Berniece was the adopted daughter of Cyrus Field Dixon and Laura Caldwell. She was adopted into the Dixon family when she was an infant.
Sources
Delayed Certificate of Birth for Berniece Stuart Dixon, State File No. 131086 (1963), State of California, Sacramento County. Personal copy in the files of Martinez, Byrt
"United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch: accessed 2 July 2015, Bernice Dixon in household of Cyrus F Dixon, Grants Pass Ward 1, Josephine, Oregon, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 124, sheet 5A, family 31, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,375,294.
"United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch: accessed 2 July 2015, Bernice Dixon in household of Cyrus F Dixon, Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, United States; citing sheet 23B, family 215, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,821,498.
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