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Salem Pioneer Cemetery ~ Robert O. Donaldson ~ part of the Marion County Pioneer Cemeteries of Oregon
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Robert "Bert" O. Donaldson
LAST NAME: Donaldson FIRST NAME: Robert MIDDLE NAME: O. NICKNAME: Bert
MAIDEN NAME:  AKA 1:  AKA 2:  AKA 3: 
TITLE:  GENDER: M MILITARY: 
BORN: 2 Feb 1851 DIED: 5 Sep 1930 BURIED: 8 Sep 1930
ETHNICITY:   OCCUPATION:  Farmer, Saw Mill Planer
BIRTH PLACE:  Wisconsin
DEATH PLACE: Salem, Marion Co., Oregon
NOTES: 

1900 OR CENSUS - Robert O. Donaldson, age 50, occupation farmer, b. Feb 1850 [1851] in Wisconsin, is enumerated with his wife of 20 years, Sarah, age 44, mother of 4, b. Wisconsin, along with Ella, age 18, single, b. Dec 1881 in Oregon, W. B., age 16, b. Jun 1883 in Oregon, Ruby, age 14, b. Jun 1885 in Oregon, and Raymond, age 13, b. Jan 1887 in Oregon.
1910 OR CENSUS - Robert O. Donaldson, age 59, occupation planer (factory), b. Wisconsin, is enumerated with his wife of 29 years, Sarah, age 54, mother of 4, b. Wisconsin, along with Ray, age 22, single, b. occupation planer (saw mill) , b. Oregon, and Bert W., age 26, single, occupation marine engineer, b. Oregon.
DEATH CERTIFICATE: 
OSBH DC (Marion County 1930) #626 - Robert O. Donaldson, male, widowed, b. 2 Feb 1851 in Wisconsin, d. 5 Sep 1930 in Salem Oregon (Salem Hospital) at the age of 79 y's 7 m's 3 d's, name of father John Donaldson (b. Virginia), maiden name of mother Margaret Weddell (b. Kentucky), interment IOOF 8 Sep, undertaker Rigdon & Son, informant Mrs. Ruby Poujade and Mrs. John Herren of Salem.
OBITUARY: 
At a local hospital, September 5. Robert O. Donaldson, 79, of 2054 Center street. 
Survived by daughters, Mrs. Ella Herron an Mrs. Ruby Ponjade, Salem; three sisters, Mrs. Mary Telford and Mrs. Eliza Gilmore, Pipestone, Minn., and Mrs. Ella Crawford, Beaver Creek, Minn.; a brother, W. H. Donaldson, Joliet, Ill., and two half-brothers, Pearl Smith an Dr. Dan Smith, both of Minnesota. 
Funeral services Monday at 1:30 p.m. from Rigdon and Son chapel, with Rev. W. C. Kanter officiating Interment I.O.O. F. cemetery. 
Oregon Statesman 7 Sep 1930 5:7
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R.O. Donaldson
1851 - 1930
[shares marker with Sarah]
SOURCES: 
LR 
LD 
OSBH DC (Marion County 1930) #626
Saucy Survey & Photographs
1900 OR CENSUS (Marion Co., Salem, ED 140, sheet 8B) 
1910 OR CENSUS (Marion Co., Salem, ED 225, sheet 9A)
1928 Salem Directory 
1930 Salem Directory 
OS 7 Sep 1930 5:7
CONTACTS: 
LOT: 608 SPACE: 1 NW S½ LONGITUDE: N 44° 55.201' LATITUDE: W 123° 02.894'
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