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William MEYER
(1848 –1918)
Sarah Prudence GLENN
(1850 –1893)
Augusta Isadora MEYER
(1869 –1944)

 

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Spouses & Children

1. Samuel A. DOWNS
2. John Calvin COBBS

Augusta Isadora MEYER 1 2 3
  • Born: 12 September 1869, Girard, Crawford County, Kansas, USA 4 5
  • Marriage (1): Samuel A. DOWNS on 4 October 1898 in prob Grant County, Oregon, USA
  • Marriage (2): John Calvin COBBS on 4 July 1901 in Durkee, Baker County, Oregon, USA 1
  • Died: 21 November 1944, Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, USA at age 75
  • Buried: 1944, Durkee, Baker County, Oregon, USA

bullet   Other names for Augusta were Augusta COBBS 4 and Augusta I. COBBS.5

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bullet  Burial Notes

Durkee Cemetery

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bullet  Recorded Events in Her Life

  • Nickname: Gussie. 2
  • She appeared on the 1920 US Federal Census on 24 January 1920 in Scappoose Precinct, Columbia County, Oregon, USA. 4

Census (24 Jan 1920) — Scappoose Precinct, Columbia County, Oregon, USA

Name; Relation; Owns or Rents (free or mortgaged); Gender; Race; Age; Marital Status; Birthplace;
Father's Birthplace; Mother's Birthplace; Occupation/Industry
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Cobbs, John       Head      Rents   M   W   57   M    Illinois   Virginia        Illinois        Section boss/Railroad
-----, Augusta    Wife              F   W   50   M    Kansas     Missouri        Iowa*           None
-----, Glenn      Daughter  **      F   W   16   S    Oregon     Illinois        Kansas          None
-----, Kenneth    Son       **      M   W   14   S    Oregon     Illinois        Kansas          None
-----, Glayds     Daughter          F   W   13   S    Oregon     Illinois        Kansas          None
-----, Virgil     Son       **      M   W   10   S    Oregon     Illinois        Kansas          None
-----, Mary J.    Mother            F   W   84   Wd   Illinois   United States   United States   None
-----, Arthur     Brother           M   W   46   S    Missouri   Virginia        Illinois        Laborer/Railroad
  *Illinois written first, but Iowa written over top of it         **Attended school within the past year
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Source Citation:  Year: 1920; Census Place: Scappoose, Columbia, Oregon;
                  Roll: T625_1493; Page: 8B; Enumeration District: 101; Image: 200.


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  • She appeared on the 1930 US Federal Census on 7 April 1930 in Applegate Precinct, Jackson County, Oregon, USA. 5

Census (07 April 1930) - Applegate Precinct, Jackson County, Oregon, USA

Name; Relation; Gender; Race; Age; Marital Status; Age at First Marriage; Birthplace; Father's Birthplace;
Mother's Birthplace; Occupation/Industry
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Cobbs John C.      Head*            M   W   67        M   38   Illinois   Georgia    Pennsylvania   Laborer/Dairy Farm
----- Augusta I.   Wife             F   W   60        M   31   Kansas     Missouri   Illinois       None
----- William V.   Son              M   W   20        S        Oregon     Illinois   Kansas         Offbearer/Saw Mill
Messinger Silva    Grand Daughter   F   W    3 8/12   S        Oregon     Oregon     Oregon         None
Cobbs Lesley R.    Nephew           M   W   20        S        Oregon     Illinois   Arkansas       Woodcutter/Logging Camp
   *Rents, does not have a radio, does not live on a farm
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Source Citation:  Year: 1930; Census Place: Applegate, Jackson, Oregon;
                  Roll: 1944; Page: 2A; Enumeration District: 11; Image: 117.0.


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Augusta married Samuel A. DOWNS on 4 October 1898 in prob Grant County, Oregon, USA. (Samuel A. DOWNS was born on 14 January 1867 of Grant County, Oregon, USA, died on 18 December 1899 in Baker City, Grant County, Oregon, USA and was buried in 1899 in Durkee, Baker County, Oregon, USA.)


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Augusta next married John Calvin COBBS, son of James Murray COBBS and Mary Jane TETRICK, on 4 July 1901 in Durkee, Baker County, Oregon, USA.1 (John Calvin COBBS was born on 11 October 1862 in Missouri, USA,5 6 died on 31 March 1950 in Grants Pass, Josephine County, Oregon, USA and was buried in 1950 in Durkee, Baker County, Oregon, USA.)


bullet  Marriage Notes

Meyer Ranch

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bullet   Sources   bullet

  1. Kirsty M. Haining.
  2. Gertrude Brown Smith and Beulah M. Springstead, Our Colonial Lines: Powell, Eaton, Rice, Pettengill, Collver, White (c) 1992, p. 102. This is the 3rd edition of a family-published book on genealogy.
  3. Ancestry.com, California, Death Index, 1940 –1997 [database on-line] (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000. Original data: State of California. California Death Index, 1940 –1997. Sacramento, CA, USA: State of California Department of Health Services, Center for Health Statistics), Kenneth J. Cobbs death, 23 Nov 1967, Modoc County, California, USA.
  4. Ancestry.com, 1920 United States Federal Census [database on-line] (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. Original data: Fourteenth Census of the United States, 1920. NARA microfilm publication T625, 2076 rolls. Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, DC), John Cobbs household, Scappoose Precinct, Columbia County, Oregon, USA.
  5. Ancestry.com, 1930 United States Federal Census [database on-line] (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2002. Original data: Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930. NARA microfilm publication T626, 2,667 rolls. Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, DC), John C. Cobbs household, Applegate Precinct, Jackson County, Oregon, USA.
  6. Ancestry.com, 1870 United States Federal Census [database on-line] (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. Original data: Ninth Census of the United States, 1870, NARA microfilm publication M593, 1,761 rolls; and Minnesota Census Schedules for 1870, NARA microfilm publication T132, 13 rolls. Records of the Bureau of the Census, National Archives, Washington, DC), James Cobbs household, Mount Vernon Township, Lawrence County, Missouri, USA.


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