Individual Details

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.

Birth	17 Feb 1885	Farmington, St. Francois Co., Missouri
Marriage	31 Oct 1920	Vancouver, Clark Co., Washington - Ella Ida Pauline Ogrosky
Death	21 Dec 1930	Portland, Multnomah Co., Oregon
Burial		Rose City Cemetery, Portland, Multnomah Co., Oregon

Spouse	Ella Ida Pauline Ogrosky (1896 - 1988)
Child	Paul G. Toenjes (1925 - )
Child	Gladys J. Toenjes (1928 - )

Father	John Gerhard Toenjes (1851 - 1922)
Mother	Ernestine Sarah Meuschke (1857 - 1941)
Sibling	Johanna Toenjes (1877 - 1960)
Sibling	Marie Toenjes (1879 - 1881)
Sibling	Theodore William Henry Toenjes (1881 - 1938)
Sibling	Ernestine W. Toenjes (1883 - 1968)
Sibling	Carl Toenjes (1886 - 1901)
Sibling	Maria Magdelena "Lena" Toenjes (1889 - 1972)
Sibling	John Martin Toenjes (1891 - 1954)
Sibling	Martha G. Toenjes (1893 - 1952)
Sibling	Walter Toenjes (1895 - 1982)
Sibling	Olga Toenjes (1898 - 1901)
Sibling	Clara Anna Toenjes (1901 - 1904)