2nd – Lester Earl Frame 

3rd –  James Francis Schrunk 

2nd – 1 Mar 1920 [annulled 10 Aug 1920] 

3rd – 20 Oct 1920 in Salem, OR 

Pearle Margaret Doyle was born 15 July 1892 in Teanaway, WA to John Clarence and Clara Ellen [Palmer] Doyle. She was the oldest child of the couple, though her mother had a son named William from a previous marriage. In 1900, the family lived in Roslyn, WA where her father operated a saloon.   

At the age of fifteen, Pearle lived in Salem, OR and boarded at 766 Ferry St. She found work at the Thomas Kay Woolen Mill as a spooler. Her father John Doyle died 5 Sep 1907 from kidney cancer and her mother Clara moved to Portland, OR and took in work as a laundress.  

Pearle married Wheaton W. Huntley on 20 Oct 1908, it was the first marriage for both. Their marriage record gave Wheaton’s age as 19 and his occupation as a laborer. He was from Stayton, OR. Pearle was 16 years old. They would be the parents of three children. Son John Gerald was born in 1909.  

The couple moved with Wheaton’s farm work as illustrated on the 1910 census record. They were recorded in the household of employers Charles and Julie Bergstrom, on a farm in Hubbard. Baby Gerald was 5 months old. It is of interest to note that Pearl and Gerald were captured twice in census records. The second entry with Pearle’s mother Clara up in Portland. It was in Portland that baby Gerald died of entero-colitis, an infection of the digestive tract, at 9 months. He died 26 Aug 1910 and was buried in Multnomah Park Cemetery.  

Two more children were born to the couple in 1913 and 1915. Son Terence Doyle in Stayton, OR and daughter Nellie in Brooks, OR. In July 1919 Pearle sued for divorce from her husband. The Oregon Statesman newspaper reported that:  

He has remained away from home for months at a time without contributing anything for her support, that while he was in the marine corps and stationed in Seattle he frequently appeared at questionable resorts with a woman whom she names, and that since his return home he has written to this woman frequently and has received endearing letters from her. The couple have two children, aged six and four years. She asks for divorce and for custody of the children. No property is involved in the suit.  

The divorce was granted in December. Pearle married her second husband, Lester Earl Frame on 1 Mar 1920 in Vancouver, WA. Both groom and bride falsified their ages on the marriage paperwork. Lester was a resident of Salem and worked as a truck driver. Pearl was also a resident of Salem and worked as a clerk.  Divorce papers were filed on 10 Jun 1920 and the marriage was annulled 10 Aug 1920 as Lester was not of age.  

Pearle married her third husband James Francis Schrunk on 20 Oct 1920 in Vancouver, WA. Information recorded on their marriage certificate indicated that James was 29 years old, divorced, and worked as a farmer. Pearle was 28, also divorced, and worked as a nurse. The family moved to the Portland’s St. Johns neighborhood in 1921. They bought a home on Ivanhoe St. And James worked as a millwright for a lumber company.   

In 1940, The family still lived on Ivanhoe St. In Portland, Pearle was 47 years old and did not have an occupation outside the home. Her husband worked as a carpenter for a meat packing plant. Daughter Nellie still lived at home. In 1942, son Terry joined the U.S. Navy, where he served on the aircraft carrier U.S.S. Ticonderoga and gained the rank of lieutenant. He received the Purple Heart and Silver Star for heroism in 1945, when he was wounded by shrapnel from a Japanese bomb. He would later be elected mayor of Portland, OR and would serve for 16 years, from 1957-1973, the longest in Portland’s history.   

In 1950 Frank and Pearl lived alone at 9336 Ivanhoe (same home) in Portland, OR. She was 57 years old. James worked as a maintenance man at a meat packers’ plant. In On 4 Mar 1975, son Terry died from a heart attack and on Memorial Day 1977, husband Frank died. Pearle died at age 84, on 18 Sep 1977 in Portland. She was buried with her husband in Skyline Memorial Gardens in Portland, OR. 

1909  Doyle Pearl, spooler, TKWM Co, bds 766 Ferry 

1910  Pearl Huntley. Age: 17. Birth Date: 1893 in Washington. Home in 1910: Hubbard, Marion, OR. Married, wife to farm employee. Years married: 2. Additional household members: Charles Bergstrom, age 40 (head of household, employer), Julia Bergstrom, age 30 (wife of HOH), Frank Huntley, age 22 (husband), baby, age 6 months.  

Captured a second time on the 1910 census, this time in her mother’s household.  

1910  Pearl Huntley. Age: 17. Birth Date: 1893 in Washington. Home in 1910: Portland Ward 7, Multnomah, OR. Years married: 2. Additional household members: Clara E. Frisbie, age 43 (mother), William T. Hudson, age 24 (stepbrother), Richard C. Doyle, age 14 (brother), Earl T. Doyle, age 9 (brother), Fred L. Frisbie, age 6 (stepbrother), Albert F. Frisbie, age 4 (stepbrother), Henry L. Van Cleave, age 19 (cousin), Gerald Huntley, age 0 (baby son).  

1920  Unable to locate  

1930  Pearl Shrunk [Schrunk]. Age: 37. Birth Year: abt 1893 in Washington. Home in 1930: 715 Ivanhoe St. Portland, Multnomah, OR. Married, wife to HOH. Additional household members: James Shrunk [Schrunk], age 37 (husband), Clarence Shrunk [Schrunk], age 17 (son), Nellie Shrunk [Schrunk], age 14 (daughter).  

1940  Pearl M. Schrunk. Age: 47. Birth Year: abt 1893 in Washington. Home in 1940: 9336 Ivanhoe St. Portland, Multnomah, OR. Married, wife to HOH. Additional household members: James F. Schrunk, age 47 (husband), Nellie E. Schrunk, age 24 (daughter).  

1950  Pearl M. Schrunk. Age: 57. Birth Year: abt 1893 in Washington. Home in 1950: 9336 Ivanhoe, Portland, Multnomah, OR. Married, wife to HOH. Occupation: Keeping House. Additional household member: James F. Schrunk, age 57 (husband). 

Wheaton Willard Huntley. Birth: 4 Dec 1888. Death: 14 Feb 1977 (aged 88), Napa County, CA. Burial: Mount Vernon Memorial Park, Fair Oaks, Sacramento County, CA. Plot: Court of Honor South, Row 5, Grave 62. Memorial ID: 116864329  

Lester Earle Frame. Birth: 8 Nov 1899, Marshall County, Iowa. Death: 4 Mar 1928 (aged 28) Marion County, OR. Burial: City View Cemetery, Salem, Marion County, OR. Memorial ID: 11292862  

James Francis Schrunk. Birth: 8 Aug 1892, Danbury, Woodbury County, Iowa. Death: 30 May 1977 (aged 84) Portland, Multnomah County, OR. Burial: Skyline Memorial Gardens, Portland, Multnomah County, OR. Plot: Gethsemane – Plot 12, D. Memorial ID: 15937167 

Oregon Statesman 29 Jul 1919, p. 5 – Sues for Divorce, Huntley 

Capital Journal 4 Dec 1919, p. 8 – Wife of Ex-Marine is Given Divorce 

Capital Journal 3 Mar 1920, p. 7 – Marriage, Frame – Huntley 

Oregon Statesman 6 Mar 1928, p. 7 – Obituary, Lester Frame 

Oregon Statesman 3 Apr 1920, p. 5 – Incorrect Ages, Frame marriage 

Oregon Labor Press 12 Mar 1954, p. 7 – Apple Butter Recipe 

Capital Journal 20 Sep 1977, p. 48 – Obituary, Pearl Schrunk