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Salem Pioneer Cemetery ~ Mary Aurelia Litchfield ~ part of the Marion County Pioneer Cemeteries of Oregon
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Mary Aurelia Litchfield
LAST NAME: Litchfield FIRST NAME: Mary MIDDLE NAME: Aurelia NICKNAME: 
MAIDEN NAME: Craft AKA 1:  AKA 2:  AKA 3: 
TITLE: Mrs. GENDER: F MILITARY: 
BORN: 6 Jan 1847 DIED: 3 Feb 1918 BURIED: 5 Feb 1918
ETHNICITY:   OCCUPATION:  Housewife
BIRTH PLACE:  Salem, Marion Co., Oregon
DEATH PLACE: Salem, Marion Co., Oregon
NOTES: 

1880 OR CENSUS - Mary A. Litchfield, age 38, b. Oregon (both parents b. Pennsylvania), is enumerated with husband Geo. P. Litchfield, age 39, b. Connecticut, (both parents b. Connecticut), occupation retail grocer, along with children Chas. L., age 12, b. Oregon, Alma R., age 10, b. Oregon, Frank P., age 8, b. Oregon, Cora G., age 5, b. Oregon, and Geor F., age 3, b. Oregon, and Rebecca Craft, age 71, widow, b. Pennsylvania. Also enumerated with the family is a servant, Tillie Johnson, age 16, b. Wisconsin

1900 OR CENSUS Mary A. Litchfield (b Jan 1847, Oregon, married 33y, mother of 8 children, 7 living at time of census) enumerated with husband George P. (b June 1840, Connecticut, occupation collector) and 4 children, all born in Oregon, Frank P. (b Jan 1872), Cora J. (b Sept 1874), George F. (b Jan 1877) and Helen A. (b Oct 1885)

1910 OR CENSUS Mary A. Litchfield (63y, b Oregon, married 43y, mother of 8 children, 7 living at time of census) enumerated with husband George P. (69y, b Connecticut) and 2 daughters, Gertrude (28y, b Oregon, asylum attendant) and Helen (24y, b Oregon)

DEATH CERTIFICATE: 

OSBH DC (Marion County 1918) #60 - Mary Aurelia Litchfield, female, married, b. 6 Jan 1847 in Salem, Oregon, d. 3 Feb 1918 in Salem, Oregon (1082 Center St.) at the age of 71 year 27 days, name of father Charles Craft (b. Pennsylvania), maiden name of mother Rebecca Jordan (b. Pennsylvania), interment 5 Feb, undertaker Rigdon, informant Geo. P. Litchfield of Salem.
Funeral ordered by Geo. P. Litchfield

OBITUARY: 

(photo included with the obituary) PIONEER WOMAN PASSES BEYOND. 
Mrs. George P. Litchfield Succumbs to Illness of Few Weeks Duration. 
Following an illness of only a few weeks, Mrs. Mary Aurelit [sic] Litchfield, died yesterday, at the family residence, 1082 Center street. She was a native born daughter and on of Salem's earliest residents. Mr. and Mrs. Litchfield celebrated their fifty-first wedding anniversary last Christmas day. Mary Aurelia Craft was born in Salem, June 6, 1947. Her parents, Mrs. and Mrs. Charles Craft, were pioneers of 1845. Her father was the first village tanner and auctioned off the logs from which the first houses in Salem were built. Little Mary Aurelia received her education at the old Oregon institute, which later became Willamette university. Her marriage to George P. Litchfield was a union with another Salem pioneer and their golden wedding anniversary a year ago will long be remembered by old time residents. Mrs. Litchfield was a life member of the Methodist church. Eight children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Litchfield. Besides the husband, six children survive. They are Charles L. Litchfield, Portland; Mrs. Alma R. Schindler, Mrs. Cora J. Holman, George F. Litchfield, Mrs. Gertrude L. Scott and Helen Litchfield, all of Salem. The body will lie in state at the Rigdon parlors today until 1 o'clock. The funeral will be held at 2:30 o'clock from the First Methodist church. Rev. R. N. Avison will conduct the services and burial will follow in Odd Fellows cemetery. 
Oregon Statesman 5 Feb 1918 3:1

INSCRIPTION: 

Aurelia Craft Litchfield
1847 - 1925

SOURCES: 

OSBH DC (Marion County 1918) #60

Rigdon Vol 8 #74
1880 OR CENSUS (Marion Co., East Salem Pct., FA #211)

1900 OR CENSUS (Marion Co, Salem, ED 131, sheet 6A)

1910 OR CENSUS (Marion co, Salem, ED 222, sheet 5B)

OS 5 Feb 1918 3:1

CONTACTS: 
LOT: 054 SPACE: 2 SW LONGITUDE:  LATITUDE: 
 
 

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