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Salem Pioneer Cemetery ~ Magdalena Bauer
~ part of the Marion County Pioneer Cemeteries of Oregon
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Magdalena "Lena" Bauer
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| LAST NAME: Bauer
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FIRST NAME: Magdalena
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NICKNAME: Lena
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| MAIDEN NAME: Coons
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GENDER: F
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| BORN: 18 Mar 1831
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DIED: 19 Dec 1915
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BURIED: Dec 1915
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OCCUPATION: Housewife
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| BIRTH PLACE: Alsace Lorraine, France
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| DEATH PLACE: Oakland, Douglas Co., Oregon
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NOTES:
1900 OR CENSUS - Lena Bauer, age 69, b. Mar 1831 in Germany, immigrated to US in 1839, mother of 7 children, 5 of whom are living, is enumerated with husband of 50 years, Jacob Bauer, age 85, b. Jan 1815 in Germany, occupation Landlord, immigrated to US in 1833.
DISCREPANCY - 1900 census gives birthplace as Germany, DC as France. [Alsace Lorraine was part of France at the time of her birth, and under German control from 1871 until 1919]
SPELLING variation - Bower; Bauer
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DEATH CERTIFICATE:
OSBH DC (Douglas County 1915) #5998 - Magdalena Bowers [Bauer], female, widowed, housewife, b. 18 Mar 1831 in France, d. 19 Dec 1915 in Oakland, Oregon at the age of 84 y's 9 m's 1 d, informant Kate E. Beekley of Oakland, Oregon.
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OBITUARY:
MRS. LENA BOWER DIES
Mother of Deputy Sheriff Will Be Buried in This City.
Mrs. Lena Bower, formerly of this city, and mother of Deputy Sheriff O. D. Bower, died at Oakland, Oregon, early yesterday morning. Deputy Sheriff Bower left early yesterday for Oakland and will bring the body to this city for burial. Mrs. Bower was 84 years old. She was living at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Kate Beckley at the time of her death. Mrs. Bower came to Oregon in 1872. Her husband Jacob Bower, died several years ago. Surviving her are two daughters, Mrs. Kate Beckley, of Oakland, and Mrs. Mary L. Ash, who resides in Illinois, and three sons, Phil F. Bower, of Astoria, Oscar D. Bower, of this city, and George Bower of Illinois. The interment will be held in the I.O.O.F. cemetery in this city at a date to announced later.
Daily Oregon Statesman 21 Dec 1915 5:4-5.
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INSCRIPTION:
Mother
Lena Bauer
1831 - 1915
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SOURCES:
LR
LD
J. Plant Register
OSBH DC (Douglas County 1915) #5998
S&H pg 77
Saucy Survey & Photographs
1900 OR CENSUS (Marion Co., Prospect Pct., ED 127, sheet 3A)
DOS 21 Dec 1915 5:4-5.
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| LOT: 844
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