Marriage of Parents – Lewis E. Penrose & Carrie T. Grimm md 27 Aug 1882, Hancock, Houghton co, Michigan

Parents are buried in Hopewell cemetery, Yamhill co, Oregon

BIRTH – Minnie Penrose born 1 Sept 1882 at Quincy, Houghton co, Michigan, daughter of Louis & Theresa Penrose

1900 OR CENSUS – Willamina Penrose (b Sept 1882, Michigan, single) listed as a servant in house of Robert Deal

MARRIAGE – Walter B. Hunt & Minnie G. Penrose md 16 Sept 1902, Polk co, Oregon

1910 OR CENSUS – Minnie G. Hunt (27y, b Michigan, married 7y, mother of 1 child) enumerated with husband Walter B. (33y, b Oregon, occupation farmer) and daughter Francis L. (5y, b Oregon)

1920 OR CENSUS – Minnie Hunt (37y, b Michigan) enumerated with husband Walter B. (42y, b Oregon, occupation farmer) and 2 children, Frances (14y, b Oregon) and Kenneth (4y, b Oregon)

1930 OR CENSUS - Minnie G. Hunt, age 47, b. Michigan, is enumerated with Walter B., age 53, occupation farmer, b. Oregon, along with Kenneth R., age 15, b. Oregon, and Helen M., age 9, b. Oregon.

1940 OR CENSUS – Minnie Hunt (57y, b Minnesota), enumerated with husband Walter B. (63y, b Oregon, occupation farmer), son Kenneth (25y, b Oregon), daughter-in-law Alice (21y, b Oregon, living in Salem, Marion co, Oregon in 1935), and granddaughter Iris M. (4m, b Oregon); Walter, Minnie & Kenneth were living in same house in 1935 

OSBH DC (1973 Marion co) #7875 Minnie Gertrude Hunt, female, housewife, widowed, spouse Walter B. Hunt; b 1 Sept 1882, Michigan; father Louis Penrose; mother Carrie Grimm; d 11 May 1973, Salem rest home, of 2534 Rogers Lane NW, Salem, Polk co, age 90y; bur Zena; informant Mrs Lawrence McClure, daughter

Mrs Minnie Hunt, a Salem area resident most of her life after coming here as a small child, died Friday in a Salem nursing home at the age of 90. Born in Michigan, she lived at Zena, west of Salem, and came to Salem about 10 years ago to live with a daughter at 2534 Rogers Lane NW. She had spent a few years homesteading in the Fort Rock area near Bend. She was a member of Zena Missionary Society. Surviving are daughters Helen McClure and Frances Burns and son Kenneth R., all of Salem; sisters Esther Propst, Woodburn, Rose Stoutenburg, Dayton, and Lillie Nelson, Salem; seven grandchildren, 14 great-grandchildren and three great-great-grandchildren. Services are pending at Barrick mortuary.

Oregon Statesman, Saturday, May 12, 1973, page 18

Hunt
Minnie G.
1882 - 1973
[shares marker with Walter]

Janssen Compilation
Saucy Survey & Photographs
OSBH DC (Marion County 1973) #73-07875

Michigan Marriage Records (Ancestry.com)

Michigan Birth Index (Ancestry.com)

1900 OR CENSUS (Polk co, Spring Valley, ED 172, FA#39)

Polk Co, Oregon, Marriage Records, vol 6

1910 OR CENSUS (Lake co, Silver Lake, ED 138, sheet 6B)

1920 OR CENSUS (Polk co, Spring Valley, ED 365, sheet 4B)

1930 OR CENSUS (Polk Co., Spring Valley, ED 4, sheet 4B)

1940 OR CENSUS (Polk co, Spring Valley, ED 27-42, sheet 5B) 

OS, 12 May 1973, page 18