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Marriage: Children:
  1. Lloyd Elry DIESS: Birth: 18 OCT 1908 in Hadleyville, Lane Co., Oregon, USA. Death: 31 OCT 1987 in Eugene, Lane Co., Oregon, USA

  2. Clara Opal "Opal" DIESS: Birth: 5 SEP 1910 in Hadleyville, Lane Co., Oregon, USA. Death: 10 FEB 1998 in Eugene, Lane Co., Oregon, USA

  3. Edward Lincoln "Lincoln" DIESS: Birth: 27 NOV 1912 in Hadleyville, Lane Co., Oregon, USA. Death: 29 NOV 2002 in Lane Co., Oregon, USA

  4. Hubert Frances DIESS: Birth: 9 MAR 1915 in "Jake" Gates home, Eugene, Lane Co., Oregon, USA. Death: 26 AUG 1996 in Eugene, Lane Co., Oregon, USA


Sources
1. Title:   Allison, Euleta (Deming) genealogy collection
2. Title:   Allie Gates' notes
3. Title:   1910 Lane Co., Ore. Census
4. Title:   1920 Lane Co., Ore. Census
5. Title:   1930 Lane Co., Ore. Census
6. Title:   Tombstone Inscription
Page:   Diess, B. Franklin
7. Title:   Obituary, Diess, John J
8. Title:   Lane Co., Ore. Marriage Index
Page:   bk 12, p. 43

Notes
a. Note:   1910 Lane Co., Ore. Census, Coyote Prct., ED #147, taken 1-14 April 1910, p 1B [Ancestry.com, ED #147, Image #2]:
  Diess, Frank B. - Head - age 28 - b. Ore. - F born Ger. - M born Ger. - Farmer - Territorial Rd. - Dwelling #17 - Family #17 " , Dora J. - Wife - age 23 - b. Ore. - F born Iowa - M born Ore. " , Lloyd E. - Son - age 1 1/2 - b. Ore. - F born Ore. - M born Ore. _______________________ 1920 Lane Co., Ore. Census, Coyote Pct., ED #234, taken 19 Jan 1920, p 5B-6A [Ancestry.com, Coyote Pct., ED #234, Image #3-4]:
  Diess, Benjamin F. - Head - age 40 - b. Ore. - F born Ger. - M born Ger. - Farmer - General Farm - Dwelling #109 - Family #110 " , Dora J. - Wife - age 32 - b. Ore. - F born Ore. - M born Ore. " , Lloyd E. - Son - age 11 - b. Ore. - F born Ore. - M born Ore. " , Clara O. - Daughter - age 9 - b. Ore. - F born Ore. - M born Ore. " , Edward L. - Son - age 7 - b. Ore. - F born Ore. - M born Ore. " , Hubert F. - Son - son 4 ?/12 - b. Ore. - F born Ore. - M born Ore. _______________________ 1930 Lane Co., Ore. Census, Coyote Pct., ED #19, taken 7 April 1930, p 3B [Ancestry.com, Coyote Pct., ED #19, Image #6]:
  Diess, Benjamin F. - Head - age 50 - b. Ore. - F born Ger. - M born Ger. - Farming - Farm - Hadleyville Road - Dwelling #85 - Family #85 " , Dora J. - Wife - age 43 - b. Ore. - F born Iowa - M born Ore. " , Lloyd E. - Son - age 21 - b. Ore. - F born Ore. - M born Ore. - Laborer - Farm " , Edward L. - Son - age 17 - b. Ore. - F born Ore. - M born Ore. " , Hubert F. - Son - age 15 - b. Ore. - F born Ore. - M born Ore. ___________________________ Email from Deana Schultz, May 27, 2002 "parents of Benjamin Franklin Diess.... Ludwig Johannes Diess 183?-1899 buried in Mulkey Cem Eugene Or records for him are usually found under his English variation Lewis John Diess sometimes spelled Dice the correct/original/German pronunciation was like peace with a d instead of the p....later generations seem to have adopted DICE pronunciation...wife of Ludwig (pronounced lood-vig)was Louisa (pronounced as Loo-i-zuh)
  Louisa Barbara Rebstock born 1836-1912 buried in Mulkey Cem she died of pneumonia
  Louisa's mother was Christina.
  Ludwig is from Germany...Wuerttemburg....there is also a Diessen in Germany but don't know if there is a connection
  They lived in California for awhile...they had twin girls and I have a list of their kids somewhere... if you want them I'll hunt them up for you okay Deana Schultz (my grandma was a Diess...middle daughter of BJ Diess's oldest sibling George Diess...BJ married to Dora, BJ was the youngest Diess child)"
  "sorry that should say BF instead of BJ" _____________________ B. F. Diess
  B. F. Diess, Rt. 3, Eugene, died July 31 at his home at the age of 71. He was born Aug. 2, 1879 in Hadleyville, Ore., and lived there most of his life. He was a member of Woodmen of the World, and married Dora J. Gates at Crow, Oct. 16, 1907.
  Surviving are his widow; three sons, Lloyd E., E. Lincoln, and Hubert F., all of Eugene; a daughter, Mrs. Opal McDaniel, Eugene; a brother, Henry Diess, Rogue River; three sisters, Mrs. Carrie Overton, Harrisburg, Mrs. Rilla Thompson, Tekoe, Wash., and Mrs. Etta Christensen, Cincinnati, Ohio; and seven grandchildren.
  Services will be at Simon-Lounsbury Mortuary Thursday at 2 p. m. __________________________ Oregon Death Index, 1903-1998:
  Name: ??, Benjamin F County: Lane Death Date: 31 Jul 1950 Certificate: 7419 Spouse: Dora ___________________________________________________ West Lawn Memorial Park, Eugene, Lane Co., Ore. - inscription:
  - - - - - - In Loving Memory - - - - - - - - - DIESS - - - Dora J. - - - - - - B. Franklin Mar. 23, 1887 - - - - Aug 2, 1879 Feb. 8, 1984 - - - - -July 31, 1950 - - Mother - - - - - - - - - Father _____________________ Oregon Death Certificate:
  Name: Diess, Benjamin F. County of Death: Lane Document #: 7419 Birth date: 2 Aug 1879 Birth place: Hadleyville, OR Death date: 31 July 1950 Place of death: Route #3, Eugene, Lane Co., OR Residence: Route #3, Eugene, Lane Co., OR Marital status: Married Spouse: Dora J. Father: Louis Diess Mother: Louisa Rebstock Informant: Hubert Diess Funeral Home: H. K. Lounsbury, Eugene, OR Burial: Westlawn Memorial Park, Eugene, OR


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