NOTES:
BIRTH Carle Abrams, 1547 Chemeketa St, Salem; b 26 Jan 1879, Lincoln, Polk co, Oregon; father Lewis Abrams, b Elizabethtown, New Jersey; mother Tryphosa Witten, b Portland, Oregon; delayed birth certificate filed 16 Jan 1943
1880 OR CENSUS Walter C. Abrams (1y, b Oregon) enumerated with parents Lewis (53y, b New Jersey, occupation dry goods merchant and Phosia (25y, b Oregon) and 2 sisters, Ida L. (15y, b Oregon) and Lottie (3y, b Oregon)
MARRIAGE W. Carlton Abrams and Myrtle Duncan md Wednesday evening [2 Sept 1914] at home of bride’s parents on N Liberty St in Salem [lengthy account of wedding, Capital Journal, Saturday, 5 Sept 1914, 3:3-4]
1920 OR CENSUS Carle Abrams (40y, b Oregon, occupation publisher) enumerated with wife Myrtle D. (34y, b Illinois) and 2 children, Robert C. (4y6m, b Oregon) and Elizabeth E. (3y, b Oregon)
1930 OR CENSUS Carle Abrams (51y, b Oregon, married at age 35y, occupation secretary) enumerated with wife Myrtle (44y, b Illinois, married at age 28y, occupation stenographer) and 2 children, Robert C. (14y, b Oregon) and Elizabeth E. (13y, b Oregon)
1940 OR CENSUS Carle Abrams (61y, b Oregon, occupation insurance and loans) enumerated with wife Myrtle D. (54y, b Illinois), son Robert C. (24y, b Oregon, occupation property manager) and sister Letitia E. (64y, b Oregon, single, occupation saleslady); family was living in same place in 1935
MCHS, Vol. 5, pg 52 Abrams Ave. in Salem is named after Brigadier General Carle Abrams, a veteran of the Spanish American Wars, newspaper publisher, real estate dealer and businessman.
COLONEL ABRAMS to CAMP LEWIS -- Officer Commanding 381st Infantry Is Called to Tranining Service -- Col. Carle Abrams, commanding officer of the 381st infantry of the 96th division of the United States Army, leaves today for Camp Lewis where the regiment of which he is commander, with a commission in the reserve officers corps, will be in training for the next two weeks.
The call to active duty for the coming two weeks came from Col. P. Whitworth, chairman of the staff of the 96th division. Col. Abrams on his discharge from the regular service accepted a commission in the reserves with the rank of colonel The regiment of which he is in cmmand is composed of officers only -- a skelton regiment with officers but no men.
Col. W. E. Finzer, former adjutant general for Oregon and well know in Salem, is second in command with a commission of lieutenant colonel. The intensive training for the officers will close July 23.
Colonel Abrams with Mrs. Abrams and their two children Betty and Bob, will leave Salem this morning for Portland. Mrs. Lois Greene of Bellingham and Miss Lettia Abrams of Roseburg, sisters of Colonel Abrams, will accompany them to Portland. Mrs. Abrams will drive back to Salem accompanied by Miss Abrams and the children.
Oregon Statesman, July 9, 1922, 3:5
MCHS, Vol. 9, pg 52, In Memoriam Col. Carle Abrams
BIOGRAPHICAL: Veteran of Spanish American, WWI and WWII.
|