George William West

George West married FRANCES MEGSON, daughter of RICHARD MEGSON and ANN BOLTON.  George and Frances were married at the Pellar Lane Chapel, in Halifax, County of York, on 18 December 1869, by the rites and ceremonies of the Baptist Church.  George, who was 26 at the time of his marriage, lived on John Street in Halifax.  His occupation was listed as a Joiner (a carpenter who specialized in interior woodwork, like doors and windows).  Frances, who was 23, lived at Stafford Place in Halifax.  The 1881 English Census reported that George employed 3 apprentices in his work as a Joiner, and they had a domestic servant to help run their household.  George came to the United States from England sometime around 1896, with his son Arthur, who was also a carpenter.  They secured a contract in Danville, KY to help in the building of Centre College.  During this same time, Frances operated a china shop in the family home for awhile, and later rented  out the store as a branch of the bakery which she operated on the street south of Saturday Market Square.  George and Arthur built a large home in Danville, and sent for the rest of the family after it was completed.  The rest of the family came over in steerage, arriving sometime in 1898.  A few years later, George and Frances, along with some of the family, moved to Zion City.  In 1908 they moved from Zion City to Portland, moving again in 1915 to Garden Home, a suburb of Portland.  Later, he and Frances moved back to Portland, to 2325 NE 43rd Avenue, which was the home of his son William, and the place where William's children were raised.  Then he and Frances moved to Palo Alto, California, where they lived for a while with their son Fred and his wife Violet.  They were living there when Frances died in 1927.  After Frances' death, George moved back to Portland, where he died on January 20th, 1936, in Portland (Multnomah County), Oregon.  He had lived in the US for 45 years at the time of his death.  George and Frances (Megson) West had thirteen children.    They are (by their date of birth):