Transcription of Quit Claim Deed

Transcript of the quit claim deed signed by Dolly Rhode Umiker and her siblings:

Know all men by these presents
THAT, Dolly Rhode Umiker, widow, the grantor, for divers good causes and considerations thereunto moving, and especially for the sum of Five Dollars ($5.00) received to her full satisfaction of Alfred J. Golden, the grantee, has GIVEN, GRANTED, REVISED, RELEASED AND FOREVER QUIT-CLAIM, and do by these presents absolutely give, grant, remise, release and forever quit-claim unto the said grantee, his heirs and assigns forever, all such right and title as she, the said grantor, has or ought to have in and to the following described piece of  or parcel of land, situated in the City of Garfield Heights, County of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio:

and known as being part of Original Independence Township Tract No. I, East of the Cuyahoga River, and bounded and described as follows: Beginning in the center line of Granger Road at the Northwesterly corner of a parcel of land conveyed by Philip Stark, and others to Valentine Stark by Deed dated November 21, 1872, and recorded in Volume 204, Page 443 of Cuyahoga County records; thence Westerly along the center line of Granger Road 11 chains and 23 links, to the Easterly line of a parcel of land conveyed by Charles R Lowerie and others to F. H. Jerome by Deed dated October 4, 1906, and recorded in Volume 1076, Page 8 of Cuyahoga County Records; thence Southerly along the Easterly line of the land conveyed to Jerome, as aforesaid, 8 chains and 31 links; thence Easterly along a line parallel with the first described course 11 chains and 23 links to the Westerly line of the land conveyed to Valentine Stark, as aforesaid, thence Northerly along said westerly line 8 chains, and 21 links to the place of beginning, and containing 10 Acres of land, be the same more or less, but subject to all legal highways.

TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the premises aforesaid, with the appurtenances thereunto belonging to the sale grantee, his heirs and assign so that neither the said grantor, nor his heirs, nor any other persons claiming title through or under her, shall or will hereafter claim or demand any right or title to the premises, or any part thereof; but they and every one of them shall by these presents be excluded and forever barred.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, the 2nd day of May, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and thirty six.

Dolly Rhode Umiker

Witnessed by:
Doris Umiker
Hobert Melton

State of Washington
County of Cowlitz

THIS IS TO CERTIFY, that on the 2nd day of May A.D. 1936, before me, the undersigned, a Notary Public in and for the State of Washington, duly commissioned and sworn personally came DOLLY RHODE UMIKER, a widow, to me known to be the individual described in and who executed the within instrument, and acknowledged to e that she signed and sealed the same as her free and voluntary act and deed for the uses and purposes therein mentioned.

WITNESS my hand and official seal the day and year in the certificate first above written.

S.H. Greene
NOTARY PUBLIC, in and for the State of Washington, residing in Castle Rock

State of Washington, County of Cowlitz
I, Geo. E. Secord County Clerk and Clerk of the Superior Court of the State of Washington, for the County of Cowlitz, holding terms at Kelso, (which is a Court of Record), do hereby certify that S. H. Greene is a Notary Public in and for the State of Washington, duly commissioned and qualified, and authorized by law to administer oaths and take acknowledgements of Instruments, and full faith and credit are due to all his official acts as such.

Term of office commences the 1st day of June 1933...Expires the 31st day of May 1937 Witness my hand and the seal of the . . .(obscured). . .affixed this 4th day of. . .(obscured). . .1936
(signed) Geo E Secord


Portions of subsequent pages that vary from the above page:
". . .And for valuable consideration, I, Fred Lee, husband of Louise Rhode Lee, do hereby remise, release and forever quit-claim unto the said grantee, his heirs and assigns, all my right and expectancy of DOWER in the above described premises."

". . . This is to certify that on this 21 say of August, A.D. 1936, before me the undersigned, a Notary Public in and for the State of Washington, duly commissioned and sworn personally came Oscar LaGrange, husband of Anna LaGrange. . . "

"KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS THAT, Anna LaGrange (married) and Hannah Rhode (widow), the grantors, for diverse good causes and considerations thereunto moving, and especially for the sum of Five Dollars ($5.00) received to their full satisfaction of Alfred J, Golden, the grantee. . . "

Other signatures on the document include Herman Rhode, Tobias Rhode, and Maude Drake Rhode

It may be noted that Alfred J(acob) Golden's draft registration card identifies him as an employee of the W.P.A., and that Julius Stark was named as an individual who would always know Alfred Golden's address. Alfred Golden was born 15 April 1879 in Copley, Ohio.