Vera Greer (Van Schoonhoven) Kirkland (1895 - 1969)

Born 9 Mar 1895 in Bandon, Coos, Oregon, USA

Ancestors

Wife of John Norman Kirkland — married 25 Jul 1943 in Oregon, United States

Died 26 Jun 1969 at age 74 in La Grande, Union, Oregon, USA

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Biography

Vera was born in 1895 in Oregon.^[1] She was the oldest daughter of Orien Van Schoonhoven and Bertha Greer. When she was born, the family was staying with her mother's parents.^[2] They lived in Portland after that.^[3][4] Her father owned his own grocery store in Portland. She married John Kirkland on July 25, 1943. He was a 63-64 year old widower with a child, she was close to 50.^[5] She passed away on June 26, 1969 in Oregon.^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ "Oregon Births and Christenings, 1868-1929", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:HR32-MRT2 : 12 February 2020), Vera Van Schoonhoven Kirkland, 1895.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSDK-PQZ : accessed 24 February 2021), Alice Van Schoonbren in household of Wm J Grier, Precinct 23 Portland city Ward 5, Multnomah, Oregon, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 59, sheet 9B, family 183, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,350.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MLYV-PYH : accessed 5 December 2022), Vera Vanschoonhoven in household of Orian Vanschoonhoven, Portland Ward 5, Multnomah, Oregon, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 161, sheet 11B, family 295, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1286; FHL microfilm 1,375,299.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4ZL-NTM : 3 February 2021), Alice Van Schoonhoorn in entry for Orien Van Schoonhoorn, 1920.
5. ↑ Ancestry.com. Oregon, U.S., Marriage Indexes, 1906-2009 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc, 2000. Original data: State of Oregon. Oregon, Marriage Indexes, 1906-1924, 1946-2008. Portland, OR, USA: Oregon Health Division, Center for Health Statistics. Ancestry Record 61677 #122110267
6. ↑ Ancestry.com. Oregon, U.S., Death Index, 1898-2008 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000. Original data: State of Oregon. Oregon Death Index, 1903-1998. Salem, OR, USA: Oregon State Archives and Records Center. Ancestry Record 5254 #355394