Spring Valley Cemetery ~ Harold C. Walling ~ part of the Polk County Pioneer Cemeteries of Oregon
Walling, Harold C.
LAST: Walling FIRST: Harold MID: C.
GENDER: M MAIDEN NAME:  TITLE: 
BORN: 27 Oct 1900 DIED: 27 Feb 1983 BURIED:  (Spring Valley Cemetery)
OCCUPATION:  
BIRTH PLACE:  Polk Co, Oregon
DEATH PLACE: Marion Co, Oregon
NOTES: 

Name of father Jesse D. Walling
Maiden name of mother Cora Loose
1910 OR CENSUS - Harold C. Walling, age 5, b. Oregon, is enumerated with Jesse D. Walling, age 52, occupation farmer, b. Oregon, and Cora, age 47, mother of six children 5 of whom are living at the time of the census, b. Oregon, along with Eva M., age 23, widowed, b. Oregon, Jesse D., age 20, single, occupation farmer, b. Oregon, Gertrude L., age 19, b. Oregon, and Ethel, age 17, b. Oregon.

1920 OR CENSUS – Harold Walling (19y, b Oregon) enumerated with parents Jesse Dutton (65y, b Oregon, occupation farmer) and Cora (58y, b Oregon)

1st MARRIAGE – Harold C. Walling & Mildred Jessie Burton md 14 Mar 1925, Multnomah co, Oregon

NOTE – Mildred was daughter of Edward & Mary Burton and appears with her parents in the 1910 and 1920 census of Multnomah co, Oregon.

1930 OR CENSUS – Harold C. Walling (29y, b Oregon, married at age 24y, occupation salesman) enumerated with wife Mildred J. (28y, b Oregon, married at age 23y, occupation stenographer)

NOTE - The Wallings were divorced and Mildred remarried 29 Feb 1936 in Multnomah co to Ray A. Cooper [Oregon Marriage Index]. She appears with her second husband in the 1940 census of Yakima, Yakima co, Washington

2nd MARRIAGE – Harold C. Walling & Florence H. Best, both of Portland, Oregon, md 11 Mar 1934, Seattle, King co, Washington

NOTE – Florence was daughter of Lester & Margaret Pike and appears with her parents in 1920 census of Newberg, Yamhill Co, Oregon. She married 15 July 1920 to Oswald Howell Best [Yamhill co, Oregon marriage records] from whom she was divorced.

1940 OR CENSUS – Harold C. Walling (39y, b Oregon, occupation salesman) enumerated with wife Florence H. (40y, b North Dakota), son Jerry H. (3y, b Oregon) and [step]daughter Charlotte G. Best (17y, b Oregon); family was living in same place in 1935; also with the family was domestic housekeeper June S. Nordstrom (20y, b South Dakota, living in Bersford, Union co, SD, in 1935)

NOTE – wife Florence died 3 Sept 1950 in Salem and was buried in Mt Crest Abbey Mausoleum [OSBH DC 1950 Marion co #9725]

3rd MARRIAGE – Harold Walling & Margaret Ruley md 31 Oct 1959, Multnomah co, Oregon

OBITUARY: 
INSCRIPTION: 

Walling
Harold C.
Oct. 27, 1900
Feb. 27, 1983
[shares marker with Margaret]

SOURCES: 

Janssen Compilation
Saucy Survey & Photographs

ODI
1910 OR CENSUS (Polk Co., Spring Valley, ED 252, sheet 1B)

1920 OR CENSUS (Polk co, Spring Valley, ED 365, sheet 2B)

Oregon Marriage Index

1930 OR CENSUS (Multnomah co, Parkrose, ED 228, sheet 6A)

Washington Marriage Records (Ancestry.com)

1940 OR CENSUS (Multnomah co, Portland, ED 37-307, sheet 62B)

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