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Spring Valley Cemetery ~ Ruth J. Hosch ~ part of the Polk County Pioneer Cemeteries of Oregon
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Hosch, Ruth J.
LAST NAME: Hosch FIRST NAME: Ruth MIDDLE NAME: J. NICKNAME: 
MAIDEN NAME: Shepard AKA 1: Paulson AKA 2:  AKA 3: 
GENDER: F TITLE: 
BORN: 12 Nov 1894 DIED: 26 Jun 1986 BURIED:  (Spring Valley Cemetery)
OCCUPATION:  
BIRTH PLACE:  Zena, Polk Co., Oregon
DEATH PLACE: Milwaukie, Clackamas Co., Oregon
NOTES: 

Name of father James Raymond Shepard
Maiden name of mother Josephine Lockley

1900 OR CENSUS – Ruth J. Shepard (b Nov 1894, Oregon) enumerated with parents James (b July 1854, Missouri, married 24y) and Josephine (b June 1853, New York, mother of 10 children, 9 living at time of census) and 5 siblings, Agnes E. (b Nov 1878, Utah), Claiborne L. (b Nov 1883, Oregon), Alice G. (b Apr 1887, Oregon), Robert J. (b July 1888, Oregon) and Frederick C. (b Jan 1892, Oregon)

1910 WA CENSUS – Ruth J. Shepard (15y, b Oregon) enumerated with parents J.R. (55y, b Missouri, married 34y, occupation farm manager) and Josephine (56y, b New York, mother of 10 children, 8 living at time of census) and 3 siblings, all born in Oregon, Alice G. (22y), R.J. (21y) and Fred C. (18y); also with family were three servants

1st MARRIAGE – to John Magnus Paulson

1930 AK CENSUS – Ruth J. Paulson (34y, b Oregon) enumerated with husband John M. (45y, b Sweden, immigrated 1900, naturalized, occupation road construction)

NOTE – John Magnus Paulson was born 8 Oct 1884 in Sweden. He was living at Gulkana, Alaska, in 1918 and 1942 when he registered for the draft (draft registration cards, Ancestry.com). He died 16 Nov 1950 at Gooding, Idaho. His death certificate (Ancestry.com) reports he was divorced

2nd MARRIAGE – Jacob F. Hosch & Ruth S. Paulson marriage license dated 14 Mar 1942, Thurston co, Washington

NOTE – Jacob Hosch was born 27 Feb 1880 in Wisconsin and died 5 Dec 1953 in Linn co, Oregon. He had been previously married. 

DEATH CERTIFICATE: 

OSBH DC (Clackamas County 1981) #81-09470

OBITUARY: 

Graveside service for Ruth Shepard Hosch of Milwaukie will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday in Spring Valley Presbyterian Church Cemetery in Zena, in Polk County.
Mrs. Hosch died Thursday in a Milwaukie hospital. She was 86.
Mrs. Hosch was born Nov. 12, 1894 in Zena. She lived there until 1914, when she moved to Maryhll, Wash. She moved in 1916 to Haynes, Alaska; in 1921 to Bend; in 1931 to Carmel, Calif.; and in 1956 to Milwaukie. She lived there until her death.
Mrs. Hosch was a homemaker and had been a member of the Church of the Wayfarer in Carmel.
She is survived by several nieces and nephews.
Oregonian, The (Portland, Oregon) 28 Jun 1981, pg 135

INSCRIPTION: 

Ruth Shepard
Hosch
Nov. 12, 1894
June 26, 1981

SOURCES: 

Janssen Compilation
Saucy Survey & Photographs
ODI

1900 OR CENSUS (Polk Co, Spring Valley, ED 172, FA#23)

1910 WA CENSUS (Klickitat co, Hardison, ED 119, sheet 1A)

1930 AK CENSUS (Chitina, ED 21, sheet 1B-2A)

Washington Marriage Records (Ancestry.com)

Oreg. 28 Jun 1981, pg 135

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