Florentine Ellen Wilks, 18551929 (aged 73 years)

Name
Florentine Ellen /Wilks/
Given names
Florentine Ellen
Surname
Wilks
Married name
Florentine Ellen /Johnson/
Married name
Florentine Ellen /Anderson/
Birth
Address: Oregon Territory, USA
Citation details: page 139
15th President of the United States
James Buchanan
March 4, 1857
Birth of a brother
Address: Greenville, Washington County, Oregon, USA
Citation details: page 139
Citation details: Memorial# 90956069. Added 29 May 2012 by Tracy Turner.
Note: Greenville, Washington County is the historic town in Oregon. Greenville, Linn County is the populated town in Oregon.
Birth of a brother
Citation details: Memorial# 24113210. Added 22 Jan 2008 by Patty C., Maintained by Vita Brevis.
Note: By an Oregon Pioneer Fireside states birth as being 4 Mar 1851, page 138. Find a Grave transcriber has year as 1854.
Birth of a sister
Address: Oregon Territory, USA
Marriage of a brother
Citation details: page 135
Census
Address: Forest Grove, Washington County, Oregon, USA
Citation details: page 16
Text:

Enumerator: W. Mulky

Quality of data: census image
Note: in hh 135-118 as Archibald Wilks, Age: 38, Male, Farmer, $4000/$1316, VA ; Mahala, Age: 34, Female, $1200, TN; Samuel, Age: 16, Male, MO; Jesse, Age: 13, Male, OR; Mary, Age: 11, Female, OR; Archibald, Age: 9, Male, OR; Levi, Age: 7, Male, OR; Florentine, Age: 5, Female, OR; William, Age: 3, Male, OR; Minerva, Age: 11/12, Female, OR; Jacob Ruff, Age: 35, Male, Farm laborer, __/$200, PA
16th President of the United States
Abraham Lincoln
March 4, 1861
Birth of a brother
Citation details: page 139
Marriage of a sister
Citation details: page 136
Birth of a sister
Citation details: page 139
17th President of the United States
Andrew Johnson
April 15, 1865
18th President of the United States
Ulysses S Grant
March 4, 1869
Religious marriage
Citation details: Bride-Wilks
Note: at the School House, Dist. #12; N. McNemar, W. D. Ewing, witness. David Enos, Minister. Florentine was age 15.
Family census
Address: Post Office: Forest Lane, Washington County, Oregon, USA
Citation details: Page 20
Text:

Enumerator: R. M. Porter

Quality of data: census image
Note: in hh 164-149 as Melchi Johnson, Age 22, Male White, Farmer, $100/$500, OR, Married: Jan 1870, Citizen; Ellen, Age: 15, Female, White, Keeping house, OR, Married: Jan 1870
Marriage of a sister
Citation details: page 136
Marriage of a brother
Citation details: Groom-Wilkes
Citation details: page 136
Marriage of a brother
Citation details: Groom-Wilkes
Marriage of a brother
Citation details: page 138
19th President of the United States
Rutherford B Hayes
March 4, 1877
Marriage of a brother
Citation details: Groom-Wilkes
Family census
Address: Nehalem, Columbia County, Oregon, USA
Citation details: Page 347D, Film# 1255080, Digital Folder# 4243852, Image# 705
Quality of data: transcription
Note: listed as Melki Johnson, Head, Male, Age: 32, Married, Laborer, OR TN TN; Florentine, Wife, Female, Age: 25, Married, Keeping House, OR OR MO; Annie Johnson, Mother, Female, Age: 70, Widowed, TN __ NC.

listed as Melki Johnson, Head, Male, Age: 32, Married, Laborer, OR TN TN; Florentine, Wife, Female, Age: 25, Married, Keeping House, OR OR MO; Annie Johnson, Mother, Female, Age: 70, Widowed, TN __ NC.
Page 347D, Film# 1255080, Digital Folder# 4243852, Image# 705

listed as Melki Johnson, Head, Male, Age: 32, Married, Laborer, OR TN TN; Florentine, Wife, Female, Age: 25, Married, Keeping House, OR OR MO; Annie Johnson, Mother, Female, Age: 70, Widowed, TN __ NC.

20th President of the United States
James A Garfield
March 4, 1881
21st President of the United States
Chester A Arthur
September 19, 1881
Marriage of a sister
Citation details: page 139
22nd President of the United States
Grover Cleveland
March 4, 1885
Marriage of a brother
Citation details: Groom-Wilks
Death of a paternal grandmother
Citation details: Memorial# 20362667. Added 08 Jul 2007 by Owlisnapp.
Note: her grave marker in Union Point Ceme. reads, "Annie Wilkes died March 13, 1888 age 90y 11m 18d"
Burial of a paternal grandmother
Cemetery: Union Point Cemetery
Address: Banks, Washington County, Oregon, USA. GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 45.61970, Longitude: -123.10250
Citation details: Memorial# 20362667. Added 08 Jul 2007 by Owlisnapp.
Note: double tombstone inscription: tombstone inscription: Annie; Wilkes, Died; Mar. 13, 1888; aged; 90 Yrs. 11 Ms. 18 ds ---Peyton; Wilkes; Born; July 15, 1791; Died; Nov. 25, 1889.
23rd President of the United States
Benjamin Harrison
March 4, 1889
Death of a paternal grandfather
Citation details: Memorial# 20372541. Added 08 Jul 2007 by Owlisnapp
Burial of a paternal grandfather
Cemetery: Union Point Cemetery
Address: Banks, Washington, Oregon, USA. GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 45.61970, Longitude: -123.10250
Citation details: Memorial# 20372541. Added 08 Jul 2007 by Owlisnapp
Note: double tombstone inscription: Annie; Wilkes; Died; Mar. 13, 1888; aged; 90 Yrs. 11 Ms.;18 Ds -- Peyton; Wilkes; Born: July 15, 1791; Died; Nov. 25, 1889.
24th President of the United States
Grover Cleveland
March 4, 1893
Marriage of a sister
British Queen
Victoria
from June 20, 1837 to January 22, 1901
25th President of the United States
William McKinley
March 4, 1897
Death of a father
Address: Wagner, Wheeler County, Oregon, USA
26th President of the United States
Theodore Roosevelt
September 14, 1901
Death of a husband
Address: Sloan's Forest Grove Boarding Hotel, Forest Grove, Washington County, Oregon, USA
Citation details: Memorial# 23458784. Added 17 Dec. 2007 by Tracy Turner. Maintained by Jerry Wopschall.
Burial of a husband
Cemetery: Mountain View Memorial Gardens
Address: Lot 108, Grave 535. Forest Grove, Washington County, Oregon, USA. GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 45.53500, Longitude: -123.13920
Citation details: Memorial# 23458784. Added 17 Dec. 2007 by Tracy Turner. Maintained by Jerry Wopschall.
Note: tombstone inscription: Melki; Johnson; Born; May 3, 1849; Died Feb 14, 1902.
Civil marriage
Address: in his home
Note: in his home in Wheeler County, Oregon, by J. A. Kelsay, Justice of Peace; Witnesses: R. Fields, C.W. Rutherford
Death of a mother
Address: William Thompson home on Alder Creek, Wheeler County, Oregon.
Note: Clipping from the Fossil Journal of September 1905 - DEATH OF AN EARLY PIONEER - Wife of Archibald Wilkes - Mahala Glenn Wilkes

Clipping from the Fossil Journal of September 1905 - DEATH OF AN EARLY PIONEER - Wife of Archibald Wilkes - Mahala Glenn Wilkes

"Died at the home of Wm. Thompson on Alder Creek, Wheeler County, Oregon, September 9 , 1905 , Grandma Wilkes , a pioneer of Oregon, who crossed the plains with an ox team from Missouri in 1845. She was 81 years of age at the time of her death.
Thus passeth away another of the pioneer people of Oregon and none other of the writers acquaintances has filled a larger, or better, place in the pioneer history of Oregon than she."

Death of a brother
Citation details: page 135
27th President of the United States
William Howard Taft
March 4, 1909
Family census
Address: Canyon Precinct (part of), Canyon City, Grant County, Oregon, USA
Citation details: Sheet 2B, Reel 1280-1910, page 470
Text:

Supervisor's District: 2
Enumeration District: 67
Enumerator: Rodney W. Cozad

Quality of data: census image
Note: in hh 50-51 as Samuel Bauer, Head, Male, White, Age: 43, 1st marriage, Married: 19 yrs, Children born: 2, Children living: 2, Austria Austria Austria, Immigration: 1827, Hotel, Employer, Home: owner, free, house; Emma, Wife, Female, White, Age: 46, 1st marriage, Married: 19 yrs, Ger Ger Ger, Immigration: 1829. They had 2 sons, 1 nephew and 13 lodgers listed with them from Austria, Canada, China, Oregon, Scotland, Indiana, Illinois, and Washington as cook, laborer, dish washer, janitor, agent, miner, musician and waiter. Living in the hotel on 18 Apr was George W. Anderson, Head, Male, White, Age: 56, 2nd marriage; Married: 8 yrs, IN VA NC, Miner, Own account; Florentine, Wife, Female, White, Age: 55, 2nd marriage; Married: 8 yrs, Children born: 0, Children living: 0, OR MO IL, None.
Family census
Address: Middle Precinct, Grant County, Oregon, USA
Citation details: Sheet 3a, page 240, Reel 1280, page 483
Text:

Supervisor's District: 2
Enumeration District: 68
Enumerator: Jno E. Chambalain

Quality of data: census image
Note: in hh 46-46 as George W. Anderson, Male, White, Age: 56, 1st marriage, Married: 10 yrs, IN VA NC, Farmer, Farm, Own account, Home: Owner, free, farm#34; Flora E. Wife, Female, White, Age: 55, 2nd marriage, Married: 10 yrs, Children born: 0, Children living: 0, OR VA VA, None. Were these the same individuals that were enumerated on 18 Apr in the hotel as most of the data is the same?
British King
Edward VII
from January 22, 1901 to May 6, 1910
Death of a sister
Death of a sister
Citation details: page 139
28th President of the United States
Woodrow Wilson
March 4, 1913
Death of a brother
Address: at his home in Dilley, Washington County, Oregon, USA.
Citation details: page 139
Citation details: Memorial# 90956069. Added 29 May 2012 by Tracy Turner.
Burial of a brother
Cemetery: Forest View Cemetery
Address: Lot 416, Grave 7. Forest Grove, Washington County, Oregon, USA. GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 45.52170, Longitude: -123.12670
Citation details: Memorial# 90956069. Added 29 May 2012 by Tracy Turner.
Note: double tombstone inscription: William A. Wilkes; 1857 – 1919; Mary E. His Wife; 1861 – 1933; WILKES
Family census
Address: 5th Street East, Hoguarton Precinct, Tillamook city, Ward 3, Tillamook County, Oregon, USA.
Citation details: Sheet 9B, Reel 1504, Page 225
Text:

Supervisor’s District: 1
Enumeration District: 392
Enumerator: Nell Rasseuessee ?

Quality of data: census image
Note: in hh 183-202 as George E. Anderson, Head, Male, White, Age: 55, Married, IN VA NC, None; Florentine Anderson [1st cousin of Orville], Wife, Female, White, Age: 64, Married, OR VA VA, None; Ella Orth, Lodger [Step-daughter of Orville], Female, White, Age: 15, Single, OR OR WI, Messenger, Telegraph, Wages; Lottie Orth, Lodger [Step-daughter of Orville], Female, White, Age: 13, Single, OR OR MI, None; Orville G. Wilks, Lodger, Male, White, Age: 42, Married, OR VA US, Foreman, Garage, Wages; Minnie Wilks, Lodger, Female, White, Age: 32, Married, MI Ger Ger, None; William F. Bundy, Lodger, Male, White, Age: 69, Divorced, VT VT VT, None.
29th President of the United States
Warren G Harding
March 4, 1921
Death of a brother
Citation details: Memorial# 24113210. Added 22 Jan 2008 by Patty C., Maintained by Vita Brevis.
Citation details: certificate# 532
Note: By an Oregon Pioneer Fireside states the death as being 16 July 1922, page 138
Burial of a brother
Cemetery: Salem Pioneer Cemetery
Address: Plot: 236. Salem, Marion County, Oregon, USA. GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 44.92022, Longitude: -123.04594
Citation details: Memorial# 24113210. Added 22 Jan 2008 by Patty C., Maintained by Vita Brevis.
30th President of the United States
Calvin Coolidge
August 2, 1923
Death of a brother
Citation details: certificate# 64
Death of a brother
Citation details: Memorial# 61187905. Added 06 Nov 2010 by KBrownst
Burial of a brother
Cemetery: Hillsboro Pioneer Cemetery
Address: Hillsboro, Washington County, Oregon, USA. Plot: West of West driveway, row 3. GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 45.52060, Longitude: -123.00420
Citation details: Memorial# 61187905. Added, 06 Nov 2010 by KBrownst.
Note: double tombstone inscription: WILKES; Father; Jesse C.; 1845 – 1927 / Mother; Dora E.; 1855 – 1929.
British King
George V
from May 6, 1910 to January 20, 1936
31st President of the United States
Herbert Hoover
March 4, 1929
Death
Cause of death: myocarditis
Citation details: certifictate# 42
Note: buried in Douglas County Cemetery
Family with parents
father
18211901
Birth: February 8, 1821 29 23 Bedford, Virginia, USA
Death: May 24, 1901Wagner, Wheeler, Oregon, USA
mother
18231905
Birth: February 27, 1823Walton, Georgia, USA
Death: September 9, 1905Wheeler, Oregon, USA
Marriage MarriageMarch 5, 1843Newton, Missouri, USA
10 months
elder brother
18441908
Birth: January 8, 1844 22 20 Missouri, USA
Death: May 4, 1908
4 years
elder brother
18471927
Birth: August 11, 1847 26 24 Buxton, Washington, Oregon, USA
Death: March 2, 1927Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, USA
21 months
elder sister
18491911
Birth: May 13, 1849 28 26 Oregon, USA
Death: September 27, 1911Yamhill, Oregon, USA
9 years
younger brother
18581922
Birth: March 9, 1858 37 35 Forest Grove, Washington, Oregon, USA
Death: July 12, 1922Salem, Marion, Oregon, USA
-7 years
elder brother
18511926
Birth: March 9, 1851 30 28 Gales Creek, Washington, Oregon, USA
Death: July 12, 1926Tillamook, Oregon, USA
4 years
herself
18551929
Birth: March 10, 1855 34 32 Oregon, USA
Death: March 4, 1929Myrtle Creek, Douglas, Oregon, USA
2 years
younger brother
18571919
Birth: July 10, 1857 36 34 Greenville, Washington, Oregon, USA
Death: July 4, 1919Dilley, Washington, Oregon, USA
2 years
younger sister
1859
Birth: July 1859 38 36 Oregon, USA
Death:
3 years
younger brother
18621934
Birth: April 19, 1862 41 39 Oregon, USA
Death: October 24, 1934Tillamook, Oregon, USA
2 years
younger sister
18641913
Birth: June 11, 1864 43 41 Oregon, USA
Death: January 6, 1913
Family with Melki Johnson
husband
18491902
Birth: May 3, 1849Forest Grove, Washington, Oregon, USA
Death: February 14, 1902Forest Grove, Washington, Oregon, USA
herself
18551929
Birth: March 10, 1855 34 32 Oregon, USA
Death: March 4, 1929Myrtle Creek, Douglas, Oregon, USA
Religious marriage Religious marriageMarch 27, 1870Washington, Oregon, USA
Family with George Anderson
husband
18541930
Birth: 1854Madison, Indiana, USA
Death: April 19, 1930Myrtle Creek, Douglas, Oregon, USA
herself
18551929
Birth: March 10, 1855 34 32 Oregon, USA
Death: March 4, 1929Myrtle Creek, Douglas, Oregon, USA
Civil marriage Civil marriageJune 12, 1902Rock Creek, Wheeler, Oregon, USA
Birth
Citation details: page 139
Census
Citation details: page 16
Text:

Enumerator: W. Mulky

Quality of data: census image
Religious marriage
Citation details: Bride-Wilks
Family census
Citation details: Page 20
Text:

Enumerator: R. M. Porter

Quality of data: census image
Family census
Citation details: Page 347D, Film# 1255080, Digital Folder# 4243852, Image# 705
Quality of data: transcription
Civil marriage
Family census
Citation details: Sheet 2B, Reel 1280-1910, page 470
Text:

Supervisor's District: 2
Enumeration District: 67
Enumerator: Rodney W. Cozad

Quality of data: census image
Family census
Citation details: Sheet 3a, page 240, Reel 1280, page 483
Text:

Supervisor's District: 2
Enumeration District: 68
Enumerator: Jno E. Chambalain

Quality of data: census image
Family census
Citation details: Sheet 9B, Reel 1504, Page 225
Text:

Supervisor’s District: 1
Enumeration District: 392
Enumerator: Nell Rasseuessee ?

Quality of data: census image
Death
Citation details: certifictate# 42
Note
Census

in hh 135-118 as Archibald Wilks, Age: 38, Male, Farmer, $4000/$1316, VA ; Mahala, Age: 34, Female, $1200, TN; Samuel, Age: 16, Male, MO; Jesse, Age: 13, Male, OR; Mary, Age: 11, Female, OR; Archibald, Age: 9, Male, OR; Levi, Age: 7, Male, OR; Florentine, Age: 5, Female, OR; William, Age: 3, Male, OR; Minerva, Age: 11/12, Female, OR; Jacob Ruff, Age: 35, Male, Farm laborer, __/$200, PA

Religious marriage

at the School House, Dist. #12; N. McNemar, W. D. Ewing, witness. David Enos, Minister. Florentine was age 15.

Family census

in hh 164-149 as Melchi Johnson, Age 22, Male White, Farmer, $100/$500, OR, Married: Jan 1870, Citizen; Ellen, Age: 15, Female, White, Keeping house, OR, Married: Jan 1870

Family census

listed as Melki Johnson, Head, Male, Age: 32, Married, Laborer, OR TN TN; Florentine, Wife, Female, Age: 25, Married, Keeping House, OR OR MO; Annie Johnson, Mother, Female, Age: 70, Widowed, TN __ NC.
Page 347D, Film# 1255080, Digital Folder# 4243852, Image# 705

listed as Melki Johnson, Head, Male, Age: 32, Married, Laborer, OR TN TN; Florentine, Wife, Female, Age: 25, Married, Keeping House, OR OR MO; Annie Johnson, Mother, Female, Age: 70, Widowed, TN __ NC.

Civil marriage

in his home in Wheeler County, Oregon, by J. A. Kelsay, Justice of Peace; Witnesses: R. Fields, C.W. Rutherford

Family census

in hh 50-51 as Samuel Bauer, Head, Male, White, Age: 43, 1st marriage, Married: 19 yrs, Children born: 2, Children living: 2, Austria Austria Austria, Immigration: 1827, Hotel, Employer, Home: owner, free, house; Emma, Wife, Female, White, Age: 46, 1st marriage, Married: 19 yrs, Ger Ger Ger, Immigration: 1829. They had 2 sons, 1 nephew and 13 lodgers listed with them from Austria, Canada, China, Oregon, Scotland, Indiana, Illinois, and Washington as cook, laborer, dish washer, janitor, agent, miner, musician and waiter. Living in the hotel on 18 Apr was George W. Anderson, Head, Male, White, Age: 56, 2nd marriage; Married: 8 yrs, IN VA NC, Miner, Own account; Florentine, Wife, Female, White, Age: 55, 2nd marriage; Married: 8 yrs, Children born: 0, Children living: 0, OR MO IL, None.

Family census

in hh 46-46 as George W. Anderson, Male, White, Age: 56, 1st marriage, Married: 10 yrs, IN VA NC, Farmer, Farm, Own account, Home: Owner, free, farm#34; Flora E. Wife, Female, White, Age: 55, 2nd marriage, Married: 10 yrs, Children born: 0, Children living: 0, OR VA VA, None. Were these the same individuals that were enumerated on 18 Apr in the hotel as most of the data is the same?

Family census

in hh 183-202 as George E. Anderson, Head, Male, White, Age: 55, Married, IN VA NC, None; Florentine Anderson [1st cousin of Orville], Wife, Female, White, Age: 64, Married, OR VA VA, None; Ella Orth, Lodger [Step-daughter of Orville], Female, White, Age: 15, Single, OR OR WI, Messenger, Telegraph, Wages; Lottie Orth, Lodger [Step-daughter of Orville], Female, White, Age: 13, Single, OR OR MI, None; Orville G. Wilks, Lodger, Male, White, Age: 42, Married, OR VA US, Foreman, Garage, Wages; Minnie Wilks, Lodger, Female, White, Age: 32, Married, MI Ger Ger, None; William F. Bundy, Lodger, Male, White, Age: 69, Divorced, VT VT VT, None.

Death

buried in Douglas County Cemetery

Note

Her obituary in the Roseburg News Review, 5 Mar 1929, p. 5 read, "Former Myrtle Creek Resident is Dead.
"Floratine Anderson, aged 74 years, died yesterday evening at 6:30 o'clock at the county home. Mrs. Anderson had been an invalid for several years and was a resident of the county home for the past two years. Her husband is also an invalid at the county hospital. They were former residents of Myrtle Creek. So far as can be learned, they have no relatives.
The body was taken in charge by H. C. Stearns of the Douglas Funeral Home."

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