NOTES:
AFB #1073 - Elsie Mae Leach b. Kansas 11 Jan 1887, d. Washington 3 Apr 1960, interment in Pioneer Cemetery 1 Aug 1990 in Lot #549, next of kin, Paul Leach. (note - the AFB is filed in year of death, 1960, not year of interment)
Name of Father: Adam Korb
Maiden Name of Mother: Matilda Weigle
Parents are buried in Belcrest cemetery
1900 KS CENSUS Elsie M. Korb (b Jan 1887, Kansas) enumerated with parents Adam (b Dec 1856, Ohio, married 20y, occupation farmer) and Matilda (b Nov 1858, Wisconsin, mother of 5 children) and 5 siblings, Lulu C. (b Sept 1880, Kansas), Arthur W. (b Apr 1883, Wisconsin), Edith A. (b Oct 1885, Kansas) and Martha L. 9b July 1889, Nebraska)
1910 OR CENSUS Elsie M. Korb (23y, b Kansas) enumerated with parents Adam (53y, b Ohio, married 30y, occupation carpenter) and Matilda (51y, b Wisconsin, mother of 5 children) and 2 siblings, Arthur W. (27y, b Wisconsin) and Marnie L. (20y, b Nebraska)
MARRIAGE Wednesday morning [17 Mar 1915] at 10 o’clock Miss Elsie Korb, daughter of Mr and Mrs A. Korb of North Salem, became the bride of Robert Leach, Rev W.W. Rosebraugh performing the ceremony. The bride was attended by her sister, Miss Marnie Korb. E.H. Leach, brother of the bridegroom, attended as best man. The young couple are well known in Salem, where they have resided a number of years. Immediately after the ceremony they departed on their honeymoon, which they will spend in Portland and Puget Sound cities, after which they will go to Mount Vernon, Wash, where they will make their future home. [Capital Journal, Friday, March 19, 1915, 2:3]
1920 WA CENSUS Elsie Leach (32y, b Kansas) enumerated with husband Robert (29y, b Oregon, occupation linotype operator) and son Winfield (2y9m, b Washington)
1930 WA CENSUS Elsie M. Leach (43y, b Kansas, married at age 28y) enumerated with husband Robert (40y, b Oregon, married at age 25y, occupation linotype operator) and 2 sons, Winfield H. (13y, b Washington) and Paul (8y, b Washington)
1940 OR CENSUS Elsie May Leach (53y, b Kansas) enumerated with husband Robert (50y, b Oregon, occupation linotype operator) and 2 sons, Winfield J. (23y, b Washington) and Paul C. (18y, b Washington); family was living in same house in 1935
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