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     Clara Louise Maneer was born on 2 September 1886. She was the daughter of Stephen Roberts Maneer and Elizabeth Sneath. Clara Louise Maneer married Norman Chandler Holcombe II, son of James C. Holcombe and Ruth Horton, on 4 October 1898. Clara Louise Maneer died in January 1919 at age 32.

     Velma E. Holcombe was born on 19 December 1899. She was the daughter of Norman Chandler Holcombe II and Clara Louise Maneer. Velma E. Holcombe died in January 1919 at age 19.

     Eva Ruth Holcombe was born on 30 October 1901 at Port Dover, Ontario, Canada.² She was the daughter of Norman Chandler Holcombe II and Clara Louise Maneer. Eva Ruth Holcombe married Arthur Love on 17 April 1919.² Eva Ruth Holcombe married Cecil Benjamin Richard Blakemore.² Eva Ruth Holcombe died on 22 June 1988 at Scarborough, Ontario, Canada, at age 86.² She was buried on 25 June 1988 at Resthaven Memorial Gardens, Scarborough, Ontario, Canada.²

     Allie Louise Holcombe was born on 2 December 1906. She was the daughter of Norman Chandler Holcombe II and Clara Louise Maneer.

     James M. Holcombe was born on 21 October 1911. He was the son of Norman Chandler Holcombe II and Clara Louise Maneer.

     Arthur Love was born on 24 November 1893 at Greenbank, Ontario, Canada.¹ He married Eva Ruth Holcombe, daughter of Norman Chandler Holcombe II and Clara Louise Maneer, on 17 April 1919.¹ Arthur Love died on 27 July 1935 at age 41. He was buried on 4 August 1935 at Oakwood Cemetery, Simcoe, Ontario, Canada; Lot 15, Section 24, Div H, Grave #3.

     David Wilson Holcombe was born circa 1875 at Ontario, Canada. He was the son of James C. Holcombe and Ruth Horton. David Wilson Holcombe married Almira Sweet on 26 December 1906.

The index number and placement McPherson gives David Wilson on page 170.1, would indicate that he is the fourth child of James C. Holcombe and his wife Ruth Horton. However, on the preceding page, 169.2, McPherson does not list David under his father.

     Almira Sweet married David Wilson Holcombe, son of James C. Holcombe and Ruth Horton, on 26 December 1906.

     Sarah Adaline Temple was born on 28 November 1820. She was the daughter of Robert Temple and Eliza Allen. Sarah Adaline Temple married William Holcombe, son of Asa Holcombe and Lucinda Miller, on 20 November 1838. Sarah Adaline Temple died on 9 May 1872 at Tonica, La Salle Co., IL, at age 51.

     Eliza Holcombe was born on 1 September 1842 at PA. She was the daughter of William Holcombe and Sarah Adaline Temple. Eliza Holcombe died on 15 September 1891 at age 49.

     Ellen Holcombe lived at Hookestown, IL. She married William T. Salter. Ellen Holcombe was born on 3 May 1846. She was the daughter of William Holcombe and Sarah Adaline Temple. Ellen Holcombe died in October 1891 at age 45.

     William T. Salter married Ellen Holcombe, daughter of William Holcombe and Sarah Adaline Temple.

     George William Holcombe lived at Vermillion Co., IL. He died. He was born on 7 April 1848. He was the son of William Holcombe and Sarah Adaline Temple.

     Alice J. Holcombe lived at Poplar Bluff, Buttes Co., MO. She was born on 8 April 1850 at PA. She was the daughter of William Holcombe and Sarah Adaline Temple.¹ Alice J. Holcombe died in 1904.

     Flora Adelaide Holcombe lived at Odell, IL. She was born on 24 August 1851 at Spring Township, Crawford Co., PA. She was the daughter of William Holcombe and Sarah Adaline Temple.² Flora Adelaide Holcombe married Allen Walter Bronson on 15 December 1877. Flora Adelaide Holcombe died on 27 March 1927 at Lake Worth, Palm Beach Co, FL, at age 75.

     Allen Walter Bronson married Flora Adelaide Holcombe, daughter of William Holcombe and Sarah Adaline Temple, on 15 December 1877. Allen Walter Bronson died on 7 June 1918.

     Charles F. Holcombe was born on 16 June 1856. He was the son of William Holcombe and Sarah Adaline Temple. Charles F. Holcombe married Ina Bell Blake in 1882.¹ Charles F. Holcombe died in 1884.

     Ina Bell Blake was born on 15 March 1862 at East Gary, IN. She married Charles F. Holcombe, son of William Holcombe and Sarah Adaline Temple, in 1882.¹ Ina Bell Blake married Fred William Holcombe, son of William Holcombe and Sarah Adaline Temple, on 23 March 1887 at Joilet, IL. Ina Bell Blake died on 28 July 1934 at Newberg, OR, at age 72.

Ina Bell was a teacher. She lived in Protage, Indiana in 1887. They came to Oregon in 1900.

     Helen Blake Holcombe was the daughter of Charles F. Holcombe and Ina Bell Blake.

     Fred William Holcombe was born on 23 April 1859 at Conneautville, Crawford Co., PA. He was the son of William Holcombe and Sarah Adaline Temple.¹ Fred William Holcombe married Ina Bell Blake on 23 March 1887 at Joilet, IL. Fred William Holcombe died on 7 July 1916 at age 57.¹

A time keeper at Joilet Prison and assistant post master in Odell, IL.

     Fred William Holcombe was born on 8 July 1892 at Joliet, IL.¹ He was the son of Fred William Holcombe and Ina Bell Blake. Fred William Holcombe married Happy Mabel McNay on 8 July 1913 at Newberg, OR. Fred William Holcombe died on 20 April 1959 at Toledo, OR, at age 66.¹

Fred and Happy were enumerated in the 1930 Woodburn, Marion Co., OR, federal census. He was a flour mill salesman, age 37, she was 35. children in the houeshold were Fred W. 10, and Robert H. 5 years 5 months.

Fred and Happy were enumerated in the 1940 Toledo, Lincoln Co. OR, federal census. He was a blacksmith in a flower mill age 47, she was 47. Children in the household were Fred W. 20, and Robert H. 15.

     Happy Mabel McNay was born on 26 March 1893 at Heppner, OR. She married Fred William Holcombe, son of Fred William Holcombe and Ina Bell Blake, on 8 July 1913 at Newberg, OR. Happy Mabel McNay died on 24 December 1985 at Toledo, OR, at age 92.

     Hazel Ina Holcombe was born on 26 March 1895 at Joilet, IL. She was the daughter of Fred William Holcombe and Ina Bell Blake. Hazel Ina Holcombe died on 7 May 1940 at Newberg, OR, at age 45.

     Robert is an Optometrist. Robert Harold Holcombe was born on 9 October 1924 at Woodburn, OR. He was the son of Fred William Holcombe and Happy Mabel McNay.

     Fred William Holcombe Jr. was born on 2 November 1919 at Woodburn, OR.¹ He was the son of Fred William Holcombe and Happy Mabel McNay. Fred William Holcombe Jr. also went by the name of Jack Holcombe. He married Betty Louise Davis on 13 June 1942 at Douglas Co., OR.

For The Oregonian/OregonLive

Fred "Jack" Holcomb, now 93. Holcomb founded Berjac of Oregon and Pacific Continental Bank in Eugene. Holcomb's sons took over Berjac in the 1990s, and the company slid into bankruptcy last year.
Eleven victims of Berjac's bankruptcy filed a class-action lawsuit against its founder, its accounting firm and two of Oregon's largest banks, alleging they aided in a Ponzi scheme orchestrated by the Eugene-based insurance-premium finance company and its owners.

The lawsuit, which seeks class-action status, names as defendants Portland-based Umpqua Bank, Eugene-based Pacific Continental Bank and Oregon accounting firm Jones & Roth. It also names Berjac founder Fred "Jack" Holcomb, the Holcomb Family Limited Partnership and the Holcomb Family Trust. It seeks more than $10 million in damages.

It's the first time Berjac's $46 million bankruptcy has legally snared Fred Holcomb, 93, a member of the Oregon Bankers Hall of Fame and a longtime Eugene businessman. He founded Berjac in 1963 and ran it for years before turning it over to his sons, Michael and Gary Holcomb, who led it into bankruptcy last year.

He also co-founded Pacific Continental, and his son Michael had served for years on Pacific Continental's board until Berjac's bankruptcy.

"Without the banks and Jones & Roth, Berjac of Oregon and Berajc of Portland could not have maintained their Ponzi scheme," said the complaint, filed Friday in Multnomah County Circuit Court in Portland by attorneys Michael Esler and Michael Haglund.

Umpqua's general counsel Steven Philpott declined to discuss the bank's relationship with Berjac, but called the lawsuit "another chapter in the continuing saga of class-action shakedowns."

"Our relationship with Berjac terminated over four years ago," he said. "This is old, old business."

Pacific Continental, in a press release, declined to discuss the case but said it took the matter seriously.

"While we intend to vigorously defend against this lawsuit, we remain unwavering in our 40-year plus commitment to our clients, employees, shareholders and community partners," bank CEO Hal Brown said.

Jones & Roth and an attorney for Holcomb did not immediately return messages seeking comment.

The lawsuit claims Berjac's "safe and secure" insurance-premium financing business was a front for a speculative real estate investments that benefited the Holcomb family for years. It alleges that little investor money went to Berjac's insurance-premium financing business, which declined throughout the years and brought in only $1.3 million annually at the time of bankruptcy.


Umpqua Bank and Century Bank, acquired last year by Pacific Continental, loaned money to Berjac and to other entities controlled by the Holcomb family, which then funneled the money to Berajc, the complaint alleges.

Internal bank records show that the banks knew of the speculative real estate investments, the lawsuit alleges, and that older investors were being paid with money from new investors, a sign of a Ponzi scheme.

The lawsuit alleges the defendants violated state securities laws and seeks to represent more than 400 investors sold Berjac notes since 1992. Both of Fred


Holcomb's sons are now in personal involuntary bankruptcies.

Philpott said banks shouldn't be held responsible for the wrongdoing of its customers.

"We had zero relationship with the plaintiffs who are the members of the class action," he said. "They are actually folks who loaned money to our former customer."

The Federal Bureau of Investigation has interviewed Berjac victims as part of its criminal investigation into the bankruptcy, investors say. The Internal Revenue Service also is investigating. State securities regulators fined Berjac of Oregon and Berjac of Portland $900,000 a day before they merged and filed for bankruptcy.


-- Brent Hunsberger.

     Betty Louise Davis was born on 3 March 1920 at OH. She married Fred William Holcombe Jr., son of Fred William Holcombe and Happy Mabel McNay, on 13 June 1942 at Douglas Co., OR. Betty Louise Davis died on 5 February 2014 at age 93.

Betty Louise Davis was born in Ohio March 3, 1920. She passed away on February 5, 2014. She spent her youth attending grade school in Mills City, Oregon and graduated from Woodburn High School. She went on to attend Linfield College. She married Fred (Jack) Holcomb on June 13, 1942 and this year would have marked their 72nd anniversary. As a Navy wife for 24 years, she became well-versed in moving every two years throughout the West Coast, Gulf and Eastern shores of the US-wherever her husband was stationed. She and Jack spent many winters in New Zealand. Since Jack's retirement they visited most of Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America and she had a life-long enjoyment of the Oregon Coast.

Betty was an avid golfer and was the first in the family to have a hole-in-one.

She was a survivor of the 1989 Honolulu-New Zealand flight accident in which the cargo door unlatched and several other passenger lives were lost.

Betty had a great love of animals of all sorts but especially for dogs and birds. She also greatly enjoyed spending time with her family, children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Betty is survived by her husband Jack; her two sons, Michael (Nancy) of Junction City and Gary of Eugene her five grandchildren, Jennifer (Mike) Chalmers, Kristen van Breemen, Emily Holcomb. Grant (Justina) Holcomb and Andrew Holcomb; and her 5 great-grandchildren; and numerous other extended family and dear friends.

A memorial service will be held at Spencer Creek Lutheran Church, 86286 Pine Grove Road, Eugene on Sunday, February,16th at 3:00 PM.

In lieu of flowers donations may be made to the Oregon Air & Space Museum.

     Sarah Dibble was born on 11 May 1807 at Village of North Granby, Granby, Hartford Co., CT. She married Grove Catlin Holcombe, son of Grove Catlin Holcombe and Aurelia Holcombe, on 5 May 1828 at Village of North Granby, Granby, Hartford Co., CT. Sarah Dibble was buried at Gidding Cemetery, Vernon, Trumbull Co., OH. She died on 29 May 1857 at Vernon, Trumbull Co., OH, at age 50.

     On the 1860 census of Vernon Twp., Trumbull Co., OH, William's occupation is given as shoemaker. William's death was reported as a hunting accident in the woods near Vernon by the Western Reserve Chronicle on June 5, 1867.

After William's death the family moved to New York City. William W. Holcombe was born in February 1829 at Granby, Hartford Co., CT. He was the son of Grove Catlin Holcombe and Sarah Dibble. William W. Holcombe married Margaret Wright, daughter of Adam Wright and Rhoda Clark. William W. Holcombe died on 27 May 1867 at age 38. He was buried at Center-Pioneer-Brockway Cemetery, Vernon, Trumbull Co., OH.

     Ellen Holcombe was born on 28 October 1831 at Granby, Hartford Co., CT. She was the daughter of Grove Catlin Holcombe and Sarah Dibble. Ellen Holcombe married Ralsamon Aaron Clark, son of Ralsamond Clark and Dorothy Bates Holcombe. Ellen Holcombe died on 2 November 1901 at Welland Co., Ontario, Canada, at age 70.

     Jane Holcombe was born on 6 September 1835 at Granby, Hartford Co., CT. She was the daughter of Grove Catlin Holcombe and Sarah Dibble. Jane Holcombe married William Cherry at Vernon, Trumbull Co., OH. Jane Holcombe died on 23 June 1909 at Stromsburg, Polk Co., NE, at age 73.

     Richard Holcombe was born at Vernon, Trumbull Co., OH. He was the son of Grove Catlin Holcombe and Sarah Dibble.

     Alice was raised in the home of her grandparents, Ralsamond and Dorothy Bates (Holcombe) Clark. She early appreciated the several branches of Holcombes from whom she was descended as did her mother, Ellen.

They lived together until Ellen's death, at advanced age, who inculcated into the daughter, Alice, and together into the grand daughter, Clara Jane, enough appreciation of the importance of records and documents of the history of their branches of descendants of their several Holcombe ancestors to enable Clara Jane to continue the accumulation.

McPherson acknowledged their contribution in her book.

Alice maintained her own home in later years in Welland, Ontario, Canada; becoming blind and a helpless sufferer of arthritis. Alice Clark was born on 23 June 1851. She was the daughter of Ralsamon Aaron Clark and Ellen Holcombe. Alice Clark married Chapin Van Rensselaer Holcombe, son of Drayton Holcombe and Julia Ann Beam, in June 1872 at Greenville, Mercer Co., PA. Alice Clark died on 7 November 1923 at Welland Co., Ontario, Canada, at age 72.

     Albert Clark was born on 1 July 1852. He was the son of Ralsamon Aaron Clark and Ellen Holcombe. Albert Clark died on 26 February 1853.

     Ralsamon C. Clark was born on 17 July 1854. He was the son of Ralsamon Aaron Clark and Ellen Holcombe. Ralsamon C. Clark died on 3 March 1860 at age 5.

     Ralsa Holcombe was the son of Chapin Van Rensselaer Holcombe and Alice Clark.

     Clara Jane Holcombe was born on 15 June 1874. She was the daughter of Chapin Van Rensselaer Holcombe and Alice Clark. Clara Jane Holcombe married Col. John Edward Cohoe.

     Col. John Edward Cohoe married Clara Jane Holcombe, daughter of Chapin Van Rensselaer Holcombe and Alice Clark. Col. John Edward Cohoe died on 3 December 1944.