Name of father James M. Munkers
Maiden name of mother Romelia Gesner

1880 OR CENSUS Jessie W. Munkers (2y, b Oregon) enumerated with parents James (37y, b Missouri, occupation farmer) and Romelia (26y, b Oregon) and 3 sisters, Lulu M. (13y, b Oregon), Winnie (10y, b Oregon) and Josephine (b Sept 1879, Oregon)
1900 OR CENSUS - Jessie M. Munkers, age 22, b. Oct 1877 in Oregon, is enumerated with James M., age 58, occupation farmer, b. Dec 1841 in Missouri, and his wife of 23 years, Romalia, age 50, mother of 6 children 4 of whom are living at the time of the census, b. Mar 1850 in Oregon, along with Josephine, age 20, b. Sep 1879, Jerry O., age 18, b. Nov. 1881, and Gordon, age 8, b. Jun 1891 in Oregon.

1910 OR CENSUS Jessie Munkers (32y, b Oregon) enumerated with parents J.M. (68y, b Missouri, married 33y) and Romelia (56y, b Oregon, mother of 5 children, 4 living at time of census) and 3 siblings, Josephine (30y, b Oregon), J.O. [Jerry] (28y, b Oregon, occupation farmer) and Gordon (18y, b Oregon, occupation farmer)

MARRIAGE - Jessie Munkers md George S. Powell 20 Aug 1911 in Multnomah Co., Oregon.
DISCREPANCY - DC gives year of birth as 1877, marker and 1900 census as 1878.

OSBH DC (Multnomah County 1911) #190 - Jessie Powell, married, housewife, b. Oct. 18, 1878, Oregon, d. Dec. 31, 1911 in Portland, Oregon (788 East Yamhill St.) at the age of 34 years, 2 months, 13 days, name of father James M. Munkers (b. Missouri), maiden name of mother Romelia Gesner (b. Oregon), Cause: vomiting of pregnancy. Finley & Son, Portland, burial Salem, OR Jan. 2, 1912. W. T. Rigdon, Undertaker.

DIED -- Powell -- In Portland, Oregon, December 31, 1911, Mrs. Jessie Munkers Powell, aged 33 years. Deceased was born near Salem, where she lived most of her life, a graduate of the Willamette conservatory of music. She was of a pioneer family, her father J. M. Munkers, having crossed the plains with his parents in 1847. Her mother, Romelia Gesner, was a daughter of R. A. Gesner, a pioneer of 1845. She was married in 1911.
Besides her husband and parents, she leaves three sisters, Mrs. Lulu M. Marquam of Portland and Josie Munkers of Brownsville; two brothers, J. O. and Gordon Munkers, of Brownsville, Oregon; also numerous relatives in and near Salem. Funeral services will be from Rigdon's undertaking parlors, Tuesday, January 2, at 11:30 a.m. Interment in I.O.O.F. cemetery.
Weekly Oregon Statesman 2 Jan 1912 7:3

Jessie
1878 - 1911

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IOOF Register of Burials
OSBH DC (Multnomah County 1911) #190
Oregon Marriages, 1906-1920
Rigdon #590
Saucy Survey & Photographs
S&H p. 73

1880 OR CENSUS (Marion Co, E Salem, ED 80, FA#329)
1900 OR CENSUS (Marion Co., E. Salem, ED 127, sheet 7B)
1910 OR CENSUS (Linn Co, S Brownsville, ED 193, sheet 4A)

WOS 2 Jan 1912 7:3