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Salem Pioneer Cemetery ~ George Preston Downing
~ part of the Marion County Pioneer Cemeteries of Oregon
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George Preston Downing
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LAST NAME: Downing
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FIRST NAME: George
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MIDDLE NAME: Preston
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GENDER: M
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MILITARY: Mexican War; WWI
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BORN: 19 Apr 1889
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DIED: 30 Dec 1941
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BURIED: 2 Jan 1942
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OCCUPATION: Fisherman; Tavern Operator
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BIRTH PLACE: Sublimity, Marion Co., Oregon
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DEATH PLACE: The Dalles, Wasco Co., Oregon
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NOTES: Name of father William Henry Downing
Maiden name of mother Delia H. Bower
1900 OR CENSUS - George P. Downing, age 11, b. Apr 1889 in Oregon, is enumerated with father Henry, age 42, widowed, occupation farmer, b. Mary 1858 in Oregon, along with Elmer, age 16, b. Sep 1883 in Oregon, and Mabel, age 12, b. Jul 1886 in Oregon.
1930 OR CENSUS - George P. Downing, age 41, single, occupation crab fisherman, b. Oregon, is enumerated as brother, in the home of Elmer N., age 46, occupation crab fisherman, b. Oregon, along with Elmer's wife Zelma M., age 45, b. Oregon, and their daughter, Lucille, age 21, b. Oregon.
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DEATH CERTIFICATE: OSBH DC (Wasco County 1941) #196 - George Preston Downing, male, single, occupation Tavern operator, b. 19 Apr 1889 in Sublimity, Oregon, d. 30 Dec 1941 in The Dalles, Oregon (Bank Hotel), at the age of 52 y's 8 m's 11 d's, usual residence Detroit, Oregon, name of father William H. Downing (b. Sublimity, Oregon), maiden name of mother Delia Bowers (b. Silverton, Oregon), interment 2 Jan 1942, undertaker C.R. Callaway & Son (The Dalles), informant Bea L. Callaway.
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INSCRIPTION: No marker
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SOURCES: LR
OSBH DC (Wasco County 1941) #196
1900 OR CENSUS (Marion Co., Sublimity, ED 121, sheet 8B)
1930 OR CENSUS (Clatsop Co., Warrenton, ED 42, sheet 4A)
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LOT: 832
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SPACE: 1 NW
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