County, WA
Evelyn Anna Hamshaw
Born: August 1, 1890
in South Bend, WA
Married: Frank Englebert Ollinger
July 7, 1910
Married: John T. Duncan
Date Unknown
Died: April 12, 1980
in Seattle, Washington
Gertrude Lenore Hamshaw
Born: August 7, 1892
in South Bend, WA
Married: Bedford Mason Hertel
Died: April 15, 1994
in Everett, WA
Fannie May McDonald Hamshaw died of consumption (tuberculosis) April 27, 1894. Her three children lived with their McDonald grandparents so that Fletcher was able to tend to his business. He soon had a mining and engineering degree and worked for the railroad, surveying land for continued railroad expansion.
Fletcher Hamshaw died November 5, 1933 in Rochester, Minnesota and is buried in Portland, Oregon.
Fletcher T. & Fannie Hamshaw
were married October 30, 1887
in Santa Fe, Kansas
The Children of Fannie May McDonald and Fletcher Thomas Hamshaw
The Hamshaws and McDonalds relocated to the Portland, Oregon area in 1889, where Fletcher owned a brickyard. The Hamshaws' two daughters, Eva Anna Hamshaw (born August 1, 1890), and Gertrude Lenore Hamshaw (born August 7, 1892) were both born in South Bend, Washington, a small town near the Pacific Ocean that was incorporated in late September 1890.
The
Fannie May McDonald
Family
Fletcher and Fannie
in Garden City, Kansas
Fannie's calling card from her days working in the millinery business.
Thank you!
To Bruce and Linda Ollinger for most of the information and photographs included
here. Bruce is Eliza Ann Love McDonald's great-great grandson,
and Fannie May's
great-grandson.
Betty Lenore Ollinger
Born: June 27, 1911
in Seattle, WA
Died: October 17, 1982
in Seattle, WA
Robert Cranston Ollinger
Born: June 2, 1913
in Seattle, WA
Married: Barbara Stiltz
March 1, 1945
Died: February 5, 1992
in Grand Island, NE
The Grandchildren of Fannie May McDonald and Fletcher Thomas Hamshaw
Bedford Mason Hertel, Jr.
B: June 11, 1920
in Yakima, WA
M: Mary Louise Holmes
December 21, 1949
in Seattle, WA
D: December 6, 1997
in Yakima, WA
Jane L. Hamshaw
Born: October 4, 1911
in Los Angeles, CA
Died: December 14, 1992
in Falls Church, VA
The Great-Grandchildren of Fannie May McDonald and Fletcher Thomas Hamshaw
Gregory Cranston Ollinger
Born: December 31, 1945
in Long Beach, CA
Died: December 7, 1970
in Denver, CO
Below: newspaper articles regarding the life of Bedford M. Hertel
