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Burch Family Cemetery ~ Lee Ellis Burch ~ part of the Polk County Pioneer Cemeteries of Oregon
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Burch, Lee Ellis
LAST NAME: Burch FIRST NAME: Lee MIDDLE NAME: Ellis NICKNAME: 
MAIDEN NAME:  AKA 1:  AKA 2:  AKA 3: 
GENDER:  TITLE: 
BORN: 8 Jan 1886 DIED: 20 Aug 1934 BURIED: 23 Aug 1934 ~ Burch Family Cemetery
OCCUPATION:  
BIRTH PLACE:  Rickreall, Polk Co., Oregon
DEATH PLACE: Portland, Multnomah Co., Oregon
NOTES: 
1900 OR CENSUS - Lee Burch, age 14, b. Jan 1886 in Oregon, is enumerated with Jacob, age 62, occupation farmer, b. Jan 1838 in Missouri, is enumerated with his wife of 29 years, Angeline, age 46, mother of 5, b. Mar 1854 in Missouri, along with Alice, age 27, occupation dressmaker, b. Jun 1873 in Washington, Warren, age 22, occupation farm laborer, b. Mar 1878 in Washington, and Grace, age 20, b. Apr 1880 in Oregon.
1930 OR CENSUS - Lee E. Burch, age 44, married at age 20, occupation car operator, b. Oregon, is enumerated with wife Sarah, age 39, married at age 18, b. Oregon, along with Leland, age 20, b. Oregon, Purdy, age 11, b. California, and Elwin, age 1, b. Oregon.
DEATH CERTIFICATE: 
OSBH DC (Multnomah County 1934) #2264 - Lee Ellis Burch, male, married b. 8 Jan 1886 at Rickreall, Oregon, d. 20 Aug 1934 at the age of 48 y's 7 m's 12 d's in Portland, Oregon, name of father Jacob Jefferson Burch (b. Missouri), maiden name of mother Angeline Nance (b. Missouri), interment: 23 Aug 1934, undertaker Walter C. Kenworth & Co, informant Mrs. Sarah Burch of Rickreall, Oregon.
OBITUARY: 
Man Dies on Streetcar - Lee E. Burch, 48, of 8622 Southeast Eleventh avenue, died on a Sellwood street car, in charge of Operator G. E. French, late yesterday. French discovered Burch slumped in his seat as the car halted at Umatilla street. An ambuleance was summoned and the man sent to the Portland General hospital, where doctors pronounced him dead. An investigation by deputy coroners determined that he had been afflicted with heart disease. 
Oregonian, The (Portland, Oregon) 21 Aug 1934, 7:2

BURCH - Lee E., suddenly Aug. 20, late of 8622 S. E. 11th ave., beloved husband of Sarah, father of Leland, PUrdy and Ellen, brother of Mrs. Oliver Todd of this city, Warren of Rickreall and Mrs. Forrest Craven, Garibaldo. Funeral services Thursday, Aug. 23, 10:30 A. M. from the Chapel of Kenworthy & Co., Milwaukie ave. and Claybourne. Friends invited. Concleding services Burch cemetery, Rickreall. Polk county papers please copy. 
Oregonian, The
(Portland, Oregon) 22 Aug 1934, 12:6
INSCRIPTION: 
Lee E. Burch
1886 - 1934
SOURCES: 
Branigar Survey
Saucy Survey & Photographs
OSBH DC (Multnomah County 1934) #2264
1900 OR CENSUS (Polk Co., Rickreall, ED 171, sheet 10B)
1930 OR CENSUS (Clackamas Co., Wichita, ED 103, sheet 7A)
Oreg 21 Aug 1934, 7:2
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