Individual Details

Paul Gerhard Toenjes

(17 Feb 1885 - 21 Dec 1930)

On the 1930 U. S. Census of Portland, Multnomah Co., Oregon, Paul G. Toenjes appears with his wife Ella I. P. and children Paul G. and Gladys J. Paul is a pressman at a printing company. Ella states she was married at 24. Paul states he married at 22. This would indicate that both were married previously.

The Helena Independent, Helena Montana, December 23, 1930. He Gives His Life to Save Two Children. Portland, Ore. Dec. 22---(AP) Paul G. Toenjes, 45, printer, lost his life today to save two small children from electrocution. The children were flying a kite, which fell on two high tension electric wires. The wires burned and fell to the ground. Toenjes picked up the wires apparently to pull them out of the path of the children. He was killed almost instantly. The children were uninjured.

Events

Birth17 Feb 1885Farmington, St. Francois Co., Missouri
Marriage31 Oct 1920Vancouver, Clark Co., Washington - Ella Ida Pauline Ogrosky
Death21 Dec 1930Portland, Multnomah Co., Oregon
BurialRose City Cemetery, Portland, Multnomah Co., Oregon

Families

SpouseElla Ida Pauline Ogrosky (1896 - 1988)
ChildPaul G. Toenjes (1925 - )
ChildGladys J. Toenjes (1928 - )
FatherJohn Gerhard Toenjes (1851 - 1922)
MotherErnestine Sarah Meuschke (1857 - 1941)
SiblingJohanna Toenjes (1877 - 1960)
SiblingMarie Toenjes (1879 - 1881)
SiblingTheodore William Henry Toenjes (1881 - 1938)
SiblingErnestine W. Toenjes (1883 - 1968)
SiblingCarl Toenjes (1886 - 1901)
SiblingMaria Magdelena "Lena" Toenjes (1889 - 1972)
SiblingJohn Martin Toenjes (1891 - 1954)
SiblingMartha G. Toenjes (1893 - 1952)
SiblingWalter Toenjes (1895 - 1982)
SiblingOlga Toenjes (1898 - 1901)
SiblingClara Anna Toenjes (1901 - 1904)

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