| Who | Relationship | Notes | Travels |
| Thomas Jefferson Shadden | My gr, gr, gr, gr, grandfather | Father of Drucilla Shadden, who married John Hames–founder of Soquel. | Came from Lee Creek, Arkansas to McMinnville, Oregon in Wagon Train of 1843. Came from McMinnville to California by ship. Stayed seven years and returned to McMinnville. |
| Drucilla Shadden | My gr, gr, gr, aunt | Sister to Jasper Shadden, my gr, gr, gr grandfather. Married John Hames. | Came with father from Lee Cree, Arkansas to McMinnville, Oregon and to California. Remained in Soquel. |
| John Hames | Husband of Drucilla Shadden and my gr, gr, gr, grand uncle | I'm related to John by marriage thru Drucilla. Benjamin Hames, John's brother, is founder of Corralitos. | Came from New York by ship to Chile, Ecuador and Peru. Then came to California and traveled extensively in California and in Mexico. |
| John Daubenbiss | Traveled with Thomas Shadden (included Drucilla) and Nathaniel Crocker in Wagon Train of 1843. | I have no relation to John Daubenbiss, only deep family ties. Business partner and helped in founding of Soquel. | Came from Austria to US. Then came on Wagon Train of 1843 to Oregon. Then came to Soquel. |
| Nathaniel Crocker | My gr, gr, gr, gr grandfather. | The other side of my bloodline, not related to early Shaddens, but traveled in same Wagon Train of 1843. | Came on Wagon Train of 1843 to Oregon and remained |
| Jasper Shadden | My gr, gr, gr grandfather | Brother of Drucilla. | Came from Oregon to California during gold rush and was murdered. |
| Ellen Bell | My gr, gr grandmother | Niece of Drucilla. | Came with parents to California from Oregon during gold rush. Witnessed murder of parents and was returned by US Cavalry to grandparents in McMinnville, Oregon. |
| John & Rosa Walden | My gr grandparents | Rosa was grand niece of Drucilla. I remember Rosa when growing up. She's buried in Seaside. | Came from Willamette valley to eastern Oregon's Blue Mountains. Rosa came to Seaside, California and remained, with yearly trips to ranch in Oregon. |
| Ted Walden | My grandfather | Gr grand nephew of Drucilla. | Born in Oregon and remained there. |
| Verna McCubbin | My mother | Gr gr grand niece of Drucilla. Born on ranch in eastern Oregon homesteaded by John & Rosa Walden. | Born in Oregon. Moved to Washington and then to California and remained. |
| Tom McCubbin | That's me. | Gr gr gr grand nephew of Drucilla. I live a few hundred yards from Aunt Drucilla! | Came from Washington to California with parents in 1960. Moved from San Jose to Santa Cruz County in 1971, and Soquel in 1974. |
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