Barrett, Bertha Ellen
From Lane Co Oregon
Bertha Ellen Barrett was born on September 7, 1881 in Petaluma, California to Arthur Campbell Barrett and Emily Jane "Emma" Linebaugh. In 1928 she resided in Eugene. In 1943 she was at 373 1/2 West 10th Street in Eugene. In 1954 she was in 371 West 10th Street in Eugene when she died on November 9, 1954 in Eugene. She was buried in Lane Memorial Gardens. Bertha never married.
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[edit] Interview with Avis Marie Barrett Metcalf, March 1994
"Until Grandma [Emily "Emma"] died, Aunt Bertha was a seamstress, specializing in wedding dresses, mostly handmade. She also cooked for awhile in a logging camp at Noti [Ore.]. She never married because the man she was engaged to jilted her and married her best friend... In later years she had a lunch counter at Gray's Feed Store that used to be on Park Street in Eugene... She catered to business people in the area. I worked with her many times. She opened up at 9 a.m. and left at 4 p.m. She had a good business and her food was the best. She made "stick" horses using inner tubes and also inner tube elephants. In later years she worked in Dad's [Kenneth Barrett (1896)] greenhouses. For a number of years she had a stall in the Farmer's Public Market and sold bedding plants and vegetable plants that Dad grew. When Grandpa [Arthur Barrett] had the greenhouses on 15th she made up 5 or 6 "Cecil Bruner" corsages for him to take to his lady friends at church."
"After Grandma Barrett died Aunt Bertha moved in to keep house for Grandpa."
"Aunt Bertha had her sewing machine in front of the dining room windows on the south side of the house."
"Aunt Bertha bought a Pontiac Roadster in 1929 and Aunt Mary's boys took turns trying to teach her to drive. She never did learn... She always managed to get someone to drive her where ever she wanted to go."
[edit] 1910 Lane County Census
12 South of Range 3 West Twp., North Eugene Pct., ED #159, p 14B:
Barrett, Bertha - Head - age 28 - b. Cal. - F born Mass. - M born Cal. - Dress Maker - Dwelling #354 - Family #285
[edit] 1920 Lane County Census
Pct. 15, ED #244, taken 8 Jan 1920, p 5B:
Barrett, Bertha E. - Head - age 37 - b. Cal. - F born Mass. - M born Cal. - Dressmaker - __ Store - Dwelling # 107 - Family #126 - 329 E. 8th
" , Hutton, Maud - Head - age 32 - Wd - b. Mont. - F born Mo. - M born Mo. - Chamber maid - Hotel - Family #127
" , _____ - Daughter - age 13 - b. Kans. - F born Mo. - M born Mont.
[edit] Register Guard, Eugene, November 10, 1954, p 6C
BARRETT - Bertha Ellen Barrett of 371 West 10th passed away Tuesday, Nov. 9, 1954, at the age of 73. She was born Sept. 7, 1881, near Petaluma, Calif. She was a member of the Christian Church and had lived in Eugene for over 30 years. She is survived by 3 sisters: Mrs. Mary Thurman of Springfield, Mrs. Bessie Tripp of San Mateo, Calif., and Mrs. Estella Gates of Cottage Grove; 2 brothers, Herbert Barrett of Eureka, Calif., Kenneth V. Barrett of Eugene; and numerous nieces and nephews; 1 aunt, Nancy Linebaugh. Funeral services will be held Saturday, Nov. 13, 1954, at 2 p.m. in the Veatch Hollingsworth England Funeral Home, Dr. Carroll C. Roberts officiating, and interment in Lane Memorial.
[edit] Lane Memorial Gardens - inscription
Bertha E. Barrett
September 7, 1881
November 9, 1954
