Martha Ellen Emert1,2,3

Family Chart
ID# 14669, (1859 - 1922)
FatherJonathan Emert4 (abt 23 Mar 1801 - 2 Oct 1881)
MotherDelila [surname unknown]4 (abt 23 Jul 1819 - 11 Mar 1866)

Key Events:

Birth: Mar 1859, Wayne Co., Iowa5,6,7
Marriage: about 1877, Don Carlos Hall (Jun 1857 - 18 Jul 1922)8,9,10
Death: 18 Jul 1922, Jefferson Co., Oregon11,12
Burial: Terrebonne Pioneer Cemetery, Terrebonne, Deschutes Co., Oregon13

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Narrative:

     Martha Ellen Emert was born in Mar 1859 in Wayne Co., Iowa.5,6,7 She appeared on the 1860 Federal Census of Benton Twp., Wayne Co., Iowa, in the household of her parents, Jonathan Emert and Delila [surname unknown].14
     Her mother died on 11 Mar 1866, when Martha was about 7 years old.15 Martha appeared on the 1870 Federal Census of Benton Twp., Wayne Co., Iowa, enumerated 3 Aug 1870, with her older brother Oliver in the household of Cornelius and Mary Nidy. Their relationship to her is unknown, but presumably they were relatives she and her brother went to live with after the death of their mother.16
     Martha married Don Carlos Hall, son of William Hall and Mary Ellen Gristy, about 1877.8,9,10
     Martha and Don appeared on the 1880 Federal Census of Riverton Twp., Fremont Co., Iowa, enumerated 16 Jul 1880. Their daughter Aubrey was listed as living with them.17 Martha and Don appeared on the 1885 State Census of Pacific Junction, Mills Co., Iowa. Their children Aubrey, Edith and Rosalie were listed as living with them.18
     Martha and Don moved to Nebraska by the time their last child was born, in 1895. They appeared on the 1900 Federal Census of Spring Ranch Twp., Clay Co., Nebraska, enumerated 2 Jun 1900, reporting they were renting their farm. Their children Edith, Rosalie, Ross, Cecil, Willie and Vernon were listed as living with them, as were Rosina C. Woolsey, a 37-year-old widow identified as his sister-in-law, and her 9-year-old daughter Thersa.19
     Martha and Don moved to Potlatch, Idaho, living there for a time before moving to Oregon about 1907.20 They appeared on the 1910 Federal Census of Crook Co., Oregon, on the Redmond-Shaniko Stage Rd., enumerated 21 May 1910, reporting they owned their farm, which was mortgaged. Their children Willie and Vernon were listed as living with them.21
     Martha and Don then moved to Withrow, Douglas Co., Washington, where they again had a farm. Their son Vernon joined them there. By 1920 Martha and Don had returned to Oregon, where Vernon had moved. They appeared on the 1920 Federal Census of Terrebonne, Deschutes Co., Oregon, in the household of their son Vernon and his wife, Sara Matilda Reigel.22
     Martha and Don were returning from an outing at the Cove, the evening of 18 Jul 1922. Nearing the top of the steep narrow grade climbing out of Crooked River Canyon, he drove the car too close to the edge. The roadway and retaining wall crumbled, and the car tumbled 1,000 feet to the bottom, throwing both out along the way, killing them. His "defective vision" was cited as a factor in the accident, which was not discovered until the next day. It took parties from nearby towns all afternoon to recover the bodies.23
     Martha died on 18 Jul 1922 in Jefferson Co., Oregon, at age 63.11,12 She was buried in Terrebonne Pioneer Cemetery, Terrebonne, Deschutes Co., Oregon.13

Children:
     Children with Don Carlos Hall:

  • Aubrey E. Hall24,25,26 (Aug 1879 - 27 Jan 1940)
  • Edith E. Hall25,27 (Feb 1881 - )
  • Rosalie Maude Hall25,27,28 (Jun 1883 - 22 May 1965)
  • Ross Hall29,30 (26 Apr 1885 - 20 Sep 1946)
  • Cecil V. Hall29 (29 Jan 1887 - 8 Sep 1977)
  • Willie Jon Hall29,31 (7 Jan 1890 - 18 Jul 1973)
  • Vernon Ray Hall29,22,31 (8 Sep 1895 - 1 Sep 1978)

Citations

  1. [S6113] Jonathan Emert household, 1860 U.S. Census, Wayne Co., Iowa, shows name as Martha E. Emert.
  2. [S6114] Cornelius Nidy household, 1870 U.S. Census, Wayne Co., Iowa, shows name as Martha Emmert.
  3. [S500] Findagrave.com, online, memorial # 16466754, Martha Ellen Hall, includes tombstone photos showing same.
  4. [S6113] Jonathan Emert household, 1860 U.S. Census, Wayne Co., Iowa, shows them apparently living as parent and child.
  5. [S6113] Jonathan Emert household, 1860 U.S. Census, Wayne Co., Iowa, shows age 1 and state.
  6. [S6091] Don C. Hall household, 1900 U.S. Census, Clay Co., Nebraska, shows month, year, age 41, and state.
  7. [S6112] Don C. Hall household, 1885 Iowa State Census, Mills Co., Iowa, Pacific Junction, shows age 25 and county.
  8. [S6092] Don Carle Hall household, 1880 U.S. Census, Fremont Co., Iowa, shows married.
  9. [S6091] Don C. Hall household, 1900 U.S. Census, Clay Co., Nebraska, shows married 23 years.
  10. [S6093] Don C. Hall household, 1910 U.S. Census, Crook Co., Oregon, shows married 32 years.
  11. [S4085] "Oregon Death Index, 1898-2008," Ancestry.com, record for Martha Ellen Hall, citing cert. no. 14, shows date and county.
  12. [S500] Findagrave.com, online, memorial # 16466754, Martha Ellen Hall, shows year, and includes tombstone photos showing same.
  13. [S500] Findagrave.com, online, memorial # 16466754, Martha Ellen Hall, includes tombstone photo.
  14. [S6113] Jonathan Emert household, 1860 U.S. Census, Wayne Co., Iowa.
  15. [S500] Findagrave.com, online, memorial # 73737721, Delila Emert, shows date, with month as May, and includes tombstone photo showing date with month as Mar.
  16. [S6114] Cornelius Nidy household, 1870 U.S. Census, Wayne Co., Iowa.
  17. [S6092] Don Carle Hall household, 1880 U.S. Census, Fremont Co., Iowa.
  18. [S6112] Don C. Hall household, 1885 Iowa State Census, Mills Co., Iowa, Pacific Junction.
  19. [S6091] Don C. Hall household, 1900 U.S. Census, Clay Co., Nebraska.
  20. [S6110] "Edge of Road Crumbling is Tragedy Cause," The Bend Bulletin, 22 Jul 1922, shows they moved to Terrebonne from Potlatch, Idaho 15 years before.
  21. [S6093] Don C. Hall household, 1910 U.S. Census, Crook Co., Oregon.
  22. [S612] Vernon R. Hall household, 1920 U.S. Census, Deschutes Co., Oregon.
  23. [S6110] "Edge of Road Crumbling is Tragedy Cause," The Bend Bulletin, 22 Jul 1922.
  24. [S6092] Don Carle Hall household, 1880 U.S. Census, Fremont Co., Iowa, shows the girl as daughter of Martha's husband.
  25. [S6112] Don C. Hall household, 1885 Iowa State Census, Mills Co., Iowa, Pacific Junction, shows them apparently living as parent and child.
  26. [S6081] "Washington, Deaths, 1883-1960," Ancestry.com, record for Aubrey E Hall.
  27. [S6091] Don C. Hall household, 1900 U.S. Census, Clay Co., Nebraska, shows the girl as daughter of Mattie's husband and that the parents had been married longer than the age of the child.
  28. [S6111] Bertrand Lee Allen and Rosalie Maud Hall, Marriage License and Marriage Certificate.
  29. [S6091] Don C. Hall household, 1900 U.S. Census, Clay Co., Nebraska, shows him as the son of her husband and that the parents had been married longer than the age of the child.
  30. [S2958] "Washington Death Certificates, 1907-1960," FamilySearch.org, record for Ross Hall, citing FHL#2032518.
  31. [S6093] Don C. Hall household, 1910 U.S. Census, Crook Co., Oregon, shows him as the son of her husband and that the parents had been married longer than the age of the child.