Notes:

Listed in index of Baptisms of San Vicente Martir de Abando 1829-1839 1-156 fol-orri. 13-I Subseccion baldadipe. The entry reads 199 with what appears to be a 2 after it. The next entry is for Pedro Basterrica with the same number. They were twins.

The next book contains her "brother", Fernando in 1845. This would be impossible given that Polonia's death is documented in 1838. It is possible that Fernando is Luis's son with his second wife and the mother's info was recorded wrong.

Birth:
BAUTISMOS
Fecha: 1838-06-04
Nombre y Apellidos: Saturnina , Basterrica , Urquijo
Padre: Luis , Basterrica , Ascoenaga
Madre: Polonia , Urquijo , Arteche
Localidad: Bilbao-Abando - Albia
Parroquia: Bilbao - / San Vicente Mártir
Página/folio: f. 133 vº
Fechas del libro: 1829-10-27 - 1839-10-15

Died:
DEFUNCIONES-Registros originales
Fecha: 1872-08-22
Nombre y Apellidos: Saturnina, Basterrica, -----
Localidad: Bilbao-Abando - Albia
Parroquia: Bilbao - / San Vicente Mártir
ID: 35252
Página/folio: f. 044 rº
Fechas del libro: 1871-01-02 - 1877-12-31

Saturnina married Luis Pedro Azcuenaga Goyarzun on 21 Jul 1862 in Abando, Bizkaia*. Luis (son of Dionisio Antonio Azcuenaga Garai and Joaquina Goyarzun Zubiaur) was born on 25 Aug 1838 in Abando, Bizkaia*; died on 09 Aug 1876 in Abando, Bizkaia*. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
BAUTISMOS-Registros originales
Fecha: 1863-04-23
Nombre y Apellidos: Florentina, Ascuenaga, Basterrica
Padre: Luis, Ascuenaga, Goyarzun
Madre: Saturnina, Basterrica, Larravide
Localidad: Bilbao-Abando - Albia
Parroquia: Bilbao - / San Vicente Mártir
ID: 201323
Página/folio: f. 013 rº
Fechas del libro: 1863-01-01 - 1868-05-17

Florentina married Jose Ignacio Uberuaga Gaviola on 05 Dec 1881 in Abando, Bizkaia. Jose (son of Jose Ygnacio Yndalecio Uberuaga Garramiola and Maria Juana Gila Gaviola Goicoechea) was born on 30 Apr 1857 in Lekeitio, Bizkaia; died on 07 Sep 1885 in Lekeitio, Bizkaia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Florentina married Agustin Antolin Uberuaga Gaviola on 10 Dec 1887 in Lekeitio, Bizkaia*. Agustin (son of Jose Ygnacio Yndalecio Uberuaga Garramiola and Maria Juana Gila Gaviola Goicoechea) was born on 1 Sep 1859 in Lekeitio, Bizkaia*; was christened on 2 Sep 1859 in Lekeitio, Bizkaia; died on 27 Dec 1924 in Reynolds Creek, Idaho. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

page 99. Abando- San Vicente Martir.

Godparents: Hipolito Carrasco , ojalatero de Caceres en Extremadura and Carmen Otaola from Abando.

BAUTISMOS
Fecha: 1865-09-27
Nombre y Apellidos: Carmen Dominga, Ascuenaga, Basterrica
Padre: Luis, Ascuenaga, Goyarzun
Madre: Saturnina, Basterrica, Urquijo
Localidad: Bilbao-Abando - Albia
Parroquia:Bilbao - / San Vicente Mártir
Página/folio: f. 099 rº
Fechas del libro: 1863-01-01 - 1868-05-17

DEFUNCIONES-Registros originales
Fecha:1867-09-04
Nombre y Apellidos:Carmen, Ascuenaga, Basterrica
Localidad:Bilbao-Abando - Albia
Parroquia: Abando - Albia / San Vicente Mártir
ID:31589
Página/folio f. 141 vº
Fechas del libro 1855-09-19 - 1870-12-31

Notes:

Arrived in US 1887

AZCUENAGA BASTERRICA, Antonio (1868-1950)

Nació en Abando (hoy, Bilbao), Vizcaya, el 17 de junio de 1868. Hijo de Luis y de Saturnina. El, su hermano y sus dos hermanas quedaron huérfanos siendo muy niños y se fueron a vivir con unos parientes. Asistió durante un tiempo a las escuela hasta que, cuando tuvo edad, comenzó a trabajar como cestero en una empresa inglesa instalada en Bilbao que se dedicaba al comercio del mineral de hierro. Trabajó durante cinco años en este oficio hasta que ahorró lo suficiente para irse a América.
Salió de Bilbao a Bristol y, desde allí, se dirigió a Liverpool, donde embarcó junto a otro joven vasco. Tenía entonces diecinueve años. Llegó a Nueva York el 3 de abril de 1887. Tras un accidentado viaje en tren, llegó a Winnemucca, empleándose como pastor. De allí, a Mc Dermitt donde se asoció con otro vasco, José Navarro, y ambos decidieron ir a Jordan Valley, en Oregón. En su viaje, estuvieron cinco días perdidos y, a duras penas, lograron llegar a una posta de diligencias.
En abril de 1889, estaba cuidando ovejas en el Condado de Owyhee que pertenecía al territorio de Idaho. Aquel mismo año, regresó a Jordan Valley. Durante años, Azcuenaga fue el único vasco del lugar.
... En Jordan Valley, mientras trabajaba como pastor, compró una herrería. Estuvo seis años en el negocio y, con el producto de su venta, abrió una tienda de suministros y, pasado algún tiempo, reunió un rebaño de ovejas que fue el origen de su fortuna. Posteriormente, compró un rancho de mil ochocientas nueve acres dedicado a la cria de ganado vacuno y lanar. Vendió el rancho y el ganado en 1931, retirándose a Boise donde tenía su hogar.
En 1900, cuando llegó a Boise para instalarse, abrió, con otros dos socios, el Oregon Hotel. En la esquina de las calles Novena y Front. El hotel estaba frente a la estación del Oregon Short Line Railrod. Pocos años después se lo alquiló a Mateo Arregui
Se casó en 1901 como Consuelo Uberuaga, instalándose en Boise. Sus hijos fueron Adrián, Fernando e Inés. En 1917, Azcuenaga ya estaba considerado como uno de los hombres más ricos e influyentes de Idaho. Falleció en Boise en mayo de 1950 (Silen: 49-50).


baptism record shows January 17, 1868 1:00 AM as birth date. Page 197 - Abando San Vicente Martir.

BAUTISMOS
Fecha: 1868-01-17
Nombre y Apellidos: Antonio, Ascuenaga, Basterrica
Padre: Luis, Ascuenaga, Goyarzun
Madre: Satrunina, Basterrica, Urquijo
Localidad: Bilbao-Abando - Albia
Parroquia: Bilbao - / San Vicente Mártir
Página/folio: f. 196 vº
Fechas del libro: 1863-01-01 - 1868-05-17

Antonio married Maria Concepcion Uberuaga Urrutia on 31 Jan 1901 in Boise. Maria was born on 31 Dec 1877 in Gizaburuaga, Bizkaia; died on 30 Jan 1945 in Long beach, California. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Abando baptism record - August 22, 1872. Page 206.

Godparents were Agustin Bilbao and Maria Ascuenaga.

BAUTISMOS
Fecha: 1872-08-22
Nombre y Apellidos: Agustin, Ascuénaga, Basterrica
Padre: Luis, Ascuénaga, Goyarzun
Madre: Saturnina, Basterrica, Urquijo
Localidad: Bilbao-Abando - Albia
Parroquia: Bilbao - / San Vicente Mártir
Página/folio: f. 205 vº
Fechas del libro: 1868 - 1872-12-25

Agustin married Maria Agustina Urquiza on 23 Mar 1896 in Boise, Idaho. Maria (daughter of Pedro Urquiza Arriola and Manuela Guerequeta Aramendi) was born on 27 Nov 1872 in Lekeitio, Bizkaia; died on 16 Jan 1967 in Boise, Idaho. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

BAUTISMOS
Fecha: 1883-10-06
Nombre y Apellidos: Maria Josefa Bruna, Uberuaga, Azcuenaga
Padre: Jose Ygnacio, Uberuaga, Gaviola
Madre: Florentina, Azcuenaga, Basterrica
Localidad: Lekeitio, Bizkaia-Lekeitio, Bizkaia
Parroquia:Lekeitio, Bizkaia - / La Asunción de Nuestra Señora
Página/folio: f. 132 rº
Fechas del libro: 1878-01-01 - 1885-12-31

Maria married Pedro Arritola Amias on 20 Dec 1905 in Silver City. Pedro was born on 06 Nov 1870 in Ispaster, Bizkaia; died in 1934. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

BAUTISMOS
Fecha: 1888-09-05
Nombre y Apellidos: Lorenzo Justiniano, Uberuaga, Azcuenaga
Padre: Agustin, Uberuaga, Gaviola
Madre: Florentina, Azcuenaga, Bastenica
Localidad: Lekeitio, Bizkaia-Lekeitio, Bizkaia
Parroquia:Lekeitio, Bizkaia - / La Asunción de Nuestra Señora
Página/folio: p. 252
Fechas del libro: 1886-01-01 - 1894-05-02

Canyon County ID Archives Obituaries.....Uberuaga, Lorenzo 1969
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Argus Observer, Monday, March 17, 1969
Argus Observer
Ontario, Oregon
Monday, March 17, 1969

Lorenzo Uberuaga
Requiem Mass for Lorenzo Uberuaga, 80, of 2211 Nineteenth Avenue South, Nampa,
who died Friday in a local hospital, will be celebrated at St. Paul's Catholic
Church in Nampa at 10 a.m. Tuesday by the Rev. Fr. Henry McCloskey S. M.
Interment will be at Mt. Calvary. The rosary will be recited at Shepherd Chapel
at 8 p.m. Monday. He was a member of the St. Paul's Catholic Church.

Surviving are his sistser, Mrs. Valentine Gabica, Ontario; three nephews,
Richard Gabica, Nampa, Paul Arritola, Jordan Valley, and John Arritola, Mt.
Angel, Ore., and three nieces, Mrs. Frank Gibson, Nampa, Mrs. Donald M. Storey,
Meridian, and Mrs. Willis Tipton, Ontario.

The family requests that contributions be given to the American Cancer Society.

File at: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/id/canyon/obits/u/uberuaga687gob.txt

This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/idfiles/

URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=message&r=an&p=localities.northam.usa.states.oregon.counties.malheur&m=342.1

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According to information at ancestry.com, Lorenzo Uberuaga is listed in the 1917-1918 World War 1 Draft Reg. Cards.
He birthdate is listed as Sept. 5, 1887, born in Lequeitio, Spain. He is listed as single and helped support his father and mother.

At the time of the registration, he was living in Owyhee county, Idaho. He also states that he is very near sighted.

1920 census for Reynolds, Owyhee county, Idaho
Lorenzo, Uberuaga, head, owned farm/free, m, w, 31, s, born in Spain, farmer, emigrated in 1900 and is listed as alien.
Pedro Uberuaga, brother, m, w, 25, s, Spain, 1908/alien
Agustin Uberuago, father, m, w, 60, m, Spain, 1908/alien
Florentine Uberuago, mother, f, w, 55, m, Spain, 1908/alien

Lorenzo married Edna Koch on 09 Oct 1942 in Boise, Idaho. Edna was born on 04 May 1896 in Chicago; died on 06 Dec 1967 in Nampa, Idaho. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

She left Le Havre, France on the ship Le Touraine on August 17, 1907 as a steerage passenger. She arrived at Ellis Island on August 25th, 1907. On page 26 of the ship manifest, line 12, she is listed as 16 years old, brown hair, brown eyes, clear complexion, 5'4" tall. Occupation: dressmaker. She had $45.00 dollars wit her and had paid her own passage. She was going to her uncle Antonio Azcuenaga's in Jordan Valley.

Other passengers included:
Narciso Sangroniz, a 29 year-old carpenter from Gernika going to his friend, Jose Uberuaga's in Boise (918 Idaho St.)
Jesus Aguirre, 16 year-old farm laborer from Argoitia, Bizkaia. Going to his father at 918 Idaho St., Boise
Nicolas Madarieta, 19 years old from Ispaster going to his friend, Corta, at 918 Idaho St., Boise
Jose Aboitiz, 40 year-old mason from Ea going to his brother Doroteo at 918 Idaho St., Boise
Crusa Telleria, 17 year-old dressmaker from Lekeitio, Bizkaia going to uncle, Juan Anduiza at 918 Idaho St., Boise
Laurea Bengoechea, 18 year-old dressmaker from Lekeitio, Bizkaia, going to 918 Idaho St., Boise
Andres Bengoechea, Laurea's father, a 39 year-old farm laborer, a U.S. citizen from Lekeitio, Bizkaia
Leandra Erquiaga, a 24 year-old housewife from Ispaster going to her brother at 918 Idaho St., Boise
Jose Erquiaga, 16 year-old, Leandra's brother
Polonia Mallea Fernandez, 35 year-old dressmaker from Ereno going to her husband Bonifacio Fernandez at Delamar, Idaho. Final destination was Nampa, Idaho
Bibiana Fernandez, Polonia's 2 year-old daughter
Escolastica Arriaundiaga, 17 year-old dressmaker from Elanchobe, going to her cousin Eulalia Arreguy at 918 Idaho St., Boise
Domingo Anchustegui, 33 year-old sailor from Lekeitio, Bizkaia going to his son-in-law Felix in Shoshone, Idaho
Jose Corta, 28 year-old baker from Lekeitio, Bizkaia going to his brother at 918 Idaho St., Boise
Eulalia Sarcola (?), 35 year-old dressmaker from Elanchobe going to her cousin ? Arregui at 918 Idaho St., Boise
Jose Barainca, a 28 year-old carpenter from Ea goign to his friend at 918 Idaho St., Boise
Romualdo Soloaga, 28 year-old carman from Lekeitio, Bizkaia going to friend Eleuterio Goicoechea at 918 Idaho St., Boise

Series: T715 Roll: 973 Frame: 815

Birth:
BAUTISMOS
Fecha: 1891-02-15
Nombre y Apellidos: Valentina Manuela, Uberuaga, Azcuenaga
Padre: Agustin, Uberuaga, Gaviola
Madre: Florentina, Azcuenaga, Basterrica
Localidad: Lekeitio, Bizkaia-Lekeitio, Bizkaia
Parroquia: Lekeitio, Bizkaia - / La Asunción de Nuestra Señora
Página/folio: p. 479
Fechas del libro: 1886-01-01 - 1894-05-02

Valentina married Elias Gabicagoxeascoa Echaniz on 21 Dec 1911 in Boise, Idaho. Elias (son of Pedro Jose Gabicagoxeascoa Bengoa and Maria Antonia Echaniz Ardanza) was born on 16 Feb 1882 in Ereño, Bizkaia*; died on 16 Oct 1936 in Nampa, Idaho. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Military: WWI: https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/1873/32501_1521003235_0052-00286?pid=1249271&backurl=http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?_phsrc%3DODv279%26_phstart%3DsuccessSource%26usePUBJs%3Dtrue%26gss%3Dangs-g%26new%3D1%26rank%3D1%26msT%3D1%26gsfn%3Dpedro%26gsfn_x%3D0%26gsln%3Duberuaga%26gsln_x%3D0%26cp%3D0%26catbucket%3Drstp%26MSAV%3D0%26pcat%3DROOT_CATEGORY%26h%3D1249271%26recoff%3D8%25209%26dbid%3D1873%26indiv%3D1%26ml_rpos%3D2&treeid=&personid=&hintid=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=ODv279&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true

Notes:

BAUTISMOS
Fecha: 1893-06-29
Nombre y Apellidos: Pedro Antonio, Uberuaga, Azcuenaga
Padre: Agustin, Uberuaga, Gaviola
Madre: Florentina, Azcuenaga, Basterrica
Localidad: Lekeitio, Bizkaia-Lekeitio, Bizkaia
Parroquia:Lekeitio, Bizkaia - / La Asunción de Nuestra Señora
Página/folio: p. 721 - 722
Fechas del libro: 1886-01-01 - 1894-05-02

Fernando married Hazel Heister on 04 Aug 1934 in Boise, Idaho. Hazel was born on 16 Feb 1914 in Boise, Idaho; died on 13 Dec 1980 in Boise, Idaho. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: C. Wilcomb. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Edwin married Jeanette Olson in 1939. Jeanette was born on 24 Nov 1913 in Ashland, Wisconsin; died on 20 Nov 2015 in Lynnwood, Washington. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Antonio married M.E. Call [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Luis married Deah Eliza Jones on 25 Dec 1921 in Pendleton, Oregon. Deah was born on 21 Jul 1901 in Eddyville, Iowa; died on 05 Aug 1969. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946
about John C Azcuenaga
Name: John C Azcuenaga
Birth Year: 1901
Race: White, citizen (White)
Nativity State or Country: Oregon
State of Residence: Idaho
County or City: Ada

Enlistment Date: 23 Sep 1942
Enlistment State: Oregon
Enlistment City: Portland
Branch: Air Corps
Branch Code: Air Corps
Grade: Private
Grade Code: Private
Term of Enlistment: Enlistment for the duration of the War or other emergency, plus six months, subject to the discretion of the President or otherwise according to law
Component: Army of the United States - includes the following: Voluntary enlistments effective December 8, 1941 and thereafter; One year enlistments of National Guardsman whose State enlistment expires while in the Federal Service; Officers appointed in the Army of
Source: Civil Life

Education: 4 years of high school
Civil Occupation: Electricians
Marital Status: Single, without dependents
Height: 68
Weight: 175

Social Security Death Index
about John Azcuenaga
Name: John Azcuenaga
SSN: 519-07-6496
Last Residence: 83702 Boise, Ada, Idaho, United States of America
Born: 4 Apr 1901
Died: Mar 1969
State (Year) SSN issued: Idaho (Before 1951)

Juan married Margaret F. Schey on 20 Sep 1947 in Chicago, Illinois. Margaret was born on 02 Mar 1910 in Nampa, Idaho; died on 27 Nov 1970 in Boise, Idaho. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Social Security Death Index
about Alice Azcuenaga
Name: Alice Azcuenaga
SSN: 519-22-6853
Last Residence: 83702 Boise, Ada, Idaho, United States of America
Born: 15 Aug 1907
Died: Feb 1982
State (Year) SSN issued: Idaho (Before 1951)

Notes:

Details For Marriage ID#1493235
Groom Last Name: ARCHABAL
Groom First Name: Fidel
Groom Residence:
Bride Last Name: AZCUENAGA
Bride First Name: Ethyl Mary
Bride Residence:
Place: Boise
Date: 04 Aug 1937
County of Record: Ada
State: Idaho
Volume: 27
Page: 85

Ethyl married Fidel Archabal on 04 Aug 1937 in Boise. Fidel (son of Juan Bautista Achaval Rementeria and Benedicta Aldecoa Urrunzuno) was born on 25 May 1912 in Boise, Idaho; died on 01 May 1984 in Newton, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Pablo married Felisa Madariaga on 09 Dec 1938 in Boise, Idaho. Felisa was born on 19 Sep 1918 in Jordan Valley, Oregon; died on 19 Jan 2010 in Boise, Idaho. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Jose married Josephine Elizabeth Arrien Lequerica on 09 May 1945 in Seattle. Josephine was born on 21 May 1924 in Caldwell, Idaho; died on 31 Mar 2014. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

J.C. married F. Greiner [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Pascual married Asuncion Acordagoitia on 06 Sep 1933 in Nampa, Idaho. Asuncion (daughter of Simon Acordagoitia Gavica Echevarria and Mercedes Eiguren Barinagarementeria) was born on 14 Sep 1912 in Jordan Valley, Oregon; died on 29 Oct 2005 in Monroe, Oregon. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Lorenzo married Rosario Josefa Madariaga in 1932. Rosario was born on 12 Jul 1915 in Jordan Valley, Oregon; died on 03 Aug 2010 in Boise, Idaho. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Third Service Command at Fort Meade, Maryland

Soledad married Commodore Frank Gibson on 03 Sep 1950 in Nampa, Idaho. Commodore was born on 19 Jan 1913; died on 16 Feb 1999 in Nampa, Idaho. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The following is the analysis of Richard Gabica's DNA performed by the Genographic Project

Type: Y-Chromosome
Haplogroup: R1b (M343)

Your STRs DYS393: 13 DYS439: 12 DYS388: 12 DYS385a: 11
DYS19: 14 DYS389-1: 13 DYS390: 24 DYS385b: 14
DYS391: 11 DYS389-2: 16 DYS426: 12 DYS392: 13

How to Interpret Your Results
Above are results from the laboratory analysis of your Y-chromosome. Your DNA was analyzed for Short Tandem Repeats (STRs), which are repeating segments of your genome that have a high mutation rate. The location on the Y chromosome of each of these markers is depicted in the image, with the number of repeats for each of your STRs presented to the right of the marker. For example, DYS19 is a repeat of TAGA, so if your DNA repeated that sequence 12 times at that location, it would appear: DYS19 12. Studying the combination of these STR lengths in your Y Chromosome allows researchers to place you in a haplogroup, which reveals the complex migratory journeys of your ancestors. Y-SNP: In the event that the analysis of your STRs was inconclusive, your Y chromosome was also tested for the presence of an informative Single Nucleotide Polymorphism (SNP). These are mutational changes in a single nucleotide base, and allow researchers to definitively place you in a genetic haplogroup.

YOUR GENETIC HISTORY:

Your Y chromosome results identify you as a member of haplogroup R1b, a lineage defined by a genetic marker called M343. This haplogroup is the final destination of a genetic journey that began some 60,000 years ago with an ancient Y chromosome marker called M168.
The very widely dispersed M168 marker can be traced to a single individual—"Eurasian Adam." This African man, who lived some 31,000 to 79,000 years ago, is the common ancestor of every non-African person living today. His descendants migrated out of Africa and became the only lineage to survive away from humanity's home continent.

Population growth during the Upper Paleolithic era may have spurred the M168 lineage to seek new hunting grounds for the plains animals crucial to their survival. A period of moist and favorable climate had expanded the ranges of such animals at this time, so these nomadic peoples may have simply followed their food source.

Improved tools and rudimentary art appeared during this same epoch, suggesting significant mental and behavioral changes. These shifts may have been spurred by a genetic mutation that gave "Eurasian Adam's" descendants a cognitive advantage over other contemporary, but now extinct, human lineages.

Some 90 to 95 percent of all non-Africans are descendants of the second great human migration out of Africa, which is defined by the marker M89.

M89 first appeared 45,000 years ago in Northern Africa or the Middle East. It arose on the original lineage (M168) of "Eurasian Adam," and defines a large inland migration of hunters who followed expanding grasslands and plentiful game to the Middle East.

Many people of this lineage remained in the Middle East, but others continued their movement and followed the grasslands through Iran to the vast steppes of Central Asia. Herds of buffalo, antelope, woolly mammoths, and other game probably enticed them to explore new grasslands.

With much of Earth's water frozen in massive ice sheets, the era's vast steppes stretched from eastern France to Korea. The grassland hunters of the M89 lineage traveled both east and west along this steppe "superhighway" and eventually peopled much of the continent.

A group of M89 descendants moved north from the Middle East to Anatolia and the Balkans, trading familiar grasslands for forests and high country. Though their numbers were likely small, genetic traces of their journey are still found today.

Some 40,000 years ago a man in Iran or southern Central Asia was born with a unique genetic marker known as M9, which marked a new lineage diverging from the M89 group. His descendants spent the next 30,000 years populating much of the planet.

Most residents of the Northern Hemisphere trace their roots to this unique individual, and carry his defining marker. Nearly all North Americans and East Asians have the M9 marker, as do most Europeans and many Indians. The haplogroup defined by M9, K, is known as the Eurasian Clan.

This large lineage dispersed gradually. Seasoned hunters followed the herds ever eastward, along a vast belt of Eurasian steppe, until the massive mountain ranges of south central Asia blocked their path.

The Hindu Kush, Tian Shan, and Himalaya, even more formidable during the era's ice age, divided eastward migrations. These migrations through the "Pamir Knot" region would subsequently become defined by additional genetic markers.

The marker M45 first appeared about 35,000 to 40,000 years ago in a man who became the common ancestor of most Europeans and nearly all Native Americans. This unique individual was part of the M9 lineage, which was moving to the north of the mountainous Hindu Kush and onto the game-rich steppes of Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, and southern Siberia.

The M45 lineage survived on these northern steppes even in the frigid Ice Age climate. While big game was plentiful, these resourceful hunters had to adapt their behavior to an increasingly hostile environment. They erected animal skin shelters and sewed weathertight clothing. They also refined the flint heads on their weapons to compensate for the scarcity of obsidian and other materials.

The intelligence that allowed this lineage to adapt and thrive in harsh conditions was critical to human survival in a region where no other hominids are known to have survived.

Members of haplogroup R are descendents of Europe's first large-scale human settlers. The lineage is defined by Y chromosome marker M173, which shows a westward journey of M45-carrying Central Asian steppe hunters.

The descendents of M173 arrived in Europe around 35,000 years ago and immediately began to make their own dramatic mark on the continent. Famous cave paintings, like those of Lascaux and Chauvet, signal the sudden arrival of humans with artistic skill. There are no artistic precedents or precursors to their appearance.

Soon after this lineage's arrival in Europe, the era of the Neandertals came to a close. Genetic evidence proves that these hominids were not human ancestors but an evolutionary dead end. Smarter, more resourceful human descendents of M173 likely outcompeted Neandertals for scarce Ice Age resources and thus heralded their demise.

The long journey of this lineage was further shaped by the preponderance of ice at this time. Humans were forced to southern refuges in Spain, Italy, and the Balkans. Years later, as the ice retreated, they moved north out of these isolated refuges and left an enduring, concentrated trail of the M173 marker in their wake.

Today, for example, the marker's frequency remains very high in northern France and the British Isles—where it was carried by M173 descendents who had weathered the Ice Age in Spain.

Members of haplogroup R1b, defined by M343 are the direct descendents of Europe's first modern humans—known as the Cro-Magnon people.

Cro-Magnons arrived in Europe some 35,000 years ago, during a time when Neandertals still lived in the region. M343-carrying peoples made woven clothing and constructed huts to withstand the frigid climes of the Upper Paleolithic era. They used relatively advanced tools of stone, bone, and ivory. Jewelry, carvings, and intricate, colorful cave paintings bear witness to the Cro Magnons' surprisingly advanced culture during the last glacial age.

When the ice retreated genetically homogenous groups recolonized the north, where they are still found in high frequencies. Some 70 percent of men in southern England are R1b. In parts of Spain and Ireland that number exceeds 90 percent.

There are many sublineages within R1b that are yet to be defined. The Genographic Project hopes to bring future clarity to the disparate parts of this distinctive European lineage.

Ricardo married Benita Gaviola on 29 Dec 1939 in Caldwell, Idaho. Benita (daughter of Domingo Manuel Gaviola Urrutibiascoa and Dolores Azpiri Izaguirre) was born on 20 Aug 1917 in Boise, Idaho; died on 13 Feb 1990 in Nampa, Idaho. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Ricardo married Lucile L. Miller in 1999 in Ontario, Oregon. Lucile was born on 20 May 1916 in Idaho; died on 29 Mar 2002 in Payette, Idaho. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Luisa married Donald Mercer Storey on 23 Sep 1938 in Nampa, Idaho. Donald was born on 23 Feb 1914 in Missouri; died on 13 May 1984 in Boise, Idaho. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

A.M. married W.M. Tipton [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Dan White. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Walter John Azcuenaga, a resident of Klamath Falls, Ore., went to be with his Heavenly Father Feb. 16, 2006. Walter was born in Boise, Idaho on July 10, 1926 to Louis and Deah Eliza Azcuenaga and attended Boise schools until his enlistment in the Navy in 1944. Upon returning home in 1948, he enrolled in Boise Junior College as a music student. He later enlisted in the Idaho Air National Guard and was stationed in Seoul Korea attached to the 304th Sig Bn., APO 301 finishing his stint in the Air Force stationed in Osaka Japan attached to the Drake Detachment ACAN FAC, USASCAJ. Walt is survived by his wife, Vickie Liskey of Klamath Falls, Ore.; son Antone Azcuenaga of Boise, Idaho; daughters Carol Jacques of Hull Quebec and Mischelle Campbell of Garland, Texas; step-daughter Ann Camit of Maui, Hawaii, Peggy Handley of Redmond, Ore.; step-son Randy Oliva of Klamath Falls, Ore. and their families. Walt´s son, Steve Azcuenaga and step-son Michael Oliva preceded him in death. Walt was among other things a gospel singer and was Pastor of the Amherst, New York Church of Christ and the Tulelake, California Church of Christ. Memorial services will be on Saturday, March 11, 2006 at 2:30 p.m. in Jordan Valley, Ore. at the Methodist Church with Pastor Dale Johnson of The Church of the Rock, officiating. Inurnment will follow the services at the Jordan Valley Cemetery. Arrangements are by Summers Funeral Homes, Boise Chapel.

Published in Idaho Statesman on Mar. 5, 2006.

Walter married Joan Holberg on 4 May 1949 in Jerome, Idaho. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Walter married V. Liskey [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: W. Malloy. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]