The East Oregonian
Pendleton, Umatilla Co., Oregon
11 December, 1912

Marries Mother of Son’s Wife.

    Joseph M. Gilliland, former janitor of the court house and now living at Hermiston, is now the step-father-in-law as well as the father of his son, Frank A. Gilliland, of Ukiah while the new Mrs. Joseph M. Gilliland is the step-mother-in-law of her own daughter. This mixed relationship results from the marriage last evening of Joseph M. Gilliland and Mrs. Ida May Wolford, Mrs. Wolford being the mother of Gertie A. Covell who on June 27 of this year became the bride of Frank A. Gilliland, the son of her present stepfather. Should the younger couple have children, the children will have a double claim upon their grandparents.

-transcription by Kate Maynard, 2013