NOTES:
Name of father Jackson Bonter
Maiden name of mother Mary Parks
NOTE - Salem Pioneer Cemetery Black Pioneer Omnibus Memorial was dedicated by the Oregon Northwest Pioneers on 1 Feb 2007.
1870 OR CENSUS - Rosa, age 5 months, b. Oregon, is enumerated with Wm. Johnson, age 50, occupation painter, b. North Carolina, and with E., age 35, b. Missouri.
ADOPTION - Rosetta was the natural daughter of Jackson and Mary Parks Bonter. Her mother died when she was five months old. The adoption by the Johnsons was sought by both adoptive parents and natural father and validated in Marion County Court in January 1872.
Bonter, Jackson: Marion County Commissioners Court Journal, January term of 1872, pg. 599:
In the matter of adopting a child: Now on this day W. P. Johnson and Elizabeth his wife present their Petition to this Court Showing that they are residents in said Marion County and also show to the Court that Rosetta Bonter is a child of the age of one year, Eleven months that her mother is dead and ask that they may adopt said child and have her name change to Rosetta Johnson. -- And. Jackson Bonter also files his affidavit herein Showing that he is the father of Said Rosetta Bonter, And also asks the Court that said W. P. [and] Elizabeth Johnson may adopt Said Child and have her name changed to Rosetta Johnson. It is therefore ordered by the Courts that the Prayer of the Petitions herein be granted And that Said Child adopted by said W. P. Johnson [and] wife and that she hereafter bear the name of Rosetta Johnson -- All of which is now here done.
1880 OR CENSUS - Rosa Bonts [Rosa Bonter], age 10, b. Oregon, is enumerated with [adoptive step-father] William Waterford, age 64, occupation laborer, b. Tennessee, along with Elizabeth [adoptive mother], age 47, b. Missouri. Also enumerated are Eldridge Waterford, age 23, b. Canada, and Rufus Waterford, age 19, b. Canada.
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