1880 OR CENSUS Alfred Colbath (5y, b Oregon) enumerated with parents E.J. (45y, b Maine, occupation carpenter) and Gabriella (40y, b Illinois) and 4 siblings, all born in Oregon, James H. (17y), Benjamin (14y), Mathe [sic, Nathaniel] (7y) and Camilla G. (2y)

1900 OR CENSUS Alfred Colbath (b Jan 1876, Oregon, occupation engineer) enumerated with mother Gabriella (b Dec 1837, Illinois, widowed, mother of 7 children, 5 living at time of census) and 2 siblings, Nathaniel (b Mar 1874, Oregon, occupation laborer) and Camilla G. (b Jan 1879, Oregon)

1910 OR CENSUS Alfred B. Colbath (34y, b Oregon, occupation carpenter) enumerated with mother Gabriella (73y, b Illinois, widowed, mother of 7 children, 5 living at time of census) and 2 siblings, Nathaniel E. (36y, b Oregon, occupation salesman) and Camilla G. (30y, b Oregon)

WWI Draft Registration Card Alfred B. Colbath, 116 Decatur, Portland, Multnomah Co, Oregon; b 26 Jan 1875; occupation shipyard work; nearest relative sister Mrs D.W. Lott, 1368 N 4th, Salem, Oregon

1920 OR CENSUS Alfred B. Colbath (45y, b Oregon, occupation carpenter) enumerated with brother Nathaniel (47y, b Oregon)

1930 OR CENSUS Alfred B. Colbath (55y, b Oregon, occupation carpenter) enumerated as lodger with Iva Mitchell

1940 OR CENSUS A.B. Colbath (65y, b Oregon, living in same place in 1935); enumerated as lodger with Mary Becker

OSBH DC (Marion County 1948) #3391 - Alfred B. Colbath, male, single, b. 26 Jan 1875 in Oregon City, Oregon, d. 3 Mar 1948 in Salem, Oregon (Salem Memorial Hospital - 5 days) at the age of 73 y's 1 m 7 d's, usual residence 585 S. Commercial St., in community and state for 73 years, name of father Elijah Colbath (b. Bath, Maine), maiden name of mother Gabrella Hayden (b. Illinois), interment 6 Mar, undertaker Howell-Edwards, informant Mrs. Camilla Lott of Salem.

A. B. Colbath Funeral Today
Funeral services for Alfred B. (Bud) Colbath, 73, long-time Salem resident who died in a local hospital Wednesday, following a short illness will be held from the Howell-Edwards chapel today at 2 p.m. The Rev. Seth R. Huntington will officiate and interment will be in the IOOF cemetery.
Colbath, late resident of 585 S. Commercial St. was born at Oregon City in 1875, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Elijah Colbath, early Oregon settlers. A resident of Salem for more than 50 years, he was a charter member of Salem carpenters' union 1065 and had followed the carpenter trade all his life. Surviving are a sister, Mrs. Cammilia Lott of Salem, and two nephews, Cyril B. Colbath and Benjamin Colbath, both of Salem.
Oregon Statesman 6 March 1948 5:

Alfred Colbath
1875 - 1948

OSBH DC (Marion County 1948) #3391
S&H pg 26

1880 OR CENSUS (Marion Co, E Salem, ED 80, FA#309)

1900 OR CENSUS (Marion Co, Prospect, ED 127, sheet 1A)

1910 OR CENSUS (Marion Co, Salem, ED 226, sheet 8B-9A)

WWI Draft Registration Card (Ancestry.com)

1920 OR CENSUS (Marion Co, Salem, ED 350, sheet 13B)

1930 OR CENSUS (Marion Co, Salem, ED 53, sheet 7A)

1940 OR CENSUS (Marion Co, Salem, ED 24-61A, sheet 1A)

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