Iver John (Jack) Fay Prestlien

  Research Notes:

1. Birth - Washington Birth Index, 1907-1919 - ancestry.com

- listed as Iver John Ray Prestlien
- father - Iver I Prestlion
- mother - Marguerite Denker

2. Marriage - Seattle Times

18 July 1934, page 21, col 5 - Marriage License announcement: Jack Prestlien, 27, of 1146 Market Street; Bertha A Krause, 24, Chelais

3. Obituary: Yakima Herald Republic

- carpenter; worked with Boeing in Seattle, Lewis Co Highway Dept; owned Ritzville Paint and Cabinet Shop in Ritzville, WA; formann of the General Building Repair shop at the University of Arizona's Building and Grounds Department in Tuczon
- retired in 1973 - moved to Yakima



4. Ritzville Journal Times - various notices & advertizements in the local newspaper, Jan - Dec 1950 (www.worldvitalrecords.com]

- paint store ads
- 2 Nov 1950 - announcement about selling paint store; came to Ritzville 4 years ago from Chehelis; plans to move to Tuczon because of his wife's health; no business plans for the next 6-8 months at least; Prestlien build the building for his paint and cabinet shop 3 years ago; the family also includes a son, Bobby, one of Ritzville's leading junior golfers
- 14 Dec 1950 - ad for Merry Christmas and Healthy Happy New Year; and "to thank each and everyone for making our stay in Ritzville so enjoyable"
- also - a number of mentions of Bob Prestlien - golf, football, and he played "Junior" in Junior High School play, "Junior Buys a Car" [9 March 1950]


5. R L Polk (ancestry)

1932 - John - lab, r 935 W 58th ; page 1173 (ancestry p600); same residence of his father
1933 - Jack - lab, r 935 W 58th ; page 1173 (ancestry p600); same residence of his father
1934 - not with his father; not listed
1935 - John Presteline (Bertha), driver, r 1548 W 62d; page 1230 (ancestry p626)



6. US Census


1940 - Chehalis, Lewis Co, WA (Parcuvia Precinct, likely a rural area, east side of the city; Chehalis is about 80 kms south of Olympia

- Jack F, age 32, born in WA, grade 8; worked 40 hrs wk of Mar 24, Truck Driver, State Highways; worked 40 wks in 1939; owns home with value of $700; residence - 14 St
- Bertha R, age 30 born in Canada (English); grade 8; not working the wk of Mar 24; class of worker - H (homemaker), but usual job is a Saleslady at Variety store; worked 20 wks in 1939 earning $260
- Robert L, age 5 born in [ left blank ]

-- residence on 1 Apr 1935 - Seattle, WA ²⁸⁷⁴

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Residence, 1943-1944, Seattle, King Co, Washington, United States. ²⁸⁷⁵

2. Residence - 1935, 1 Apr 1935, Seattle, King Co, Washingon, United States. ²⁸⁷⁶

3. Residence - 1940, 1 Apr 1940, Chehalis, Lewis Co, Washington, United States. ²⁸⁷⁶ Enumeration on 17 Apr 1940

Iver married Bertha Rosalia Krause in 1934. (Bertha Rosalia Krause was born on 9 Mar 1909 in Wetaskiwin, Alberta, Canada, died on 10 Oct 2002 in Yakima, Yakima Co, Washington, United States ^395,2789 and was buried in Terrace Heights Memorial Park, Yakima, Washington, United States.)