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Spring Valley Cemetery ~ Margaret Walling ~ part of the Polk County Pioneer Cemeteries of Oregon
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Walling, Margaret
LAST NAME: Walling FIRST NAME: Margaret MIDDLE NAME:  NICKNAME: 
MAIDEN NAME: Ruley AKA 1:  AKA 2:  AKA 3: 
GENDER: F TITLE: 
BORN: 6 Apr 1906 DIED: 14 Mar 1992 BURIED:  (Spring Valley Cemetery)
OCCUPATION:  
BIRTH PLACE:  Gilman, Iroquois Co, Illinois
DEATH PLACE: Salem, Marion Co., Oregon
NOTES: 

Marriage of Parents – John B. Ruley & Alice Townsend md 27 Mar 1900, Iroquois co, Illinois

Parents are buried in Riverview Abbey Mausoleum in Portland

1910 WA CENSUS – Margaret Ruley (4y, b Illinois) enumerated with aprents John B. (40y, b Illinois, married 10y, occupation salesman) and Alice (37y, b Illinois, mother of 4 children, 2 living at time of census) and brother Bryce (2y, b Washington); also with family was boarder Celia Nickson (29y, b Oregon, occupation saleswoman)

1920 OR CENSUS – Margaret Ruley (13y, b Illinois) enumerated with parents John B. (50y, b Illinois, occupation real estate agent) and Alice N. (47y, b Illinois), and 2 siblings, Bryce (11y, b Washington) and Helen (6y, b Oregon)

1930 OR CENSUS – Margaret N. Ruley (23y, b Illinois, occupation stenographer) enumerated with parents John B. (60y, b Illinois, married at age 30y, occupation salesman) and Alice N. (57y, b Illinois, married at age 27y), 2 siblings, Bryce T. (22y, b Washington, occupation bank clerk) and Helen L. (16y, b Oregon) and grandmother [mother of Alice] Maria Townsend (79y, b England, immigrated 1857, naturalized, married at age 20y, widowed)

1940 OR CENSUS – Margaret M. Ruley (33y, b Illinois, occupation stenographer) enumerated with parents John B. (70y, b Illinois, occupation watchman) and Alice N. (67y, b Illinois), sister Helen L. (26y, b Oregon, occupation stenographer) and grandmother Maria Townsend (89y, b England, widowed); family was living in same house in 1935

MARRIAGE – Harold Walling & Margaret Ruley md 31 Oct 1959, Multnomah co, Oregon

DEATH CERTIFICATE: 

OSBH DC (Marion County 1992) #92-04811

OBITUARY: 

Margaret R. Walling, April 6, 1906-March 14, 1992

Margaret Ruley Walling, 85, of Salem died Saturday. She was born in Gilman, Ill, and moved to Portland as a child. She graduated from Franklin High School and attended Oregon State University, where she was affiliated with Gamma Phi Beta. She later settled in Salem. She married Harold C. Walling; he died in 1983. She is survived by her sister, Helen Bibler of Corvallis; and stepson, Jerry of Salem. Private services will be held. Contributions may be made to Salem Hospital Auxiliary, 665 Winter St SE, Salem, 97301. Arrangements are by Virgil T. Golden mortuary.

Statesman Journal, Sunday, March 15, 1992, page 18

INSCRIPTION: 

Walling
Margaret R.
Apr. 6, 1906
Mar. 14, 1992
[shares marker with Harold]

SOURCES: 

Janssen Compilation
Saucy Survey & Photographs
ODI

Illinois Statewide Marriage Index

1910 WA CENSUS (Garfield co, E Pomeroy, ED 68, sheet 6A)

1920 OR CENSUS (Multnomah co, Portland, ED 77, sheet 3B)

1930 OR CENSUS (Multnomah co, Portland, ED 213, sheet 3B)

1940 OR CENSUS (Multnomah co, Portland, ED 37-211, sheet 2B)

Oregon Marriage Index

SJ, 15 Mar 1992, page 18

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