Marriage of Parents – C.M. Purvine & Fannie Reed md 6 Nov 1895, Polk co, Oregon

1910 OR CENSUS – Byron Purvine (2y, b Oregon) enumerated with parents Charles (46y, b Oregon, married 14y, occupation engineer) and Frances (35y, b Oregon, mother of 3 children), 2 siblings, Walker (15y, b Oregon) and Margaret (11y, b Oregon) and aunt [of Charles] Louisa Walker (79y, b Illinois, widowed)

1920 OR CENSUS – Byron Purvine (12y, b Oregon) enumerated with parents Charles M. (56y, b Oregon, occupation engineer) and Frances (45y, b Oregon), sister Margaret (21y, b Oregon) and aunt [of Charles] Louisa Walker (87y, b Illinois, widowed)

1930 OR CENSUS – Byron J. Purvine (22y, b Oregon, occupation farm laborer) enumerated with parents Charles M. (66y, b Oregon, married at age 32y, occupation farmer) and Frances S. (56y, b Oregon, married at age 22y); also with family was boarder Herman Sawatzky (22y, b Oklahoma, occupation farm laborer)

1st MARRIAGE – Byron J. Purvine (22y, of Rt 1, Box 364, Salem, Oregon, son of Charles M. Purvine & Francis Reed) and Olive D. Johnson (20y, of Glendale, Oregon, daughter of William Johnson & Pauline Claflin) md 9 Nov 1935, Vancouver, Clark co, Washington

1940 OR CENSUS – Byron J. Purvine (31y, b Oregon, single, occupation engineer); living in same house in 1935

2nd MARRIAGE – Byron J. Purvine & LeNore M. Rivers md 25 Mar 1944, Marion co, Oregon

3rd MARRIAGE – Byron Purvine & Etta Greene md 18 Sept 1983, Polk co, Oregon

OSBH DC (Marion County 1992) #92-04807 - name of spouse, Etta

Byron J. Purvine, Dec 20, 1907-March 15, 1992

Byron J. Purvine, 84, of Salem died Sunday. He was born in Portland and had lived in Salem on the family farm, the Seven Oaks Farm of Zena. The Purvine family came to the valley in 1845. He was a military veteran, serving as an airplane machinist. Survivors include his wife, Etta M.; son, Laurence R. of Salem; two grandchildren; and one step-grandchild. Graveside services will begin at 2 pm Wednesday in Zena Cemetery, Salem. Arrangements are by Virgil T. Golden mortuary.

Statesman Journal, Tuesday, March 17, 1992  

Purvine
Byron J.
1907 - 1992
[shares marker with Lenore]

Janssen Compilation
Saucy Survey & Photographs
ODI

Polk co, Oregon, Marriage Records, Vol 4

1910 OR CENSUS (Multnomah co, Portland, ED 230, sheet 6A)

1920 OR CENSUS (Multnomah co, Portland, ED 158, sheet 2A)

1930 OR CENSUS (Polk co, Spring Valley, ED 4, sheet 11B)

Washington Marriage Records (Ancestry.com)

1940 OR CENSUS (Marion co, Pringle, ED 24-47, sheet 1A)

Oregon Marriage Index

SJ 17 Mar 1992