Bertha G. Wilkes 1879

Bertha G. Wilkes, 1879–1948 (aged 69 years)

Name

Bertha G. Wilkes

Name: Bertha G. /Wilkes/
Given names: Bertha G.
Surname: Wilkes
Married name: Bertha G. /Crane/
Married name: Bertha G. /Balmer/

Gender Female

Events of close relatives Historic events
Birth	January 1, 1879 20 22 Oregon, USA Source: By an Oregon Pioneer Fireside Citation details: page 138
Census	June 11, 1880 (aged 1 year) Washington, Oregon, USA Address: Dairy Creek, Washington County, Oregon, USA Source: 1880 Census for Washington County, Oregon, USA Text: Supervisor's District 110 Enumeration District: 127 Enumerator: Rudolph Crandall Citation details: Page 11, Page 328C, Reel 1084, page 660 Quality of data: census image Note: in hh 105-105 as Samuel Wilkes, White, Male, Age: 36, Head, Married, Farmer, MO VA TN; Lucy A., White, Female, Age: 36, Wife, Married, Housekeeping, MO NY OH; Granville A., White, Male, Age: 18, Son, At Home, OR MO MO; Amos C., White, Male, Age: 16, Son, At Home, OR MO MO; Willis R., White, Male, Age: 7, Son, Attended school, OR MO MO; Levi L., White, Male, Age: 25, Brother, Married, Farmer, OR VA TN; Ruth Wilkes, White, Female, Age: 22, Sister-in-law, Married, Housekeeper, IA IN IN; Maude E. Wilkes, White, Female, Age: 2, Niece, OR OR IA; Bertha Wilkes, White, Female, Age: 1, Niece, OR OR IA
20th President of the United States	James A Garfield March 4, 1881
21st President of the United States	Chester A Arthur September 19, 1881
22nd President of the United States	Grover Cleveland March 4, 1885
Birth of a sister	Merley Rachel Wilkes February 14, 1886 Oregon, USA Source: By an Oregon Pioneer Fireside Citation details: page 138 Source: Find A Grave - Millions of Cemetery Records Citation details: Memorial# 6756090. Added 28 Mar 2011 by John Trundle. Note: Find a grave tombstone shows birth as 14 Feb 1888.
Number of children	Frances W. Crane — View this family 2 sons, 2 daughters Source: By an Oregon Pioneer Fireside Citation details: page 138
Marriage of a parent	Henry Lederer — Ruth E. Clearwater — View this family about 1887
23rd President of the United States	Benjamin Harrison March 4, 1889
24th President of the United States	Grover Cleveland March 4, 1893
Marriage of a sister	Harrison Turner Crane — Essie Maude Wilkes — View this family October 1, 1893 Tillamook, Oregon, USA Source: By an Oregon Pioneer Fireside Citation details: Bride-Wilks Source: Oregon Marriage Records Citation details: Bride- Wilks
Marriage	Frances W. Crane — View this family December 24, 1895 (aged 16 years) Tillamook, Oregon, USA Source: Oregon Marriage Records Citation details: Wilks-Bride
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 paternal grandfather	Archibald G. Wilks May 24, 1901 Wagner, Wheeler, Oregon, USA Address: Wagner, Wheeler County, Oregon, USA Source: Oregon Public Records Database
26th President of the United States	Theodore Roosevelt September 14, 1901
Marriage of a sister	Hiram Franklin Perry Sr — Merley Rachel Wilkes — View this family January 13, 1905 Husband: 26 Wife: 16 Vancouver Junction, Clark, Washington, USA Source: By an Oregon Pioneer Fireside Citation details: page 138 Source: Marriage Records Clark Co. Auditor, Marriage Records, 1843-2012 Quality of data: record image Citation details: license 2168 Note: 1st marriages for both. married by Rev Jno Hinn at 10:00 a.m. Witnesses: M. E. Fleming, Miss Charlotte Hinn
Death of a paternal grandmother	Mahala Glenn September 9, 1905 Wheeler, Oregon, USA Address: William Thompson home on Alder Creek, Wheeler County, Oregon. Source: By an Oregon Pioneer Fireside Citation details: page 139 Source: Oregon Pioneer Stories 1845 - Peyton and Anna Wilkes 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."
Marriage of a sister	Arthur Demarest — Essie Maude Wilkes — View this family after November 28, 1908
British King	Edward VII from January 22, 1901 to May 6, 1910
27th President of the United States	William Howard Taft March 4, 1909
Divorce	Frances W. Crane — View this family after 1910 (aged 31 years) Source: By an Oregon Pioneer Fireside Citation details: page 138
28th President of the United States	Woodrow Wilson March 4, 1913
Marriage	William F. Balmer — View this family about 1920 (aged 41 years) Source: Wilks and Young Families: Texas Pioneers Citation details: page 375
29th President of the United States	Warren G Harding March 4, 1921
Death of a father	Levi Thurston Wilkes July 12, 1922 Salem, Marion, Oregon, USA Source: Find A Grave - Millions of Cemetery Records Citation details: Memorial# 24113210. Added 22 Jan 2008 by Patty C., Maintained by Vita Brevis. Source: Oregon, Death Index, 1903-1998 Citation details: certificate# 532 Source: Oregon Public Records Database Note: By an Oregon Pioneer Fireside states the death as being 16 July 1922, page 138
Burial of a father	Levi Thurston Wilkes July 1922 Salem, Marion, Oregon, USA Cemetery: Salem Pioneer Cemetery Address: Plot: 236. Salem, Marion County, Oregon, USA. GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 44.92022, Longitude: -123.04594 Source: Find A Grave - Millions of Cemetery Records 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
31st President of the United States	Herbert Hoover March 4, 1929
32nd President of the United States	Franklin D Roosevelt March 4, 1933
Death of a mother	Ruth E. Clearwater July 16, 1935 Kelso, Cowlitz, Washington, USA Source: Find A Grave - Millions of Cemetery Records Citation details: Memorial# 46793839. Added 17 Jan 2010 by Wendy BW. Maintained by Vita Brevis
Burial of a mother	Ruth E. Clearwater July 1935 Bay City, Tillamook, Oregon, USA Cemetery: Bay City IOOF Cemetery Address: Bay City, Tillamook County, Oregon, USA. GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 45.51030, Longitude: -123.85190 Source: Find A Grave - Millions of Cemetery Records Citation details: Memorial# 46793839. Added 17 Jan 2010 by Wendy BW. Maintained by Vita Brevis
British King	George V from May 6, 1910 to January 20, 1936
British King	Edward VII from January 20, 1936 to December 11, 1936
Marriage of a sister	Edgar Romine Lair — Merley Rachel Wilkes — View this family before 1942 Lompoc, Santa Barbara, California, USA Source: United States, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942
33rd President of the United States	Harry S Truman April 12, 1945
Death of a sister	Merley Rachel Wilkes May 12, 1948 Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California, USA Address: Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara County, California, USA Source: Find A Grave - Millions of Cemetery Records Citation details: Memorial# 6756090. Added 28 Mar 2011 by John Trundle.
Burial of a sister	Merley Rachel Wilkes May 1948 Lompoc, Santa Barbara, California, USA Cemetery: Lompoc Evergreen Cemetery Address: Plot: 158-15. Lompoc, Santa Barbara County, California, USA. GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 34.62970, Longitude: -120.44780 Source: Find A Grave - Millions of Cemetery Records Citation details: Memorial# 6756090. Added 28 Mar 2011 by John Trundle. Note: triple tombstone inscription: Hiram F. Perry; Mar 23 1878; Dec 4, 1938 / Merley Perry; LAIR; Feb. 14, 1888, May 12 1948 / Edgar; Lair; June 27, 1886; April 18 1961
British King	George VI from December 11, 1936 to February 6, 1952
Death	1948 (aged 69 years) Multnomah, Oregon, USA Source: Oregon, Death Index, 1903-1998 Citation details: certificate# 988

Date differences

Family with parents
father	Links Birth: March 9, 1858 37 35 — Forest Grove, Washington, Oregon, USA Census: June 16, 1860 — Washington, Oregon, USA Census: 1870 — Washington, Oregon, USA Marriage: June 8, 1874 Family census: June 11, 1880 — Washington, Oregon, USA Census: June 1, 1900 — Washington, Oregon, USA Death: July 12, 1922 — Salem, Marion, Oregon, USA Burial: July 1922 — Salem, Marion, Oregon, USA Unique identifier: 3143F3482C7FABAC4405B2BAB750B100 Links ⚶ Relationships Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Ruth E. Clearwater Essie Maude Wilkes Bertha G. Wilkes Merley Rachel Wilkes Levi Thurston Wilkes 1858–1922 Birth: March 9, 1858 37 35 — Forest Grove, Washington, Oregon, USA Death: July 12, 1922 — Salem, Marion, Oregon, USA
mother	Links Birth: September 1856 — Guthrie, Iowa, USA Marriage: June 8, 1874 Family census: June 11, 1880 — Washington, Oregon, USA Unique identifier: 3143F3482C7FABAC4405B2BAB750B100 Marriage: about 1887 Death: July 16, 1935 — Kelso, Cowlitz, Washington, USA Burial: July 1935 — Bay City, Tillamook, Oregon, USA Unique identifier: CACD35C0D4D5AB934646C3BD80676991 Links ⚶ Relationships Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Levi Thurston Wilkes Essie Maude Wilkes Bertha G. Wilkes Merley Rachel Wilkes Family with spouse Henry Lederer Ruth E. Clearwater 1856–1935 Birth: September 1856 — Guthrie, Iowa, USA Death: July 16, 1935 — Kelso, Cowlitz, Washington, USA
Marriage	Marriage — June 8, 1874 —
3 years elder sister	Links Birth: February 1877 18 20 — Dilley, Washington, Oregon, USA Census: June 11, 1880 — Washington, Oregon, USA Marriage: October 1, 1893 — Tillamook, Oregon, USA Unique identifier: C04260014ACAB32B406F7879C7D8FB71 Marriage: after November 28, 1908 Death: November 11, 1952 — Lincoln, Oregon, USA Burial: November 1952 — Yachats, Lincoln, Oregon, USA Unique identifier: AAE6DF2319D9AEC34BB89B6023B57666 Links ⚶ Relationships Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Harrison Turner Crane Family with spouse Arthur Demarest Essie Maude Wilkes 1877–1952 Birth: February 1877 18 20 — Dilley, Washington, Oregon, USA Death: November 11, 1952 — Lincoln, Oregon, USA
23 months herself	Links Birth: January 1, 1879 20 22 — Oregon, USA Census: June 11, 1880 — Washington, Oregon, USA Marriage: December 24, 1895 — Tillamook, Oregon, USA Divorce: after 1910 Number of children: 2 sons, 2 daughters Unique identifier: 8936F213800588054DC5E65B617863C5 Marriage: about 1920 Death: 1948 — Multnomah, Oregon, USA Unique identifier: 6201E9F1A7B9A68345CF1B7120A2842F Links ⚶ Relationships Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Frances W. Crane Family with spouse William F. Balmer Bertha G. Wilkes 1879–1948 Birth: January 1, 1879 20 22 — Oregon, USA Death: 1948 — Multnomah, Oregon, USA
7 years younger sister	Links Birth: February 14, 1886 27 29 — Oregon, USA Marriage: January 13, 1905 — Vancouver Junction, Clark, Washington, USA Unique identifier: 0B62F7512EFB8B5842AD78B93BB9A42E Marriage: before 1942 — Lompoc, Santa Barbara, California, USA Death: May 12, 1948 — Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California, USA Burial: May 1948 — Lompoc, Santa Barbara, California, USA Unique identifier: 4EA04C41089FAB6C460507766D9151B4 Links ⚶ Relationships Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Hiram Franklin Perry Sr Family with spouse Edgar Romine Lair Merley Rachel Wilkes 1886–1948 Birth: February 14, 1886 27 29 — Oregon, USA Death: May 12, 1948 — Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California, USA

Mother’s family with Henry Lederer
stepfather	Links Birth: January 1841 — Bavaria, Germany Military: United States of America — between August 29, 1861 and March 15, 1865 — Pennsylvania, USA Marriage: about 1887 Death: June 4, 1919 — Tillamook, Oregon, USA Burial: June 1919 — Bay City, Tillamook, Oregon, USA Unique identifier: CACD35C0D4D5AB934646C3BD80676991 Links ⚶ Relationships Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Ruth E. Clearwater Henry Lederer 1841–1919 Birth: January 1841 — Bavaria, Germany Death: June 4, 1919 — Tillamook, Oregon, USA
mother	Links Birth: September 1856 — Guthrie, Iowa, USA Marriage: June 8, 1874 Family census: June 11, 1880 — Washington, Oregon, USA Unique identifier: 3143F3482C7FABAC4405B2BAB750B100 Marriage: about 1887 Death: July 16, 1935 — Kelso, Cowlitz, Washington, USA Burial: July 1935 — Bay City, Tillamook, Oregon, USA Unique identifier: CACD35C0D4D5AB934646C3BD80676991 Links ⚶ Relationships Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Levi Thurston Wilkes Essie Maude Wilkes Bertha G. Wilkes Merley Rachel Wilkes Family with spouse Henry Lederer Ruth E. Clearwater 1856–1935 Birth: September 1856 — Guthrie, Iowa, USA Death: July 16, 1935 — Kelso, Cowlitz, Washington, USA
Marriage	Marriage — about 1887 —

Family with Frances W. Crane
ex-husband	Links Birth: December 1862 — Michigan, USA Marriage: December 24, 1895 — Tillamook, Oregon, USA Divorce: after 1910 Number of children: 2 sons, 2 daughters Death: Unique identifier: 8936F213800588054DC5E65B617863C5 Links ⚶ Relationships Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Bertha G. Wilkes Frances W. Crane 1862– Birth: December 1862 — Michigan, USA Death:
herself	Links Birth: January 1, 1879 20 22 — Oregon, USA Census: June 11, 1880 — Washington, Oregon, USA Marriage: December 24, 1895 — Tillamook, Oregon, USA Divorce: after 1910 Number of children: 2 sons, 2 daughters Unique identifier: 8936F213800588054DC5E65B617863C5 Marriage: about 1920 Death: 1948 — Multnomah, Oregon, USA Unique identifier: 6201E9F1A7B9A68345CF1B7120A2842F Links ⚶ Relationships Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Frances W. Crane Family with spouse William F. Balmer Bertha G. Wilkes 1879–1948 Birth: January 1, 1879 20 22 — Oregon, USA Death: 1948 — Multnomah, Oregon, USA
Marriage	Marriage — December 24, 1895 — Tillamook, Oregon, USA
Divorce	Divorce — after 1910 —

Family with William F. Balmer
husband	Links Birth: about 1879 Marriage: about 1920 Death: Unique identifier: 6201E9F1A7B9A68345CF1B7120A2842F Links ⚶ Relationships Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Bertha G. Wilkes William F. Balmer 1879– Birth: about 1879 Death:
herself	Links Birth: January 1, 1879 20 22 — Oregon, USA Census: June 11, 1880 — Washington, Oregon, USA Marriage: December 24, 1895 — Tillamook, Oregon, USA Divorce: after 1910 Number of children: 2 sons, 2 daughters Unique identifier: 8936F213800588054DC5E65B617863C5 Marriage: about 1920 Death: 1948 — Multnomah, Oregon, USA Unique identifier: 6201E9F1A7B9A68345CF1B7120A2842F Links ⚶ Relationships Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Frances W. Crane Family with spouse William F. Balmer Bertha G. Wilkes 1879–1948 Birth: January 1, 1879 20 22 — Oregon, USA Death: 1948 — Multnomah, Oregon, USA
Marriage	Marriage — about 1920 —

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Birth	Source: By an Oregon Pioneer Fireside Citation details: page 138
Census	Source: 1880 Census for Washington County, Oregon, USA Text: Supervisor's District 110 Enumeration District: 127 Enumerator: Rudolph Crandall Citation details: Page 11, Page 328C, Reel 1084, page 660 Quality of data: census image
Marriage	Source: Oregon Marriage Records Citation details: Wilks-Bride
Divorce	Source: By an Oregon Pioneer Fireside Citation details: page 138
Number of children	Source: By an Oregon Pioneer Fireside Citation details: page 138
Marriage	Source: Wilks and Young Families: Texas Pioneers Citation details: page 375
Death	Source: Oregon, Death Index, 1903-1998 Citation details: certificate# 988

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Census	in hh 105-105 as Samuel Wilkes, White, Male, Age: 36, Head, Married, Farmer, MO VA TN; Lucy A., White, Female, Age: 36, Wife, Married, Housekeeping, MO NY OH; Granville A., White, Male, Age: 18, Son, At Home, OR MO MO; Amos C., White, Male, Age: 16, Son, At Home, OR MO MO; Willis R., White, Male, Age: 7, Son, Attended school, OR MO MO; Levi L., White, Male, Age: 25, Brother, Married, Farmer, OR VA TN; Ruth Wilkes, White, Female, Age: 22, Sister-in-law, Married, Housekeeper, IA IN IN; Maude E. Wilkes, White, Female, Age: 2, Niece, OR OR IA; Bertha Wilkes, White, Female, Age: 1, Niece, OR OR IA

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Census

in hh 105-105 as Samuel Wilkes, White, Male, Age: 36, Head, Married, Farmer, MO VA TN; Lucy A., White, Female, Age: 36, Wife, Married, Housekeeping, MO NY OH; Granville A., White, Male, Age: 18, Son, At Home, OR MO MO; Amos C., White, Male, Age: 16, Son, At Home, OR MO MO; Willis R., White, Male, Age: 7, Son, Attended school, OR MO MO; Levi L., White, Male, Age: 25, Brother, Married, Farmer, OR VA TN; Ruth Wilkes, White, Female, Age: 22, Sister-in-law, Married, Housekeeper, IA IN IN; Maude E. Wilkes, White, Female, Age: 2, Niece, OR OR IA; Bertha Wilkes, White, Female, Age: 1, Niece, OR OR IA

Research links

Australia 2

Belgium 1

Rijksarchief België

Germany 10

International 21

Italy 1

Banca Dati dei Caduti e Dispersi (link only)

Netherlands 24

Poland 1

Szukaj w Archiwach (tylko link)

Russia 11

Ukraine 7

United Kingdom 2

United States 2

Extra information

Unique identifier

F145EE985519B9B34A7FA950A6C3EA1A

Last change

April 22, 2013 – 15:31:56

Author of last change: barbaracorner

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Family with parents
father Parents Archibald G. Wilks Mahala Glenn	Levi Thurston Wilkes 1858–1922
mother	Ruth E. Clearwater 1856–1935
elder sister Family Harrison Turner Crane Family Arthur Demarest	Essie Maude Wilkes 1877–1952
herself	Bertha G. Wilkes 1879–1948
younger sister Family Hiram Franklin Perry Sr Family Edgar Romine Lair	Merley Rachel Wilkes 1886–1948

Mother’s family with Henry Lederer
stepfather	Henry Lederer 1841–1919
mother	Ruth E. Clearwater 1856–1935

Family with Frances W. Crane
ex-husband	Frances W. Crane 1862–
herself	Bertha G. Wilkes 1879–1948

Family with William F. Balmer
husband	William F. Balmer 1879–
herself	Bertha G. Wilkes 1879–1948

Descendants

Bertha G. Wilkes(1879–1948)
- Frances W. Crane1895
  - No children
- William F. Balmer1920
  - No children