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William Deveney was issued a deed to Allotment 7, consisting of 32.81 acres, on June 15, 1918, as recorded in the Butte County Recorder's Office in Oroville. On December 1, 1936, by Instrument Number 3446, in Book 78, Page 288, Howard L. and Joanna B. Sohnrey were issued a Deed to the 32.81 acres. The Sohnrey property is still in the family, currently farmed by Howard's grandson, Greg, and his wife Casey. Following are newspaper articles and personal interviews regarding Allotment 7:
Chico Daily Enterprise, Monday Evening, June 17, 1918: "State Board...
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William Deveney was issued a deed to Allotment 7, consisting of 32.81 acres, on June 15, 1918, as recorded in the Butte County Recorder's Office in Oroville. On December 1, 1936, by Instrument Number 3446, in Book 78, Page 288, Howard L. and Joanna B. Sohnrey were issued a Deed to the 32.81 acres. The Sohnrey property is still in the family, currently farmed by Howard's grandson, Greg, and his wife Casey. Following are newspaper articles and personal interviews regarding Allotment 7:
Chico Daily Enterprise, Monday Evening, June 17, 1918: "State Board Allots Land Applicants at Durham. Fifty-six farmers were made happy Saturday at Berkeley and that number are today listed as future Chico suburbanites, when the Land Settlement Board allotted 44 farms and 12 laborers' blocks in the state tract at Durham. ... Among the successful applicants are a number of men who are expert in stock, dairy and grain. On Allotment 7 is William Deveney, of Woodland, Cal., with 32.81 acres."
Report of the State Land Settlement Board of the State of California, June 30, 1918, (pg. 12): "Advantages of Ready Made Farms. The settlers who secured farms planted to alfalfa will be able to cut three crops of hay during the remainder of the first season. The grain planted by the board was ready to harvest when the farms were allotted and settlers who received farms on which grain had been planted found immediate paying labor in their own fields and some made handsome profits in addition to wages, as the following table of returns shows: Wm. Deveney, Allotment 7 - 20.4 acres barley, net return: $666.10." Source: History of the Durham Land Colony, 1917-1931, With Additional Land Use History through 1995, c: 1996 by Adriana Farley and Marilyn Corley, pgs 45-46.
California Death Index Records, 1905-1939: Name: William H Deveny Birth Year: abt 1858 Death Date: 30 Dec 1926 Age at Death: 68 Death Place: Butte, California, USA.
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Chico Record, Chico, CA, Friday, Dec 31, 1926, pg 2: "W. H. Deveny Dies In Durham --- Funeral Services to be Held Monday Morning At Catholic Church. Durham, Dec. 30. --- The Durham community was shocked to learn of the sudden death of Wm. Henry Deveney, which occurred at about 8:30 o'clock Thursday morning, at his home in the Durham Land Colony where Mr. Deveney suddenly collapsed following an illness of a few days which was not considered serious.
"Mrs. Mary A. Deveney, the widow, three sons, William, Jr., and Frank, of Durham and Joseph Deveney, of San Francisco, and a daughter, Mrs. Max Cook, of Oakland, survive him.
"Mr. Deveney and his family were among the first residents of the colony coming here from Woodland when this settlement was first opened in 1918, and had resided here ever since, making many friends in this community, who join in offering their sympathy to the bereaved family.
"Funeral services are to be held next Monday morning at 10 o'clock in the Catholic church. Rev. J.B. Dermody will conduct the service. Bicknell and Moore have charge of the arrangements." - Contributed by Carolyn Dowd, via email, November 15, 2021.
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66-year-old William Henry Deveney was interred, per the Chico Cemetery Association Records, in the plot noted, on January 3, 1927. |
