Family:Jasper Westfall and Jessie Blake (1)

Facts and Events
Marriage[1][2][3][4][5] 1 Apr 1895 Westfall, Malheur, Oregon, United States
Divorce[6] 26 Mar 1900 Malheur, Oregon, United States
Children
BirthDeath
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Mabel Westfall is preferred.

References
  1. Marriage Record
    abish.byui.edu/specialCollections/westernStates, Oregon, Westfall, Malheur, vol. A, pg 27, 1 Mar 2007.

    Groom: Jasper Westfall
    Bride: Jessie Blake
    married 01 April 1895 Reference number: MROR004 Verified: YES

    Groom residence is listed as Malheur Co. as is the Brides.

  2. Legal papers
    Copies of Divorce in the Circuit Court of the State of Oregon for Malheur County., 4 Apr 1900.

    Jessie Westfall Plaintiff
    Jasper Westfall Defendant

    Extraction:
    1. That P and D intermarried at Vale in the county of Malheur State of Oregon on or about the 1st day of April 1895.
    2. That the P is and has been a resident of the State of Oregon and of Malheur County for the last past ten years.
    3. That since said marriage the D has treated her in a cruel and inhuman manner, rendering life burdensome, in particular as follows: Janaury 1899 without cause or provaction D struck P with open hand in face, a violent blow. January 1899 D cursed P using vile and indecent language. On Jan. 4th 1900 D called P a son of a bitch and became very violent and abusive toward P and ordered her to pick up her clothes and go to "hell" thereby forcing P to take their little child and quit their home.
    4. That the issue of said marriage is one child, to wit, Mable Westfall aged four years and that said child is living.
    Q & A from Jessie extractions:
    She has been a resident of the State of Oregon for about 15 years.
    She lived in fear.
    He contracted habits of gambling and drinking, he gambled a great deal often leaving me alone all night with my little child.
    He he always opposed me getting a divorce.
    Q & A from Jose Mullen extractions:
    She is 18 years old residing in Malheur County Oregon
    P is her sister.
    She actually lived with the P & D for one winter.
    She confirmed the drinking and gambling and being out all night.
    Q & A Alfred Mullen extract:
    His age 27 years, resides in Westfall Oregon.
    Acquainted with both P & D for about 15 years. Reference number: DVOR004 Verified: YES

    P=Plaintiff
    D=Defendant
    Jasper got custody of 4 year old Mabel and Jessie was given the privilege to visit Mabel.

  3. Marriage Certificate (1)
    State of Oregon, County of Malheur, Marriage Record, Certificate of Marriage #00162 from the Malheur County Clerk's office., 8 Apr 1895.

    Certificate of Marriage, State of Oregon, County of Malheur
    This is to Certify, That the undersigned, a «u»Justice of the Peace«/u» by authority of a License bearing date the «u»1st «/u»day of «u»April«/u» A.D. 18«u»95«/u», and issued by the County Clerk of the County of Malheur did, on the «u»1st «/u»day of «u»April«/u» A.D. 18«u»95«/u», at the Hotel of «u»Sam V. Hess«/u» in the County and State aforesaid, join in lawful wedlock «u»Jasper Westfall«/u» of «u»Malheur«/u» County, State of «u»Oregon«/u» and «u»Jessie Blake«/u» of «u»Malheur«/u» County, State of Oregon with their mutual assent.
    In the presence of «u»S. V. Hess«/u» and «u»Alice Westfall.«/u»
    Witness my hand B. C. Richardson Justice of the Peace. Reference number: MROR065 Verified: YES

    Filed Apr 8 at 8 oclock am 1895.

  4. Marriage License
    State of Oregon, County of Malheur, Marriage Record, Affidavit for Marriage License #162 Bk A pg 27 from the Malheur County Clerk's office., 1 Apr 1895.

    «u»Alice Westfall«/u» being duly sworn, deposes and says that he knows «u»Jessie D. Blake«/u»; that she is a resident of the county of «u»Malheur«/u», State of Oregon; that she is over the age of «u»16«/u» years, to-wit about «u»16 yrs 1 mo.«/u» ; and that there is no legal impediment to the marriage of said «u»Jessie D. Blake«/u» with «u»Jasper Westfall«/u» a resident of «u»Malheur County Oregon«/u» who is over the age of twenty-one years.
    It is signed by Alice Westfall Reference number: MROR044

    Note states that they were married April 1, 1895. Alice Westfall, married surname = Kohl. Moved to Boise ID.

  5. From The Westfall Country Book and Gram's notes.
    The divorced date from: See Misc. document from http://genealogy.state.or.us/displayResults.php for divorce record 0116E Malheur Co.
    FHL 2293688 shows divorce date 26 March 1900 #0116E.
  6. Case # 0116E
    website: http://genealogy.state.or.us/start.lasso?location=detail&id=293090