Name of father John R. Lake
Maiden name of mother Charlotte Crook

1870 WI CENSUS – Augustus Lake (6y, b Wisconsin) enumerated with John (40y, b England, occupation farmer), Charlotte (27y, b England), William H. (10y, b Wisconsin), John L. (8y, b Wisconsin), Emma L.A. (4y, b Wisconsin), Samuel W. (2y, b Wisconsin) and Albert (b Jan 1870, Wisconsin)

1880 WI CENSUS – Augustus Lake (16y, b Wisconsin) enumerated with parents John R. (49y b England) and Charlotte (37y, b England) and 7 siblings, all born in Wisconsin, John L. (18y), Emeline (14y), Samuel (13y), Albert (10y), Clementine (8y), Frederick (6y) and Ella (3y)

MARRIAGE – Gus Lake & Amanda Townsend md 17 Sept 1896, Polk co, Oregon

1900 OR CENSUS - Gus S. Lake, age 33, occupation farmer, b. Sep 1866 [1864] in Wisconsin, is enumerated with his wife of 5 years, Amanda, mother of no children, b. Feb 1865 in Oregon.

1910 OR CENSUS – Gus Lake (44y, b Wisconsin, married 12y, occupation farmer) enumerated with wife Amanda (48y, b Oregon)

1920 OR CENSUS – Gus Lake (51y, b England, immigrated 1870, naturalized 1875, widowed, occupation farmer) enumerated with hired man Harold H. Withrow (22y, b Oregon) and Harold’s wife Leola M. (22y, b Maine, occupation housekeeper)  

At the residence, route one, Salem, June 11, Gus S. Lake, aged 74 years. Brother of Fred and Sam Lake of Viroqua, Wis., Albert Lake of Readstown, Wis., Mrs. Ken Peterson of Viroqua, Wis., Mrs. Ella Brye of Janesville, Wis., and Mrs. Ethel Brye of Madison, Wis.; uncle of Hazel, Lake W., and Marion Everett Price, all of Salem. Funeral services will be held from the W. T. Rigson company chapel Friday, June 16, at 2:30 p. m. Interment Zena cemetery. Rev. P. W. Eriksen will officiate.
Oregon Statesman 16 Jun 1939, 5:3

Lake
Gus S.
1864 - 1939
[shasres marker with Amanda]

Janssen Compilation
Saucy Survey & Photographs
OSBH DC (Polk County 1939) #67 

1870 WI CENSUS (Vernon co, Viroqua, FA#210)

1880 WI CENSUS (Vernon co, Viroqua, ED 18, FA#429)

Polk co, Oregon, Marriage Records, vol 4

1900 OR CENSUS (Yamhill Co., Bellevue, ED 159, sheet 5B)

1910 OR CENSUS (Polk co, Spring Valley, ED 252, sheet 3A)

1920 OR CENSUS (Polk co, Spring Valley, ED 365, sheet 2A)