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Early Residents – D

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Note: to access images from the Washington State Historical Society (WSHS) collections, enter their catalog numbers in Collections Search box. Items in bold face have been scanned

Damon
Ed,
son of Reverend John F., WSHS C2013.18.65, C2015.0.56, C2013.18.62
john damon
John F,, Reverend, WSHS C1959.221.2, C2013.18.61, C2013.18.62
John L., son of Rev John F.
Mary, nee Yantis 
Maude, nee Webster, m. John L. Damon

Dana
Ruth,
Olympia High School class of 1927, WSHS C2016.0.99

Darling

Albert,
Rogues, p. 237;  WSHS C1943.1003.6
Emma
, nee Sternberg

Davis
Family, WSHS C1980.30x.14.23
Amy, WSHS C1980.30x.14.24
BRAD DAVIS
Bradford (Brad),assistant postmaster, shipwright, and bookkeeper, built Funk House, see Pattison-Davis House; WSHS C2015.0.58

Caddie,
WSHS C2015.0.59
Carl,
Olympia High School student, WSHS C2016.0.120
Cora,
daughter of Anna and Bradford, married Thornton, WSHS C1951.8.11
Ethel, WSHS C2018.0.150
Eva
, WSHS C1980.30x.14.7
Gertrude, married Manier, president Woman’s Club, WSHS C1990.25.3, see Manier House in Where Are We?

Herbert
, WSHS C2013.18.93, C2017.0.9
Jennie, nee Yantis
Jim, Olympia High School, WSHS 2014.130.1.9
Martha Anna, nee Pattison, married Bradford
N.C. “Shorty” – band leader,
C1961.1185.4; C2016.0.183

Davison
Maude, WSHS C1980.30x.14.16

Dawley
J.M., one of two brothers in construction business, see, Rogues, p. 433, Dawley Building
Leo, one of two brothers in construction business, see Dawley Building, Hart-Dawley House, L.E. Dawley House

Day
Fred, logger at Bordeaux, WSHS C1943.1006.25
Iva or Ivy, nee Whitney, wife of Fred

Dean
|
Lulu
, granddaughter of Peter Cook, drowned as a child, WSHS C1970.28.65

DeCourcy

Geraldine
, OHS student, musician, alleged spy,  WSHS C1951.8.15; see Ross, Deborah, “
Geraldine de Courcy: a life in music, criticism, translating, and (maybe) intelligence activity,” Thurston County Historical Journal, December 2023; see Esther Knox, Knox Diary of Olympia School District (search deCourcey); photo courtesy family

Delzell (or Dalzell)
Letitia, married Thomas Chambers

Deming

Family
, WSHS C1945.191.7; C2016.0.53

Archie, WSHS C1945.191.6
Ella, nee Clark, married William
Louella, nee Coons
William
Zona, WSHS C1945.191.6

Dening
Ruth, OHS student, WSHS C1951.8.15

Derrick
family portrait
C1993.12.12

DeVore

John F., Methodist minister, Rogues p. 49 (image printed in Rogues, source not indicated); WSHS 2010.0.171, see First Methodist Church 

Dial
Mary, nee Coons

Dickenson or Dickinson
Charley, WSHS C1980.30x.15.3
Clair, Olympia High School student, WSHS C2016.0.120

Dickison
Everett,
Olympia High School class of 1927, WSHS C2016.0.99

Didier
Stephen
Alice, nee Miller

Dillon
John T., WSHS C1951.8x.4

Mary Ann
, married W.J. Yeager, WSHS C1955.8xx.1 , C1949.3.9, C1945.1061.2
Sophia, nee Porter

Dilly
Ida, married George Brazel

Diminson
Olif,
WSHS C2016.0.183

Dinsmore
Vera, married Kirschner, WSHS C1951.4.37;  C1943.126.4

Dittman

Amelia,
long time teacher,  Rogues p. 303; WSHS C1949.18.73; C2018.0.150
Henry, pastor Westside Chapel, father of Amelia and Louise, husband of Maria Christina
Louise, WSHS C1949.18.77, C1949.18.74; C2018.0.150; C2017.0.118
Maria Christina,
TCP, WSHS C1949.18.77

Diven

Rev. Clarence L.,
pastor of First Congregational Church, see Olympia Tribune Souvenir Issue 1891

Louella
, nee Sams, superintendent of Washington State Traveling Library, see Thurstontalk article


Mary
, teacher, photo from Furgison glass negative collection: link here for more information Furgison collection

Doan
Cecil,
C1949.18.24

Doane
Elizabeth, nee Pendergast, wife of Woodbury Doane Sr.
Jack, son of Woodbury, WSHS C2013.18.57

Jane (possibly Jennie, Woodbury Jr’s wife, nee Corliss)
, WSHS C1950.220.1


Captain Woodbury J., proprietor of Doane’s Oyster House, photo of Oyster House from Digital Archives, see article,  Captain Doane’s Oyster Pan Roast, see Rogues, p. 91 et seq.; also WSHS C1943.148.2, C1952.226.20, C1952.226.34
Woodbury, Jr. (nicknamed Wood), son of Captain Woodbury

Dobbins
John S.,
Mayor 1884
Nettie
,
m. Fred Guyot, Rogues, p. 291

Docherty
H.F., teamster, WSHS C1947.7.5

Dodge
Ada, nee Marcy, wife of Robert Bruce
Desdamona, d of John and Sarah Ives, m. Edward Austin
John, Mud Bay pioneer,
TCP
Mary, nee Shaser (or Shazer), wife of Robert

Robert Bruce (called Bruce), son of John, C2016.0.175
Sarah, nee Ives, wife of John
Thadeus Ives, son of Robert and Sarah, OCI student, C1950.1117.1.15.3

Dofflemyer (or Dofflemyre)
Benjamin, infant son of Isaac, dies, Columbian Feb 1853

Isaac
, arrived 1851, carriage and cabinetmaker,
TCP , WSHS C1956.20.2

James,
son of Isaac and Susan, Rogues, p. 190; WSHS C1956.20.4
Josephine
, daughter of Isaac and Susan, married Edward Young
Susan, wife of Isaac, nee Allen

Dohm
Edward,
commander, Washington National Guard, Rogues, p. 310 et seq; City Commissioner 1932-1940; see Dohm House ; WSHS C1986.43.63.4.30.4.1
Phyllis, daughter of Edward, architect, see e.g., Kornmesser House 

Jocelyn, daughter of Edward, owner of Sherwood Press, WSHS C1986.43.61.10.10.2, Looking Back

Dolan
Patrick, saloon keeper, married Charles Burmeister’s widow

Donges
Felix, WSHS C2013.18.82

Doyle
Clara and Mary,
Olympia High School students, WSHS C2016.0.120

Draham
George W.,
Mayor 1923-1924

Drain
Doris, WSHS C1952.226.58

Drake

Ada
, married W.H. Yeager. Jr. (photo courtesy of Larry Braddy), see W.H. and Ada Yeager House 

Drewry
Children Alex, Ruby, Nina, Hazel, Orin,
at Bush Prairie School, photograph from Digital Archives
David, arrived 1853,
Georgiana p. 316; TCP
Emaline, nee Weed

Drum
Laura, OHS graduate, WSHS
C1951.8.17

Drury
Wells, typesetter worked with John Miller Murphy and Prosch,
TCP

Dryden
Linnie Maude, nee Barnes

Duckering
William, photographer, WSHS C2013.18.81 (also search name Duckering for photographs by him)

Dufault
Charles, city commissioner 1929-1934, see Dufault House  and Dufault Building 

Dunbar
Clara,
nee White
Fred, WSHS C1948.18.54

John
, son of Ralph and Clara, see John Dunbar House ; Furgison collection
Dunbar_MB
Martin
, see Olympia Tribune Souvenir Issue 1891


Ralph (or Rolph) Oregon
, arrived Thurston County 1868, logger, Supreme Court judge from statehood, Rogues, p. 237;
TCP; photo from Digital Archives , see additional photograph of him as a young man with his brother in Bigelow House Photograph  Collection; see Dunbar House 
Ruth, Olympia Collegiate Institute student, WSHS C2013.18.57

Dunham
Grace, 
WSHS C2017.0.118

Dunker
Ruth,
Olympia High School student, WSHS C2016.0.120

Dunning

Mamie
,
C1949.3.52

Durgin
Leonard,
started nursery in Grand Mound
Lucetta,
w of Leonard, nee Reddy

Dye
Dye house,
C1979.32.8
Adah, Olympia historian,
C1979.32.9; C1986.43.67.0.7

Copyright  © Deborah Ross

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