A Wilson Family Tree
Notes for Travis Thomas Dingwall
Middle name is from his WWII draft registration card, from Ancestry.com. Just had middle initial elsewhere.
Santa Cruz Sentinel, 29 Jan 1986, p. 21 (obtained from Newspapers.com):
SUNDAY WAS a day of note for the Dingwall clan. Most notable, it was the 96th birthday of Travis Thomas Dingwall. Second, the sixth generation member of the family had her picture in the newspaper. Margaux Danielle Miller, who will be one year on Feb. 7, was in the Sentinel's Babies of 1985 presentation.
"We have a lot of five generation lines -- you see that a lot," comments her great-grandmother, Evelyn Morelli. "But six generations? That's pretty unusual."
Margaux is the daughter of Troy Miller, who is in construction, and Sue Miller. Troy is the son of Patricia Morelli and C.T. Miller. Patricia is the daughter of Mac and Ev Morelli. Mac was in logging for 40 years in this county and San Mateo County. His parents were Roy Morelli and Violet Dingwall Morelli. Roy worked at the Santa Cruz Southern Pacific Express building for 52 years. Mac's cousin is DeEtta Dingwall Carlin of Caledonia Street. She and her husband were in the office equipment business for many years. DeEtta's uncle is Travis, who turned 96.
The Tom Dingwall family came west via Panama, says Roy. They walked across the isthmus, with mules, instead of coming across the Great Plains, then boarded asailing [sic] vessel for San Francisco. But, a strong wind caught the ship and carried it clear to Hawaii. So the travelers returned on the same ship, and finally landed in San Francisco in 1852. Then they came to Davenport Landing and established San Vicente cattle ranch.
One other note about Travis: His wife was Helen Cooper, whose grandfather gave the city of Santa Cruz the property for a courthouse, today's Cooper House ...
Note: Some of the information in these pages is uncertain. Please let me know of errors or omissions using the email link above. ...Mike Wilson
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