A beautiful lady with four children. Looks to be two girls and two boys.
Gerties boys
Willie Pearson
Mervin Pearson
Gertie Hall Pearson
Mildred Pearson
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Doris Pearson
Nora Hall Pearson’s girls
The Azo Postcard is most likely from 1904 to 1918.
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Update from Jacqi and Iggy!
Gertie Hall had a sister Nora Hall. In the 1900 US census they are listed as 14 and 10 years old respectively, living with parents William and Anna Hall in Grant, Monona, Iowa.
Gertie married Merlin Otto Pearson by 1910 for they are listed in the US census as living in Marion, Marion, Oregon with young sons, William B. (1909) and Mervin Otto (b. 13 Jan 1910 d 3 Mar 1997).
Nora Irene Hall Pearson married Ernest Clair Pearson and according to her FindAGrave memorial (# 28400270) she died in Mar. 11, 1921. She had daughters Mildred (1910), Doris (1909), and Clair (b. 1915)
Gertie married Merlin Otto Pearson by 1910 for they are listed in the US census as living in Marion, Marion, Oregon with young sons, William B. (1909) and Mervin Otto (b. 13 Jan 1910 d 3 Mar 1997).
Nora Irene Hall Pearson married Ernest Clair Pearson and according to her FindAGrave memorial (# 28400270) she died in Mar. 11, 1921. She had daughters Mildred (1910), Doris (1909), and Clair (b. 1915)
Ernest C Pearson was Merlin Otto Pearson's brother according to the 1900 US census.
Merlin and Ernest's father was quite a character.
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=benton&id=I16618
He was one of the Oregon Trail riders and knew and rode with Buffalo Bill.
Perhaps Nora wasn't in the photograph because she was pregnant? There is a Nora Pearson and daughters Mildred and Doris in the 1920 census in the same Oregon county as Gertrude's family--with the addition of a third child, born around 1915. Perhaps that would help date the photograph?
So the boys belong to Gertie and the girls belong to Nora?
ReplyDeleteI would guess that to be true..I can only speculate at this time:)
DeleteWell, it's a little far afield of North Dakota, but could this be Gertrude Pearson, wife of Merlin, with two children William and Mervin, in the Marion County, Oregon, 1920 census?
ReplyDeletePerhaps Nora was Gertie's sister, and married a brother to Merlin?
Interesting background in that photograph, by the way...
Perhaps Nora wasn't in the photograph because she was pregnant? There is a Nora Pearson and daughters Mildred and Doris in the 1920 census in the same Oregon county as Gertrude's family--with the addition of a third child, born around 1915. Perhaps that would help date the photograph?
DeleteI think Jacqi has found them.
ReplyDeleteGertie Hall had a sister Nora Hall. In the 1900 US census they are listed as 14 and 10 years old respectively, living with parents William and Anna Hall in Grant, Monona, Iowa.
Gertie married Merlin Otto Pearson by 1910 for they are listed in the US census as living in Marion, Marion, Oregon with young sons, William B. (1909) and Mervin Otto (b. 13 Jan 1910 d 3 Mar 1997).
Nora Irene Hall Pearson married Ernest Clair Pearson and according to her FindAGrave memorial (# 28400270) she died in Mar. 11, 1921. She had daughters Mildred (1910), Doris (1909), and Clair (b. 1915).
I believe the 1920 census shows Clair as a son...perhaps after his father's middle name?
DeleteMy goof. You are correct Jacqi.
DeleteP.s., Ernest C Pearson was Merlin Otto Pearson's brother according to the 1900 US census.
ReplyDeleteMerlin and Ernest's father was quite a character.
ReplyDeletehttp://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=benton&id=I16618
He was one of the Oregon Trail riders and knew and rode with Buffalo Bill.
Way cool! :)
DeleteAnna Olson Hamrick from Photo Number 1225 had four children Her son Darrell married a Viola Pearson??
ReplyDeleteThe plot thickens! :)
DeleteDoris Pearson (d. 1988) married Everett Andresen (b. 1905 d. 1994) and Mildred Irene (d. 1977) married William Holt Niccolson (b. 1913 d. 1940).
ReplyDeleteGertie and Nora's parents moved to Marion County, Oregon too.
http://www.marioncountycemetery.com/friends/records/display_record.php?id=325