| Last Name |
Burton |
| First Name |
Beatrice |
| Middle Name |
Bettina |
| Born |
27 July 1900 in North Dakota |
| Home Addresses (Salem)
|
1395 N Summer
1883 Center
575 N 20th |
| Died |
20 Apr 1979 in Bellingham, Washington |
| Place Buried |
Belcrest Memorial Park in Salem, Oregon |
| Spouse |
Never Married |
| Date of Marriage |
None |
| Children |
None |
| Dates of Employment |
June – September 1925 |
| Job(s) at TKWM |
Finishing department |
| Life Story
|
Beatrice Burton worked at TKWM briefly in 1925. Her mother was Janet LeRoy Burton who also worked at the mill.
Beatrice Bettina Burton was born 27 July 1900, in North Dakota to parents Perry H. and Janet [LeRoy] Burton. She was one of five children. The family moved to Salem, Oregon by 1910, where her father worked as a carpenter. Beatrice attended public school in Salem and graduated from Salem High School in 1919. After graduation, she completed teacher training at Oregon State Normal College.
Beatrice’s parents divorced in 1919. Her father Perry and brother Hackley had moved to John Day, Oregon, for work. Her mother Janet took a job in the finishing department at the Thomas Kay Woolen Mill to support her children, and Beatrice briefly joined her at the mill in the early 1920s. In 1926, Perry went to Honolulu, Hawaii to supervise building construction for the U.S. government. He returned after five years and died in April 1931 in Los Angeles, California. His body was brought back to Salem and buried in Belcrest Memorial Park.
By 1930, Beatrice was living in Bellingham, Washington, where she taught school at 29 years old. She was a lodger in the home of an elderly couple, Clarence and Minnie Nichols. Beatrice dedicated herself to teaching until her retirement in 1965. She never married and spent her summers traveling the world with fellow teacher friends.
On 20 Apr 1979, Beatrice passed away in Bellingham, at the age of 78. She was cremated and her ashes were interred with her family members in the Burton plot in Belcrest Memorial Park in Salem, Oregon. |
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| Salem City Directories |
1917 Burton Beatrice B., student, r 1395 N Summer
1924 Burton Beatrice, teacher, r 1883 Center
1926-27 Burton Beatrice, teacher, r 575 N 20th
1928 Burton Beatrice, teacher, r 575 N 20th |
| Census Records |
1910 Beatrice B. Burton. Age: 9. Birth Date: 1901 in North Dakota. Home in 1910: Salem Ward 6, Marion, Oregon. Single, daughter to HOH. Additional household members: Perry H. Burton, age 45 (father), Janet M. E. Burton, age 33 (mother), Pearl L. Burton, age 13 (sister), Hackley L. Burton, age 7 (brother), Lucille D. Burton, age 3 (sister).
1920 Unable to locate
1930 Beatrice B. Burton. Age: 29. Birth Year: abt 1901 in North Dakota. Single, lodger to HOH. Home in 1930: 332 North Garden, Bellingham, Whatcom, Washington. Occupation: Teacher in Public School. Additional household members: Clarence A. Nichols, age 74 (head), Minnie M. Nichols, age 71 (wife)>
1940 Beatrice Burton. Age: 39. Birth Year: abt 1901 in North Dakota. Single, guest of HOH. Home in 1940: 1210 Cornwall St. Bellingham, Whatcom, Washington. Occupation: Teacher. Additional household members: John Thorpe, age 54 (head) and nine additional “guests”.
1950 Beatrice Burton. Age: 49. Birth Date: abt 1901 in North Dakota. Never married. Home in 1950: Leopold Hotel, Bellingham, Whatcom, Washington. Occupation: School Teacher in City Public School. No additional household members listed. |
| Washington Death Index |
Beatrice B. Burton. Female. Age: 78. Birth Date: abt 1901. Residence Place: 20 Apr 1979. Death Place: Bellingham, Washington, USA. Certificate No. 009566. |
| Find-a-Grave |
Beatrice B. Burton. Birth: Jul 1900, North Dakota, USA. Death: 20 Apr 1979 (aged 78) Bellingham, Whatcom County, Washington. Burial: Belcrest Memorial Park, Salem, Marion County, Oregon. Plot: Block 29, Section 10, Lot 4B. Memorial ID: 49235143. |
| Digital Newspapers |
Bellingham Herald 20 Apr 1979, p. 18 – Obituary |
| WHC Materials |
M3 1966-001 Mill Records
2016.062.0009 Yearbook |
