The Arbon family.
Photographs, land patents and family trees of the Arbon family, arranged by generation, from the oldest to the youngest. Undated pictures keep their place in the family; dates and names are as recorded. 5 photographs · 1 land patent · 3 family trees.
The homesteading generation
The men and women who took up land in the valley. From the accounts of George Dennis Arbon, Joseph Nicholas Arbon.
View photograph ↗George Dennis Arbon
Identified by file name.
From: George Dennis Arbon ↗
View photograph ↗Joseph Nicholas Arbon
Collage of three images; identified by file name.
From: Joseph Nicholas Arbon ↗The second generation
Children of the homesteaders. From the accounts of Joseph George Arbon.
View photograph ↗Photograph from Joseph George Arbon
Shown on the biography; individuals not captioned.
From: Joseph George Arbon ↗More family photographs
Pictures the records do not tie to one generation, in date order; undated ones last.
View photograph ↗First home of George Arbon in Arbon Valley, 1895
Printed caption beside the photograph on a scanned page of a published local history; the archive does not name the book. Shown here cropped to the photograph.
From: Ezra Taft Andersen & Sarah Eveline "Eva" Arbon ↗Shared with other families
Pictures kept in another family’s album that include Arbon family members or relatives by marriage.
View photograph ↗Edward and Esther Arbon Davis
Identified by file name.
From: Edward Henry Davis & Esther Rebecca Arbon ↗Land patents
Federal patents to the family’s land, from the General Land Office records, in date order.
View photograph ↗Homestead patent to George Arbon, 1909
Federal land patent signed 10 June 1909 (BLM serial IDBL 0000617). Shown: the top of the first page.
Bureau of Land Management, General Land Office Records (public domain)Family trees
The family-tree charts drawn for the family histories, oldest generation first.
View photograph ↗Family diagram from George Dennis Arbon
Names and further details have not been identified in the original caption.
From: George Dennis Arbon ↗
View photograph ↗Family diagram from Joseph Nicholas Arbon
Names and further details have not been identified in the original caption.
From: Joseph Nicholas Arbon ↗
View photograph ↗Family diagram from Joseph George Arbon
Names and further details have not been identified in the original caption.
From: Joseph George Arbon ↗Help put names to these pictures.
Many of these photographs still need names, places and dates. If you know who is in one, open it and choose “Help identify this photograph”. If your family keeps photographs of the valley, the archive would love to see them.