Martin Thomas Moisan (1881 - 1972)

Born 4 Dec 1881 in Brooks, Marion, Oregon, United States

Ancestors

Died 4 Mar 1972 at age 90 in Salem, Marion County, Oregon, USA

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Biography

Martin was born in 1881, the son of Alexander Moisan and Margaret Stravens. Growing up, he worked on his family farm, a one square mile Donation Land Claim in French Prairie (aka Brooks) in Marion County, Oregon.

Martin married Josephine May Luper in Grants Pass, Oregon on 23 Aug 1909.^[1] They were still married in 1917/18 when he filled out his Draft Board Registration for WWI.^[2] They were living at 1493 E Pine St in Portland, and Martin was working for the Southern Pacific Union Depot in Portland..^[3]

In the 1920 US Federal Census for Marion County, Oregon, Mart is living back on the farm with his family.^[4]

In 1940, the US Federal Census for Salem, Oregon shows Martin Moisan, age 58, is a lodger in Salem. with Grace Perkins (related?). His occupation is farmer.^[5]

Martin Moisan passed away in 1972, and was laid to rest in Mount Crest Abbey Mausoleum.^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ Oregon State Archives; Salem, Oregon; Oregon, Marriage Records, 1906-1910,
2. ↑ Ancestry.com. U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918
3. ↑ Ancestry.com. U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918
4. ↑ Year: 1920; Census Place: Brooks, Marion, Oregon;
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch
6. ↑ memorial page for Martin Thomas “Mart” Moisan (4 Dec 1881 – 4 Mar 1972), Find a Grave Memorial ID 97904054

• "United States Census, 1900", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSDN-L2H : 9 March 2022), Martin T Moisan in entry for Alexander Moisan, 1900.

• Oregon State Archives; Salem, Oregon; Oregon, Marriage Records, 1906-1910, 1946-1966, citing marriage of Mart Moisan to Josephine Luper on 23 Aug 1909 in Grants Pass, Oregon.

• Ancestry.com. U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005. Citing Mart Thomas Moisan, tall, slender, brown eyes, brown hair, age 36, born 4 Dec 1881. Contact person: Josephine May Moisan, same address.

• Year: 1920; Census Place: Brooks, Marion, Oregon; Roll: T625_1497; Page: 3A; Enumeration District: 317, Citing Martin Moisan, age 38, living on the home farm with his father, Alexander Moisan, age 69, and his mother, Margaret Moisan, age 59, Martin is doing farm labor for a wage or salary on the farm, listed as single.

• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XC9L-LMC : accessed 31 October 2022), M T Moison in household of Frank C Cary, Eugene, Lane, Oregon, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 54, sheet 1A, line 5, family 1, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1946; FHL microfilm 2,341,680.

• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G9MR-8WG?cc=2000219&wc=QZXG-PLP%3A790103001%2C794277401%2C794495101%2C794507001 : accessed 31 October 2022), Oregon > Marion > Salem Election Precinct 2, Salem, Ward 2 > 24-57B Salem Election Precinct 2, Salem City Ward 2 bounded by (N) Chemeketa; (E) 17th; (S) Ferry; (W) 12th > image 19 of 24; citing Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012.

• "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JBSP-9ZZ : 11 January 2021), Martin Moisan, Mar 1972; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/97904054/martin-thomas-moisan: accessed 30 October 2022), memorial page for Martin Thomas “Mart” Moisan (4 Dec 1881–4 Mar 1972), Find a Grave Memorial ID 97904054, citing Mount Crest Abbey Mausoleum, Salem, Marion County, Oregon, USA; Maintained by Ann (contributor 47099958) .