English Cemetery ~ Mary Evelyn Tom ~ part of the Polk County Pioneer Cemeteries of Oregon
Tom, Mary Evelyn
LAST: Tom FIRST: Mary MID: Evelyn
GENDER: F MAIDEN NAME: Berry TITLE: 
BORN: 10 Oct 1864 DIED: 5 Jan 1944 BURIED: 8 Jan 1944 (English Cemetery)
OCCUPATION:  
BIRTH PLACE:  Airlie, Polk Co, Oregon
DEATH PLACE: Portland, Multnomah Co, Oregon
NOTES: 
Father: Joseph Berry
Maiden name of mother: Lucinda Osborn
1900 OR CENSUS - Mary E. Berry (b Oct 1864, Oregon, single), enumerated with her was father Joseph F. (b June 1819, Pennsylvania, widowed), and siblings Henry M. (b May 1855, Oregon, single) and Edward (b July 1872, Oregon, single),

1st MARRIAGE - Thomas Gross & Mary Evelyn Berry md 22 Dec 1901 in Polk Co, Oregon
1930 OR CENSUS - Mary Gross, age 65, b. Ohio, is enumerated with husband Thomas, age 63, occupation logger, b. Ohio, along with Bessie, age 18, b. Oregon.
2nd MARRIAGE - Washington Tom, 21 Nov 1940 
OBITUARY: 
LAST RITES HELD FOR MRS. M. E. TOM HERE SATURDAY P.M.
Services were held from the Smith-Baun mortuary in Independence Saturday afternoon for Mrs Mary Evelyn Berry Tom, with interment at the Old English cemetery south of Monmouth. Mary Evelyn Berry was born October 10, 1864 near Airlie and she lived her entire life in this community. She was married to Thomas Gross on December 22, 1901, who passed away a number of years ago. On November 21, 1940, she was married to Washington Tom, who passed away the following year. She is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Robert Harris of Redwood, Calif, and Mrs. Ray Strickland of Portland, and five grandchildren. 
Independence Enterprise, Friday, January 14, 1944, 1:4
INSCRIPTION: 
Gross
Mary E.
1864 - 1944
(shares marker with Thomas)
SOURCES: 
Saucy/Tolle Survey & Photographs
OSBH DC (Multnomah County 1944) #81 
1900 OR CENSUS (Polk Co, ED 176, Luckiamute Pct, FA#3)
1930 OR CENSUS (Polk Co., Airlie, ED 13, sheet 1B)
Polk Co, Oregon Marriage Records, Vol 6, page 89
IE 14 Jan 1944, 1:4
 
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