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Salem Pioneer Cemetery ~ Eliza Ellen Kelso ~ part of the Marion County Pioneer Cemeteries of Oregon
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Eliza Ellen Kelso
LAST NAME: Kelso FIRST NAME: Eliza MIDDLE NAME: Ellen NICKNAME: 
MAIDEN NAME: Keegan AKA 1:  AKA 2:  AKA 3: 
TITLE:  GENDER: F MILITARY: 
BORN: 11 Apr 1878 DIED: 19 Dec 1955 BURIED: 23 Dec 1955
ETHNICITY:   OCCUPATION:  
BIRTH PLACE:  Nebraska
DEATH PLACE: Salem, Marion Co., Oregon
NOTES: 


1880 NE CENSUS - Eliza E. Keegan, age 2, b. Nebraska, is enumerated with William, age 39, occupation farmer, b. Ireland, and Margaret, age 39, b. Indiana, along with George W., age 19, b. Wisconsin, Mary J., age 17, b. Dakota, Nancy, age 15, b. Nebraska, William, age 12, b. Nebraska, and Hannah, age 9, b. Nebraska.

MARRIAGE Truman E. Kelso & Eliza E. Keegan md 20 Jan 1897, Panama, Vernon co, Missouri

1900 MO CENSUS Eliza Kelso (b Apr 1879, Nebraska, married 4y, mother of 2 children) enumerated with husband Truman (b Mar 1875, Kansas, coal miner) and 2 children, William (b Nov 1897, Missouri) and Joseph (b Dec 1899, Missouri)

1910 MO CENSUS Dollie Kelso (32y, b Nebraska, married 13y, mother of 6 children) enumerated with husband Truman E. (35y, b Kansas, coal miner) and 6 children, all born in Missouri, James W. (12y), Joseph L. (10y), Truman E. (8y), Margaret A. (6y), John F. (3y) and Haden E. (7m)

1920 MO CENSUS Eliza E. Kelso (41y, b Nebraska) enumerated with husband Truman E. (43y, b Illinois, miner) and and 7 children, Joseph L. (20y, b Missouri, miner), Truman E. (17y, b Missouri, farmer), Margaret A. (16y, b Missouri), Hayden E. (10y, b Missouri), Etta P. (8y, b Kansas), Marvin R. (5y, b Missouri) and Velma A. (3y, b Missouri)

1930 OR CENSUS - Eliza E. Kelso, age 51, married at age 19, b. Nebraska, is enumerated with Truman E., age 54, married at age 21, occupation mill laborer, b. Kansas, along with Haden E., age 20, b. Missouri, Etta P., age 18, b. Kansas, Marvin R., age 16, b. Missouri, Delma M., age 13, b. Missouri, Richard L., age 10, b. Missouri, George W., age 7, b. Missouri,m and Ivah W., age 6, b. Missouri.

1940 OR CENSUS Eliza E. Kelso (61y, b Nebraska) enumerated with husband Truman E. (65y, b Kansas, clean up man at paper mill) and 3 children, all born in Missouri, Richard L. (20y, auto mechanic), George W. (17y) and Iva W. (16y); family was living in same house in 1935

1950 OR CENSUS Eliza K. Kelso (71y, b Nebraska, widowed)


 

DEATH CERTIFICATE: 

OSBH DC (Marion County 1955) #14418 - Eliza Kelso, female, widowed (Truman E.), homemaker, b. 11 Apr 1878 in Nebraska, d. 19 Dec 1955 in Salem, Oregon (Bernard Nursing Home) at the age of 77 years, name of father William Keegan, name of mother Margaret, interment 23 Dec, undertaker Clough-Barrick, informant George Kelso.

OBITUARY: 

Mrs Eliza Ellen Kelso, 77, of 1091 Elm St, died Monday in a Salem nursing home. Born April 11, 1878, at St James, Neb, she moved to Salem 30 years ago from Rich Hill, Mo. Her husband, Truman E. Kelso, died in 1941. She was a member of the Methodist Church and West Salem Grange. She leaves four daughters, Mrs Margret Anne Knox, Seattle, Wash; Mrs Etta Pearl Johnson, Tacoma, Wash; Mrs Ivan Waneta Huff, Montesano, Wash; and Mrs Velma Mae Toycen, Eugene; five sons, Joseph Lee Kelso, Plainfield, NJ; Truman Edgar Kelso Jr, St Louis, Mo; Haden Elmer Kelso, Roseburg; Richard Glea Kelso, Tyndall Air Force Base, Fla; and George W. Kelso, Salem; nephew, William White, Great Falls, Mont; grandson, Billy Glea Kelso, Salem, and 16 other grandchildren; and 12 great grandchildren. Services will be 1:30 pm Friday in the Clough-Barrick chapel, burial in City View Cemetery.

Oregon Statesman, Tuesday, December 20, 1955, II:9:3

INSCRIPTION: 

Eliza E. Kelso
1878 - 1955

SOURCES: 

LD
OSBH DC (Marion County 1955) #14418
Saucy
1880 NE CENSUS (Cedar Co., Saint James, ED 85, pg 296C) 

Missouri Marriage Records (Ancestry.com)

1900 MO CENSUS (Vernon Co, Osage, ED 136, sheet 3B)

1910 MO CENSUS (Vernon Co, Osage, ED 155, sheet 5B)

1920 MO CENSUS (Vernon Co, Osage, ED 178, sheet 1B-2A)

1930 OR CENSUS (Polk Co., West Salem, ED 20, sheet 3B)

1940 OR CENSUS (Polk Co, West Salem, ED 27-44, sheet 5B)

1950 OR CENSUS (Polk Co, West Salem, ED 27-47, sheet 21)

OS 20 Dec 1955, II:9:3

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