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Spring Valley Cemetery ~ John Frederick Purvine ~ part of the Polk County Pioneer Cemeteries of Oregon
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Purvine, John Frederick
LAST NAME: Purvine FIRST NAME: John MIDDLE NAME: Frederick NICKNAME: Fred
MAIDEN NAME:  AKA 1:  AKA 2:  AKA 3: 
GENDER: M TITLE: 
BORN: 30 June 1879 DIED: 4 May 1959 BURIED: 7 May 1959 (Spring Valley Cemetery)
OCCUPATION:  
BIRTH PLACE:  Spring Valley, Polk Co, Oregon
DEATH PLACE: Portland, Multnomah Co., Oregon
NOTES: 

1880 OR CENSUS - John F. Pervine [Purvine], age 10 months, b. August in Oregon, is enumerated with Andrew J. age 46, occupation farmer, b. Illinois, and Pauline, age 44, b. Germany, along with Jordan, age 21, occupation farm laborer, b. Oregon, Syrus, age 18, occupation farm laborer, b. Oregon, Ida F., age 9, b. Oregon, George A., age 8, b. Oregon, Emily, age 6, b. Oregon, Gerty, age 4, b. Oregon, and Arthur, age 2, b. Oregon.
1900 OR CENSUS – John F. Purvine (b June 1879, Oregon) enumerated with parents Andrew J. (b Nov 1833, Ill, married 30y) and Pauline (b Oct 1839, Pennsylvania, mother of 6 children, all living), and 3 siblings, Albert (b May 1872), Emma (b Apr 1873, Oregon), and Ida Willis (b Feb 1871, Oregon, married 9y but husband not with family)

1st MARRIAGE - J. Frederick Purvine md Mabel S. Bradford 23 Oct 1907 in Polk Co., Oregon [Mabel d. 1918]
1910 OR CENSUS - John F. Purvine, age 30, occupation vinegar maker, b. Oregon, is enumerated with his wife of 2 years, Mabel, age 22, mother of 0 children, b. Iowa.   

WWI Draft Registration Card – John Fredrick Purvine, 39, of RFD 1, Salem, Polk co, Oregon; born 30 June 1879; occupation farmer; nearest relative Mabel B. Purvine, RFD 1, Salem, Oregon

2nd MARRIAGE - John F. Purvine & Eva M. Walling m 12 Dec 1923, Polk Co, Oregon
1930 OR CENSUS - J. Fred Purvine, age 50, occupation farming, b. Oregon, is enumerated with wife Eva M., age 44, b. Oregon, along with Lowell B., age 16, b. Oregon. Also enumerated with the family is Marjorie L. Walling, identified as step-daughter, age 16, b. Oregon. 

NOTE – John and Eva were divorced. Eva remarried to Walter Gerth

1940 OR CENSUS – John Fred Purvine (60y, b Oregon, widowed, occupation stable man) enumerated as lodger with Walter W. Young family

WWII Draft Registration Card – John Fredrick Purvine, 62, of 2326 NE 9th Ave, Portland, Multnomah co, Oregon; born 3 June 1879, Salem, Oregon; person who knows address: sister Ida Willis, Portland, Oregon

DEATH CERTIFICATE: 

OSBH DC (1959 Multnomah co) #6869 John Fred Purvine, male, farming, divorced; b 30 June 1879, Spring Valley, Ore; father Andrew J. Purvine; mother Paulina Fredrica Stieger; d 4 May 1959, 1914 NE 55th Ave, Portland, age 79y; bur Zena; informant Lowell B. Purvine, son 

OBITUARY: 

PURVINE - May 4, John F. Purvine, 1914 NE 55th; father of Lowell B. Purvine, brother of Mrs. Ida Willis, Salem; 3 grandchildren. Funeral services Thrusday, May 7, 1 p.m from the Zena Church, Salem, Ore., Rev. John W. Hood officiating. Friends invited. Interment Zena cemetery. Arrangements Ross Hollywood Chapel.
Oregonian, The (Portland, OR) 6 May 1959 30:5

Spring Valley – Funeral services will be held Thursday for John Frederick Purvine, former Spring Valley resident who died Monday at Portland. He was 80. Services will be held at 1 pm at the Zena Church, the Rev John W. Hood officiating. Burial will be at Zena Cemetery, with services under direction of Ross-Hollywood Chapel, Portland.

Capital Journal, Wednesday, May 6, 1959, page 5

INSCRIPTION: 

John F. Purvine
1879 - 1959
[shares marker with Mabel]
"Fred"
Father

SOURCES: 

Janssen Compilation
Saucy Survey & Photographs
 OSBH DC (1959 Multnomah co) #6869

1880 OR CENSUS (Polk Co., Bethel, ED 102, pg 441C) 

1900 OR CENSUS (Polk co, Spring Valley, ED 172, FA#21)

Oregon Marriage Index
1910 OR CENSUS (Marion Co., Salem, ED 224, sheet 4B) 

WWI Draft Registration Card (Ancestry.com)

1930 OR CENSUS (Polk Co., Spring Valley, ED 4, sheet 1B) 

1940 OR CENSUS (Clackamas co, Damascus, ED 3-24, sheet 12B)

WWII Draft Registration Card (Ancestry.com)

CJ, 6 May 1959, page 5

Oreg 6 May 1959 30:5

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