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Geer, Bert By
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FIRST: Bert
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MID: By
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| BORN: 3 Jan 1880
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DIED: 15 Jan 1968
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BURIED: 18 Jan 1968
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| BIRTH PLACE: Washington Territory
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| DEATH PLACE: Vancouver, Clark Co., Washington
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NOTES:
WDI - d. 15 Jan 1968 in Clark Co., Cert. #000185;
1880 WA CENSUS - Bertie B. Geer, age 5 m's, b. Washington Territory, is enumerated with L. Byington Geer, age 35, occupation raising fine stock, b. Illinois, and [mother] Tina, age 28, b. Illinois, along with Carrie B., age 9, b. Oregon, Musa C., age 7, b. Oregon, and Myrtle T., age 2, b. Washington Territory.
1900 OR CENSUS - Bert Geer, age 20, single, b. Dec 1880 in Washington.
1910 OR CENSUS - Bert B. Geer, age 30, occupation saw mill engineer, b. Washington, is enumerated with his wife of 2 years (her 2nd marriage), Nellie E. Geer, age 28, b. Oregon, along with Minnie G., age 9, b. Oregon.
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH:
“Bert By Geer…born near Baker, Oregon, died on 15 January 1968 (age 87) in Vancouver, Washington and is buried in Mt. Hope Cemetery, Marion County, Oregon; married Nell_____as her second husband. Bert was a newspaper reporter in New York in the late 1890s and early 1900s.
In 1910 Bert and his wife, Nell, located in Toledo, Oregon. He became Lincoln County Sheriff in 1911 and served in that capacity for 8 years. After retirement they moved to Maryhill, Washington, on the Columbia River, where Bert had an apricot orchard and was operator of the state-owned auto ferry between Maryhill and Biggs, Oregon. In his leisure he was the author of more than few published poems. Several have appeared in the Goldendale Sentinel and one in particular is credited with having contributed to the preservation of a natural monolith in the Columbia River Gorge. Beacon Rock was destined to become a source of material for Washington State Highway Department until local feeling was aroused by the plea which his poem carried to readers of the paper.”
The Geer Genealogy by Walter Geer, pg 499.
DISCREPANCY - Biographical sketch gives birthplace as "near Baker, Oregon", but 1880 WA census, in which he is listed as a 5 month old, gives place of birth as Washington Territory [1910, 1930, census records give place of birth as Washington, also].
NOTE: Photo of Bert courtesy of Vesper Geer Rose.
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OBITUARY:
Bert B. Geer, 88, Mary Hill, Wash., a former Salem resident, died Monday in a Vancouver, Wash., nursing home after a long illness. He lived in Salem for about 10 years in the early 1900s. He was a native of Washington. Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Mary Turner, Vancouver, and brother Arch, Salem.
Mass will be 11 a.m. Thursday in St. Joseph’s Catholic Church. Burial will be in Mt. Hope Cemetery
Oregon Statesman 17 Jan 1968 Sec. I-3:1.
Bert Geer Taken by Death – Bert B. Geer, whose sister, Musa Geer, died last week, died Monday night in a Vancouver, Wash., nursing home. He was 88.
He had lived in this area many years ago, but spent most of his life in Washington. Survivors include a daughter, Mrs. Mary Turner of Vancouver, Wash.; and a brother, Arch Geer, of Salem.
Silverton Appeal-Tribune 18 Jan 1968 5:5.
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SOURCES:
Hellie, Mader & Rickey
Saucy
WDI
1880 WA CENSUS (Walla Walla Co., ED 49, pg 226B)
1900 OR CENSUS (Marion Co., Salem, ED 130, sheet 1B)
1910 OR CENSUS (Lincoln Co., Elk City, ED 167, sheet 17A)
The Geer Genealogy, pg 499
OS 17 Jan 1968 Sec. I-3:1
SA 18 Jan 1968 5:5
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