Gertrude Minthorn (1882 - 1944)

Born 30 Oct 1882 in West Branch, Iowa

Ancestors

Died 29 Jun 1944 at age 61 in Newberg, Yamhill, Oregon, United States [uncertain]

Biography

It is said she died in 1944 in India, and that she was a Missionary (Quaker ?) ^[1]

1900 census, Union City, Union, Oregon. ^[2]

• HJ Minthorn, Head, M, 54, b Canada;
  LE Minthorn, Wife, F, 54, b Ohio;
  Gertrude Minthorn, Daughter, F, b Iowa;
  May Minthorn, Daughter, F, 13, b Oregon;
  
• Partner: Benj S Cook, 44, b Iowa; Alvira Cook, Wife, 42, b Iowa; Mary A Cook, Daughter, 4, b Oregon; Eva Smith, Daughter, 13, b Iowa; Willard Smith, Son, 10, b Iowa.
  
• Lodgers: Henry F Totten, 30, b Texas; Conrad Nedridt, 44, b Switzlerland; John Rees, 55, b Illinois; August Nelson, 37, b Sweden.
  
• Servants: Ida Shinn, 22, b Missouri; George Taylor, 24, b California; Chong Chung, 38, b China.

1910 census, Newport, Lincoln, Oregon. ^[3]
Henry J Minthorn, Head, Male, 63, b Canada;
Laura E Minthorn, Wife, 63, b Ohio;
Gertrude Minthorn, Daughter, 27, b Iowa;
Mary A Minthorn, Daughter, 23, b Oregon;
Robert Riggle, Servant, M, 23, b Kansas.

Gertrude Minthorn's gravestone has been photographed, indicating a burial at Friends Cemetery, Newberg, Yamhill County, Oregon. ^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ Minthorn family records
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSD5-Z1K : accessed 24 February 2019), Gertrude Minthorn in household of Henry F Totten, Union Precincts 1 and 2 Union city, Union, Oregon, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 128, sheet 16B, family 352, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,352.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MLYN-4Y1 : accessed 22 February 2019), Gertrude Minthorn in household of Henry J Minthorn, Newport Ward 2, Lincoln, Oregon, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 173, sheet 6B, family 170, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1281; FHL microfilm 1,375,294.
4. ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6178955 : accessed 24 February 2019), memorial page for Gertrude Minthorn (30 Oct 1882–28 Jun 1944), Find A Grave Memorial no. 6178955, citing Friends Cemetery, Newberg, Yamhill County, Oregon, USA ; Maintained by Charles Rees (contributor 46516696) .

• Wm Minthorn family records (Bill Heald)