Robert Wilbur ATHERTON

1885 - 1973  (87 years)

• Name	Robert Wilbur ATHERTON
  Born	22 Jul 1885	Willow, Monona County, Iowa, USA
  Gender	Male
  Died	4 Feb 1973	Nyssa, Oregon, USA   [1]
  Person ID	I639	Atherton One Name Study
  Last Modified	15 May 2015

  
  

  Father	Charles ATHERTON,   b. 29 May 1845, Llanasa, Flintshire, Wales ,   d. 2 Jul 1931, Ontario, Oregon, USA  (Age 86 years)
  Mother	Laura Virginia VINING,   b. 19 Apr 1866, Dunlap, Iowa, USA ,   d. 1 Jan 1953, Nyssa, Oregon, USA  (Age 86 years)
  Married	11 Nov 1883	Dunlap, Iowa, USA
  Family ID	F2511	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Nellie Mabel WANN,   b. 29 Jan 1888, Ballston, Oregon, USA ,   d. 11 Dec 1937, Fruitland, Idaho  (Age 49 years)
  Married	25 Nov 1909	Ontario, Oregon, USA
  Children	1. Wilbur Henry ATHERTON,   b. 27 Jul 1910, Ontario, Oregon, USA ,   d. 23 Aug 1979, Ontario, Oregon, USA  (Age 69 years)   2. Charles ATHERTON,   b. 19 Jan 1912, Ontario, Oregon, USA ,   d. 12 Oct 1994, Boise, Ada, Idaho, USA  (Age 82 years)   3. Richard Wann ATHERTON,   b. 24 Dec 1912, Vale, Oregon, USA ,   d. 25 Apr 1916, Ontario, Oregon, USA  (Age 3 years)   4. Mabel Winifred ATHERTON,   b. 26 Dec 1914, Ontario, Oregon, USA ,   d. 17 Sep 1971, Nampa, Idaho, USA  (Age 56 years)   5. Clara Louise ATHERTON,   b. 20 Dec 1916, Ontario, Oregon, USA ,   d. 4 Dec 1980, Tenino, Washington, USA  (Age 63 years)   6. James Glen ATHERTON,   b. 28 Oct 1920, Ontario, Oregon, USA ,   d. 30 Jun 1987, Ontario, Oregon, USA  (Age 66 years)   7. Roger Lee ATHERTON,   b. 16 Sep 1922, Ontario, Oregon, USA ,   d. 20 Sep 1944, Beek, Holland  (Age 22 years)   8. Fern Virginia ATHERTON,   b. 21 Oct 1923, Ontario, Oregon, USA ,   d. 17 May 1992, Boise, Ada, Idaho, USA  (Age 68 years)   9. Myrtle Bernice ATHERTON,   d. 3 Mar 2012   10. Raymond ATHERTON,   b. 12 Feb 1931, Ontario, Oregon, USA ,   d. 4 Apr 2003, Huntsville, Alabama, USA  (Age 72 years)
  Last Modified	22 Jun 2020
  Family ID	F2492	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  In the 1900 U. S. Census, Roger is listed as living with his parents, Charles, age 55, and Laura, age 36, in Boyer Township, Harrison County, Iowa. His birthdate is listed as July, 1885, his age as 14, with an occupation of `Farm laborer` and attending school for 4 months (his younger siblings attended school for 9 months). 1900 U. S. Census, Harrison Co., Iowa, (National Archives Microfilm T623, Roll 436), E.D. 69, Sheet 1, Line 58. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- In the 1910 U. S. Census, Roger is listed as age 24, living in the South Ontario precinct with his wife, Nellie M. (misspelled as Mellie), age 22. Roger`s birthplace is listed as Iowa, his father`s as Wales and his mother`s as Iowa. Nellie`s birthplace is listed as Oregon, and Tennessee is listed for both of her parents. Roger`s occupation is listed as `Farmer Gen Farm` for his own account on rented property and filing farm schedule number 87. Nellie`s occupation is listed as none (their first child, Wilbur, was born two months after the date of this Census enumeration). 1910 U. S. Census, Malheur Co., Oregon, (National Archives Microfilm T624, Roll 1283), E.D. 98, Sheet 10B, Lines 76-77. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- In the 1920 U. S. Census, Roger is listed as a farmer renting property in the Cairo Precinct, Ontario, Oregon, engaged in `general farming` and working as `employee, salary or wage worker` rather than `working for own account.` He is listed with his wife (Nellie M.) and four children (Wilbur, H., Chas., Mabel W. and Louise C.) His birthplace is listed as Iowa, his father`s as Tennessee [rather than Wales] and his mother`s as Tennessee [rather than Iowa]. This was an enumerator error since for Nellie M., her father`s and mother`s birthplaces are correctly listed as Tennessee, and yet these same places were entered for Roger`s parents. [NOTE: NEED a worksheet for this report, then copy to the Notes for the children listed.] 1920 Census, Malhuer Co., Oregon, (National Archives Microfilm T625, Roll 1497), Vol. 15, E.D. 122, Sheet 5, Lines 25-30. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- `Roger W. Atherton ONTARIO --Roger Wilbur Atherton, 87, Ontario, died Sunday at a Nyssa hospital. He was born July 22, 1885, in Dunlap, Iowa. He moved to this area with his parents in 1902 and had been a resident of the Snake River Valley area since that time. He was a retired farmer. His wife, Nellie M. Mann [sic - Wann] Atherton preceded him in death in 1937 in Fruitland. He is survived by four sons, Wilbur Atherton, Ontario, Charles Atherton, Seattle, James Atherton, Ontario, and Raymond Atherton, Walnut Creek, Calif.; three daughters, Mrs. Howard (Louise) Sill, Tenino, Wash., Mrs. Fred (Fern) Hawkins, Prairieity, Ore., and Mrs. Bernice Metzger, Tacoma, Wash., a sister, Mrs. Laura Allison, Salem, Ore.; 16 grandchildren and 18 great-grandchildren. One daughter, two sons, two sisters, two brothers and one grandson also preceded him in death. Services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Bertelson-Lienkaemper Memorial Chapel in Ontario by the Rev. Nixon Knight, pastor of the First Baptist Church. Interment will be at Evergreen Cemetery.` The Idaho Daily Statesman, Boise, Tuesday, February 6, 1973, p. 17.

  
  

• Sources

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