Born Lena Estell Rachel VanPatten, she was called Rachel. Her parents, Frank and Mary Emma (Starns) VanPatten were early homesteaders in Sherman County, Oregon. When Rachel was 7 her father died from a skull fracture he sustained while cleaning a well. Her mother later married William Macnab, a Sherman County farmer. After that Rachel and her sister, Bee, attended a boarding school, St. Mary's School in Portland from 1902-1907. Rachel's siblings included: Jennie, who died of scarlet fever before Rachel was born, Helen "Bee," and Frances VanPatten as well as a half-brother Louis Bernard "Barney" Macnab.
Rachel married Laverne Porter on 9-17-1912 in Portland, Oregon. Laverne was a son of Adelbert "Dell" Porter and Harriet "Hattie" (Proctor) Porter, a Sherman County farm family who had come west from New York in 1875. Between 1913 and 1920 Rachel and Laverne had 6 children: May Ann "Mary," Jerard " Jerry," Francis Adelbert "Frank," Laverne "Emmett," Henrietta Helen "Tiny," and William "Bill." The Porter family was very mobile. For a while they homesteaded in remote Harney County (near the Narrows) in Eastern Oregon. During the flu pandemic of 1918 they all got the flu and needed long term professional care in Talent, Oregon. In 1920, they lived in Mount Hood, Oregon. In the 1930s they were in Wasco, Oregon and Salem, Oregon. In the early 1940s they managed a hop farm near Salem until April 1944. Their sons had enlisted in the military and hop farming was too difficult to do without help.
Rachel and LaVerne bought a small farm between Stanfield and Hermiston, Oregon where they farmed until Laverne died of a heart attack in 1954. Rachel died of a heart attack in 1961 at the home of her son Frank. Rachel was a devout Catholic.
Rachel married Laverne Porter on 9-17-1912 in Portland, Oregon. Laverne was a son of Adelbert "Dell" Porter and Harriet "Hattie" (Proctor) Porter, a Sherman County farm family who had come west from New York in 1875. Between 1913 and 1920 Rachel and Laverne had 6 children: May Ann "Mary," Jerard " Jerry," Francis Adelbert "Frank," Laverne "Emmett," Henrietta Helen "Tiny," and William "Bill." The Porter family was very mobile. For a while they homesteaded in remote Harney County (near the Narrows) in Eastern Oregon. During the flu pandemic of 1918 they all got the flu and needed long term professional care in Talent, Oregon. In 1920, they lived in Mount Hood, Oregon. In the 1930s they were in Wasco, Oregon and Salem, Oregon. In the early 1940s they managed a hop farm near Salem until April 1944. Their sons had enlisted in the military and hop farming was too difficult to do without help.
Rachel and LaVerne bought a small farm between Stanfield and Hermiston, Oregon where they farmed until Laverne died of a heart attack in 1954. Rachel died of a heart attack in 1961 at the home of her son Frank. Rachel was a devout Catholic.
Born Lena Estell Rachel VanPatten, she was called Rachel. Her parents, Frank and Mary Emma (Starns) VanPatten were early homesteaders in Sherman County, Oregon. When Rachel was 7 her father died from a skull fracture he sustained while cleaning a well. Her mother later married William Macnab, a Sherman County farmer. After that Rachel and her sister, Bee, attended a boarding school, St. Mary's School in Portland from 1902-1907. Rachel's siblings included: Jennie, who died of scarlet fever before Rachel was born, Helen "Bee," and Frances VanPatten as well as a half-brother Louis Bernard "Barney" Macnab.
Rachel married Laverne Porter on 9-17-1912 in Portland, Oregon. Laverne was a son of Adelbert "Dell" Porter and Harriet "Hattie" (Proctor) Porter, a Sherman County farm family who had come west from New York in 1875. Between 1913 and 1920 Rachel and Laverne had 6 children: May Ann "Mary," Jerard " Jerry," Francis Adelbert "Frank," Laverne "Emmett," Henrietta Helen "Tiny," and William "Bill." The Porter family was very mobile. For a while they homesteaded in remote Harney County (near the Narrows) in Eastern Oregon. During the flu pandemic of 1918 they all got the flu and needed long term professional care in Talent, Oregon. In 1920, they lived in Mount Hood, Oregon. In the 1930s they were in Wasco, Oregon and Salem, Oregon. In the early 1940s they managed a hop farm near Salem until April 1944. Their sons had enlisted in the military and hop farming was too difficult to do without help.
Rachel and LaVerne bought a small farm between Stanfield and Hermiston, Oregon where they farmed until Laverne died of a heart attack in 1954. Rachel died of a heart attack in 1961 at the home of her son Frank. Rachel was a devout Catholic.
Rachel married Laverne Porter on 9-17-1912 in Portland, Oregon. Laverne was a son of Adelbert "Dell" Porter and Harriet "Hattie" (Proctor) Porter, a Sherman County farm family who had come west from New York in 1875. Between 1913 and 1920 Rachel and Laverne had 6 children: May Ann "Mary," Jerard " Jerry," Francis Adelbert "Frank," Laverne "Emmett," Henrietta Helen "Tiny," and William "Bill." The Porter family was very mobile. For a while they homesteaded in remote Harney County (near the Narrows) in Eastern Oregon. During the flu pandemic of 1918 they all got the flu and needed long term professional care in Talent, Oregon. In 1920, they lived in Mount Hood, Oregon. In the 1930s they were in Wasco, Oregon and Salem, Oregon. In the early 1940s they managed a hop farm near Salem until April 1944. Their sons had enlisted in the military and hop farming was too difficult to do without help.
Rachel and LaVerne bought a small farm between Stanfield and Hermiston, Oregon where they farmed until Laverne died of a heart attack in 1954. Rachel died of a heart attack in 1961 at the home of her son Frank. Rachel was a devout Catholic.
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Lena R.
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