Bertie O. (Burr) Dawes (1872 - 1958)

Born 6 Aug 1872 in Lincoln, Lancaster, Nebraska, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Beman Gates Dawes — married 3 Oct 1894 in Lincoln, Lancaster, Nebraska, United States

Died 8 Feb 1958 at age 85 in Columbus, Franklin, Ohio, United States

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Biography

Bertie O. Burr was born August 6, 1872 at Lincoln, Lancaster, Nebraska. Her father was Carlos C. Burr, an attorney who served as Mayor of Lincoln and was a State Senator; her mother was Mary (Mollie) Smith Burr.^[1][2]

Bertie married Beman G. Dawes at Lincoln on October 3, 1894. Beman was 24 years of age and estimated birth year is 1870. Other people in the record are C. C. Burr, Rufus R. Dawes and Mary Gates. ^[3][4]

In 1910 Bertie and Beman were living in Muskingum, Washington County, Ohio. Her husband was in the oil and gas business. Five children are listed in the census: Gates B. age 14 born in Nebraska, Dorothy age 12 born in Ohio, Carlos B. age 8 born in Ohio, Cutler E. age 6 born in Ohio, Henry M. age 4 born in Washington. There were two servants living with the family: Laura Ash age 24 from West Virginia and Lillie Harris age 20 from Ohio.^[5]

The Dawes family lived on 846 East Broad Street in Columbus, Ohio at the time of the 1930 census. Beman is Chairman of the Board of an Oil Company. There was only one child still living with the couple, Henry who is a single man, aged 24, born in the District of Columbia, and working for the Federal Government.^[6]

Around 1918 Beman and Bertie purchased 140 acres of farmland in Licking Township, Ohio. They built a brick farmhouse that became their country home and a place to enjoy their horticultural interests. It was there in 1929 that Bertie helped her husband establish the Dawes Arboretum. It was a place "To encourage the planting of forest and ornamental trees... to give pleasure to the public and education to the youth." Beman and Bertie established an endowment fund to support the arboretum which is located in rural Newark, Licking, Ohio.^[1]

Bertie was not educated as a naturalist, but rather was self-taught. Enjoyment for her came from several sources including gardening, fishing, shell and butterfly collecting, bird watching and photography.^[1]

Beman and Bertie had 4 sons and a daughter who later became founding Trustees of the Dawes Arboretum.^[1][5]

Bertie (Burr) Gates died February 8, 1958. She was buried at the Dawes Arboretum Mausoleum and Cemetery near Newark, Licking County, Ohio.^[1][2]

• Children:^[2]

1. Beman Gates Dawes, Jr. b. 21 Sep 1895 at Lincoln, Nebraska; m. Janet Newton; d. 25 March 1968 at Cincinnati, Ohio.^[7]
2. Dorothy (Dawes) Young, b. 5 Jul 1897 at Newark, Licking, Ohio; d. 18 Sep 1950, age 53, at Evanston, Cook County, Illinois.^[8][9]
3. Carlos Burr Dawes was born 17 Apr 1902 at Marietta, Ohio, m. Esther Johnson, d. 3 March 1990 at Columbus Ohio.^[10][11]
4. E. Cutler Dawes, b. 23 Jan 1904 at Marietta, Licking, Ohio.^[12]
5. Henry Dawes b. 3 Jan 1906 at District of Columbia, U.S.A., m. Mary Blanche Gray, d. 28 Dec 1986 at Fort Myers, Lee County, Florida.^[13]

Research Notes

Census Records for the years 1880, 1885 show Bertie with her family members.^[14][15] The death record of her father Carlos Calvin Burr indicate he was living with Bertie and her husband Beman when he died."^[16]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4} Dawes Arboretum.[1]
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/50170706/bertie-o-dawes: accessed 06 October 2022), memorial page for Bertie O Burr Dawes (6 Aug 1872–8 Feb 1958), Find a Grave Memorial ID 50170706, citing Dawes Arboretum Mausoleum and Cemetery, Newark, Licking County, Ohio, USA; Maintained by R. Elwood (contributor 47816069) . photos.
3. ↑ "Nebraska Marriages, 1855-1995", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2Z2-NYPS : 8 June 2021), Bertie O Burr in entry for Beman G Dawes, 1894.
4. ↑ Mary Walton Ferris. "Dawes-Gates Ancestral Lines, A Memorial Volume Containing the American Ancestry of Mary Beman (Gates) Dawes. Gates and Allied Families.”’’’. Privately Printed (1943). Vol. 1, p. 59.see at hathitrust.org
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:ML88-ZPZ : accessed 6 October 2022), Bertie Dawes in household of Beman G Dawes, Muskingum, Washington, Ohio, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 158, sheet 6B, family 121, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1237; FHL microfilm 1,375,250.
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X479-HQD : accessed 6 October 2022), Bertie B Dawes in household of Beman G Dawes, Columbus, Franklin, Ohio, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 63, sheet 21A, line 31, family 398, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1796; FHL microfilm 2,341,530.
7. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/58553419/beman-gates-dawes: accessed 06 October 2022), memorial page for Beman Gates Dawes Jr. (21 Sep 1895–25 Mar 1968), Find a Grave Memorial ID 58553419, citing Dawes Arboretum Mausoleum and Cemetery, Newark, Licking County, Ohio, USA; Maintained by Nancy Ann Mull Buchanan (contributor 47089671) . photo present.
8. ↑ "Illinois, Cook County Deaths, 1871-1998," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2MH-J1GL : 17 March 2018), Bertie Burr in entry for Dorothy Dawes Young, 18 Sep 1950; citing Evanston, Cook, Illinois, United States, source reference , record number , Cook County Courthouse, Chicago; FHL microfilm .
9. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/57250734/dorothy-young: accessed 06 October 2022), memorial page for Dorothy Dawes Young (5 Jul 1897–18 Sep 1950), Find a Grave Memorial ID 57250734, citing Dawes Arboretum Mausoleum and Cemetery, Newark, Licking County, Ohio, USA; Maintained by Nancy Ann Mull Buchanan (contributor 47089671) .
10. ↑ The Dawes Arboretum facebook page.link
11. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/58553092/carlos-burr-dawes: accessed 06 October 2022), memorial page for Carlos Burr Dawes (17 Apr 1902–3 Mar 1996), Find a Grave Memorial ID 58553092, citing Dawes Arboretum Mausoleum and Cemetery, Newark, Licking County, Ohio, USA; Maintained by Nancy Ann Mull Buchanan (contributor 47089671) . photo present.
12. ↑ "United States Passport Applications, 1795-1925," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV5B-W6YG : 16 March 2018), E Cutler Dawes, 1920; citing Passport Application, Ohio, United States, source certificate #71295, Passport Applications, January 2, 1906 - March 31, 1925, 1306, NARA microfilm publications M1490 and M1372 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
13. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/58553200/henry-dawes: accessed 06 October 2022), memorial page for Henry Dawes (3 Jan 1906–28 Dec 1986), Find a Grave Memorial ID 58553200, citing Dawes Arboretum Mausoleum and Cemetery, Newark, Licking County, Ohio, USA; Maintained by Nancy Ann Mull Buchanan (contributor 47089671) .
14. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8YF-6K3 : 14 January 2022), C. C. Burr, Lincoln, Lancaster, Nebraska, United States; citing enumeration district ED 231, sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm .
15. ↑ "Nebraska State Census, 1885," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X3FS-YF7 : 2 March 2021), Carlos C Burr in entry for Kate Conden, 1885; citing NARA microfilm publication M352 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 499,562.
16. ↑ Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X68Q-WY2 : 8 March 2021), Carlos C Burr, 10 Dec 1927; citing Columbus, Franklin, Ohio, reference fn 68989; FHL microfilm 1,991,140.

See also:

• "Dawes Arboretum" Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.link
• "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MD5W-VWW : 3 February 2021), Cutler Dawes in entry for Beman Dawes, 1920.