Bertha Dell ALLUM

  General Notes:

1869 BIRTH of Bertha Dell Allum

1870 CENSUS, Iowa, Jasper County, Newton Township, Newton ("Bertha," age 9 months, with parents) (Thomas and 2nd wife Rebecca)

1880 CENSUS, Iowa, Polk County, Des Moines (with parents) ("Bertha Allen," age 10, with parents) (Thomas and 2nd wife Rebecca)

1885 CENSUS, Iowa State Census, Polk County, Des Moines Township ("Bertha A.," age 15, with parents) (Thomas and 2nd wife Rebecca)

1897 DEATH of father, Thomas Allum

1897-1901 DIRECTORY, San Diego City and County ("Allum, Bertha A. Miss, dressmkr., Mrs. J. A. Landis, rms., 1712 D.")

1900 CENSUS, California, San Diego, San Diego County (Bertha, age 30, "Dressmaker," is in her widowed mother Rebecca's household)

1910 CENSUS, California, San Diego County, San Diego ("Bertha A.," age 40, "Dressmaker," is in her widowed mother Rebecca's household, along with sister Harriet M.)

1918 DEATH of mother, Rebecca (Wert) Allum

1920 CENSUS, California, San Diego, San Diego County ("Bertha," age 50, "Dressmaker, Families") (Bertha and sister Harriet ["Hattie"] are in the same household)

1922 MARRIAGE of Bertha Dell Allum and James Pearson in May in San Diego, San Diego County, California

1922 DEATH of husband, James Pearson (in October), at 58 years 9 months 13 days

1930 CENSUS, Oregon, Lane County, Eugene (Bertha "Persson" [should be Pearson], widow, occupation "none," is alone in her own household)

1952 DEATH, Bertha Dell (Allum) Pearson, in August, at 82 years 9 months 26 days; her sister Harriet May Allum died in February, 1952

Bertha married James PEARSON in May 1922 in San Diego, San Diego County, California. (James PEARSON was born on January 3, 1864 in Ohio, died on October 16, 1922 in Lane County, Oregon and was buried in Masonic Cemetery, Eugene, Lane County, Oregon.)