Salem Pioneer Cemetery ~ Ruth Fraser ~ part of the Marion County Pioneer Cemeteries of Oregon
Ruth Fraser
LAST NAME: Fraser FIRST NAME: Ruth MIDDLE NAME:  NICKNAME: 
MAIDEN NAME: Busch AKA 1: Learned AKA 2:  AKA 3: 
TITLE:  GENDER: F MILITARY: 
BORN: 10 Feb 1900 DIED: 10 May 1994 BURIED: May 1994
ETHNICITY:   OCCUPATION:  Housewife
BIRTH PLACE:  Medical Lake, Spokane Co, Washington
DEATH PLACE: Marion Co., Oregon
NOTES: 

Name of father Otto Busch
Maiden name of mother Mary "Molly" Elisabeth Harris

BIRTH Ruth Busch b 10 Feb 1900, Medical Lake, Spokane Co, Washington; 3rd child; father Otto Busch (31y, b Germany, occupation baker); mother Mollie Harris (26y, b Illinois)

1900 WA CENSUS Ruth Busch (b Feb 1900, Washington) enumerated with parents Otto (b Nov 1868, Germany, immigrated 1889, naturalized, married 5y, occupation baker) and Mary E. (b June 1874, Illinois, mother of 3 children) and 2 siblings, Ernest O. (b Nov 1895, Washington), and Esther (b Apr 1898, Washington)

1910 OR CENSUS Ruth Busch (10y, Washington) enumerated with parents Otto (42y, b Germany, married 15y, occupation baker) and Nollie (36y, b Illinois, mother of 8 children) and 7 siblings, all born in Washington, Ernest (14y), Esther (12y), Zelma (8y), Zenda (8y), Christopher (6y), Florence (3y) and James (1y)

1920 OR CENSUS - Ruth Busch, age 20, b. Washington, is enumerated with Otto, age 51, occupation farmer, b. Germany, and Mary, age 45, b. Texas, along with Ernest, age 24, b. Washington, Esther, age 21, b. Washington, Zelma, age 18, b. Washington, Zenda, age 18, b. Washington, Christopher, age 16, b. Washington, Florence, age 13, b. Washington, and James, age 10, b. Washington.

1930 OR CENSUS Ruth Busch (29y, b Washington, occupation teacher) enumerated with 4 siblings, all born in Washington, Zelma Busch (27y, occupation bookkeeper), Florence E. Busch (23y, occupation stenographer), James H. Busch (21y) and Esther M. Croisan (30y, married at age 23y), Esther’s husband George W. Croisan (31y, b Oregon, married at age 23y, occupation insurance agent) and their 2 children, George W. (2y11m, b California) and Mariana (1y6m, b Oregon)

1st MARRIAGE Frank M. Learned (of Portland, divorced, b Astoria, Oregon, son of O.E. Learned and Hope Marsh) and Ruth Busch (of Portland, single, b Medical Lake, Washington, dau of Otto Busch and Mollie Harris) md 3 Mar 1934, Lewis Co, Washington

1940 OR CENSUS Ruth Learned (40y, b Washington, occupation teacher) enumerated with husband Frank (32y, b Oregon, occupation teacher); family was living in same house in 1935

NOTE Frank M. Learned died 2 Oct 1965 in Multnomah co [ODI] and was buried in Willamette National Cemetery

2nd MARRIAGE Joseph Gordon Fraser (of Portland, widowed, b 19 Nov 1894, Fredericton, New Brunswick, son of Thomas M. Fraser and Katherine Gaynor) and Ruth Busch Learned (of Portland, divorced, b 10 Feb 1900, Medical Lake, Washington, dau of Otto Busch and Mollie Harris) md 23 Dec 1957, Portland, Multnomah Co, Oregon

DIVORCE Ruth Learned and Joseph Fraser divorced 17 May 1961, Multnomah Co, Oregon

NOTE Joseph G. Fraser died 24 Oct 1973 in Multnomah co [ODI] and was buried in Portland Memorial Mausoleum

OBITUARY: 
INSCRIPTION: 

Ruth Busch Fraser
1900 - 1994

SOURCES: 

LD
ODI

Washington Birth Records (Ancestry.com)

1900 WA CENSUS (Spokane Co, Medical Lake, ED 55, sheet 1A)

1910 OR CENSUS (Marion Co, Salem, ED 222, sheet 8A)

1920 OR CENSUS (Marion Co., Salem, ED 349, sheet 11B)

1930 OR CENSUS (Marion Co, Salem, ED 52, sheet 11B-12A)

Washington Marriage Records (Ancestry.com)

1940 OR CENSUS (Multnomah Co, Portland, ED 37-151, sheet 13A)

Oregon Marriage Records (Ancestry.com)

Oregon Divorce Index

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LOT: 460 SPACE: 1 NW LONGITUDE: N 44° 55.208' LATITUDE: W 123° 02.846'
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