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English Cemetery ~ Eliza Melvina Dornsife
~ part of the Polk County Pioneer Cemeteries of Oregon
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Dornsife, Eliza Melvina
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| LAST NAME: Dornsife
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FIRST NAME: Eliza
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MIDDLE NAME: Melvina
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NICKNAME:
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| MAIDEN NAME: Collins
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AKA 1: Berry
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AKA 2: Shaw
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AKA 3:
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| GENDER: F
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| BORN: 22 Oct 1837
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DIED: 2 May 1919
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BURIED: 4 May 1919 ~ English Cemetery
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| BIRTH PLACE: Missouri
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| DEATH PLACE: Dallas, Polk Co., Oregon
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NOTES:
Name of father Smith Collins
Maiden name of mother Eliza Wyatt
[Smith and Eliza Collins are buried at Chamberlin Cemetery]
1st MARRIAGE - Mr. Thomas W. Berry & Miss Eliza M. Collins, md 27 Nov 1851; H. M. Waller, Elder.
2nd MARRIAGE - William P. Shaw & Mrs. E. M Berry, md 14 Aug 1887 at Res. of Bride by W. S. Frink J.P. Wit: W. S. Frink & J. J. Williams. [Wm Shaw died in 1897 and is buried at Wm C. Brown Cemetery]
3rd MARRIAGE - Napoleon Dornsife, circa 1903
[Napoleon Dornsife died 15 May 1929 in Portland, Multnomah Co., and is buried in Dallas Cemetery]
1910 OR CENSUS - Eliza M. Dornsife, age 73, mother of 5 children 2 of whom are living at the time of the census, b. Missouri, is enumerated with her husband of 6 years (his 2nd marriage; her 3rd marriage) Napoleon Dornsife, age 61, occupation "odd jobs", b. Ohio.
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DEATH CERTIFICATE:
OSBH DC (Polk County 1919) #61 - Eliza Melvina Dornsife, female, housewife, married (Napoleon Dornsife), b. 22 Oct 1837 in Missouri, d. 2 May 1919 in Dallas, Oregon (518 Church St.) at the age of 82 yrs 6 mos 10 days, name of father Smith Collins (b. Virginia), maiden name of mother Emily Wyatt (b. Kentucky), bur Airlie [English]; informant Ednelle Collins of Dallas, Oregon.
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OBITUARY:
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INSCRIPTION:
Eliza M.
Wife of
Thomas W. Berry
1837 - 1919
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SOURCES:
Branigar Survey
Saucy/Tolle Survey & Photographs
OSBH DC (1919 Polk Co) #61
Polk County Oregon Marriage Records, 1849-1879, pg 3
Polk County Oregon Marriage Records 1879-1888, pg 34
1910 OR CENSUS (Polk Co., Dallas, ED 249, sheet 6A)
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