Spring Valley Cemetery ~ Lavina Ellen Ott ~ part of the Polk County Pioneer Cemeteries of Oregon
Ott, Lavina Ellen
LAST: Ott FIRST: Lavina MID: Ellen
GENDER: F MAIDEN NAME: Smith TITLE: 
BORN: 12 Nov 1884 DIED: 7 Sep 1932 BURIED:  (Spring Valley Cemetery)
OCCUPATION:  
BIRTH PLACE:  Rickreall, Polk Co., Oregon
DEATH PLACE: Rickreall, Polk Co., Oregon
NOTES: 

Name of father George C Smith
Maiden name of mother Sarah M. Coulter

Parents are buried in Etna Cemetery 

1900 OR CENSUS – Lavina Smith (b Nov 1884, Oregon) enumerated with parents George C. (b Feb 1833, Virginia; married 26y; occupation farmer) and Sarah M. (b June 1854, Ohio; mother of 7 children, all living) and 4 siblings, all born in Oregon, Stella (b Apr 1878), Seth (b Dec 1882), George C. (b Feb 1889) and Alice (b Aug 1880); also with family was servant John Bricker (b Jan 1877, Oregon)

1910 OR CENSUS – Lavina E. Smith (25y, b Oregon) enumerated with parents George C. (77y, b Virginia, married 36y, second marriage) and Sarah M. (55y, b Ohio, first marriage, mother of 7 children, all living) and 4 siblings, all born in Oregon, Estella M. (31y), Seth (27y), George C. Jr (21y) and Lenore A. (19y)

1920 OR CENSUS – Livina E. Ott (35y, b Oregon) enumerated with husband Roxie G. (32y, b Iowa, occupation motorman) and 4 children, all born in Oregon, Wilma L. (4y3m), Roxie N. (3y3m), Lefa V. (1y8m) and Harry D. (4m)

1930 OR CENSUS - Lavina Ott, age 45 (married at age 29), b. Oregon, is enumerated with Roxie, age 44 (married at age 28), occupation laborer (R.R.), b. Iowa, along with Wilma, age 14, b. Oregon, Henrietta, age 13, b. Oregon, Lela, age 12, b. Oregon, Harry Dean, age 10, b. Oregon, Maxine, age 8, b. Oregon, and Vernon, age 6, b. Oregon.

OBITUARY: 

Mrs LaVerne Ellen Ott, wife of Guy Ott of Rickreall, passed away Tuesday at that place. Mrs Ott had been ill for several months. Funeral services will be held Friday at 2 o’clock at the family home in charge of Henkle & Thomas. Rev E.A. Fogg of Kings Valley will officiate. Burial will be in the Zena cemetery. Mrs Ott was born in Polk county November 12, 1884. She is survived by her husband and six children, two boys and four girls. She was a sister of Mrs Charles Whaley of Rickreall.

Itemizer Observer, Thursday, September 8, 1932, 1:5

INSCRIPTION: 

Lavina E. Ott
Nov. 12, 1884
Sept 7, 1932

SOURCES: 

Janssen Compilation
Saucy Survey & Photographs
OSBH DC (Polk County 1932) #84

1900 OR CENSUS (Polk co, Rickreall, ED 171, FA#137)

1910 OR CENSUS (Polk co, Rickreall, ED 248, sheet 4B)

1920 OR CENSUS (Multnomah co, Portland, ED 184, sheet 4B)

1930 OR CENSUS (Josephine Co., Wolf Creek, ED 26, sheet 2B)

IO, 8 Sept 1932, 1:5

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