"Multnomah
County was created from parts of Washington and Clackamas Counties by the
Territorial Legislature in 1854, five years before Oregon became a state,
because citizens found it inconvenient to travel to Hillsboro to conduct
county business."
Oregon Blue Book
1860 & 1870 Oregon Mortality Census
1930 Merchant Vessel aka. Crew of Vessels
1930 Multnomah County Census