Theodore John Mendenhall (1861 - 1948)

Born 29 Nov 1861 in Fort Monroe, Norfolk, Virginia, United States

Ancestors

Died 22 Apr 1948 at age 86 in Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, United States

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Biography

Descendant of Thomas and Joan Mildenhall.

He married Lena Curtis (1872-1939) June 27, 1894

Theodore worked as a locomotive engineer from 1892 to 1900 on the Pennsylvania Railroad. From 1900 to 1901, he was a traveling engineer with the Kansas City Southern Railroad with his home being in Pittsburg, Kansas. From 1891 to 1902 he was the traveling engineer for Missouri Pacific Railroad while living in Wichita.

From 1904 to 1906 he was the manager of Fidelity Mutual Life Insurance Company in San Francisco, CA, a bad time and place to be in the insurance business. From 1906 to 1911 he was the manager of the Fidelity Mutual Life Insurance Company of Portland, OR.

He died at 87 years of age^[1]

• Mendenhall Person: I27383

Census

1880 Newport, Newport, Rhode Island, United States^[2]

1910 Portland Ward 8, Multnomah, Oregon, United States^[3]

1920 Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, United States^[4]

1930 Portland (Districts 271-553), Multnomah, Oregon, United States^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ "Oregon, Death Index, 1903-1998," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VZH5-P11 : accessed 20 September 2015), Theodore J Mendenhall, 22 Apr 1948; from "Oregon, Death Index, 1898-2008," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2000); citing Portland, Oregon, certificate number 4008, Oregon State Archives and Records Center, Salem.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4S8-DFY : accessed 20 September 2015), Theodore Mendenhall in household of John Mendenhall, Newport, Newport, Rhode Island, United States; citing enumeration district 97, sheet 262D, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 1210; FHL microfilm 1,255,210.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MLYV-K23 : accessed 20 September 2015), Lena C Mendenhall in household of Thodore J Mendenhall, Portland Ward 8, Multnomah, Oregon, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 190, sheet 11A, family 33, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,375,299.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M487-X6H : accessed 20 September 2015), Theodore Mendenhall, Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, United States; citing sheet 14A, family 331, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,821,500.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XCS3-QRP : accessed 20 September 2015), Theodore J Mendenhall, Portland (Districts 271-553), Multnomah, Oregon, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 0318, sheet 1B, family 20, line 72, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1952; FHL microfilm 2,341,686.