Salem Pioneer Cemetery ~ George Wilbur Needham ~ part of the Marion County Pioneer Cemeteries of Oregon
George "Wilbur" Wilbur Needham
LAST NAME: Needham FIRST NAME: George MIDDLE NAME: Wilbur NICKNAME: Wilbur
MAIDEN NAME:  AKA 1:  AKA 2:  AKA 3: 
TITLE:  GENDER: M MILITARY: 
BORN: 22 Sept 1874 DIED: 15 Jun 1957 BURIED: 18 Jun 1957
ETHNICITY:   OCCUPATION:  
BIRTH PLACE:  Marion Co, Oregon
DEATH PLACE: West Salem, Polk Co., Oregon
NOTES: 

Name of father Isaac Needham
Maiden name of mother Clara M. Doty 
[parents md 26 Sep 1872 in Marion Co., Oregon]
1880 OR CENSUS (Marion Co., S. Salem, FA #133) - Wilbur Needham, age 5, b. Oregon, is enumerated with I. Needham, age 31, occupation farmer, B. Illinois, and Clara, age 28, b. Oregon, along with Oris, age 1, b. Oregon.  Also enumerated in the home is Angeline Doty, age 22, identified as sister, b. Oregon.
MARRIAGE - Wilbur Needham, over 21 & Anna Simmons, over 18, md 24 Jun 1896 at office of & by W. C. Hubbard, C. J. Aff: Isaac Neeham. Wit: B. D. Allen & S. L. Frazier.

1900 OR CENSUS – Wilber Needham (b Sept 1874, Oregon, married 4y, occupation barber) enumerated with wife Anna (b Jan 1874, Oregon, mother of 2 children) and 2 sons, Charlie (b Mar 1898, Oregon) and Harley (b Aug 1899, Oregon)

1910 OR CENSUS – George W. Needham (46y, b Oregon, married 12y, occupation barber) enumerated with wife Mary A. (46y, b Oregon, mother of 2 children), 2 sons, Charles (12y, b Oregon) and Harley (10y, b Oregon) and sister Bertha (22y, b Oregon)

WWI Draft Registration Card – George Wilbur Needham, 43, fruit grower, of 540 Leslie St, Salem, Marion Co, Oregon; born 22 Sept 1874; nearest relative Anna Needham, 540 Leslie St, Salem, Oregon

1920 OR CENSUS – George Needham (45y, b Oregon, occupation barber) enumerated with wife Anna (45y, b Oregon) and 2 sons, Charles (21y, b Oregon, occupation artist) and Harley (20y, b Oregon)

1930 OR CENSUS – George W. Needham (55y, b Oregon, married at age 22y) enumerated with wife Anna (55y, b Oregon, married at age 22y)

1940 OR CENSUS – George Needham (66y, b Oregon, occupation operator of gas station) enumerated with wife Anna (66y, b Oregon); family was living in same house in 1935

OBITUARY: 

At the residence of 551 Kingwood Ave., June 15th. Survived by wife, Mrs. Mae White Needham, Salem; a grandaughter in Coos Bay, grandsons, Virgil Needham, Portland; Perry Needham, Coos Bay; sister, Mrs. Bertha McFarlane, Salem; and brothers, O. D. Needham, and W. I. Needham, both of Salem. Services will be Tuesday, June 18, at 2 p.m. in the Clough-Barrick Chapel. Interment will be in Pioneer Cemetery in Salem. Dr. Julian J. Keiser will officiate. 
Statesman (Tue) 18 Jun 1957 II 11:7-8

INSCRIPTION: 

G. Wilbur Needham 
1874 - 1957

SOURCES: 

LR 
LD
Saucy Survey & Photographs
S&H pg 79 
Saucy Survey & Photographs

OSBH DC (1957 Polk co) #7450

Marion Co., Oregon Marriage Records, 187-74, Vol. II, pg 8

1880 OR CENSUS (Marion Co., S. Salem, FA #133)

Marion Co., Oregon Marriages, Vol. VIII, 1894-1897,pg 29

1900 OR CENSUS (Marion Co, Yew Park, ED 144, sheet 12A)

1910 OR CENSUS (Marion Co, Salem, ED 224, sheet 19A-B)

WWI Draft Registration Card (Ancestry.com)

1920 OR CENSUS (Marion Co, Salem, ED 345, sheet 15B)

1930 OR CENSUS (Curry Co, Floras Creek, ED 4, sheet 2B)

1940 OR CENSUS (Curry Co, Floras Creek, ED 8-4, sheet 3A)

OS 18 Jun 1957 II 11:7-8

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LOT: 697 SPACE: 3 SW LONGITUDE: N 44° 55.193' LATITUDE: W 123° 02.929'
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