NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION
(Publisher)
Department of the Interior,
U. S. Land Office at Lamar, Colorado.
February 12, 1918.

    Notice is hereby given that Letcher R. Gilliland of Haswell, Colo, who, on November 30, 1914, made Homestead entry No. 015528 for the S 1/2 of section 21 Twp. 19 S. Range 51, W., 6th Principal Meridian, has filed notice of intention to make three year proof, to establish claim to the land above described, before The Clerk of the District Court at Eads, Colo., on the 2nd day of April, 1918.
    Claimant names as witnesses: J. O. Beltz, Lee Ford, A. C. Ford, and Liddia Beltz, all of Haswell, Colorado.
                       A. L. BEAVERS, Register.

-transcription by Kate Maynard, 2013

Genealogical notes: The 1930 census for Garfield County, Colorado lists a 46 year-old Letcher R. Gilliland (Letcher Robert Gilliland), born Missouri, with Russia-born wife Eva, age 39, daughters Ellen, Ethel, Opal, Odessa and Violet, and sons Farrel and Melvin. Four of the seven children were born in Kansas.
   Ten years earlier, a 1920 census for Shiley, Pawnee, Kansas shows Letcher, age 26, living with his parents, William and Rachel, plus siblings Mabel, Miles, Ellen and Jessie. What is particularly interesting about this census is that William states he was born in Kentucky and his parents both in the UK.
   According to family researchers, the full name of Letcher’s wife was Eva Ruth Schneider. This is not a name I would associate with a Russian origin; perhaps the family came from what was then known as Prussia. A continuing series of Prussian wars and conflicts during the 19th century resulted in waves of emigration from that area to America. Such was the case of my own great-grandmother, Julia Rosenmier. More specific information from Eva’s immigration record would be needed in order to pinpoint her family’s country of origin according to today’s maps.