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Salem Pioneer Cemetery ~ Helen Susan Cranston
~ part of the Marion County Pioneer Cemeteries of Oregon
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Helen Susan Cranston
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| LAST NAME: Cranston
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FIRST NAME: Helen
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MIDDLE NAME: Susan
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| MAIDEN NAME: Gregory
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| TITLE: Mrs.
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GENDER: F
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| BORN: 7 May 1825
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DIED: 17 Dec 1872
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BURIED: 18 Dec 1872
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OCCUPATION: Housewife
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| BIRTH PLACE: Delaware Co., Ohio
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| DEATH PLACE: Waldo Hills, Marion Co., Oregon
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NOTES:
IOOF - Hellen S. G. Cranston, age 47 years, 7 months, 15 days, was b. Delaware Co., Ohio.
Second wife of Warren Cranston, married Oct. 24, 1862 in Pacheco, California.
1870 Census shows Warren Cranston, age 44, of Abiqua pct. with his wife Helen, age 45 and Amelia Cranston, age 17.
BIOGRAPHICAL:
"The name of my father's first wife was Susan A. Marsh. Father married her on April 18, 1850, when he was about 23 years old. After the death of my father's first wife he married my mother, Helen S. Gregory, whose father, David Gregory, went to California in 1849."
"Source - an interview with Charles Knox Cranston by Fred Lockley, "Impressions and Observations of the Journal Man, Oregon Journal
"Charles Knox Cranston lived in Pendleton, Oregon at the time of this interview, and had been a resident for 35 years. He was the chairman of Oregon's first fish and game commission, as well as secretary of the Chamber of Commerce of Pendleton and helped start the Happy Canyon festival.
"By father's second wife he had two children - my sister Lida, and myself. Lida is executive secretary of the Alameda County Travelers Aid society, with headquarters at Oakland."
From an interview with Charles Knox Cranston by Fred Lockley, Impressions and Observations of the Journal Man, Oregon Journal, 9 November 1931
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OBITUARY:
DIED--Mrs. H. S., wife of Mr. Warren Cranston of Waldo Hills, aged 47 years. The funeral next Thursday at 10 o'clock a.m. at the IOOF Cemetery.
Oregon Statesman 18 Dec 1872
BURIAL--The remains of the wife of Warren Cranston, a well known citizen of the Waldo Hills, were buried in Odd Fellows' Rural Cemetery, yesterday.
Oregon Statesman 20 December 1872 3:3
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INSCRIPTION:
Helen S. G.
wife of
W. Cranston
Died
Dec. 17, 1872
Aged 47 years, 7 months, 10 days
(marker is broken off base - as of June 2002)
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SOURCES:
LD
LR
1870 Census of Abiqua pct., Marion Co., Oregon, pg. 197
DAR pg 43
S&H pg 7
OS 10 Dec 1872 3:3
OS 18 Dec 1872
OS 20 Dec 1872
Dave's Database at WorldConnect.com: http://wc.rootsweb.com/
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| LOT: 431
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SPACE: S½
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LONGITUDE: N 44° 55.214'
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LATITUDE: W 123° 02.834'
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