William Asa Eastburn^[1]

1868 - 1933  (64 years)

• Name	William Asa Eastburn
  Born	Nov 17, 1868	Iowa, USA
  Gender	Male
  Died	Jul 25, 1933	Portland, Multnomah county, Oregon, USA
  	William Asa died of bronchopneumonia and cerebral apoplexy, for which has was treated since July 20.
  Buried	Jul 27, 1933	Albany, Linn county, Oregon, USA
  	William's body was prepared for interment at the Mt. Scott Funeral Home in Portland.
  Notes	- Theona Newton Jessen was told that William had worked as a wagon boy on the Oregon Trail.  There is a picture of him as a young man in Independence, Kansas.     After he and Lola Jane were married, they piled up all of their belongings on a boxcar and headed to Oregon.  They homesteaded on Santiam River near Albany where he and his neighbors built the home that six of their children were born in.  Theona and Mary Ann took photographs of this house in 1993, which was still in excellent condition.     A year after Lola Jane died, he had a stroke.  He moved to Portland to live with LeRoy and Vesta Newton.  There he married to May Ritchie and they opened a dry goods store at about 60th and Foster Road.  He died at home which was in back of the store.
  Person ID	I7880	mykindred
  Last Modified	Feb 6, 2003

  
  

  Family	Lola Jane Douglass,   b. Jul 02, 1872, Springfield, Sangamon county, Illinois, USA ,   d. Feb 24, 1927, Albany, Linn county, Oregon, USA  (Age 54 years)
  Married	May 12, 1889	Albany, Linn county, Oregon, USA
  	The States Rights Democrat of Albany carried their wedding announcement on Friday, May 17 as follows:  "Eastburn-Douglas -- On May 12 at the residence of J. R. Douglas, Albany, by Rev. W. D. Humphrey, Mr. W. A. Eastburn of Benton County and Miss Lola J. Douglas of Albany."
  Children	1. Vesta Venona Eastburn,   b. Mar 19, 1891, Albany, Linn county, Oregon, USA ,   d. Feb 16, 1953, Portland, Multnomah county, Oregon, USA  (Age 61 years)   2. John William Eastburn,   b. Feb 13, 1890, Albany, Linn county, Oregon, USA ,   d. Aug 10, 1891, Albany, Linn county, Oregon, USA  (Age 1 years)   3. Florence Irene Eastburn,   b. Mar 18, 1893, Albany, Linn county, Oregon, USA ,   d. Feb 26, 1985, Portland, Multnomah county, Oregon, USA  (Age 91 years)   4. Asa Carlton Eastburn,   b. Mar 20, 1895, Knox Butte, Linn county, Oregon, USA ,   d. Apr 04, 1982, Corvallis, Benton county, Oregon, USA  (Age 87 years)   5. Royal William Eastburn,   b. Jan 27, 1897, Albany, Linn county, Oregon, USA ,   d. May 1973, Lincoln City, Lincoln county, Oregon, USA  (Age 76 years)   6. Frank Benjamin Eastburn,   b. Jan 14, 1898, Albany, Linn county, Oregon, USA ,   d. Nov 11, 1958, Albany, Linn county, Oregon, USA  (Age 60 years)   7. Blanche Maycel Eastburn,   b. Mar 04, 1906, Albany, Linn county, Oregon, USA ,   d. Apr 18, 1994, Eureka, Humboldt county, California, USA  (Age 88 years)   8. Velma Victoria Eastburn,   b. Aug 29, 1907, Albany, Linn county, Oregon, USA ,   d. Y   9. Clarence James Eastburn,   b. Apr 16, 1914, Albany, Linn county, Oregon, USA ,   d. Oct 10, 1987, Klamath Falls, Klamath county, Oregon, USA  (Age 73 years)
  Family ID	F2834	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S511] Gedcom - Jessen-Hanson, Mary Ann.