Name of father James E. Godfrey
Maiden name of mother Ida Catterlin

1900 OR CENSUS A.L. Godfrey (b July 1882, Oregon) enumerated with parents James E. (b Aug 1855, Oregon, married 22y, occupation farmer) and Isabell (b Nov 1857, Iowa, mother of 4 children) and 3 siblings, all born in Oregon, Frank (b Dec 1878), Katie (b Oct 1884) and Emma (b Apr 1887)

1st MARRIAGE - Johanna "Hannah" Kurtz

1910 OR CENSUS Alvin L. Godfrey (28y, b Oregon married 6y, occupation farmer) enumerated with wife Hanna (29y, b Nebraska, mother of 2 children) and 2 children, Frederick (5y, b Oregon) and Dorothy (1y, b Oregon)

NOTE wife Johanna and infant daughter died in 1913 and were buried in Lot #507

2nd MARRIAGE Alvan L. Godfrey (32y, of Salem, divorced, b Oregon, son of J.E. Godfrey and Ida Catterlin) and Ellen Wood (33y, of Salem, divorced, b Utah, dau of Charles Batt and Emma Wilkins) md 11 June 1914, Vancouver, Clark co, Washington
WWI DRAFT REGISTRATION - Alvan Lloyd Godfrey, age 37, b. 19 Jul 1881, of S. Broadway in Marshfield, Oregon, occupation tow boat, nearest relative wife Ellen, height - tall, build - stout, eyes - blue, hair - black.
1920 OR CENSUS - A. L. Godfrey, age 37, occupation plumber, b. Oregon, is enumerated with wife Ellen, age 28, b. Utah, along with Dorothy Godfrey, age 11, b. Oregon.

1930 OR CENSUS Alvin L. Godfrey (48y, b Oregon, first married at age 21y, occupation plumber) enumerated with wife Ellen V. (49y, b Utah, first married at age 22y)

1940 OR CENSUS Alvin L. Godfrey (57y, b Oregon, occupation resort attendant) enumerated with wife Ellen (59y, b Utah); family was living in same house in 1935

WWII Draft Registration Card Alvan Lloyd Godfrey, 59, 4038 SW Garden Home Road, Multnomah Co, Oregon; b 19 July 1882, Albany, Oregon; person who knows address Mrs Ellen J. Godfrey, same address

DISCREPANCY - He gives his birth year as 1881 in draft the registration (signed by him), marker, obit, and DC give year of birth as 1882.

OSBH DC (Portland 1944) #9 - Alvan L. Godfrey, male, married (Ellen J.), occupation Plumber and Fishing Resort, b. 19 Jul 1882 in Albany, Oregon, d. 1 Jan 1944 in Portland, Oregon (Lincoln Sanitarium) at the age of 61 y's 5 m's 12 d's, usual residence 4038 S.W. Garden Road, name of father James E. Godfrey (b. Polk Co., Oregon), maiden name of mother Ida B. Catterlin (b. Marion Co., Iowa), interment 4 Jan IOOF, undertaker W. T. Rigdon, informant Ellen J. Godfrey of Multnomah, Oregon.

GODFREY RITE SET TODAY
Funeral services for Alvan L. Godfrey, 61, who died Saturday in Portland will be held Tuesday at 1:30 from the W. T. Rigdon chapel.
Mr. Godfrey was born in 1882 in Albany and he came to Salem with his parents when a child. He was actively engaged in the plumbiing business in Salem for 25 years and moved to the Oregon coast in 1931 where he established a popular fishing resort on the Nehalem river. For the last year and a half he had lived at Multnomah station. He was a member of the Masonic Lodge No. 167, at Wheeler and of the Salem Elks Lodge.
Survivors are the widow, a son, Fred G. Godfrey [Kurtz] of Salem, a daughter Mrs. C. C. Peyton of Multnomah, three grandchildren also three sisters, Mrs. Campbell of Portland, Mrs. Kate McClanahan of Oakland, California, and Miss Emma Godfrey of Salem; a niece, Mrs. Ray Lucas of Portland and a nephew, Richard Campbell of Oakland, Caifornia. Burial will be in the family lot at the IOOF cemetery. Rev. George Swift will officiate.
Oregon Statesman, Jan. 2, 1944.

Alvan L. Godfrey
1882 - 1944

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OSBH DC (Portland 1944) #9
S&H pg 35

1900 OR CENSUS (Marion Co, Salem, ED 135, sheet 1A)

1910 OR CENSUS (Marion Co, Chemawa, ED 205, sheet 7B)

Washington Marriage Records (Ancestry.com)

WWI Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918
1920 OR CENSUS (Coos Co., Marshfield, ED 113, sheet 5A)

1930 OR CENSUS (Marion Co, Salem, ED 54, sheet 7A)

1940 OR CENSUS (Tillamook Co, Foley, ED 29-13, sheet 2A)

WWII Draft Registration Card (Ancestry.com)

OS 2 Jan 1944