Salem Pioneer Cemetery ~ Orpha A. Forbis ~ part of the Marion County Pioneer Cemeteries of Oregon
Orpha A. Forbis
LAST NAME: Forbis FIRST NAME: Orpha MIDDLE NAME: A. NICKNAME: 
MAIDEN NAME: Brown AKA 1:  AKA 2:  AKA 3: 
TITLE:  GENDER: F MILITARY: 
BORN: 23 April 1904 DIED: 28 Mar 1981 BURIED: 30 Mar 1981
ETHNICITY:   OCCUPATION:  
BIRTH PLACE:  Monroe, Wisconsin
DEATH PLACE: Hillsboro, Washington Co., Oregon
NOTES: 
Authorization for Burial #987, born in Monroe Wisconsin Apr. 23, 1904, died Hillsboro, Oreg. Mar 28, 1981, Next of Kin, Carroll L. Forbis, Feiten Funeral Home, Forest Grove, Ore.
MARRIAGE - William McKinley Forbis md Orpha Brown 11 May 1920 in Marion Co., Oregon
1910 WI CENSUS - Orpha A. Brown, age 5 [twin], b. Wisconsin, is enumerated with father John A. Brown, age 34, occupation farm laborer, b. Wisconsin, and his wife of 6 years (his 2nd marriage - her 1st), Cora L., age 23, mother of 4 children, b. Wisconsin, along with Andrew J., age 5, [twin], b. Wisconsin, Floyd L., age 2, b. Wisconsin, and Frances M., age 7 months, b. Wisconsin.
1930 WA CENSUS - Orpha Forbis, age 25, b. Wisconsin, is enumerated with husband William, age 33, occupation lumber mill laborer, b. Oregon, along with Ray, age 9, b. Oregon, Carrol, age 7, b. Oregon, and Shirley, age 1, b. Washington. Also enumerated with Homer Brown, age 36, single, identified as brother-in-law [of William], occupation lumber mill laborer, b. Wisconsin. 
SPELLING VARIATION - Forbes/Forbis
OBITUARY: 
FOBIS - Orpha, of North Plains; mother of Carroll Forbis; sister of Andrew, Gerald, Floyd Brown, Dorothy Keenon; sister-in-law of Mrs. Homer Brown; 6 grandchildren; 6 great-grandchildren. Services Monday, 1 pm, Fuiten Mortuary, Hillsboro.
Oregonian, The (Portland, Oregon), 29 May 1981, 95:1
INSCRIPTION: 
Forbis
[stamped into curb]
SOURCES: 
LR 
LD 
AFB #987
Saucy Survey & Photographs
1910 WI CENSUS (Adams Co., Monroe, ED 8, sheet 6A)
Oregon Marriages, 1906-20
1930 WA CENSUS (Grays Harbor Co., Aberdeen, ED 10, sheet 10B)
Oreg 29 May 1981, 95:1
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