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Hattie Koppe worked as a finisher at TKWM in the early 1900s along with other family members.
Hattie Koppe was born 3 March 1888 in Brownsville, Oregon to Emil and Augusta Koppe. By 1900, the family lived on Prospect Hill in South Salem, Oregon. Hattie was 12 years old and attended school. Her father worked for the Thomas Kay Woolen Mill and found employment for his children as they came of age, including Hattie. In 1906, her father took over the Eugene Woolen Mills and the family moved to Eugene, Oregon.
On 9 June 1909, Hattie married Lloyd Charles Mitchell of McMinnville at her parent’s home in Eugene, Oregon. Lloyd was 21 and Hattie 20. He worked as a baker in McMinnville. By 1910, the couple lived in McMinnville where they owned a small bakery.
Daughter Eleanor Rowena Mitchell was born 22 January 1914, in Portland, Oregon. Lloyd worked for the Montana Flour Mills Co. and Hattie was a housewife. By 1917, the family had moved to Los Angeles, California. Lloyd continued to work for the Montana Flour Mills Co. as a salesman and demonstrator. The family moved to Ogden, Utah in 1919, when Lloyd was hired by the Ogden Baking Co. which had taken over the enterprises of the Hess Bakery company, one of the city’s pioneer baking companies. Lloyd became the general manager.
In 1929, the Ogden Baking Company now owned by Lloyd Mitchell, was acquired by Continental Baking Co. so he accepted a job at the Seattle division of Van de Kamp’s Holland Dutch Bakers Inc. This concern operated 93 stores in Los Angeles and Seattle. It had recently acquired the Chatterton system of bakeries, which consisted of 26 retail stores, a completely equipped modern plant and delivery wagons. Mr. Mitchell was one of the owners of the Chatterton system and became associated with the larger company as general manager of the Seattle division. The family bought property in North Creek, Snohomish, Washington where they could have a small dairy herd. Lloyd worked for Van de Kamp Bakeries until retirement.
Hattie died in the Arden Nursing Home in Bothell, Washington at the age of 72. Cause of death was pulmonary edema due to spinal cord degeneration. She was cremated and ashes buried in Rosehill Mausoleum in Seattle, Washington, later renamed Evergreen-Washelli Memorial Park. Husband Lloyd C. Mitchell died four years later of myocardial failure in Bothell, Washington. He was 75 years old. |
| Salem City Directories (unless otherwise noted) |
Salem
1905 Koppe Hattie, finisher, TKWM Co, bds Oak s e cor Turner
1909 Koppe Hattie, finisher, TKWM Co, bds Oak s e cor Turner
Seattle
1931 Mitchell LLoyd C (Hattie) mgr VandeKamps Holland Dutch Bakeries, h 2828 12th av N |
| Census Records |
1895 Marion County Census
Hattie Koppa [sic] Age: 7. Birth Year: abt 1888. Birth Place: Oregon. Occupation: Student. Height: 3’1”. Weight: 50 lb. Lives in her father’s household.
1900 Hattie Koppe. Age: 12. Birth Date: Mar 1888 in Oregon. Home in 1900: Prospect, Marion, Oregon. Single, daughter to HOH. Occupation: Student. Additional household members: Emile Koppe, age 40 (father), Augusta Koppe, age 35 (mother), Clara Koppe, age 16 (sister), Paul Koppe, age 15 (brother), Louis Koppe, age 14 (brother), Otto Koppe, age 10 (brother), Nellie Koppe, age 8 (sister), Carl Koppe, age 4 (brother), Tillie Koppe, age 2 (sister).
1910 Hattie Mitchell. Age: 21. Birth Date: 1889 in Oregon. Home in 1910: E St. McMinnville Ward 1, Yamhill, Oregon. Married, wife to HOH. Occupation: Saleslady in Bakery. Additional household member: Lloyd Mitchell, age 21 (husband).
1920 Hattie Koppe. Age: 31. Birth Year: 1889 in Alsace-Lorraine [incorrect]. Home in 1920: Lincoln Ave. Ogden Ward 1, Weber, Utah. Married, wife to HOH. Additional household members: Lloyd C. Mitchell, age 31 (husband), Eleanor Mitchell, age 6 (daughter).
1930 Hattie Koppe. Age: 42. Birth Year: abt 1888 in Oregon. Home in 1930: 12th Ave. Seattle, King, Washington. Married, wife to HOH. Additional household members: Lloyd C. Mitchell, age 41 (husband), Eleanor Mitchell, age 16 (daughter), Claude T. Davis, age 45 (boarder).
1940 Hattie Koppe. Age: 52. Birth Year: abt 1888 in Oregon. Home in 1940: Campior Park Road South Side, North Creek, Snohomish, Washington. Additional household members: Loiel C. Mitchel [sic], age 51 (husband), Elnora Mitchel [sic], age 26 (daughter), Vera Murhad, age 39 (maid).
1950 Hattie Koppe. Age: 62. Birth Year: abt 1888 in Oregon. Home in 1950: Snohomish, Washington. Occupation: Keeping House. Industry: Bakery. Additional household member: Lloyd C. Mitchell, age 61 (husband). |
| Digital Newspapers
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Albany Democrat-Herald 9 Mar 1888, p. 3 – Birth Announcement
Eugene Guard 9 Jun 1909, p. 8 – Marriage License
Morning Register [Eugene, OR] 10 Jun 1909, p. 5 – Marriage Announcement
Ogden Standard-Examiner [Ogden, UT] 14 Feb 1920, p. 25 – Ogden Baking Co., Lloyd Mitchell general manager
Morning Register [Eugene, OR] 2 June 1922, p. 6 – Visiting Parents in Eugene
Ogden Standard-Examiner 22 Apr 1929, p. 12 – Van de Kamp’s Holland Dutch Bakers, Seattle division, Lloyd Mitchell general manager
Ogden Post [Ogden, UT] 26 Apr 1929, p. 8 – Van De Kamps Holland Dutch Bakers, Inc, Lloyd Mitchell general manager
Eugene Guard 19 Sep 1960, p. 15 – Rites Held Friday for Ex-Eugenean, Hattie Mitchell |
