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About the photographs. The photos on this website have been graciously provided by the Jones Photo Historical Collection. Four generations of the family-owned Jones Photo Co., including William “Bill” D. Jones (1922 – 2010) who was a long-time member of the Grays Harbor Genealogical Society, captured on film the very essence of Grays Harbor and its people beginning in the early 1900s.
- Westport
- Ocean Shores
- Pacific Beach and Moclips
With just over 2,000 people residing in the town today, Westport has always been a popular place. Originally, it was home to a Chehalis tribal town, where the salmon harvest was rich and steady for countless generations. The area was not visited by non-natives until 1825, when a Scottish botanist and naturalist named David Douglas explored the regi...
To the north of Westport, the city of Ocean Shores has a different story, despite being separated by just a few miles. Before homesteaders came into the region, the area now known as Ocean Shores was used by the region’s tribes for many different activities. Not a lot is known until the 1860s, when Matthew McGee, the first non-native settler, moved...
Then there’s Pacific Beach and Moclips. Over a century ago, before the logging boom defined the spirit of Grays Harbor, thousands of city dwellers found themselves flocking to the bluffs of the North Beach. They were sold on the region through advertising that promised them a healthy getaway from the stresses and frantic pace of city life. With a t...
They were consulted to find names of Home Children. The lists have been digitized and can be viewed online through our Passenger Lists 1865-1922 database. Form30A immigration records (1919 to 1924) were not systematically indexed, but other sources were consulted for the years 1922 to 1924.
Between 1869 and 1939, 100,000 impoverished children were sent from Britain to Canada to give them a better life. They were called the British Home Children
Between 1869 and 1932, over 100,000 children were sent from Britain to Canada through assisted juvenile emigration. These migrants are called “home children” because most went from an emigration agency's home for children in Britain to its Canadian receiving home.
Grays Harbor County was named after its discoverer, Captain Robert Gray. Gray was an American merchant sea captain who set his sights on Grays Harbor on May 7, 1792. The area on the coast of Washington State was initially inhabited by the Quinault and Queets tribes and descendants of five other coastal tribes: Quileute, Hoh, Chehalis, Chinook, and Cowlitz.
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Jan 4, 2022 · Frontier and pioneer life -- Washington (State) -- Grays Harbor region, Grays Harbor region (Wash.) -- History Publisher Seattle, Wash. : Pacific Search Press ; [Aberdeen? Wash.] : Friends of the Aberdeen Public Library Collection internetarchivebooks; inlibrary; printdisabled Contributor Internet Archive Language English Item Size 1.4G
