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McGrew, Florence J.
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| LAST NAME: McGrew
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FIRST NAME: Florence
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MIDDLE NAME: J.
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| GENDER: F
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| BORN: Nov 1879
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DIED: 26 Feb 1922
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BURIED: (Spring Valley Cemetery)
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| BIRTH PLACE: Oregon
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| DEATH PLACE: Vancouver, Clark Co., Washington
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1880 OR CENSUS – Florence McGrew (1y, b Oregon) enumerated with parents John W. (38y, b Indiana, occupation dry goods merchant) and Phebe (36y, b Iowa) and 4 siblings, all born in Oregon, Emmet V. (12y), Mabel (10y), Curtis A. (8y) and Jessie (5y); also with family was Thomas McCarty (32y, b Oregon, occupation laborer)
1900 OR CENSUS – Florence J. McGrew (b Nov 1879, Oregon) enumerated with mother Phoebe (b Sept 1844, Iowa, widowed, mother of 5 children), 2 brothers, Curtis A. (b Apr 1873, Oregon) and E.V. [Emmett] (b Sept 1869, Oregon, widowed, occupation merchant) and Emmett’s daughter Lavena (b Dec 1894, Oregon)
1910 OR CENSUS – Florence J. McGrew (25y, b Oregon, occupation seamstress) enumerated with mother Phoebe (66y, b Iowa, widowed, mother of 5 children) and Phoebe’s granddaughter Lavena McGrew (16y, b Oregon)
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DEATH CERTIFICATE:
Washington DC (1922 Clark co) #18 Florence J. McGrew, female, woolen mill, single; b Nov 1883, Perrydale, Oregon; father John McGrew; mother Phebe Walling; d 26 Feb 1922, Vancouver hospital, of 1513 Grant, Vancouver, age 40y; lived in town 1y6m; remains sent to Portland; informant C.A. Ball, 96 E 14th, Portland, Oregon
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OBITUARY:
Miss Florence J. McGrew, youngest daughter of John W. McGrew, pioneer merchant of Perrydale, Or., died at Vancouver, Wash., February 26. Miss McGrew was employed as superintendent of the operating department of the Vancouver woolen mills and was taken ill suddenly while at work Saturday. She died of pheumonia early Sunday morning.
Surviving her are her father [sic! father died 1890], a brother, C. A. McGrew of Talent, Or., and two sisters, Mrs. Mabel Bruler of Talent and Mrs. Jessie E. Ball of Portland.
Oregonian, The (Portland, Oregon 5 Mar 1922, pg 15
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INSCRIPTION:
Florence J.
McGrew
1879 - 1922
[shares monument with Phebe, and John W.]
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SOURCES:
Janssen Compilation
Saucy Survey & Photographs
Washington DC (1922 Clark co) #18
1880 OR CENSUS (Polk co, Perrydale, ED 102, FA#173)
1900 OR CENSUS (Multnomah co, Portland, ED 81, sheet 9A)
1910 OR CENSUS (Multnomah co, Portland, ED 232, sheet 4B)
Oreg. 5 Mar 1922, pg 15
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