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William C. Brown Cemetery ~ Bertha May Banta ~ part of the Polk County Pioneer Cemeteries of Oregon
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Banta, Bertha May
LAST NAME: Banta FIRST NAME: Bertha MIDDLE NAME: May NICKNAME: 
MAIDEN NAME:  AKA 1:  AKA 2:  AKA 3: 
GENDER: F TITLE: 
BORN: 23 Aug 1896 DIED: 30 Oct 1915 BURIED: 1 Nov 1915 (William C. Brown Cemetery)
OCCUPATION:  
BIRTH PLACE:  Kansas
DEATH PLACE: Dallas, Polk Co, Oregon
NOTES: 
1900 KS CENSUS - Mae Banta (b Aug 1896, Kansas) enumerated with parents A.B. (b Mar 1861, Indiana, married 10y) and Rosa A. (b July 1870, Nebraska, mother of 3 children, all living) and 2 siblings, Cecil (b Feb 1893, Kansas) and Ruth (b Sept 1898, Kansas)
1910 OR CENSUS - Albert Banta (49y, b IN, md 20y), enumerated with wife Rose (39y, b NE, md 20y, mother of 7 ch, 5 living, all at home) and 5 ch, Cecil (17y, b KS), May (13y, b KS), Arthur (9y, b KS), Harold (5y, b KS) and Fern (1y, b KS)
NOTE - This grave was later moved to Dallas Cemetery
DEATH CERTIFICATE: 
OSBH DC (1915 Polk co) #6450 Bertha Mae Banta, female, single; b 23 Aug 1896, Kan; father Albert B. Banta (b Ind); mother Rosa King (b Neb); d 30 Oct 1915, North Dallas, age 19y 2m 7d; bur Brown cem, Dallas; informant Albert B. Banta, Dallas
OBITUARY: 
May Banta, the nineteen-year-old daughter of Mr and Mrs A.B. Banta of North Dallas, passed away late last week. The cause of death was given as tuberculosis. Funeral services were conducted from the Chapman parlors by F.W. Smith.
Polk County Observer, Friday, November 5, 1915, 1:4
INSCRIPTION: 
SOURCES: 
1900 KS CENSUS (McPherson Co, McPherson, ED 142, page 103)
1910 OR CENSUS (Polk Co, ED 249, South Dallas pct, page 314, lines 14-20)
OSBH DC (1915 Polk co) #6450
Polk County Observer, 5 Nov 1915, 1:4
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