Spring Valley Cemetery ~ Clemens Gerth ~ part of the Polk County Pioneer Cemeteries of Oregon

Gerth, Clemens

LAST: Gerth		FIRST: Clemens	MID:

GENDER: M	MAIDEN NAME:		TITLE:

BORN: 20 Nov 1840	DIED: 1 Jan 1915	BURIED: 3 Jan 1915 (Spring Valley Cemetery)

OCCUPATION: Blacksmith

BIRTH PLACE: Germany

DEATH PLACE: Yamhill Co., Oregon

NOTES: MARRIAGE - Clemens Gerth (31y, b Germany, of Mt Pleasant, Iowa, occupation blacksmith) & Lou C. Beverly (26y, b Indiana, of Des Moines, Iowa, daughter of Seth W. Beverly & Letitia Osborne) md 23 Jan 1881, North Des Moines, Polk Co, Iowa 1900 OR CENSUS - Clemens Gerth, age 59, occupation blacksmith, b. Nov 1840 in Germany, is enumerated with his wife of 19 years, Caroline L., age 44, mother of three children, b. Oct 1855 in Indiana, along with Walter B., age 17, b. Mar 1883 in Oregon, Lillie A., age 14, b. Nov 1885 in Oregon, and Mamie S., age 9, b. Sep 1890 in Oregon.

OBITUARY: DIED GERTH—Friday morning, January 1, 1915, at the home of his daughter near Dayton, Or., C. Gerth, a blacksmith from Lincoln age 71 years. Capital Journal, January 2, 1915

INSCRIPTION: Gerth Clemens 1840 - 1915 [shares marker with Louisa]

SOURCES: Janssen Compilation Saucy Survey & Photographs OSBH DC (1915 Yamhill co) #299 Iowa Marriage Records (Ancestry.com) 1900 OR CENSUS (Polk Co., Spring Valley, ED 172, sheet 4A) CJ 02 Jan 1915

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