Spring Valley Cemetery ~ Caroline Louisa Gerth ~ part of the Polk County Pioneer Cemeteries of Oregon

Gerth, Caroline Louisa

LAST: Gerth		FIRST: Caroline	MID: Louisa

GENDER: F	MAIDEN NAME: Beverly		TITLE:

BORN: 13 Oct 1855	DIED: 25 Jan 1936	BURIED: 27 Jan 1936 (Spring Valley Cemetery)

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BIRTH PLACE: Wayne Co, Indiana

DEATH PLACE: Toledo, Lincoln Co., Oregon

NOTES: MARRIAGE - Clemens Gerth (31y, b Germany, of Mt Pleasant, Iowa, occupation blacksmith) & Lou C. Beverly (26y, b Indiana, of Des Moines, Iowa, daughter of Seth W. Beverly & Letitia Osborne) md 23 Jan 1881, North Des Moines, Polk Co, Iowa 1900 OR CENSUS - Caroline L. Gerth, age 44, mother of three children, b. Oct 1855 in Indiana, is enumerated with her husband of 19 years, Clemens age 59, occupation blacksmith, b. Nov 1840 in Germany, along with Walter B., age 17, b. Mar 1883 in Oregon, Lillie A., age 14, b. Nov 1885 in Oregon, and Mamie S., age 9, b. Sep 1890 in Oregon.

OBITUARY: Louisa Gerth passed away at Toledo, Ore., January 25, at the age of 81 years. Survived by a son, Walter B. Gerth, of West Salem, and two daughters, Mrs. Lillie Anderson and Mrs. Mamie Perry of Oak Point, Ore.; eight grandchildren and three great-grandchildren also survive. Services will be held from the Clough-Barrick chapel Monday, Jan. 27 at 2 p.m. Interment at Zena, Dr. W. C. Kantner officiating. Oregon Statesman, (Salem, Oregon) January 26, 1936

INSCRIPTION: Gerth Louisa 1855 - 1936 [shares marker with Clemens]

SOURCES: Janssen Compilation Saucy Survey & Photographs OSBH DC (1936 Lincoln co) #11 Iowa Marriage Records (Ancestry.com) 1900 OR CENSUS (Polk Co., Spring Valley, ED 172, sheet 4A) OS 26 Jan 1936

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