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Salem Pioneer Cemetery ~ Elizabeth Hannah Rotan ~ part of the Marion County Pioneer Cemeteries of Oregon
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Elizabeth Hannah Rotan
LAST NAME: Rotan FIRST NAME: Elizabeth MIDDLE NAME: Hannah NICKNAME: 
MAIDEN NAME: Sorber AKA 1:  AKA 2:  AKA 3: 
TITLE: Mrs. GENDER: F MILITARY: 
BORN: 31 Jan 1847 DIED: 20 Nov 1918 BURIED: 22 Nov 1918
ETHNICITY:   OCCUPATION:  Housewife
BIRTH PLACE:  Salem, Ohio
DEATH PLACE: Portland, Multnomah Co., Oregon
NOTES: 
IOOF - Elizabeth Rotan, age 71 years, died in Salem of hemorrhage.
OSBH DC (Multnomah County 1918) #3174 - Elizabeth Hannah Rotan, female, widowed (John A. Rotan), b. 31 Jan 1847 in Salem, Ohio, d. 20 Nov 1918 in Portland, Oregon (1514 E. 10th) at the age of 71 y's 9 m's 20 d's, name of father Phillip Sorber, maiden name of mother Rebecca Ainsworth, interment 22 Nov, undertaker E. Holman, informant Oskie Rotan of 1514 E. 10th St. N.; Funeral ordered by Oskie Rotan of Portland.
1880 IA CENSUS - Elizabeth Rotan, age 33, b. Ohio, is enumerated with husband J. A. Rotan, age 33, occupation farmer, b. New York, along with Wilfred [Wilford], age 7, b. Iowa, Inez, age 5, b. Iowa, and Cora, age 3, b. Iowa. Also enuemerated with the family are E. M., Sorber, age 21, identified as brother-in-law [of J.A.], occupation farmer, b. Iowa, and Philip Sorber, age 78, widowed, identified as father-in-law [of J.A], occupation carpneter, b. Pennsylvania.

1900 OR CENSUS  - Elizabeth Rotan, age 51, b. Dec 1848 in Ohio, is enumerated with husband John A. Rotan, age 52, b. Mar. 1846 in New York, occupation furniture dealer, (they've been married 30 years and she is the mother of 4 children, 3 of whom are still living), along with 3 daughters.
DEATH CERTIFICATE: 
OBITUARY: 
In Portland, Wednesday, November 20, 1918, at the age of 72 years, Mrs. E. H . Rotan. She is survived by three sisters, Mrs. H. T. Clark, Mrs. Wilbur F. Brock and Miss Oskie Rotan, all of Portland. The funeral services will be held from Rigdon’s chapel, Friday afternoon at 2 o’clock. Interment will be in I. O. O. F. cemetery. 
Oregon Statesman 21 Nov 1918 5:3
INSCRIPTION: 
Rotan 
Elizabeth
1847 - 1918 
(shares marker with John A. and Wilford)
SOURCES: 
LR 
LD 
IOOF Register of Burials 
OSBH DC (Multnomah County 1918) #3174 
Rigdon Vol 8 #264
Saucy
1880 IA CENSUS (Webster Co., Douglas, ED 215, pg 429A) 
1900 OR CENSUS (Marion Co., Salem Pct., ED 129, sheet 1B) 
OS 21 Nov 1918 5:3
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LOT: 887 SPACE: 3 NW LONGITUDE:  LATITUDE: 
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