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Alger, Leon P.
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| LAST: Alger
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FIRST: Leon
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MID: P.
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| GENDER: M
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| BORN: 5 Apr 1883
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DIED: 24 Oct 1968
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OCCUPATION: Farmer
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| BIRTH PLACE: Minnesota
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| DEATH PLACE: Silverton, Marion Co., Oregon
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NOTES:
1900 CENSUS - P. Leon, age 17, b. Apr 1883 in Minnesota, is enumerated with C. Enos, age 48, b. Ohio, and Celia E., age 50, b. Ohio, along with H. Anson, age 23, G. Albert, age 22, M. DeEtte, age 18, R. Elma, age 13, W., Daniel, age 9, and E. Fay, age 6, all born in Minnesota
1910 CENSUS - Leon Alger, age 27, single, occupation laborer, is enumerated with Enos, age 58, farmer, b. Ohio, and Celia C., age 60, b. Ohio, (they've been married 36 years, and she is the mother of 9 children), along with Daniel, age 19, and Fay, age 15, both born in Minnesota
MARRIAGE - Mildred Payton
1930 CENSUS - Leon Alger, age 45, first marriage at age 43, occupation wood cutter, b. Minnesota, is enumerated with wife Mildred, age 30, first marriage at age 18, b. Oregon, along with Kennie [identified as step-son of Leon], age 3 years, 10 months, b. Washington, and Virginia [daughter], age 4 months, b. Washington;
DISCREPANCY - Obituary gives place of birth as North Dakota, but Census records and Social Security records give birthplace as Minnesota;
DISCREPANCY - Social Security record gives year of birth as 1888, but Hollin record gives year of birth as 1880, and census records indicate year of birth as 1883;
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OBITUARY:
SILVERTON – Leon P. Alger, 80, of 812 N. 2nd St., died Thursday morning at a Silverton nursing home. He was born in North Dakota and had lived in the Silverton area the past 42 years, farming until retirement.
Surviving are son Leon Jr., Woodburn, step-son Kenneth Harrison, Redding, Calif., daughters Mrs. Virginia Reiling, Woodburn, Mrs. Mary Beede, Seattle, Wash., and Mrs. Deette Ebert, Ft. Lewis, Wash.; brother Daniel, Maple Plain, Minn.; and 16 grandchildren.
Services will be 11 a.m. at Unger funeral home. Interment will be at Pioneer Cemetery, Brooks.
(uncited newspaper clipping)
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INSCRIPTION:
Alger
Leon – Mildred
[shared marker]
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SOURCES:
Hollin
Saucy Survey & Photographs
ODI
1900 MN CENSUS (Hennepin Co., Independence, ED 142, sheet 2A)
1910 ND CENSUS (Williams Co., Pherrin, ED 218, sheet 13A)
1930 OR CENSUS (Marion Co., N. Howell, ED 43, sheet 4B)
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