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Salem Pioneer Cemetery ~ Christina McCalley
~ part of the Marion County Pioneer Cemeteries of Oregon
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Christina McCalley
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| LAST NAME: McCalley
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FIRST NAME: Christina
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GENDER: F
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| BORN: 17 April 1828
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DIED: 15 Sep 1865
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BURIED: Sep 1865
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OCCUPATION: Housewife
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| BIRTH PLACE: Burnt Island, Scotland
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| DEATH PLACE: Salem, Marion Co., Oregon
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NOTES:
LOT OWNERSHIP: A. McCalley paid $10 for burial site on 28 Jan 1869.
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DEATH CERTIFICATE:
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OBITUARY:
In Salem, September 15, Mrs. Christina McCalley, wife of Andrew McCalley, aged 37 years, 4 months, and 15 days. She was a most estimable lady, in every sphere and duty of life; was a very ardent and active friend of the Sanitary and Christian Commissions; and her loss is severely felt by all who knew her.
Oregon Statesman 25 Sep 1865, 3:4
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INSCRIPTION:
Sacred to the memory of
Christina
wife of A. McCalley
Born at
Burnt Island, Scotland
April 17, 1828
Died
Sept. 15, 1865
Aged
37 yrs, 4 mos, 15 days
[also infant son]
GRAVEMARKERS BEARING STONECUTTER’S IDENTIFICATION
Marble headstone with stepped and curvilinear crest for Christina, wife of A. McCalley (1828-1865), native of Burnt Island, Scotland, who was 37 years old at time of her death in childbirth and was buried with her infant son in lot 1 NW. Epitaph face is west facing. The stonecutter’s inscribed mark is in the lower right corner of the reverse (east) face: “Harkins & Paterson [sic] / Portland.” Harkins & Paterson [surname spelling in the directory named below was Patterson] was among five Portland firms listed under marble works in the statewide business directory for 1881 (Oregon Business Directory, 1881, Portland: J.K. Gill & Co., Publishers, p. 712). The firm was not listed in the earliest city directory for Portland published by S.J. McCormick in 1863.
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SOURCES:
LR
LD
DAR pg 33
OS 25 Sep 1865, 3:4
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| LOT: 001
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SPACE: 1 NW
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