1910 OR CENSUS - Ruel Bradford (7y, b Iowa), enumerated with parents Lewis E. (49y, b Iowa, married 19y, second marriage, occupation farmer) and Mahulda (37y, b Iowa, married 19y, first marriage, mother of 7 children, all living) and 6 siblings, Miles T. (18y, b Iowa), Irene (15y, b Iowa), Elbert (10y, b Iowa), Viola (10y, b Iowa),  Darrell (4y, b Iowa)  and Helen (2y, b Oregon)

1920 OR CENSUS -  Ruel E. Bradford (17y, b Iowa)  enumerated with parents Lewis E. (59y, b Iowa, no occupation) and Hulda H. (45y, b Iowa) and 3 siblings, Albert M. (23y, b Iowa, occupation tractor driver),   Darrell (14y, b Iowa)  and Helen L. (11y, b Oregon) 

MARRIAGE – Ruel E. Bradford & Eva Lander md 14 June 1932, Marion Co, Oregon 

1940 OR CENSUS - Ruel E. Bradford (36y, b Iowa, occupation farm laborer) enumerated with wife Eva (26y, b Oregon) and daughter Donna (6y, b Oregon); family was living in rural Marion Co, Oregon in 1935

Ruel E. Bradford, 64, long time Wheatland Ferry district farmer, died Thursday at a Salem hospital of an apparent heart attack. He suffered a stroke about two years ago. He was born in Iowa and came to this area in 1905. His farm was at Gervais Rt 1, Box 86. Surviving are the widow Eva; daughter Mrs Tom Fiscus of Gervais; sisters Mrs Irene Bradford of Salem and Miss Helen Bradford of Seattle, Wash; brothers Miles of Portland and Darrell T. of Salem; two grandchildren. Services are pending at Virgil T. Golden mortuary.

Oregon Statesman, Friday, January 27, 1967, 6:1

Ruel E. Bradford
1902 - 1967

Janssen Compilation
Saucy Survey & Photographs

OSBH DC (1967 Marion co) #733  

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

1920 OR CENSUS (Marion Co, Salem, ED 349, sheet 9A)

Oregon Marriage Index 

1940 OR CENSUS (Marion Co, Waconda, ED 24-99, sheet 4B)

OS, 27 Jan 1967, 6:1