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Burch Family Cemetery ~ Margaret Elizabeth O'Kelley ~ part of the Polk County Pioneer Cemeteries of Oregon
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O'Kelley, Margaret Elizabeth
LAST NAME: O'Kelley FIRST NAME: Margaret MIDDLE NAME: Elizabeth NICKNAME: 
MAIDEN NAME: Robertson AKA 1:  AKA 2:  AKA 3: 
GENDER: F TITLE: 
BORN: 19 Mar 1866 DIED: 15 Dec 1920 BURIED: 17 Dec 1920 ~ Burch Family Cemetery
OCCUPATION:  
BIRTH PLACE:  Oregon
DEATH PLACE: Independence, Polk Co, Oregon
NOTES: 
OSBH DC (Polk County 1920) #143 - Margaret E. O’Kelley, female, housekeeper, married ( W.N. O’Kelley), b. 19 Mar 1866 in Oregon, d. 15 Dec 1920 in Independence, Oregon at the age of age 54 y's 8 m's 26 d's, name of father W.H. Robins) b. Illinois), maiden name of mother Mary Dudley (b. Ohio); bur Birch cem, Rickreall 17 Dec, informant W.N. O’Kelley of Independence. 
DISCREPANCY - DC gives maiden name as Robins, 1880 census gives maiden name as Roberton, and daughter Eda Edith's DC gives her mother's maiden name as Robertson.
1880 OR CENSUS - M.E. Robertson, age 14, b. Oregon, is enumerated with [father] W. H., age 41, occupation farming, b. Illinois, and [mother] Mary, age 38, b. Ohio, along with J.E. (male), age 16, b. Oregon, R.L. (male), age 11, b. Oregon, P.E. (female), age 9, b. Oregon, A.I. (female), age 7, b. Oregon, and M.E. (female), age 5, b. Oregon.
1900 OR CENSUS - Margret O'Kelley, age 34, mother of 2, b. Mar 1866 in Oregon, is enumerated with her husband of 10 years William N., age 48, occupation clergyman, b. Texas, along with Della, age 24, b. Feb 1876 in Oregon, Adna, age 11, b. Aug 1888 in Oregon, Robert, age 8, b. Nov 1891 in Oregon, and Eda O'Kelley, age 5, b. Nov 1895 in Washington, 
1910 OR CENSUS -  Margaret E. O'Kelley, age 44, mother of 2, b. Oregon, is enumerated with her husband of 19 years, William N., (her 1st marriage, his 2nd), age 57, occupation farmer, b. Texas, along with Robert N., age 18, b. Oregon, and Eda E. O'Kelley, age 14, b. Washington.


Note: husband William O'Kelley died in 1942 and is buried by his first wife in English cemetery; her daughter Edith Edna (O'Kelley) Butcher is also buried at Burch cemetery; parents William Harvey & Mary Robertson are buried in Dallas Cemetery
DEATH CERTIFICATE: 
OBITUARY: 
Mrs. Margaret Elizabeth O’Kelley died at the home of M.C. Williams Wednesday after a short illness, aged 66 years. Funeral services were held from the Williams home this afternoon at 1 o’clock, Dr H.C. Dunsmore officiating. Interment was made in the Burch cemetery at Rickreall. 
Mrs. O’Kelley is survived by her husband, William N. O’Kelley, one son, Robert O’Kelley of Rickreall and two stepdaughters, Mrs. Williams and Mrs. Sim Bush, three sisters and four brothers, most of them living in the Airlie country. 
Mrs. O’Kelley had resided with her husband in Independence for the past two years, and was taken to the home of Mrs. Williams after being stricken with illness which terminated fatally.
Independence Enterprise, Friday, 17 Dec 1920, 1:3
INSCRIPTION: 
No marker
SOURCES: 
OSBH DC (1920 Polk County) #143
1880 OR CENSUS (Polk Co, Luckiamute, ED 107, FA #126)
1900 OR CENSUS (Polk Co, Monmouth, ED 177, FA #214)
1910 OR CENSUS (Polk Co, Rickreall, ED 248, page 308, line 71)
Independence Enterprise, Friday, December 17, 1920, 1:3
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