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Salem Pioneer Cemetery ~ Ernest Beste
~ part of the Marion County Pioneer Cemeteries of Oregon
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Ernest Beste
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LAST NAME: Beste
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FIRST NAME: Ernest
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TITLE: Mr.
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GENDER: M
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BORN: 1873
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DIED: Mar 1911
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BURIED: 9 Mar 1911
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ETHNICITY: African American
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OCCUPATION: Porter
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BIRTH PLACE: Cuba
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DEATH PLACE: Salem, Marion Co., Oregon
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NOTES: OSBH DC (Marion Co., 1911) #897 - Ernest Beste, male, single, b. in Cuba in 1870, d. 8 Mar 1911 in Salem, Oregon at the age of 31 years, father born in Africa, mother born in Cuba, occupation - porter, interment IOOF 10 Mar 1911, undertaker - Terwilliger, informant OSTS records.
Marion County Burial.
1910 WA CENSUS - Ernest Beste, age 37, married 10 years (wife not enumerated with him), occupatiotion wagon expressman, b. Cuba, year of immigration 1903.
DISCREPANCY - Name is given as Beste in DC and census record, but as Befte in Obit.
DISCREPANCY - Age on DC is given as 31, age given in 1910 Census the year before his death is given as 37.
NOTE - Salem Pioneer Cemetery Black Pioneer Omnibus dedicated by the Oregon Northwest Pioneers on 1 Feb 2007.
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DEATH CERTIFICATE:
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OBITUARY: In Salem, Oregon at 7 p. m., Wednesday, March 8, 1911, of tuberculosis, Earnest Befte, aged 31 years. He leaves a wife but no children, and had been a porter at the Gilson barber shop. The remains are at the Cottage undertaking parlors. Funeral notice later.
Daily Oregon Statesman 9 Mar 1911 5:4.
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SOURCES: LR Terwilliger Record Vol. 1 #118
OSBH DC (Marion Co., 1911) #897
1910 WA CENSUS (Spokane Co., Spokane, ED 153, sheet 4)
DOS 9 Mar 1911 5:4.
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LOT: 356
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SPACE: 1 SW
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