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William C. Brown Cemetery ~ Martha A. Janes ~ part of the Polk County Pioneer Cemeteries of Oregon
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Janes, Martha A.
LAST NAME: Janes FIRST NAME: Martha MIDDLE NAME: A. NICKNAME: 
MAIDEN NAME: West AKA 1:  AKA 2:  AKA 3: 
GENDER: F TITLE: 
BORN: 19 Feb 1891 DIED: 11 Mar 1916 BURIED:  (William C. Brown Cemetery)
OCCUPATION:  
BIRTH PLACE:  Idaho
DEATH PLACE: Polk Co., Oregon
NOTES: 
Name of father Elijah West
Maiden name of mother Flora Ann Butler
1900 WA CENSUS - Eli J. West, age 48, occupation day laborer, b. Dec 1851 in Illinois, is enumerated with his wife of 18 years, Flora A.., age 37, mother of 9 children 8 of whom are living at the time of the census, b. Mar 1863 in Kansas, along with Alvin L., age 17, b. Dec 1882 in Idaho, Elbert M., age 15, b. Nov 1884 in Idaho, Jessie M., age 14, b. May 1886 in Idaho, Charles E., age 11, b. Nov 1888 in Idhao, Martha A., age 9, b. Feb 1891 in Washington, Frank E., age 7, b. Nov 1892 in Idaho, Mary E., age 4, b. Jun 1895 in Washington, and Verlie C., age 10 months, b. Jul 1899 in Washington.  
MARRIAGE - to Ora P. James [Janes] on 20 Apr 1909 in Polk Co., Oregon.
DISCREPANCY - 1900 census gives birthplace as Washington while death certificate gives birthplace as Idaho

NOTE - husband Ora P. Janes b. 19 Apr 1891 in KS; he remarried and appears in 1920 census of Dallas, Polk Co. with his second wife; later moved to Portland, Multnomah Co., OR, where he died 6 June 1989, age 98y (World War I draft registration card, Polk Co, Ore; Social Security Deatrh Index)
DEATH CERTIFICATE: 
OSBH DC (Polk County 1916) #35 - Martha A. West Janes, female, housewife, married; b. 19 Feb 1891 in Idaho, d. 11 Mar 1916 in Dallas, Oregon at the age of 25 yrs 21 days, name of father Elijah West, maiden name of mother Annie Butler, bur William C. Brown Cemetery 12 Mar, undertaker R. L. Chapman, informant O. P. Janes of Dallas, Oregon.
OBITUARY: 
INSCRIPTION: 
Martha W. Janes
1891 - 1916
SOURCES: 
Branigar Survey
Saucy Survey & Photographs
1900 WA CENSUS (Snohomish Co, Everett, ED 214, pg 14B)Oregon Marriages, 1906-1920 (Ancestry.com)
OSBH DC (Polk County 1916) #35
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