| Life Story
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Mary Raveaux worked in the Spinning Department at TKWM from Apr 1906-Feb 1907. Her siblings Paul, Louis, and Rose also worked at the Mill.
Mary Rose Raveaux was born 12 Dec 1890 in South Dakota. She was one of five children born to Leopold and Mary Ann [Laurence] Raveaux, French immigrants. The family came to Salem in the 1880s. Mary received an 8th grade education at Catholic school in Salem. Then she found work with her siblings at the Thomas Kay Woolen Mill. She met her future husband Herbert Bean in the at the Mill, he worked in the weaving department.
Following the death of father Leopold in 1909, the Raveaux family moved to Portland and sought work. Mary married Herbert Bean in August 1911 in Portland, OR. They returned to Salem where Herbert worked for the Thomas Kay Woolen Mill and lived at 1340 Ferry St. Shortly after WWI the Bean family moved to Portland for work. Herbert took iron working jobs in the building industry and during WW2 worked in the Oregon shipyards. Mary found work as a cook in restaurants.
Herbert died 30 May 1945 in Portland. In 1949, Mary married Edward L. Pearson in Vancouver, WA. Mary died 22 Aug 1958 in Salem Hospital after a week of illness. At the time of death she lived at 2536 NE Seventh Ave. in Portland. Her death was the result of cervical cancer. She was buried in Lincoln Memorial Park in Portland, OR. |
| Salem City Directories
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1908 Raveaux Mary, spooler TKWM Co.
1909 Raveaux Mary, spooler TKWM Co.
1910 Raveaux Mary R, 768 Hood (Portland)
1911 Raveaux Mary, 768 Hood (Portland)
1912 Bean Herbert L laborer, b 768 Hood (Portland)
1913 Bean Herbert L (Mary L) weaver TKWM Co, res 524 N 15th
1915 Bean Herbert L (Mary L) weaver TKWM Co, res 1340 Ferry
1917 Bean Herbert L (Mary), weaver TKWM Co, res 1340 Ferry
1930 Bean Herbert L. (Mary) ironworker h 539 Gantenbein Ave. (Portland) |
| Federal / County Census Records |
1900 Mary Ravaux. Age: 8. Birth Date: Dec 1891 in South Dakota. Home in 1900: Salem Ward 1, Marion, OR. Single, daughter to HOH. Parents born in France. Occupation: at school. Additional household members: Leopold Ravaux, age 52 (father), Mary Ravaux, age 48 (mother), Rose Ravaux, age 22 (sister), Louie Ravaux, age 16 (brother), Paul Ravaux, age 12 (brother), Rose Lawrence, age 79 (grandmother).
1905 Marion County Census. Raveau, Mary. Age: 14. Birthplace: Oregon. Additional household members: Leop Raveau, age 57. Mary Raveau, age 52. Louis Raveau, age 19. Paul Raveau, age 17.
1910 Mary Rvaut [Ravaux]. Age: 16. Birth Date: 1894 in South Dakota. Home in 1910: Wood Street in Portland Ward 6, Multnomah, OR. Single, daughter to HOH. Occupation: Laborer. Industry: Box Factory. Additional household members: Mary Rvaut [Ravaux], age 56 (mother), Paul Rvaut [Ravaux], age 22 (brother), Louis Rvaut [Ravaux], age 26 (brother), Rose Lawrence, age 94 (grandmother), William Jeker, age 27 (boarder), Alfred Eckland, age 28 (boarder).
1930 Mary Bean. Age: 38. Birth Year: 1892. Birth Place: South Dakota. Home in 1930: 539 Broad, Portland, Multnomah, OR. Married, wife to HOH. Occupation: Housewife. Additional household member: Herbert Bean, age 40 (husband). |
