English Cemetery ~ Gertrude Rebecca Weaver ~ part of the Polk County Pioneer Cemeteries of Oregon
Weaver, Gertrude Rebecca
LAST: Weaver FIRST: Gertrude MID: Rebecca
GENDER: F MAIDEN NAME: Wood TITLE: 
BORN: 3 Nov 1897 DIED: 26 Nov 1942 BURIED: 30 Nov 1942 (English Cemetery)
OCCUPATION:  
BIRTH PLACE:  Airlie, Polk Co., Oregon
DEATH PLACE: Salem, Marion Co., Oregon
NOTES: 
1900 OR CENSUS - Rabeca? A. Wood (2y, b Nov 1898, OR) enumerated with parents Willam (52y, b Jan 1848, AR, married 6 years) and Alice M. (23y, b Jan 1877, IA, mother of 4 children, all living) and 3 siblings, Lester W. (4y, b Aug 1896, WA), Edmon A. (3y, b Aug 1897, OR) and Abraham (1y, b Feb 1899, OR); also in family was William's mother Malana Vanderpool (79y, b Apr 1821, AR, widowed, mother of 10 children, 7 living at time of census)
DISCREPENCY - The birth years of the 3 oldest children in the 1900 census seem to be a year too late.
1910 OR CENSUS - Rebecca G. Wood (12y, b OR) enumerated with parents William N. (62y, b AR, second marriage, married 15y) and Alice M. (32y, b IA, married 15y, mother of 4 children, all living) and 3 siblings, William L. (14y, b WA), Edwin E. (13y, b OR) and Carl A. (11y, b OR)
1930 OR CENSUS - Gertrude R. Weaver (31y, b OR, married at age 16y) enumerated with husband Earl W. (37y, b KS, married at age 22y) and 5 children, Austin N. (16y, b OR), Norman E. (13y, b OR), Juanita R. (12y, b OR), Lester D. (8y, b OR) and Elbert C. (6y, b OR)
1940 OR CENSUS - Gertrude R. Weaver (42y, b OR, divorced) enumerated as housekeeper in home of Thomas Leatherwood; with her was son Albert (16y, b OR); they lived in rural Douglas County in 1935
DISCREPENCY - Death certificate gives birth date as 3 Nov 1896 which cannot be correct as her brother Edmund was born 14 Aug 1896; tombstone and 1900 and other census suggest 1897 is the correct date.
OBITUARY: 
Mrs. Gertrude Weaver, late resident of 1350 Ruge Street, West Salem, Thursday, November 26, at a local hospital. Mother of Mrs. Frank Sellers, Norman and Lester Weaver, all of Salem, Elbert, US navy, and Austin Wood of Reedsport, Ore. Also survived by two brothers, Lester Wood of Portland and Carl Wood of Kelso; mother, Mrs. Alice Wood; grandfather, Abraham Black of Washington and six grandchildren. Services will be held Monday, November 30, at 10 am, from the Clough-Barrick chapel; Rev Edward Allen will officiate, with interment in Monmouth cemetery.
Oregon Statesman, Sunday, 29 Nov 1942, I:5:1
INSCRIPTION: 
Gertrude Weaver
1897-1942
SOURCES: 
OSBH DC (Marion County 1942) #1097
Saucy/Tolle Survey & Photographs
Branigar Survey
1900 OR CENSUS (Polk Co, Luckiamute, ED 176, FA#17)
1910 OR CENSUS (Polk Co, Luckiamute, ED 244, Sheet 1A)
1930 OR CENSUS (Marion Co, Salem, ED 69, Sheet 2A)
1940 OR CENSUS (Douglas Co, Oakland, ED 47, Sheet 4A)
OS 29 Nov 1942, I:5:1
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