Besides the burials of John Thrush, his wife Elizabeth, and two of their daughters, at least seven other individuals are reportedly buried in the Hultin-Thrush Cemetery. This fifth part of the series focuses on three of them; the last part of the series (Part 6) will focus on the remaining individuals interred at the family cemetery.
Previous posts in this series: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4
Adolph Hjalmar Hultin (20 Oct 1842 – 02 Jul 1911)
Lydia Margaret “Maggie” Thrush married Adolph Hultin on 31 May 1877. The early marriage record is the first time the Hultin surname appears in the records for Randolph, Coos County, Oregon.
Adolph had immigrated to the United States from Sweden by 1865. He became a naturalized citizen of the United States on 5 Sep 1871, in San Francisco, California. By 1877 he appears to have been working as a steward in the U.S. Marine Hospital.
Lydia and Adolph began married life in San Francisco, where their first child was born. They moved to Randolph by Jun 1880, where Adolph started farming. After a lengthy illness, he died 02 Jul 1911 in Salem, Marion County, Oregon. A letter from a physician (dated 13 Jul 1911) informed Lydia that contact information for the family had been lost, causing a two-week delay in the return of Adolph’s remains for burial at Randolph.
Note: Adolph’s Death Certificate states his marital status as “divorced,” an apparent error. Although living apart since 1901, the 1910 US Census enumerates both Adolph (Marion County) and Lydia (Coos County) as married.
Magnas Emore Hultin (12 Apr 1878 – 03 Mar 1936)
Born in California, Magnas moved with his parents to Randolph and lived in Coos County most of his life. He worked as a fisherman and an assistant lighthouse keeper at the Umpqua Lighthouse Station. He died 03 Mar 1936 in Coquille, and was buried at Randolph two days later.
Wooldridge and Find a Grave indicate 1935 as the year of Magnas’s death; this differs from the date specified on the death certificate and in published obituaries. Wooldridge does note a 1936 obituary for Magnas published in the Myrtle Point Herald.
Note: Magnas’s month of birth on his death certificate, “March,” appears to be an error; it conflicts both with his stipulated age on the same document (“57 years, 11 months, 22 days”) and with other records that include his birth date. More reliable sources include the 1900 U.S. Census that cites “Apr 1878” and his World War I Draft Registration Card that identifies “April 12, 1878” as his date of birth.
Rose Hultin (unknown-unknown)
Both Wooldridge and Find a Grave list Rose Hultin as being interred in the family cemetery. If she had died in 1935 as reported by the family to Wooldridge, I would expect to find an official record or newspaper account. However, I haven’t found any records or publications about her life or death. I glanced at the names of Lydia’s two brothers’ children and saw none named “Rose.” Thus, I speculate that Rose could have been Lydia’s child who died some time between 1880 and 1900. This possibility is based on the 1900 U.S. Census that records Lydia gave birth to six children, but only five were living in 1900:
Magnas, b. 12 Apr 1878
Louisa, b. 04 Apr 1880
Adolph R, b. 05 Apr 1884
John R, b. 12 May 1886
Roy, b. 23 May 1891
Rose could have been born in the three-year interval between the births of Louisa and Adolph R, the five-year interval between the births of John R and Roy, or the eight-year interval between 1892 and 1900. If Lydia did give birth to Rose during any one of these intervals, then the child would have died before the 25 Jun 1900 census enumeration.
I want to create a record that is as complete and accurate as possible, so if you know more about the Rose Hultin (or other Hultin family members) interred in Hultin-Thrush Cemetery, please contact me or leave a comment below.
References Cited
1871 National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Washington, D.C.; Selected Indexes to naturalization Records of the U.S. Circuit and District Counts, Northern District of California, 1852-1928; Microfilm Serial: T1220; Microfilm Roll. Database with images. Ancestry.com. https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/1192/images/T1220_1-0081
1877 U.S., Register of Civil, Military, and Naval Service, 1863-1959. Image 187 (Volume 1, page 177). Database with images. Ancestry.com. https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/2525/images/40411_1821100517_0805-00188
1880 United States Federal Census. Randolph, Coos, Oregon; Roll: 1080; Page: 406C; Enumeration District: 033. Database with images. Ancestry.com. https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/6742/images/4243852-00824
1900 United States Federal Census. Prosper Precinct, Coos, Oregon; Page: 220B; Enumeration District 14. Database with images. Ancestry.com. https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/7602/images/4118725_00582
1910 United States Federal Census. Salem Ward 6, Marion, Oregon; Roll: T624_1284; Page: 2A; Enumeration District: 0208; FHL microfilm: 1375297. Database with images. Ancestry.com. https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/7884/images/4450120_00216
1910 United States Federal Census. East Coquille, Coos, Oregon; Roll: T624_1280; Page: 12A; Enumeration District: 0055; FHL microfilm: 1375293. Database with images. Ancestry.com. https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/7884/images/4449646_00346
U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918. United States, Selective Service System. Douglas County, Oregon. World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration. M1509, 4,582 rolls. Imaged from Family History Library microfilm. Database with images. Ancestry.com. https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/6482/images/005243378_00690
Newspapers.com. “The World 03 Mar 1936, Page 2,” 1936. https://www.newspapers.com/image/485512639/
“Umpqua River Lighthouse, Oregon, at Lighthousefriends.com.” Accessed 11 February 2011. https://www.lighthousefriends.com/light.asp?ID=130. [Magnas listed as one of the Second Assistant Lighthouse Keepers near bottom of page.]
Wooldridge, Alice Hoover. Pioneers and Incidents of the Upper Coquille Valley, 1890-1940. Myrtle Creek, OR: Mail Printers, 1971.