NOTES:
AFB #881 - Etta M. Melson b. Kansas 30 Apr 1899, d. Salem 24 Mar 1973, interment 27 Mar 1973 Lot #242, next of kin David Melson, Mrs. Evelyn Franz and Mrs. T.P. Hill, Salem.
Name of Father: Noah Welch
Maiden Name of Mother: Alverda Hare
Parents are buried in Lee Mission Cemetery
1900 OR CENSUS Etta Welch (b Apr 1889, Kansas) enumerated with parents Noah (b Oct 1855, Ohio, married 16y, farmer) and Alverda (b Jan 1862, Iowa, mother of 8 children, 6 living at time of census) and 5 siblings, Morris N. (b Apr 1886, Kansas), Edith (b July 1887, Kansas), Frank G. (b Sept 1892, Oregon), Ella M. (b July 1894 Oregon) and Alice R. (b June 1899, Oregon); also with family was a servant Bertha Mulkey (b Dec 1885, Colorado)
1910 OR CENSUS Etta Welch (20y, b Kansas) enumerated with parents Noah (58y, b Ohio, married 26y, farmer) and Alverda (47y, b Iowa, mother of 9 children, 7 living at time of census) and 6 siblings, Maurice N. (24y, b Kansas, laborer), Edith (22y, b Kansas), Frank G. (17y, b Oregon), Ella M. (15y, b Oregon), Alice R. (10y, b Oregon) and Mildred O. (8y, b Oregon)
MARRIAGE Roy S. Melson (29y 6m 6d, of Salem, b Heppner, Oregon, teller) and Etta Welch (24y 1m 26d, of Salem, b Kansas) md 25 June 1913, Salem, Marion co, Oregon
1920 OR CENSUS Etta H. Melson (30y, b Kansas) enumerated with husband Roy S. (36y, b Oregon, bank teller), 3 children, Lewis B. (5y, b Oregon), Ruth L. (3y8m, b Oregon) and Evaline J. (1m, b Oregon) and his mother Mary A. (59y, b Missouri, widowed)
1930 OR CENSUS - Roy S. Melson, age 45, occupation restaurant operator, b. Oregon, is enumerated with his wife, Etta H., age 40, b. Kansas, along with Lewis B., age 16, b. Oregon, Ruth L., age 18, b. Oregon, Evelyn J., age 10, b. Oregon, and David L., age 5, b. Oregon.
1940 OR CENSUS Etta Melson (50y, b Kansas) enumerated with husband Roy S. (56y, b Oregon, county commissioner) and 4 children, all born in Oregon Lewis (26y), Ruth (23y, secretary), Evelin (20y, secretary) and David (15y); family was living in same house in 1935
1950 OR CENSUS Etta Melson (60y, b Kansas) enumerated with husband Roy S. (66y, b Oregon, farmer)
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SOURCES:
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AFB #881
OSBH DC (1973 Polk co) #5215
1900 OR CENSUS (Marion Co, Englewood, ED 143, sheet 11A)
1910 OR CENSUS (Marion Co, Chemawa, ED 205, sheet 13A)
Oregon Marriage Records (Ancestry.com)
1920 OR CENSUS (Marion Co, Salem, ED 349, sheet 5A)
1930 OR CENSUS (Marion Co., Fairgrounds, ED 31, sheet 2A)
1940 OR CENSUS (Marion Co, Hayesville, ED 24-31, sheet 4B)
1950 OR CENSUS (Marion Co, Other Places, ED 24-73, sheet 19)
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