Ivy Myrtle Wegner

Female 1887 - Aft 1955  (> 69 years)


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  • Name Ivy Myrtle Wegner 
    Born 26 Sep 1887  Pilot Rock, Umatilla, Oregon, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3
    Gender Female 
    AFN S1S8-TR 
    Died Aft 1955  Walla Walla, Walla Walla, Washington, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Aft 1955 
    Person ID I1907  Wagner-Thomas | Hallmark
    Last Modified 11 Jan 2014 

    Father Julius Frederick W Wegner,   b. 22 Jan 1845, Wollin, , Prussia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Mar 1917, Pilot Rock, Umatilla, Oregon, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 72 years) 
    Mother Olive P Pearson,   b. 10 Jan 1858, Sheridan, Yamhill, Oregon, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Jun 1939, Pilot Rock, Umatilla, Oregon, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 81 years) 
    Married 5 Apr 1874  Alta, Umatilla, Oregon Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5, 6, 7, 8
    Family ID F610  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Sebren Porter Royse,   b. 16 Aug 1885,   d. Dec 1938, Pendleton, Umatilla, Oregon, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 53 years) 
    Married 27 May 1907  [9, 10
    Children 
    +1. Earl Eldon Royse,   b. 20 Aug 1908, Pilot Rock, Umatilla, Oregon, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Mar 1998, Bend, Deschutes, Oregon, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 89 years)
    +2. Loren Leon Royse,   b. 22 Nov 1911, Pilot Rock, Umatilla, Oregon, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 2002  (Age < 90 years)
    +3. Merle Norman Royse,   b. 19 Oct 1914, Pilot Rock, Umatilla, Oregon, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef Jun 2001  (Age < 86 years)
    +4. Russell Gillman Royse,   b. 6 Apr 1916, Pilot Rock, Umatilla, Oregon, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Jan 2002, Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 85 years)
    Last Modified 22 Nov 2014 
    Family ID F635  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 William Grover Pound,   b. Abt 1885,   d. Abt Aug 1950  (Age ~ 65 years) 
    Married 26 Jul 1939  [11, 12
    Last Modified 22 Nov 2014 
    Family ID F636  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 26 Sep 1887 - Pilot Rock, Umatilla, Oregon, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - Aft 1955 - Walla Walla, Walla Walla, Washington, United States Link to Google Earth
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  • Photos
    Julius and Olive Wegner family around 1890
    Julius and Olive Wegner family around 1890
    Front: Olive holding Jessie, Iva, Floyd, Julius; Back: Elmer, Walter, Ralph, and Elsie

  • Notes 
    • 1887 BIRTH: OR,Umatilla Co-Pilot Rock: Ivy [Iva] Myrtle Wegner bn Sept 26, 1887-changed name to Iva from Ivy

      1900 CENSUS: OR,Umatilla Co, Alta, 25 Jun, Dw 298: Ivy Wegner 13/OR-Sep 1886, dau of Julius & Olive Wegern

      1907 MG #1: Ivy Myrtle Wegner md to Sebren Porter Royse 27 May 1907 - no place shown.

      1939 MG#2: Iva Royse married William Grover Pound on Jul 26 1939, - no place shown.

      1907-1924 HIST: OR,Umatilla-Pilot Rock until 1924, then to Walla Walla, Walla Walla Co, WA..." been here since." My boys all here except Russell. He lives in Portland."

      1930 CENSUS: WA,Walla Walla Co-Walla Walla: Dw 84,107-218 East Oak: Iva M Royse 42/OR (GY,Or) md 20 1st time,occ-laundry; wife of Sebron P Royse

      1946 HIST: OR,Umatilla-Pendleton, Sep 1946 letter from Iva Wegner Royse Pound to Grace Mae Michael Smith: "Iva Pound return address shows 809 SW Dorion Ave." [visiting or living here?]

      1954 HIST: OR,Umatilla Co-Pilot Rock: Nov 1954 letter from Elmer Wegner to Mary Marks, Eads doc #94: Living as of Nov 1954: Elmer Wegner, Ivy Wegner, Jessie Wegner & Grace Wegner. Rest of brothers and sisters are dead.

      1955 HIST: Feb 1955 letter from Iva Wegner Royse Pound to Mary Gray Marks, Eads doc#86: "...I'll do the best I can and as soon as possible...I am 67 yrs old and a widow...our mother has been gone since '39... Elmer [Wegner] is my bro. at Pilot Rock, Ore."
      1955 letter from Iva Wegner Royse Pound to Mary Marks, doc#87b: "I have a little home close in about a block from the Main St. I keep one lady roomer and boarder all the time and get a small Social Security ck , my husband's where he died 4 yrs ago last Aug. and I do some ironing. I keep busy to keep from being lonely. I drive my car some, but not much of a hand to go. I'm very comfortable and see my children, gchildren and the little great grand child quite often. I love them all."
      Small blue sheet, Eads doc #26a, in Mary Mark's handwriting: "Iva Pound (Wegner), 41 So Palouse, Walla Walla, WA"

      AFT 1955 DTH, BUR: Personal knowledge of Grace Mae Michael Smith

      1950-60's HIST: Pam Hallmark Wagner: "I remember (great) Aunt Iva in her little white house on Palouse St, between some business buildings, downtown Walla Walla, WA. It is not there now. She had green plants everywhere, in the windows, on her funiture throughout the home. We enjoyed going often to visit and would see Cousin Russell Royce and his family there, when they were in town."

  • Sources 
    1. [S165] Family Rcds: SMITH, Grace Michael.
      Ivy Myrtle Wegner born 26 Sep 1887 in Pilot Rock,Umatilla, Ore
      Family group sheet in brown Bk of Remembrance in suitcase belonging to Grace

    2. [S177] Family Rcds: POUND, Iva Wegner Royse.
      Ivy Myrtle Wegner born Sept 26, 1887 [no place shown]
      1955 letter from Iva Wegner Royse Pound to Mary Marks, Eads doc#87b

      Date: 1955

    3. [S254] Family Bible: Iva Wegner Royse Pound.
      Ivy Myrtle was born Sept. 26, 1887," [no place shown]
      Nov 2003 sheet copied from Bible, sent to Pam from Carol

    4. [S254] Family Bible: Iva Wegner Royse Pound.
      On the 5th day of Apr 1874 at Alta, Oregon, Olive Pearson and Julius Frederick W. Wegner were married by C. Derrick - Pastor of the M-E Church. Witnesses were - John Pruitt and E. Gilliam
      1955 letter from Iva Wegner Pound to Mary Gray Marks, Eads doc #87b: "from the bible record... now in possession of Iva's grandaughter, Carol E. Royse Linke [2003]

      Date: 1955

    5. [S163] Oregon,Umatilla Co: Marriage Records, Fiche #6088045, Vol C, pg 100.
      Julius Wegner & Olive Pearson md 5 Apr 1874, Alta,Umatilla Co, OR
      Marriage Rcds 1862-1894

      Date: April 1874

    6. [S165] Family Rcds: SMITH, Grace Michael.
      Julius F Wegner married Olive Pearson on 5 April 1874 in Alta [Pilot Rock now], Umatilla Co, Oregon
      Family group sheet in brown Bk of Remembrance in suitcase belonging to Grace, possession of Pam Wagner

    7. [S182] Family Rcds: HOSMER, Elsie Johnson.
      Olive had 8,all dead but 4... Olive md Julius Wegner, 7 children, most dead. I am not sure on that family
      June 1954 letter from Elsie Johnson Hosmer to Mary Marks doc#58,59, possession of Pam Wagner

      Date: June 1954 or July 1954

    8. [S230] Oregon: State Marriage Rcds, Vol C, page 100.
      Julius Wegner md Olive Pearson 5 April 1874, Umatilla Co OR
      Umatilla Co MG Rcds, Vol A-F, 1862-1894

      Date: April 1879

    9. [S165] Family Rcds: SMITH, Grace Michael.
      "Ivy Myrtle Wegner married Porter Royse on 27 May 1907" no place shown
      Family group sheet in brown Bk of Remembrance in suitcase belonging to Grace

    10. [S177] Family Rcds: POUND, Iva Wegner Royse.
      "Ivy Myrtle Wegner md to Sebren Porter Royse, four boys: Earl Eldon, Loren Leon, Merle Norman, and Russell Gillman" - no date or place, "name changed from Ivy to Iva"
      1955 letter from Iva Wegner Royse Pound to Mary Marks, Eads doc#87b

    11. [S177] Family Rcds: POUND, Iva Wegner Royse.
      "In Jul 26 1939, I was md to Wm Grover Pound." - no place shown.
      1955 letter from Iva Wegner Royse Pound to Mary Marks, Eads doc#87

    12. [S248] Family Rcds: HALLMARK, June B Smith.
      Marr. Wm. Grover Pound 26 July 1939... under that was Longview WA
      Note in June's FH files