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    Gatha Viola Bressler

    Gatha Viola Bressler[1]

    Female 1916 - 1999  (83 years)

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    • Name Gatha Viola Bressler  [2, 3
      Born 02 Feb 1916  Salem, Marion, Oregon U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location 
      Gender Female 
      Buried May 1999  Belcrest Memorial Cemetery, Salem, Marion, Oregon U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location 
      Died 14 May 1999  Salem, Marion, Oregon U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location 
      Notes 
      • Sources:
        01) Certificate of Birth; Registered No. 32; Oregon State Board of Health, Division of Vital Statistics.

        02) Birth Registration Card; State File No. 78; Control No. 34998; Date Issued 06.Sep.1949.

        03) Certificate of Marriage: # B 7812; Clark County, Washington.

        04) Divorce Degree: Multnomah County Circuit Court, Dawes vs. Dawes No. 153-236; Feb.1944.

        05) Certificate of Death; I.D. Tag No.: H-30331, Local File Number: 1025, State File Number: 136; Oregon Department of Human Resources, Health Division, Center for Health Statistics.

        06)Edwin L. Weaver; "Holdeman Descendants"; E. V. Publishing House; 1937; Vol. I, Page 246.


        Narrative History:
        Born at 6 p.m. in her parents home in the Livesley Section, five miles southwest of Salem, Oregon. Died of pancratic cancer at her home on South River Road in Salem Oregon.
      Person ID I0072  Devin Timber | David Devin Pedigree
      Last Modified 22 Nov 2014 

      Father George Albert Bressler,   b. 21 Feb 1890, Salem, Marion, Oregon U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Apr 1958, Portland, Multnomah, Oregon U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 68 years) 
      Mother Ruth Elizabeth Hitchcock,   b. 17 May 1895, Aberdeen, Edmonds, South Dakota U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Dec 1957, Salem, Marion, Oregon U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 62 years) 
      Married 10 Apr 1915  Salem, Marion, Oregon U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5
      Notes 
      • Married at the "Residence of Mrs. Hitchcock" per Marriage Certificate.
      • Newspaper clipping [date unknown, publisher unknown]
        "Personals.
        George Bressler, one of Livesley promising young men, was married to Miss Ruth Hitchcock of Salem last Saturday at the home of the bride's parents in Highland. Rev. William Nicholl officiated. Immediately after the ceremony the young couple left for Portland. After a short honeymoon they took up their residence at Livesley where they will make their home. Their friends wish them many happy successful years."
      Family ID F0528  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

      Family 1 Walter Arthur Dawes,   b. 08 Jun 1913, Houston, Harris, Texas U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 06 Oct 1989, Portland, Multnomah, Oregon U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 76 years) 
      Married 12 Jan 1934  Vancouver, Clark, Washington U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location 
      Notes 
      • Married at the Court House in Vancover, Washington
      Children 
       1. Rodger Allen Dawes,   b. 21 May 1936, Salem, Marion, Oregon U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 May 1936, Salem, Marion, Oregon U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 0 years)
      Heirlooms
      Cream & Sugar Set
      Cream & Sugar Set
      Given as a wedding gift to Walter Dawes & Gatha Bressler. Handed down to their daughter. Then, passed on to their grandson, David.
      Cake Plate
      Cake Plate
      Given as a wedding gift to Walter Dawes and Gatha Bressler in 1934 from 'Grandma' Rea (friend of Ruth Breesler). 'Grandma Rea' had the plate since about 1870. Handed down to their daughter. Then handed down to their grandson, David.
      Last Modified 14 May 2010 
      Family ID F0008  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

      Family 2 Raymond John Blasen,   b. 15 Feb 1913, Mitchell, South Dakota U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1974, Portland, Multnomah, Oregon U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 60 years) 
      Married 03 Apr 1950  Portland, Multnomah, Oregon U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location 
      Notes 
      • Married at Methodist Church in Portland.
      Last Modified 15 Feb 2010 
      Family ID F0525  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

      Family 3 Norman Elmer Rhodes,   b. 04 Sep 1908, Marshfield, Coos, Oregon U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 04 Jan 1984, Clackamas, Clackamas, Oregon U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 75 years) 
      Married 11 Jun 1955  Vancouver, Clark, Washington U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location 
      Notes 
      • Married at Methodist Church in Vancouver, Washington.
      Last Modified 9 May 2010 
      Family ID F0526  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

      Family 4 Walter Arthur Dawes,   b. 08 Jun 1913, Houston, Harris, Texas U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 06 Oct 1989, Portland, Multnomah, Oregon U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 76 years) 
      Children 
      +1. Living
      Last Modified 25 Feb 2021 
      Family ID F817  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    • Photos
      Rhodes, Gatha V. BRESSLER (1987)
      Rhodes, Gatha V. BRESSLER (1987)

      Headstones
      Gatha Viola BRESSLER Rhodes
      Gatha Viola BRESSLER Rhodes

    • Sources 
      1. [S67410] Certificate of Birth: Patricia Ann Dawes, (Division of Vital Statistics, Oregon State Board of Health; Mar. 2, 1935.), State Registered No. 156; Local Registered No. 125., Box 18.

      2. [S04058] Bressler, Gatha Viola : Birth Registration Card, Oregon State Board of Health Division of Vital Statistics, (Date Issued Sept. 6, 1949 Control No. 34998), State File No. 78.
        Name: Gatha Viola Bressler
        Birth Date: February 2, 1916
        Record Filed: 2-7-[19]16
        Birth Place: Salem, Marion County, Oregon
        Race: white
        Sex: female
        This certifies that the above is a true abstract of this person's birth record which is filed with the state registrar.

      3. [S04253] Holdeman Descendants Vol. I, Weaver, Edwin L., (E. V. Publishing House; Indiana; 1937), Page 246.

      4. [S04063] Bressler-Hitchcock : Certificate of Marriage.
        This certifies that on the 10th day of April 1915 in the year of our Lord G. A. Bressler and Ruth Hitchcock were by me united in Holy Matrimony at Salem Oregon According to the Ordinance of God and the laws of Oregon.
        Witnesses,
        Frances Bressler

        William Nicholl
        pastor M. E. Church

      5. [S04064] Bressler-Hitchcock : Marriage Certificate.
        Marriage Certificate State of Oregon County of Marion,
        This is to certify that the undresigned, a Methodist by authority of a License bearing date the 10 day of April 1915 and issued by the County Clerk of the County of Marion, did, on the 10th day of April 1915 at the Residence of Mrs. Hitchcock in the County and State aforesaid, join in lawful wedlock G. A. Bressler (name of male) of the County of Marion Stae of Oregon, and Ruth Hitchcock (name of female) of the County of Marion State of Oregon, with their mutual assent in the presence of J. P. Bressler, FE, Bressler Witnesses.

        Witness my hand Wm. Nicholl
        My certificate of authority to solemnize marriage is recorded in Marion County, Oregon.