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SPELLING VARIATIONS: Rosa, Rose; Malinda, Melinda
1880 OR CENSUS – Rosa M. Simpkins (8y, b Oregon) enumerated with parents Hiram (53y, b Pennsylvania, occupation farmer) and Mary A. (45y, b Oregon, Indian), 10 siblings, all born in Oregon, Newton (20y), Mary (19y), Alfred (18y), John (16y), Joanna (15y), Isabel (14y), Andrew (12y), Anna M. (9y), Louisa (6y), Ettie E. (2y) and Tesasma (b Mar 1880), and 2 grandchildren of Hiram & Mary, Earnest Simpkins (3y, b Oregon) and Maud Simpkins (1y, b Oregon)
MARRIAGE - M. Smith (of Polk Co) & Rosie Simkins md 5 Jan 1899 by R.P. Bird, Co Judge, at the Commercial Hotel. Wit: E.A. Hill & Ellie Withan
1900 OR CENSUS – Rosy Smith (b Nov 1873, Oregon, married 1y, mother of 1 child) enumerated with husband Michael (b Mar 1870, Illinois), daughter Mable (b Nov 1899, Oregon) and his parents Michael (b Oct 1827, Pennsylvania, married 50y) and Mary (b Jan 1831, Ohio, mother of 8 children, 5 living at time of census)
1910 OR CENSUS – Rosie Smith (36y, b Oregon, married 11y, mother of 1 child) enumerated with husband Mike (40y, b Illinois) and daughter Mabel (10y, b Oregon)
1920 OR CENSUS – Rose Smith (47y, b Oregon) enumerated with husband Mike (53y, b Ohio) and daughter Mable (20y, b Oregon); also with family was a boarder Helen Lehnert (20y, b North Dakota)
1930 OR CENSUS – Rosa M. Smith (59y, b Oregon, widowed) listed as a lodger at Eastern Oregon State Hospital; also working at the hospital were her daughter Mabel L. Frizzell (29y, b Oregon, married at age 20y, occupation office secretary) and her husband Jason E. Frizzell (30y, b Oregon, married at age 21y, occupation plant engineer)
1940 OR CENSUS – Rosa Smith (68y, b Oregon, widowed) enumerated with daughter Mabel Frizzell (40y, b Oregon) and her husband Jason E. Frizzell (41y, b Oregon, occupation refrigeration engineer); family was living in same house in 1935
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