2nd – Andrew Holte 

2nd – 21 Jan 1922 in Salem, Oregon 

Violetta “Lettie” Bigler 30 Oct 1896 in MI to Fredrick Albert Bigler and Matilda C Buck Bigler.  She was the youngest of five children and her sister Bessie was three years older.  Fredrick was a farmer.  

Fredrick brought the family from Littlefield, MI to Salem, Oregon in 1910 and there he became a laborer. In 1913, Lettie found work as a weaver at the Thomas Kay Woolen Mill where sister Bessie worked. They both lived with their parents at 2515 Current St. (now called Rose St). Both sisters left work to marry.   

On 18 May 1914, Lettie married Edward C. Moyer, an attendant at the Oregon State Asylum. By early 1920, the couple had moved to Portland where Edward worked as an order clerk for a wholesale crockery business. They had two children, Helen age 5 and Evelyn, age 1. Edward’s mother Emily Wallace also lived with the family.   

Lettie’s family history soon took a tragic turn with the death of husband Edward on 6 Oct 1920 at the State Tuberculosis Hospital. Lettie remarried on 21 Jan 1922, to a Norwegian immigrant named Andrew Holte. A year later, Lettie died from pulmonary tuberculosis on 6 Apr 1923 in her home in Portland. She was buried in City View Cemetery in Salem. Daughter Evelyn died of diphtheria on 25 Oct 1924. Daughter Helen went to live with her aunt Bessie. She was 8 years old.  

1910  Unable to locate  

1920  Lettie Moyer  Age: 23.  Birth: abt 1897 in Michigan. Residence: Milwaukie St, Portland, OR. Wife of HOH. Father born in New York. Mother born in Michigan. Household members: Edward C. Moyer, age 25, HOH, order clerk, wholesale crookery; Lettie Moyer, age 23, wife; Helen C. Moyer, age 5, daughter; Evelyn Moyer, age 1, daughter; Emily E. Wallace, age 63, mother of HOH, and poultry breeder.   

1915  Edward C Moyer (Lettie) attendant Cottage Farm res 2565 Rose 

Oregon Statesman 8 Apr 1923, p. 3 – Lettie, death notice. 

Capital Journal 28 Oct 1924, p. 5 – Marguerite (daughter), death notice. 

Oregon Marriage Record. 21 Jan 1922. Lettie Moyer, age 25 married Andrew Holte in Salem, OR.    

Oregon Death Record. 6 Oct 1920 at age 26 at the State TB Hospital in Salem, OR.  Edward C. Moyer, born 24 Jun 1894 in OR. Machinist. Father Cornelius C. Moyer.  Mother Emily E. Farnham. Spouse Mrs. E. C. Moyer.    

Oregon Death Record. 6 Apr 1923. Lettie Holte died at her home, 1532 Montana Ave, Portland, OR of TB, TB hemorrhage of lungs. Age 26 yrs, 7 mos, 4 days. Born in MI. Father Fred Bigler.  Mother Catherine Buck.