Thank You card from Judge Robert Harris and wife Jo after attending the historical party on September 10th.

On Thursday, September 10, 2007, Stahancyk, Kent, Johnson & Hook threw a fantastic party and open house celebrating five successful years in Vancouver. The event was planned carefully to fall on the 135th wedding anniversary of Charles and Rebecca Brown, which made the party twice as historic.

Approximately 60 guests attended the historic event, ranging from local judges, attorneys, clients and neighborhood friends.

The menu included salmon sliders (wild salmon fresh off the boat from Astoria), mini cupcakes and candied bacon. Teresa’s sons, Mason and Seth, acted as servers. Beer, wine and water rounded off the drink portion of the menu.

Jody, Lara, Teresa’s sons, neighbor Sallie Reavey and myself dressed in antique garb fitting of the time period in which the house was built, the Civil War era.

Guests were provided with a brief history and description of focal points in each room, house brochures, a slideshow, and tours of the house. All this, as they made their way to the back of the house where the food and drinks were stationed outside.

Special thanks to Javier, Adam, Lara, Humberto and Jesse and anybody else who I may have left out. Your hard work was much appreciated.

Here’s to another five more great years in Vancouver.

Stahancyk, Kent, Johnson & Hook is excited to welcome new associate Matthew Cohen to our Vancouver office. Matt graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and earned his law degree from Lewis & Clark College in Portland. Matt brings a high energy and hard working attitude to the office and we are thrilled to have him as a part of our team.

Stahancyk, Kent, Johnson & Hook’s very own Vince Roman had a short story he wrote printed in the most recent issue of the Trailbreakers, the Clark County Genealogical Society’s quarterly. The story concerns early Vancouver pioneer Samuel W. Brown. Click on link to view article and click on article to enlarge.

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We recently donated photographs and other historical information regarding the Brown Family to the Knox County Genealogical Society in Galesburg, Illinois. This information was then forwarded to the Galesburg Public Library where it is stored in their archives. Galesburg was the hometown of Samuel Brown. Below are two thank you cards each organization sent us. Click to read.

This morning in Vancouver at the Charles Brown House we were thrilled to have a few of Charles Brown’s descendants visit us and share old stories and photographs.

Charles Wilson (94) who lives in Corvallis is Charles Brown’s last surviving grandchild and grew up right here in the house from ages 8-21. His mother was Charles’ daughter, Frances. He hadn’t been back to the house since 1935! The highlight was Charles “Chuck” seeing his old bedroom again for the first time in 72 years.

Chuck was joined by his cousin Anne and her son Rick, who are Brown descendants as well. It was a great time.

This blurb appears in the current April 2007 edition of the Oregon State Bar Bulletin. It announces the Heritage Award we won for genealogical excellence for our Vancouver office’s website.

Stahancyk, Kent, Johnson & Hook is pleased to announce that Teresa L. Foster, managing attorney of our Vancouver office, has been elected as a shareholder of the firm. Everyday we see the hard work and dedication Teresa puts into her work. Congratulations, Teresa!

The Charles Brown House website has won another award! This time it is the Genealogy Award for preserving family history, presented by Connie’s Family History Pages. The award and Connie’s comments about the site are below.

Hello Vince,

Thank you so much for writing and drawing my attention to your website. Yes,
I agree, you may be the first law firm to not only revitalize a local
historical building, but also to research and share your findings of the
family and history of the building. Well done!

I’m happy to send this well deserved award from Connie’s Family History
Pages!

Thanks for sharing your research with the world.

P.S. Your restoration looks beautiful!

Connie Spindel

Connie’s Family History Pages

We recently donated photographs and other historical information regarding the Brown family to the Clark County Historical Museum. The information we donated was placed in their research library for the community to use. Here is the thank you note they sent the firm.