Descendents of Henry George Grabenhorst
Henry Christian Grabenhorst
William Henry Grabenhorst

Nell Caroline Grabenhorst

1-Nell Caroline Grabenhorst, daughter of William Henry Grabenhorst and Eva Haight, was born on 3 Jul 1897 in Des Moines, Polk, Iowa, died on 24 Jul 1993 in Portland, Multnomah, Oregon at age 96, and was buried in Mount Crest Abbey Mausoleum, Portland, Oregon. 

Nell married Lee Anthony McAllister, son of John Michael McAllister and Malinda Margaret Townsend, on 6 Feb 1919 in Salem, Marion, Oregon. Lee was born on 22 Feb 1895 in Salem, Marion, Oregon, died on 20 Jul 1971 in Salem, Marion, Oregon at age 76, and was buried in Mount Crest Abbey Mausoleum, Portland, Oregon. They had three children: Lee Anthony, Stuart Ray, and Donald Michael.

2-Lee Anthony McAllister Jr. was born on 17 May 1920 in Salem, Marion, Oregon and died on 9 Jan 1945 in Valdagno Italy at age 24. His bomber was hit by anti-aircraft fire on 10 Dec 1944 while trying to bomb a railroad bridge at Dolce, Italy. He bailed out of his plane and was cared for by local families until he was captured by the Germans and executed on 9 January 1945. Lee was reburied in Mt Crest Mausoleum in Salem, Marion, Oregon on 6 Apr 1946.

Lee married Frances Pabst, daughter of Charles Francis Pabst and Anna Marie Stromberg, on 6 Jun 1946 In Salem, Marion, Oregon. Frances was born on 29 May 1919 in Salem, Marion, Oregon. After Lee's death, Frances married Warren Eugene Maurer on 25 Oct 1947 in San Francisco County, California.

2-Stuart Ray McAllister was born on 27 Sep 1921 in Salem, Marion, Oregon. 

Stuart married Eleanor Alice Hall, daughter of Loren Perrill Hall and Irene Orilla Seymour , on 13 Feb 1943 in Reno, Washoe, Nevada. Eleanor was born on 10 Jul 1924 in Castella, California and died on 21 Mar 2010 in Newcastle, Placer, California at age 85. They had two children: Ronan and Laurie Lee.

3-Ronan McAllister was born in 1955 in Sacramento County, California. Ronan married Patricia Marie in 1977. They were divorced. Ronan next married Kelly McReynolds on 10 Oct 1998 in Washoe County, Nevada. Kelly was born in 1969 in Sacramento County, California. He has no children.

3-Laurie Lee McAllister was born in 1957 in Sacramento County, California. Laurie married Warren Trenchard Campbell. Warren was born on 12 Dec 1952 in San Diego County, California. They had two sons: David Trenchard born in  1992 and Warren McAllister born in 1995.

2-Donald Michael McAllister was born in 1928 in Salem, Marion, Oregon. 

Donald married Patricia Ann Lavine, daughter of Wilson Boyce Lavine and Edna Alice Johnson, on 23 Sep 1962 in Portland, Multnomah, Oregon. Patricia was born in 1932 in San Francisco, San Francisco, California. They had two children: Anna Christina and Mary Elizabeth.

3-Anna Christina McAllister was born in 1963 in Salem, Marion, Oregon. 

Anna married David Scott Hicks on 7 Mar 1987 in Portland, Multnomah, Oregon. David was born in 1949 in Portland, Multnomah, Oregon. They had two children: Lewis McAllister and Emma Vance.

4-Lewis McAllister Hicks was born in 1997 in Washington County, Oregon. 

4-Emma Vance Hicks was born in 1999 in Washington County, Oregon. 

3-Mary Elizabeth McAllister was born in 1968 in Salem, Marion, Oregon.  

Biography
 Photographs
 Documents and Articles
Records
Gravestones

Biography

Nell Caroline Grabenhorst was born on 3 July 1897 in Des Moines, Polk, Iowa, the seventh born and third daughter of William Henry and Eva Haight Grabenhorst's eight children. In 1902, William and Eva and their family moved to Oregon from Iowa. They purchased the Frank C. Baker farm, consisting of three hundred and twenty-seven acres located four miles south of Salem in the Pringle area of Marion County. A highway intersection incorporating the farm area would later be mapped as Grabenhorst Corners. In 1910 William and Eva made the decision to subdivide the farm and sell it in small tracts of five acres while they moved into the city of Salem. That same year William and his older son, George Henry Grabenhorst, opened up W.H. Grabenhorst & Co. Real Estate in Salem to sell the tracts. The company was very successful and would go on to become a prominent real estate company in the Salem area.  

Nell attended Pringle school and studied piano at Willamette University. She played the organ in church every Sunday when she was a young girl. On 6 February 1919, Nell married Lee Anthony McAllister, son of John Michael McAllister and Malinda Margaret Townsend, in Salem. Lee was born on 22 Feb 1895 in Salem. Lee was a veteran of World War I and a graduate of Oregon State University. He was a retired civil engineer and had been a planning engineer for projects throughout the state for the Bureau of Land Reclamation. He was a state representative from Marion County two terms.

Nell and Lee had three sons: Lee Jr. born in 1920, Stuart born in 1921 and Donald born in 1928.

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Photographs
 

Nell and Evelyn Grabenhorst

Nell Grabenhorst

Nell Grabenhorst

Lee Anthony McAllister
World War 1

Lee Anthony McAllister and
Nell Grabenhorst McAllister

William Grabenhorst and Robert Johnson with
Lee McAllister at Neskowin cabin

Nell and Lee McAllister with sons
 Stuart and Lee Jr.

Lee Anthony McAllister  Jr.

Lee Anthony McAllister  Jr.

Stuart and Eleanor McAllister
Golden Gate 1943

Don McAllister and Tigre
Feb 1942

Documents and Articles

Obituaries

Nell Grabenhorst McAllister

Statesman Journal Obituary Nell
Grabenhorst McAllister
July 3, 1897 - July 24, 1993
Nell Grabenhorst McAllister, 96, of Salem died Saturday in a care center in Mount Angel. She was born in Des Moines, Iowa and moved with her family when she was a small child to a farm south of Salem. In 1910, her father, W.H. Grabenhorst, and her brother, George Sr., started Grabenhorst Real Estate. She attended Pringle School and studied piano at Willamette University. She played the organ in church every Sunday when she was a young girl. She was a homemaker, an avid gardener and an accomplished musician. She married Lee A. McAllister in 1919. He died in 1971. Survivors include her sons, Stuart of Newcastle, Calif., and Donald of Portland; four grandchildren; and one great-grandchild. No services will be held. Private internment will be in Mt. Crest Abbey Mausoleum. Arrangements are by Virgil T. Golden mortuary. Contributions may be made to the Benedictine Nursing Center, 540 S. Main St., Mount Angel 97362.

Lee McAllister

Statesman Obituary
Ex-Legislator, Engineer Dies
Lee A. McAllister, 76, 1950 Fir St. S. died Tuesday at a Salem nursing home. A native of Salem, he was a veteran of World War I and a graduate of Oregon State University. He was a retired civil engineer and had been a planning engineer for projects throughout the state for the Bureau of Land Reclamation. He was a state representative from Marion County two terms. Surviving are widow, Nell C.; sons Stewart, Newcastle, Calif., and Don, Portland; sisters Mrs. Melba Gurene, Salem, and Mrs. Geneva Farrier, Eugene; four grandchildren. Services will be 10:30 a.m. Friday at Virgil T. Golden mortuary, Rev. Donald G. Brown officiating. Private internment will be in Mount Crest Abbey

Articles

Oregon Voter Magazine December 27, 1930

State Representative Lee McAllister
Rather an enigma in capacity, capabilities; pleasant, inclined toward the opinionated type. We can't figure out whether he was originally elected due to similarity of his name with name of a former representative of Marion county, now a state appointive officer, or whether in his campaigning there was an outcropping of personality that may have been moderately submerged in the 1929, his first, legislature. Contributed little to House debates, since his talents had been directed along engineering (later, insurance) lines, not public speaking. Gave consistent but not highly influential service on three important committees, Forestry, Autos & Roads, Insurance. Probably a member in whom seasoning will bring to surface more positive traits. Native of Salem, born Feb. 22, 1895; Willamette and OSC, graduating in CE; overseas veteran; married, three sons; Elk, Mason, Legion.

Portland Oregonian June 30, 1963

Polk Property Owners OK Irrigation District - McAllister Honored
SALEM (Special) - Polk County property owners approved the multi-million dollar Monmouth-Dallas Irrigation District 194 to 15 Friday in an all-day election held at Polk County Fairgrounds at Rickreall. Results of the election came in time to honor Lee McAllister, area engineer for the Bureau of Reclamation, who planned the district. McAllister was being honored at a retirement party at Marion Motor Hotel when election results were telephoned to John Hansen, Polk County extension agent at the party. Friend and fellow workers from Washington, D.C., from Washington State, the regional office at Boise, Idaho and from throughout Oregon came to the party to pay tribute to McAllister following his 41 years in public service. Included in the group was W.I. Palmer, assistant commissioner from Washington, D.C. who in his brief talk announced that McAllister will probably before long be asked to assist as a consulting engineer in one of the foreign projects over which Palmer has supervision. McAllister will stay with the bureau as part time consulting engineer, it was also announced. In speaking of the Polk County district, Hansen said 277 farms comprising 17,234 acres will be served by additional irrigation water if the project received final approval from Washington officials.

The Death of Lee Anthony McAllister Jr.

On 10 Dec 1944, Nell and Lee's son, Lt. Lee Anthony McAllister Jr., had his B-25 hit by anti-aircraft fire while trying to bomb a railroad bridge at Dolce, Italy. He bailed out of his plane and was cared for by local families until he was captured by the Germans and executed on 9 January 1945. These two articles by Maurizio Dal Lago and Giuseppe Versolato tell the story of that tragic event.

The McAllister Case

Missing in Action: The McAllister Case

Lee Anthony McAllister Jr. Memorial web site
Lee's niece, Laurie McAllister Campbell, daughter of Stuart and Eleanor McAllister, has put up a memorial web site dedicated to Lee on Fold3, a site for military records and memorials.

Records

Census Records

1900 census    
  William Grabenhorst age 40 born in Maryland farmer
Evelyn Grabenhorst age 38 born in Iowa
Anna A Grabenhorst age 16 born in Iowa
Lillian A Grabenhorst age 14 born in Iowa
George W Grabenhorst age 12 born in Iowa
William H Grabenhorst age 10 born in Iowa
Charley W Grabenhorst age 8 born in Iowa
Eugene B Grabenhorst age 6 born in Iowa
Nellie C Grabenhorst age 3 born in Iowa
Amos Mores age 38 born in New York farm laborer
Elmer L Ruby age 24 born in Pennsylvania farm laborer
Dayton, Webster, Iowa; Roll: 465; Page: 18B; Enumeration District: 0172; FHL microfilm: 1240465
1910 census    
 

William T Grabenhorst age 50 born in Maryland real estate office
Eva Grabenhorst age 48 born in New York
George H Grabenhorst age 22 born in Iowa real estate office
Charles W Grabenhorst age 17 born in Iowa farmer
Eugene B Grabenhorst age 15 born in Iowa
Nellie C Grabenhorst age 12 born in Iowa
Evelyn J Grabenhorst age 9 born in Iowa
Jacob F Grabenhorst age 52 born in Maryland farmer
Liberty, Marion, Oregon; Roll: T624_1284; Page: 13B; Enumeration District: 0214; FHL microfilm: 1375297
1920 census    
  Lee A Mcallister age 24 born in Oregon civil engineer
Nell C Mcallister age 22 born in Iowa
Salem Ward 7, Marion, Oregon; Roll: T625_1498; Page: 1A; Enumeration District: 354; Image: 348
1930 census    
  Lee A Mcallister age 35 born in Oregon real estate
Nell C Mcallister age 32 born in Iowa
Lee A Mcallister age 9 born in Oregon
Stuart R Mcallister age 8 born in Oregon
Donald M Mcallister age 1 6/12 born in Oregon
living 1535 S Liberty St
Salem, Marion, Oregon; Roll: 1948; Page: 4B; Enumeration District: 0071; Image: 533.0; FHL microfilm: 2341682
1940 census    
  Lee A McAllister age 45 born in Oregon civil engineer for state
Nell C McAllister age 42 born in Iowa
Lee A McAllister age19 born in Oregon
Stuart R McAllister age 18 born in Oregon
Don M McAllister age 11 born in Oregon
living 1875 Fir St
Salem, Marion, Oregon; Roll: T627_3375; Page: 7A; Enumeration District: 24-80

Military Records

World War I Draft Registration

  NAME: Lee A McAllister
COUNTY: Marion
STATE: Oregon
BIRTHPLACE: Oregon, United States of America
BIRTH DATE: 22 Feb 1895
RACE: Caucasian (White)

World War 2 Draft Registration

  NAME: Lee Anthony McAllister
BIRTH DATE: 22 Feb 1895
BIRTH PLACE: Salem, Oregon, USA
RESIDENCE: Salem, Oregon, USA
RACE: White

Vital Records

Birth Records

Iowa Births Database
NAME: Nellie Grabenhorst
BIRTH DATE: 3 Jul 1897
BIRTH PLACE: Dayton, Iowa, United States
FATHER'S NAME: H H Grabenhorst
MOTHER'S NAME: Eva Haight
FHL FILM NUMBER: 1401748

Marriage Records

  Oregon Marriage Certificate
NAME: Nell Grabenhorst
NAME: Lee McAllister
MARRIAGE DATE: 6 Feb1919
COUNTY: Marion

Oregon Death Index

NAME: Nell Caroline McAllister
AGE: 96
BIRTH DATE: 3 Jul 1897
DEATH DATE: 24 Jul 1993
DEATH PLACE: Marion
SPOUSE: Lee
CERTIFICATE: 93-15234

NAME: Lee A McAllister
AGE: 76
BIRTH DATE: Feb 1895
DEATH DATE: 20 Jul 1971
DEATH PLACE: Marion
SPOUSE: Nell
CERTIFICATE: 71-10804

Social Security Death Index

NAME: Nell McAllister
SSN: 541-48-7163
LAST RESIDENCE: 97215 Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, USA
BORN: 3 Jul 1897
DIED: 24 Jul 1993
STATE (YEAR) SSN ISSUED: Oregon (1959-1960)

NAME: Lee McAllister
SSN: 541-48-7162
LAST RESIDENCE:97302 Salem, Marion, Oregon, USA
BORN: 22 Feb 1895
DIED: Jul 1971
STATE (YEAR) SSN ISSUED: Oregon (1959-1960)

Gravestones
 

Lee Anthony McAllister

 Nell Grabenhorst McAllister

Lee Anthony McAllister Jr.

Mount Crest Abbey Mausoleum at City View Cemetery
Salem, Marion, Oregon.
 

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