Almeda (Miner) Francis
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Almeda Emeline (Miner) Francis (1872 - 1974)

Almeda Emeline Francis formerly Miner
Born in Mitchell, Iowa, United Statesmap
Ancestors ancestors
Wife of — married 21 Dec 1892 in Humboldt, California, United Statesmap
Descendants descendants
Died at age 102 in Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, United Statesmap
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Biography

Almeda Emeline Miner was born on the 17th of September, 1872 in Iowa. Her parents were Leander Hoskins Miner and Ella Elizabeth Scouten. Her father was born in Wisconsin and her mother in New York. They married on the 4th of April, 1872 in Mitchell, Iowa.

Sometime during 1874-1876 the family moved to Ferndale, Humboldt, California where Almeda married Frederick Llewlyn Francis on the 21st of December, 1892. They had three children while living in Ferndale, Craig Miner, Nathalies and Leander Adrian Francis. By 1910 the family had moved to Portland, Oregon where daughter Jacqueline Francis was born on the 4th of June, 1911.

She owned a home in S.E. Portland near 40th and Hawthorne St.[1] The address was 1848 SE 41st Ave.[2]

Her husband, Frederick L. Francis passed away on the 2nd of Feb. 1932.

Almeda passed away in October, 1974 at the age of 102 years old.[3]

Timeline

1900 - Ferndale Township Ferndale town, Humboldt, California, United States

1910 - Portland Ward 7, Multnomah, Oregon, United States

1920 - Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, United States

1930 - Portland (Districts 1-219), Multnomah, Oregon, United States

Genealogical Proof Standard

Research Notes

"Almeda E. Francis

Funeral for Almeda E. Francis will be at 11 a.m. Saturday in Riverview Abbey, followed by crypt interment.

Mrs. Francis, who lived at 1848 SE 41st Ave., was born Sept. 17, 1872, in Mitchell County, Iowa, and moved to Portland in 1909. She died Wednesday at age 102.

She is survived by two daughters, Nathalie Simmons and Jacquelyn Porter, both of Portland; six grandchildren; 16 great-grandchildren, and seven great-great grandchildren."

  • The Oregonian, Portland, Oregon, Friday, October 25, 1974, page A38.

Links

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Acknowledgments

Sources

  1. As remembered by LaVere Lukens, April 2018.
  2. "United States, GenealogyBank Historical Newspaper Obituaries, 1815-2011", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP11-L1RP : 18 July 2020), Mrs Almeda E Francis, 1974.
  3. "Almeda E Miner." Family Search. Accessed April 4, 2017. https://familysearch.org/tree/person/KCVY-SFX/.

See also:

  • First-hand information. Entered by Erik Granstrom at registration.
  • Granstrom Family Photo Collection. In possession of Erik Granstrom on July 19, 2017, Sandy, Oregon.
  • Lukens Family Photo Collection. In possession of Erik Granstrom on January 10th, 2020, Sandy, Oregon.
  • "California, County Marriages, 1850-1952," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/KZ3J-P6N : 28 November 2014), Frederick L Francis and Almeda E Miner, 21 Dec 1892; citing Humboldt, California, United States, county courthouses, California; FHL microfilm 1,293,772.
  • "California, County Marriages, 1850-1952," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/KZ3V-8CP : 28 November 2014), Fred'K L. Francis and Almeda E. Miner, 21 Dec 1892; citing Humboldt, California, United States, county courthouses, California; FHL microfilm 1,293,775.
  • "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M9PD-CYV : accessed 5 April 2017), Meda Francis in household of Lee H Miner, Ferndale Township Ferndale town, Humboldt, California, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 34, sheet 5B, family 108, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,087.
  • "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MLB3-YS8 : accessed 5 April 2017), Almeda C Francis in household of Fredrick L Francis, Portland Ward 7, Multnomah, Oregon, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 176, sheet 11B, family 292, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1288; FHL microfilm 1,375,301.
  • "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M48F-LTM : accessed 5 April 2017), Almeda Francis in household of Frederick L Francis, Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, United States; citing ED 108, sheet 6A, line 44, family 158, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 1501; FHL microfilm 1,821,501.
  • "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XCS9-DJH : accessed 5 April 2017), Almeda E Francis in household of Frederick L Francis, Portland (Districts 1-219), Multnomah, Oregon, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 184, sheet 2A, line 9, family 34, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1951; FHL microfilm 2,341,685.

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