Dora Leona Wilkes, 18951983 (aged 88 years)

Name
Dora Leona /Wilkes/
Given names
Dora Leona
Surname
Wilkes
Nickname
Lena
Married name
Dora Leona /Turner/
Birth
Citation details: Oregon-EASy, film# 22589234
Note: Oregon State Archives has delayed birth record as being in Polk County, Oregon, certificate 1194. page 1
25th President of the United States
William McKinley
March 4, 1897
Marriage of a brother
Citation details: Sheet 8A
Census
Address: Main Street, Fossil Precinct, Fossil, Wheeler County, Oregon, USA.
Citation details: page 2B
Text:

Supervisor’s District: 2
Enumeration District: 152
Enumerator: Elbridge M. Clymer

Quality of data: census image
Note: in hh 40-40 as J. C. [Jessie C.] Wilks, Head, White, Male, Born: Aug 1847, Age: 52, Married: 26 yrs, OR VA TN, Day laborer, Unemployed: 3 mos, Home: rent, house; Dora E., Wife, White, Female, Born: May 1855, Age: 45, Married: 26 yrs, Children born: 7, Children living: 6, IA IL OH; Alden, Son, White, Male, Born: Apr 1885, Age:15, Single, OR OR IA, Student: 7 mos; Delora, Daughter, White, Female, Born: Apr 1888, Age: 12, Single, OR OR IA, Student: 9 mos; Harry E, Son, White, Male, Born: Jun 1891, Age: 9, Single OR OR IA, Student: 6 mos; Leona, Daughter, White, Female, Born: May 1895, Age: 5, Single, OR OR IA.
Birth of a brother
Citation details: Memorial# 67805960. Added 02 Apr 2011 by Dan & Barbara.
British Queen
Victoria
from June 20, 1837 to January 22, 1901
Death of a paternal grandfather
Address: Wagner, Wheeler County, Oregon, USA
26th President of the United States
Theodore Roosevelt
September 14, 1901
Death of a paternal grandmother
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."

Marriage of a sister
27th President of the United States
William Howard Taft
March 4, 1909
Census
Address: Township 8, Winlock Precinct, Wheeler County, Oregon, USA
Citation details: Sheet 2A, Page 305, Reel 1283, page 1219
Text:

Supervisor's District: 2-18
Enumeration District: 3
Enumerator: Thomas B. Eliod

Quality of data: census image
Note: in hh 23-23 as Jesse C. Wilkes, Head, Male, White, Age: 63, Married: 37 yrs, OR VA TN, Farmer, Home: farm, own account, no employees, Mortgaged, Farm# 21; Dora E., Wife, Female, White, Age: 54, Married: 37 yrs, IA IL OH; Alden, Son, Male, White, Age: 21, Single, OR OR IA, Laborer, Odd jobs, Unemployed: 14 mos; Delora Thomas, Daughter, Female, White, Age: 22, Widowed, OR OR IA, Servant, Hotel work, Unemployed: 8 wks; Leona Thomas [Wilkes], Daughter, Female, White, Age: 14, Single, OR OR IA; Robert Thomas [Wilkes], Son, Male, White, Age: 9, Single, OR OR IA; Maria Kelso, Mother-in-law, Female, White, Age: 75, Widowed, OH ME OH. Note: Leona & Robert were siblings of Delora. She could not have been their mother.
British King
Edward VII
from January 22, 1901 to May 6, 1910
Marriage of a brother
Citation details: Sheet 2A, Page 305, Reel 1283, page 1219
28th President of the United States
Woodrow Wilson
March 4, 1913
Marriage
Citation details: page 1
Citation details: page 136
Marriage of a sister
Citation details: page 136
Birth of a daughter
Citation details: Sheet 1B, Reel 1506, page 56
Family census
Address: Spray Precinct, Wheeler County, Oregon, USA
Text:

Supervisor's District: 2
Enumeration District: 23-63
Enumerator: Robert L. Greene

Quality of data: census image
Citation details: Sheet 1B, Reel 1506, Page 56.
Note: in hh 15-17 as Robert A. Turner, Head, Home: owner, mortgaged, Male, White Age: 33, Married, MO MO MO, Carpenter, house, wages; Leona, Wife, Female, White, Age: 24, Married, OR OR IA, none; Doris E., Daughter, Female, White, Age: 3 1/12, Single, OR MO OR, none.
29th President of the United States
Warren G Harding
March 4, 1921
30th President of the United States
Calvin Coolidge
August 2, 1923
Death of a father
Citation details: Memorial# 61187905. Added 06 Nov 2010 by KBrownst
Burial of a father
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.
Death of a mother
Citation details: Memorial# 61187904. Added, 06 Nov 2010 by KBrownst.
Burial of a mother
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# 61187904. 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
Marriage of a sister
Citation details: page 136
32nd President of the United States
Franklin D Roosevelt
March 4, 1933
British King
Edward VII
from January 20, 1936 to December 11, 1936
Death of a brother
33rd President of the United States
Harry S Truman
April 12, 1945
Death of a brother
Citation details: Memorial# 50938295, Added 10 Apr 2010 by Jan
Citation details: certificate# 6148
Burial of a brother
Cemetery: Olney Cemetery
Address: Block 6, Lot 82, Grave 7, Pendleton, Umatilla
County, Oregon, USA. GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 45.65890, Longitude: -118.80310
Citation details: Memorial# 50938295, Added 10 Apr 2010 by Jan
Note: tombstone inscription: Lewis Henry Wilkes, 1879 – [American Legion symbol] 1946
British King
British Queen
Elizabeth II
from February 6, 1952
34th President of the United States
Dwight D Eisenhower
January 20, 1953
Death of a brother
Citation details: Memorial# 67805960. Added 02 Apr 2011 by Dan & Barbara.
Citation details: certificate# 3579
Burial of a brother
Cemetery: Olney Cemetery
Address: Block 32, Lot 60, Grave 4. Pendleton, Umatilla County, Oregon, USA. GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 45.65890, Longitude: -118.80310
Citation details: Memorial# 67805960. Added 02 Apr 2011 by Dan & Barbara.
Note: tombstone inscription: Husband; Robert K. Wilkes; 1900 – 1958.
35th President of the United States
John F Kennedy
January 20, 1961
36th President of the United States
Lyndon B Johnson
November 22, 1963
37th President of the United States
Richard Nixon
January 20, 1969
Death of a husband
Citation details: Memorial# 42219009. Added 21 Sep 2009 by Dan & Barbara.
Burial of a husband
Cemetery: Olney Cemetery
Address: Block 1, Lot 6, Grave 4. Pendleton, Umatilla County, Oregon, USA. GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 45.65890, Longitude: -118.80310
Citation details: Memorial# 42219009. Added 21 Sep 2009 by Dan & Barbara.
Note: tombstone inscription: TURNER; Dora Leona; 1895 – 1983 / Robert Arlie; 1886 – 1969.
38th President of the United States
Gerald Ford
August 9, 1974
39th President of the United States
Jimmy Carter
January 20, 1977
40th President of the United States
Ronald Reagan
January 20, 1981
Death
May 24, 1983 (aged 88 years)
Citation details: Memorial# 42218950. Added 21 Sep 2009, Dan & Barbara.
Burial
Cemetery: Olney Cemetery
Address: Block 1, Lot 6, Grave 3. Pendleton, Umatilla County, Oregon, USA. GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 45.65890, Longitude: -118.80310
Citation details: Memorial# 42218950. Added 21 Sep 2009, Dan & Barbara.
Note: tombstone inscription: TURNER; Dora Leona; 1895 – 1983 / Robert Arlie; 1886 – 1969.
Family with parents
father
18471927
Birth: August 11, 1847 26 24 Buxton, Washington, Oregon, USA
Death: March 2, 1927Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, USA
mother
18551929
Birth: May 1855Iowa, USA
Death: January 6, 1929Washington, Oregon, USA
Marriage MarriageSeptember 27, 1873Washington, Oregon, USA
2 years
elder brother
18751944
Birth: about 1875 27 19 Oregon, USA
Death: January 26, 1944Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, USA
5 years
elder brother
18791946
Birth: December 14, 1879 32 24 Forest Grove, Washington, Oregon, USA
Death: August 27, 1946Grant, Oregon, USA
5 years
elder brother
1885
Birth: April 1885 37 29 Oregon, USA
Death:
3 years
elder sister
1888
Birth: April 1888 40 32 Oregon, USA
Death:
3 years
elder brother
1891
Birth: June 1891 43 36 Oregon, USA
Death:
4 years
herself
18951983
Birth: May 6, 1895 47 40 Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, USA
Death: May 24, 1983Oregon, USA
5 years
younger brother
19001958
Birth: August 28, 1900 53 45 Wheeler, Oregon, USA
Death: March 26, 1958Umatilla, Oregon, USA
Family with Robert Arlie Turner
husband
18861969
Birth: 1886Oregon, USA
Death: October 1969Oregon, USA
herself
18951983
Birth: May 6, 1895 47 40 Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, USA
Death: May 24, 1983Oregon, USA
Marriage MarriageDecember 26, 1915Wheeler, Oregon, USA
1 year
daughter
1916
Birth: December 1916 30 21 Oregon, USA
Birth
Citation details: Oregon-EASy, film# 22589234
Census
Citation details: page 2B
Text:

Supervisor’s District: 2
Enumeration District: 152
Enumerator: Elbridge M. Clymer

Quality of data: census image
Census
Citation details: Sheet 2A, Page 305, Reel 1283, page 1219
Text:

Supervisor's District: 2-18
Enumeration District: 3
Enumerator: Thomas B. Eliod

Quality of data: census image
Marriage
Citation details: page 1
Citation details: page 136
Family census
Text:

Supervisor's District: 2
Enumeration District: 23-63
Enumerator: Robert L. Greene

Quality of data: census image
Citation details: Sheet 1B, Reel 1506, Page 56.
Death
Citation details: Memorial# 42218950. Added 21 Sep 2009, Dan & Barbara.
Burial
Citation details: Memorial# 42218950. Added 21 Sep 2009, Dan & Barbara.
Birth

Oregon State Archives has delayed birth record as being in Polk County, Oregon, certificate 1194. page 1

Census

in hh 40-40 as J. C. [Jessie C.] Wilks, Head, White, Male, Born: Aug 1847, Age: 52, Married: 26 yrs, OR VA TN, Day laborer, Unemployed: 3 mos, Home: rent, house; Dora E., Wife, White, Female, Born: May 1855, Age: 45, Married: 26 yrs, Children born: 7, Children living: 6, IA IL OH; Alden, Son, White, Male, Born: Apr 1885, Age:15, Single, OR OR IA, Student: 7 mos; Delora, Daughter, White, Female, Born: Apr 1888, Age: 12, Single, OR OR IA, Student: 9 mos; Harry E, Son, White, Male, Born: Jun 1891, Age: 9, Single OR OR IA, Student: 6 mos; Leona, Daughter, White, Female, Born: May 1895, Age: 5, Single, OR OR IA.

Census

in hh 23-23 as Jesse C. Wilkes, Head, Male, White, Age: 63, Married: 37 yrs, OR VA TN, Farmer, Home: farm, own account, no employees, Mortgaged, Farm# 21; Dora E., Wife, Female, White, Age: 54, Married: 37 yrs, IA IL OH; Alden, Son, Male, White, Age: 21, Single, OR OR IA, Laborer, Odd jobs, Unemployed: 14 mos; Delora Thomas, Daughter, Female, White, Age: 22, Widowed, OR OR IA, Servant, Hotel work, Unemployed: 8 wks; Leona Thomas [Wilkes], Daughter, Female, White, Age: 14, Single, OR OR IA; Robert Thomas [Wilkes], Son, Male, White, Age: 9, Single, OR OR IA; Maria Kelso, Mother-in-law, Female, White, Age: 75, Widowed, OH ME OH. Note: Leona & Robert were siblings of Delora. She could not have been their mother.

Family census

in hh 15-17 as Robert A. Turner, Head, Home: owner, mortgaged, Male, White Age: 33, Married, MO MO MO, Carpenter, house, wages; Leona, Wife, Female, White, Age: 24, Married, OR OR IA, none; Doris E., Daughter, Female, White, Age: 3 1/12, Single, OR MO OR, none.

Burial

tombstone inscription: TURNER; Dora Leona; 1895 – 1983 / Robert Arlie; 1886 – 1969.

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