Salem Pioneer Cemetery ~ Raymond Conrad Baars ~ part of the Marion County Pioneer Cemeteries of Oregon
Raymond Conrad Baars
LAST NAME: Baars FIRST NAME: Raymond MIDDLE NAME: Conrad NICKNAME: 
MAIDEN NAME:  AKA 1:  AKA 2:  AKA 3: 
TITLE: Mr. GENDER: M MILITARY: 
BORN: 18 Feb 1901 DIED: 13 May 1926 BURIED: 17 May 1926
ETHNICITY:   OCCUPATION:  Logger
BIRTH PLACE:  Bradley, Kankakee Co., Illinois
DEATH PLACE: Waconda, Clackamas Co., Oregon
NOTES: 

1910 OR CENSUS Raymond Baars (9y, b Illinois) enumerated with parents William (36y, b Illinois, married 15y, occupation laborer) and Hester (33y, b Kansas, mother of 5 children, 4 living at time of census) and 3 siblings, Mabel (12y, b Illinois), Grace (11y, b Illinois), and Harry (7y, b Illinois)

1920 OR CENSUS -  Raymond C. Baars, age 18, b. Illinois, is enumerated with father William F. Baars, age 46, occupation farmer, b. Illinois, and Hester B., age 42, b. Kansas, along with Mabel L., age 22, b. Illinois, Grace M., age 21, b. Illinois, Harry E., age 16, b. Illinois, and Dennis F., age 9, b. Oregon.

MARRIAGE Raymond C. Baars (23y, of Bear Creek, Oregon, b Illinois, son of William Baars and Hester Burns) and Causby Harding (20y, of Mulino, Oregon, b Minnesota, daughter of John Harding and Rosie Blankenship) md 1 July 1924, Vancouver, Clark Co, Washington

NOTE Causby remarried 23 Apr 1927 in Multnomah Co, Oregon to George Henry Lang [Oregon Marriage Index]. She appears with her second husband and a daughter Ruby Baars (4y, b Oregon) in 1930 census of Mulino, Clackamas Co, Oregon. She died 14 Sept 1979 in Clackamas Co, Oregon [ODI] and was buried in Lincoln Memorial Park in Portland

OBITUARY: 

Raymond Conrad Baars died near Waconda on Thursday, May 13, at the age of 25 years. He is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Baars, two brothers, Dennis and Harry, of Gervais, and two sisters, Grace Baars and Mrs. Mabel Etteberg. Funeral services will be held from the Webb funeral parlors on Monday at 2 p.m. Rev. Ernesten will officiate. Interment in IOOF cemetery. 
Oregon Statesman 15 May 1926 5:7.

INSCRIPTION: 

Raymond C. Baars
1901 - 1926.

SOURCES: 

OSBH (Marion County 1926) #343 

1910 OR CENSUS Multnomah Co, Palmer, ED 120, sheet 1A)

1920 OR CENSUS (Clackamas Co., Canby, ED 26, sheet 15B)

Washington Marriage Records (Ancestry.com)

OS 15 May 1926 5:7

CONTACTS: 
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