Bessie Elnora Compton

1900 - 1985  (85 years)

• Name	Bessie Elnora Compton  [1, 2, 3]
  Birth	20 Jun 1900	Prineville, Crook, Oregon, USA   [1, 2]
  Gender	Female
  Residence	Redmond, Deschutes, Oregon, USA   [2]
  Residence	1940	Redmond, Deschutes, Oregon, USA   [2]
  	StreetAddress: Ninth Street; Age: 40; AttendedSchool: No; EmploymentCode: 5; EmploymentDetails: Home Housework; EmploymentHistory: No; EnumerationDistrict: 9-17; GradeCompleted: Elementary school, 8th grade; Income: 0; IncomeOtherSources: No; IsEmployed: No; PublicEmergencyWork: No; SeekingWork: No; WeeksWorked: 0; MaritalStatus: Married; RelationToHead: Wife/Precinct 16
  Burial	1985	Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, USA   [1]
  Death	31 Dec 1985	Roseburg, Douglas, Oregon, USA   [1]
  Person ID	I63299	MontyHistNotes_2014 | JMMM_son Joseph Montgomery
  Last Modified	8 Oct 2025

  
  

  Family	Jacob Guy Houk,   b. 23 Feb 1894, Willow Creek, Gilliam, Oregon, USA d. 18 Jul 1953, Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, USA (Age 59 years)
  Children	1. Donald Guy Houk,   b. 27 Sep 1932, Redmond, Deschutes, Oregon, USA d. 18 Jan 2020, Tokyo, Japan (Age 87 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F39820	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	8 Oct 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 20 Jun 1900 - Prineville, Crook, Oregon, USA Residence - - Redmond, Deschutes, Oregon, USA Residence - StreetAddress: Ninth Street; Age: 40; AttendedSchool: No; EmploymentCode: 5; EmploymentDetails: Home Housework; EmploymentHistory: No; EnumerationDistrict: 9-17; GradeCompleted: Elementary school, 8th grade; Income: 0; IncomeOtherSources: No; IsEmployed: No; PublicEmergencyWork: No; SeekingWork: No; WeeksWorked: 0; MaritalStatus: Married; RelationToHead: Wife/Precinct 16 - 1940 - Redmond, Deschutes, Oregon, USA Burial - 1985 - Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, USA Death - 31 Dec 1985 - Roseburg, Douglas, Oregon, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S3453] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;). Record for Bessie Elnora Houk https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=60525&h=2316495&indiv=try [S3849] Ancestry.com, 1940 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;), Year: 1940; Census Place: Redmond, Deschutes, Oregon; Roll: m-t0627-03359; Page: 7A; Enumeration District: 9-17. Record for Guy Houk https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=2442&h=63258664&indiv=try [S4335] Ancestry.com, Newspapers.com Obituary Index, 1800s-current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2019;), The Bend Bulletin; Publication Date: 21/ Jul/ 1953; Publication Place: Bend, Oregon, United States of America; URL: https://www.newspapers.com/image/100123173/?article=152986c1-1c71-48a7-a7f1-9363b5abc767&focus=0.38337043,0.74069893,0.5043817,0.904457&xid=2378. Record for Guy Houk https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=61843&h=503190677&indiv=try