1920 OR CENSUS – Robert L. Arnold (9m, b Oregon) enuemrated with parents Robert B. (39y, b Oregon, occupation farmer) and Anna J. (33y, b Oregon), sister Lera L. (4y11m, b Oregon) and Anna's father Lewis Ritner (64y, b Oregon, widowed)

1930 OR CENSUS - Robert Arnold, age 11, b. Oregon, is enumerated with Robert B., age 50, married at age 24, occupation farmer, b. Kansas, Anna, age 43, married at age 17, b. Oregon, Lucile, age 15, b. Oregon, Verda, age 9, b. Oregon, and Debney, age 4, b. Oregon.  Also enumerated with the family is Lewis Ritner, identified as father-in-law [of Robert], age 73, widowed, b. Oregon.

1940 OR CENSUS – Robert L. Arnold (21y, b Oregon, occupation laborer, living in rural Polk co, Oregon in 1935), enumerated as lodger with Rittie Kerber family

Robert Arnold, 61, of Apache Junction, Arizona, died Sept 9 at his home after a long illness. He was born in Pedee, Oregon, and lived most of his life in the Willamette Valley before retiring to Apache Junction for health reasons. He attended school in the Pedee area as a child. Survivors include his brother, D.B. Arnold, Corvallis, a sister, Verda Hanna of Salem and many nieces and nephews. Graveside services will be held at the Womer Cemetery in Pedee under the direction of Bollman mortuary. 

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1920 OR CENSUS (Polk co, Pedee, ED 374, sheet 1A)

1930 OR CENSUS (Polk Co., Pedee, ED 22, sheet 2B)

1940 OR CENSUS (Polk co, Pedee, ED 27-37, sheet 3B)

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