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Oregon Historical Society, Davies Family Research Library
1200 SW Park Ave.
Portland, OR 97205
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McMahon family and other land records
Coll 788
0.68 cubic feet
1 document case, 1 slim document case
1871-1973
Land records for various locations in Oregon for properties owned by the McMahon family, Patrick Holland, and others.
Catherine McMahon (1873-1968) was born in County Kerry, Ireland, and came to Portland in 1900. With her husband, Michael Joseph McMahon (1868-1912), she had two children, Helen (1909-1983) and Joseph (1911-1986). Helen became a member of the Order of Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary, where she took the name Sister Mary Michael. Joseph served in the Navy during World War II, and was the longtime manager of a meat market on SE 82nd Avenue in Portland, where he was wounded during a holdup in 1961.
Patrick Holland (1839-1919) was born in County Clare, Ireland, and immigrated to the United States in 1859. After military service during and after the Civil War, Holland came to Portland in 1867, where he worked in the dairy and real estate businesses.
The collection consists primarily of property records, including records relating to property in Tillamook County in which Joseph McMahon invested, such as Camelot Estates. There are some records relating to McMahon's mother, Catherine, and receipts for family plots and gravestones at Mt. Calvary Cemetery. The collection also includes title abstracts for a number of properties in Portland, Oregon; Oberlin, Oregon; and Marion County, Oregon; as well as records and correspondence relating to people outside of the McMahon family, particularly real estate dealer Patrick Holland.
Collection is open for research.
The Oregon Historical Society owns the materials in the Research Library and makes available reproductions for research, publication, and other uses. The Society does not necessarily hold copyright to all materials in the collections. In some cases, permission for use may require seeking additional authorization from copyright owners.
McMahon family and other land records, Coll 788, Oregon Historical Society Research Library.
The collection is arranged in the following series: Series 1: McMahon family records; Series 2: Patrick Holland records; Series 3: Other land records.
Gift of Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary, via Sister Rosemarie Kasper, September 1992 (Lib. Acc. 20936).
McMahon, Joseph, 1911-1986
McMahon, Catherine, 1873-1968
Holland, Patrick, 1839-1919
McMahon family
Real property--Oregon--Multnomah County
Real property--Oregon--Tillamook County
Real property--Oregon--Marion County
Real property--Oregon--Portland
Real property--Oregon--Oregon City
Land Use
Property records
Correspondence
Receipts (financial records)
McMahon family records
Series 1
1918-1973
Records and correspondence of Catherine McMahon
1941-1945
1
1
Joseph McMahon - Tillamook County property records
1972-1973
1
2
Oregonian clipping regarding property development in Tillamook County
1972 March 12
1
3
Deeds for Mt. Calvary Cemetery plots
1918
1
4
Receipt for gravestone monuments
1929
1
5
Patrick Holland records
Series 2
1871-1900
Abstract of title for northeast corner of Section 23, Multnomah County
1887
1
6
Land records, primarily about property in Oregon City
1883-circa 1900
1
7
Land records from Department of Interior pertaining to Oregon City property
1871-1900
1
8
Record for Oregon City Property
1890 June 16
1
9
Letter by H. N. Teller discussing land involved in case of Northern Pacific Railroad Company v. Patrick Holland
1884 July 17
1
10
Other land records
Series 3
1871-1942
John Kaigie - Building material receipts
1927
1
11
Deed records of Louis Miller
1927-1942
1
12
Marion County land grant
1890
1
13
Deed of sale of John and Celia Fahy's property on Lots 7 and 8, Block 199, East Portland, to Edward F. Fay
1905 October 17
1
14
Miscellaneous warranty deeds and correspondence
1911-1937
1
15
Abstract of title for Lots 5-6, Block 135, Portland
1899-1918
1
16
Abstract of title for Block 199, East Portland
1905
1
17
Abstract of title for Carter's Addition, Portland
1927
1
18
Abstract of title for Cole's Addition, East Portland
1881 May 11
1
19
Abstract of title for Sprague's Addition, Portland
1917
1
20
Abstract of title for Tibbetts Addition, Portland
1915
2
1
Abstract of title for Westmoreland, Lot 11, Block 9, Portland
1909
2
2
Abstract of title for Lots 27-28, Block 5, Oberlin, Multnomah County
1927
2
3
Abstract of title for Lots 29-30, Block 5, Oberlin, Multnomah County
1929
2
4