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Salem Pioneer Cemetery ~ Edwin C. Christenson ~ part of the Marion County Pioneer Cemeteries of Oregon
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Edwin C. Christenson
LAST NAME: Christenson FIRST NAME: Edwin MIDDLE NAME: C. NICKNAME: 
MAIDEN NAME:  AKA 1:  AKA 2:  AKA 3: 
TITLE: Mr. GENDER: M MILITARY: 
BORN: 8 Jan 1905 DIED: 25 Jan 1941 BURIED: 28 Jan 1941
ETHNICITY:   OCCUPATION:  Timber Faller
BIRTH PLACE:  Mt. Angel, Marion Co., Oregon
DEATH PLACE: Salem, Marion Co., Oregon
NOTES: 

1910 OR CENSUS Advin Christenson (4y, b Oregon) enumerated with parents Hardweg (44y, b Norway, immigrated 1886, naturalized, married 21y, occupation farmer) and Severina (44y, b Norway, immigrated 1887, mother of 10 children, 10 living) and 5 siblings, Carl J. (20y, b Washington), Handry R. (13y, b Oregon), Oscar (11y, b Oregon), Adolph (8y, b Oregon) and Julia (7y, b Oregon)

1920 OR CENSUS Edwin Christenson (14y, b Oregon) enumerated with mother Seavering (55y, b Norway, married but husband not with family) and 3 siblings, Carl (30y, b Washington, occupation farmer), Adolph (18y, b Oregon) and Julia (17y, b Oregon)

1st MARRIAGE Edwin C. Christenson (23y, of Rt 2, Albany, Oregon, born Oregon, son of Hartwig Christenson and Sorena Iverson) and Nelle M. Denison (25y, divorced, of Portland, Oregon, born Oklahoma, daughter of Frank Cox and Mary Smith) md 9 Apr 1928, Vancouver, Clark co, Washington

1930 OR CENSUS - Edwin Christensen, age 23, single, occupation laborer, b. Oregon, is enumerated with Hartwick Christensen, age 67, married at age 25, occupation farmer, b. Norway, year of immigration 1883, and Severena, age 65, married at age 23, b. Norway, along with Carl, age 47, single, occupation laborer, b. Washington.

2nd MARRIAGE Edwin Christenson and Lela Smith md 15 Oct 1932, Marion co, Oregon

NOTE Lela died 7 Dec 1937 and was buried in lot 582; Patricia, an infant daughter, is buried in lot 728

1940 OR CENSUS Edwin Christenson (34y, b Oregon, single) enumerated with parents Hartwick (77y, b Norway, divorced) and Severina (74y, b Norway, divorced) and brother Carl (50y, b Washington, single, occupation farm operator); family was living in same house in 19354; also with family was Edwin’s sister Ida Jennings (51y, b Washington, divorced) and her son Vernon Jennings (14y, b Montana); they had been living in rural Flathead co, Montana in 1935

DEATH CERTIFICATE: 

OSBH DC (Marion County 1941) #107 - Edwin C. Christenson, male, married (Lela), occupation Timber faller, b. 8 Jan 1905 in Mt. Angel, Oregon, d. 25 Jan 1941 in Salem, Oregon (Rt. 7 Box 307) at the age of 36 y's 17 d'a, name of father Hartwick Christenson (b. Norway), maiden name of mother Severina Iverson (b. Norway) interment 28 Jan, undertaker Barrick, informant Mrs. Ida Jennings of Moscow, Idaho.

OBITUARY: 

Edwin C. Christenson, 36, at the residence on route 7, January 25. Survived by son Merrill Edwin of Salem; mother, Mrs. Severina Christenson of Salem; brothers, Oscar and Carl of Salem, Henry of Monroe, Adoph of Mollala; sisters, Mrs. Ida Jennings. of Moscow, Idaho; Mrs. Ella Holmes of Carson, Wash.; Mrs. Carla Rishel of Stayton, Ore., Mrs. Julia Frence and Mrs. Anna Smith of Salem. Services will be held from the Clough-Barrick chapel Tuesday, January 28 at 1:30 p.m., with interment in the IOOF cemetery.
Oregon Statesman 8 Jan 1941 5:1

INSCRIPTION: 

Christenson
Edwin C.
1906 - 1941

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LR
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OSBH DC (Marion County 1941) #107
Saucy

1910 OR CENSUS (Marion Co, Howell, ED 211, sheet 5A)

1920 OR CENSUS (Marion Co, N Howell, ED 319, sheet 10A)

Washington Marriage Records (Ancestry.com)

1930 OR CENSUS (Marion Co., N. Howell, ED 43, sheet 1A)

Oregon Marriage Index

1940 OR CENSUS (Marion Co, N Howell, ED 24-44, sheet 7A)

OS 8 Jan 1941 5:1

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