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<DIV>In the 1940 census she is listed as being born in Alabama, and is divorced.
The 1941 city directory lists Josephine & John as both living
on the same street but at different house addresses. Wonder if
it was a duplex???</DIV>
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<DIV>In a message dated 12/13/2012 6:30:03 A.M. Pacific Standard Time,
ssteward@ccountry.net writes:</DIV>
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<H2>Even though 1910 and 1930 census show her birthplace as Georgia looks like
it could be her. Might be worth getting a copy of death
certificate and checking it out.<BR></H2>
<H2><SPAN class=g_altTitle>1910 United States Federal Census</SPAN></H2>
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<TH>Name:</TH>
<TD><SPAN class=srchHit><SPAN class=srchMatch type="exact"
score="293">Josephine</SPAN> <SPAN class=srchMatch
type="exact" score="413"
best="true">Gross</SPAN></SPAN></TD></TR>
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<TH>Age in 1910:</TH>
<TD>39</TD></TR>
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<TH>Birth Year:</TH>
<TD>abt 1871<BR><SPAN
title="Alternate date for this
record">[1871]
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<TH>Birthplace:</TH>
<TD>Georgia</TD></TR>
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<TH>Home in 1910:</TH>
<TD>Portland Ward 2, Multnomah, <SPAN class=srchMatch
type="country" score="184">Oregon</SPAN></TD></TR>
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<TH>Race:</TH>
<TD>Black</TD></TR>
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<TH>Gender:</TH>
<TD>Female</TD></TR>
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<TH>Relation to Head of House:</TH>
<TD>Wife</TD></TR>
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<TH>Marital Status:</TH>
<TD>Married</TD></TR>
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<TH>Spouse's Name:</TH>
<TD>John Gross</TD></TR>
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<TH>Father's Birthplace:</TH>
<TD>Georgia</TD></TR>
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<TH>Mother's Birthplace:</TH>
<TD>Georgia</TD></TR>
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<TH>Neighbors:</TH>
<TD><A
title=http://cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1910USCenIndex&sin=C0000006&siv=4449843_00194
href="mip://09f66268/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1910USCenIndex&sin=C0000006&siv=4449843_00194">View
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<TH>Household Members:</TH>
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vAlign=top width="9%" align=left>Age</TH></TR>
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<TD style="PADDING-RIGHT: 7px" width="90%"
align=left><A
title=http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1910USCenIndex&indiv=try&h=23362858
href="http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1910USCenIndex&indiv=try&h=23362858">John
Gross</A></TD>
<TD style="PADDING-RIGHT: 7px" width="9%"
align=left>36</TD></TR>
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<TD style="PADDING-RIGHT: 7px" width="90%"
align=left><A
title=http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1910USCenIndex&indiv=try&h=164129111
href="http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1910USCenIndex&indiv=try&h=164129111">Josephine
Gross</A></TD>
<TD style="PADDING-RIGHT: 7px" width="9%"
align=left>39</TD></TR>
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<TD style="PADDING-RIGHT: 7px" width="90%"
align=left><A
title=http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1910USCenIndex&indiv=try&h=23362876
href="http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1910USCenIndex&indiv=try&h=23362876">George
R?SE</A></TD>
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align=left>23</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR>
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<P class=p_sourceTxt><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"
class=srcCitLbl>Source Citation:</SPAN> Year: <I>1910</I>; Census Place:
<I>Portland Ward 2, Multnomah, Oregon</I>; Roll: <I>T624_1285</I>; Page:
<I>2B</I>; Enumeration District: <I>0128</I>; ; FHL microfilm:
<I>1375298</I>.</P></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
<H2><SPAN class=g_altTitle>1930 United States Federal Census</SPAN></H2>
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<TH>Name:</TH>
<TD><SPAN class=srchHit><SPAN class=srchMatch type="exact"
score="306">Josephine</SPAN> <SPAN class=srchMatch
type="exact" score="423" best="true">Gross</SPAN><BR><SPAN
title="Alternate name for this
record">[<SPAN
class=srchMatch type="exact" score="303">Josephine</SPAN>
<SPAN class=srchMatch type="soundex"
score="302">Grass</SPAN>] </SPAN></SPAN></TD></TR>
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<TH>Gender:</TH>
<TD>Female</TD></TR>
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<TH>Birth Year:</TH>
<TD>abt 1872</TD></TR>
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<TH>Birthplace:</TH>
<TD>Georgia</TD></TR>
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<TH>Race:</TH>
<TD>Negro <SPAN class=g_srhint>(Black)</SPAN><BR><SPAN
title="Alternate race for this
record">[Black]
</SPAN></TD></TR>
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<TH>Home in 1930:</TH>
<TD>Portland, Multnomah, Oregon<BR><A
title="javascript:showMap('Portland, Multnomah, Oregon')"
href="javascript:showMap('Portland, Multnomah, Oregon')">View
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<TH>Marital Status:</TH>
<TD>Divorced</TD></TR>
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<TH>Relation to Head of House:</TH>
<TD>Head</TD></TR>
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<TH>Father's Birthplace:</TH>
<TD>Georgia</TD></TR>
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<TH>Mother's Birthplace:</TH>
<TD>Georgia</TD></TR>
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<TH>Household Members:</TH>
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<TH style="PADDING-RIGHT: 7px" class=p_embedTableHead
vAlign=top width="90%" align=left>Name</TH>
<TH style="PADDING-RIGHT: 7px" class=p_embedTableHead
vAlign=top width="9%" align=left>Age</TH></TR>
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<TD style="PADDING-RIGHT: 7px" width="90%"
align=left><A
title=http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1930usfedcen&indiv=try&h=109543657
href="http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1930usfedcen&indiv=try&h=109543657">Josephine
Gross</A></TD>
<TD style="PADDING-RIGHT: 7px" width="9%"
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<P class=p_sourceTxt><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"
class=srcCitLbl>Source Citation:</SPAN> Year: <I>1930</I>; Census Place:
<I>Portland</I>, <I>Multnomah</I>, <I><SPAN class=srchMatch
type="country" score="182">Oregon</SPAN></I>; Roll: <I>1950</I>; Page:
<I>9B</I>; Enumeration District: <I>135</I>; Image: <I>664.0</I>; FHL
microfilm: <I>2341684</I>.</P></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
<H2><SPAN class=g_altTitle>Oregon, Death Index, 1898-2008</SPAN></H2>
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<TH>Name:</TH>
<TD><SPAN class=srchHit><SPAN class=srchMatch type="exact"
score="149">Josephine</SPAN> <SPAN class=srchMatch
type="exact" score="209"
best="true">Gross</SPAN></SPAN></TD></TR>
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<TH>Death Date:</TH>
<TD>28 Jul 1951</TD></TR>
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<TH>Death Place:</TH>
<TD>Portland</TD></TR>
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<TH>Spouse:</TH>
<TD>John</TD></TR>
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<TH>Certificate:</TH>
<TD>8310</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><BR>So
is Josephine's maiden name Ramsey?<BR>
<H2><SPAN class=g_altTitle>Washington, Marriage Records, 1865-2004</SPAN></H2>
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<TH>Name:</TH>
<TD><SPAN class=srchHit><SPAN class=srchMatch type="exact"
score="180">James</SPAN> <SPAN class=srchMatch type="exact"
score="163">S</SPAN> <SPAN class=srchMatch type="exact"
score="253" best="true">Donald</SPAN></SPAN></TD></TR>
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<TH>Spouse:</TH>
<TD><SPAN class=srchMatch type="exact" score="35"
best="true">Nellie</SPAN> Ramsey</TD></TR>
<TR>
<TH>Marriage Date:</TH>
<TD>30 Dec 1926</TD></TR>
<TR>
<TH>Marriage Place:</TH>
<TD>Clark</TD></TR>
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<TH>Reference Number:</TH>
<TD>swclkmc40194</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><BR>On
12/13/2012 5:55 AM, <A class=moz-txt-link-abbreviated
title=mailto:MEMcDTT@aol.com href="mailto:MEMcDTT@aol.com">MEMcDTT@aol.com</A>
wrote:<BR></DIV>
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<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
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listers.</O:P></SPAN></P>
<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New
Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Josephine GROSS
African American female born Alabama about 1871-1873.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></P>
<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">I
found her name in her sister’s funeral notice.<BR>Funeral Notice,
<I>Oregonian,</I> Friday, 1 Dec 1944, p. 15, col. 4<O:P></O:P></SPAN></P>
<P
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class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New
Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">DONALD - Nov 29,
Nellie, aged 65 years of 1415 NE 1st ave; beloved wife of James S.,
<B>sister of Josephine Gross</B>. Funeral services Monday, Dec. 4, at 2:30
P. M. at the Chapel of Miller & Tracey. Interment Rose City cemetery. BR
2691<O:P></O:P></SPAN></P>
<P
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class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New
Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Found her in 1920 and
1940 censuses but haven’t found her in 1910 or 1930
censuses<O:P></O:P></SPAN></P>
<P
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class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New
Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Surname, Given Name,
Age, Sex, Race, Birthplace, State, County, Location, Year (source
HQ)<O:P></O:P></SPAN></P>
<P
style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-AUTOSPACE: ; mso-layout-grid-align: none"
class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New
Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">GROSS, Josephine, 49
[b.ca. 1871], F, B, AL, OR, Multnomah, Portland; 108-PCT,
<B>1920</B><O:P></O:P></SPAN></P>
<P
style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-AUTOSPACE: ; mso-layout-grid-align: none"
class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New
Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Surname, Given Name,
Age, Sex, Race, Birthplace, State, County, Location, Year (source
HQ)<O:P></O:P></SPAN></P>
<P
style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-AUTOSPACE: ; mso-layout-grid-align: none"
class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New
Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">GROSS, Josephine, 67
[b.ca. 1873], Female, --, --, Alabama, Oregon, Multnomah, Portland City
Election Precinct 104, Portland, Tract 3, <B>1940<O:P></O:P></B></SPAN></P>
<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New
Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Thanks in
advance.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></P>
<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New
Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Mike McDermott, San
Jose, CA<O:P></O:P></SPAN></P></DIV></FONT><BR>
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