[or-roots] Re: Hermiston help?

[Cheryl Fitzsimons]

Hi Melanie,

I stopped by the Archives today and found the death certificate for Bertha 
Jerina Miller.  Here is the information listed on it:

Bertha Jerina Miller lived at 12 Springfield, Ordnance, Umatilla, Oregon.  
She had been in the community and the state for 1 1/2 years.  She was 
foreign born and lived in the USA for 64 years.  She was married and her 
husband was George W. Miller.  He was alive and 78 years old.  Bertha was 
born 28 Feb 1871 in Norway.  Her father was Ben Martin Larson, born in 
Norway, and her mother was Anna Bertina Gabelson, born in Norway.  The 
cities of birth in Norway were not known.

Bertha died 12 Dec 1948 at 11:15 am from congestive heart failure due to 
cardiac asthma which she had for 6 months.  She also had untreated diabetes 
for 30 years.  She was "bed ridden due to fall one month ago ... fell at 
home due to 'dizzy spell'".  The fall was an accident that happened 19 Oct 
1948 at her home.

The informant was Albert E. Haris (I think that is what the handwriting 
says) and he also lived at 12 Srpingfield, Ordnance.

Bertha was buried 15 Dec 1948 in Hermiston, Oregon.  The funeral director 
was Charles J. Burns of Hermiston.

I don't know if George W. Miller was living in Ordnance or not - but Bertha 
was not listed as widowed or divorced.  Does Albert E. Haris ring a bell 
with you?  Could he be a brother-in law, a son-in-law or something?

You have to remember that any information other than date of death and place 
on a death certificate can be incorrect.  But at least it gives you 
something to look into.

I hope this helps you in your research,
Cheryl Fitzsimons


>From: "M. J." <melnijo at yahoo.com>
>Reply-To: or-roots at sosinet.sos.state.or.us
>To: or-roots at sosinet.sos.state.or.us
>Subject: [or-roots] Re: Hermiston help?
>Date: Sat, 22 May 2004 15:27:37 -0700 (PDT)
>
>Greeting fellow listers- I am looking for some help
>with information on my maternal gr-grandmother and
>gr-grandfather; I have had a hard time getting started
>on this branch of the family as I have very little to
>go on.
>
>This is the only reference I have found on her so-far,
>
>(cut-and-pasted from Hermiston Herald obituaries)
>
>Miller, Bertha Jerina
>vol 41 no 19 - 16 Dec 1948
>Born 28 Feb 1871 in Norway. Came to US at age 13. Died
>12 Dec 1948 at Ordnance. Survived by spouse, George
>Miller of Lincoln, NE and seven children.
>Internment: Hermiston Cemetery
>
>Are any of you kind folks, esp. those close to
>Hermiston, able to do a check on her for me? Any
>further information would be helpful. My grandmother,
>Hazel June <Miller> Cornell, (b. 1/18/1905) was the
>only daughter of the aforementioned 7 children, and I
>believe the second youngest. Her husband, my
>gr-grandfather's, full name was George Washington
>Miller. No clue on any dates for him yet. I only have
>as much as I do from my starting point of the SS-5
>from the SSDI for my grandmother.
>
>I believe a lot of that family is still in Oregon, but
>due to one of those unfortunate family fueds, I am
>stonewalled from any further info from my current
>family.
>
>Hav tried a lot of the freebie stuff on Ancestry and
>Rootsweb, but nothing seems to match. I'm still
>learning on how best to do this so any suggestions are
>welcome. Heck, maybe even some of you are cousins!
>
>Thanks in advance,
>
>Melanie Munson
>
>
>
>
>
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