James Oley Moen

   Another name for James was James.

  Research Notes:

1. 1930 US Census

a). Bellingham, Whatcom Co; enumeration on 4 April 1930

- Oley, listed under his father's household, but with beside his name his (ab) - absent?

b). Seattle, King Co; enumeration on 14 April 1930

- listed as James O Moen
- married; wife - Dorothy O, born in WI; marriage

c. 1940 US Census, Seattle, King Co, WA; ED 40-75B, sheet 8A; house visit, 167 [line 31]
James Oley Moen, age 41 b in WA; sales in building supplies
wife Dorothy, age 40 b in Wisconsin
dau Beverley, age 8, b in WA

note: Ancestry FT, Scott FT [Natalie Cotton]; accessed 24 Febe 2023
https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/184152856/person/262402138305/facts?
- fairly complete on James Moen, siblings, but not likely as accurate of Tobias' .... parents


2. a US Draft Registration - World War 1

- birth date - Bellingham; residence at 1521 Grant St, Bellingham
- not employed
- registered on 5 Jun 1917
- build - slender; medium height, blue eyes, light hair

b. US WW II, Draft, 1942

- address: 4116 - 50th NE, Seattle
- employer: Pioneer Sand and Gravel, 901 Fairview North, Seattle
- contact - employer, as above
- 5 ft 6 1/2, 170 pounds, blue eyes, blond hair, light complexion; scar left thumb, index, and small finger
- age 43, birth 28 Dec 1898, but then 1898 with a line through and just above 1894 --- BUT didn't change age, since age 43 would be 1898


3. Ancestry.com Public Members Trees

- one, Trøndelag, shows one female child living, not named with no other information given
- lists a "living" child - female, with two marriages, first to last name Bazan, then to Enwall with 3 children listed with last name as Enwall

4. Henning Tønseth Nergaard - database www.nernet.com [no longer active, 24 Feb 2023]

- married to Dorothy Singer; one child - Beverly Mae Moen, born 1931

5. BC Archives - Marriage Cert

- James' occupation as a Salesman, Seattle, WA; father noted as Tobias John Moen (Rev); mother, Bertha Halvorson (born in USA)(?)
- Dorothy, Teacher, residence as 1925 14 th Ave West, Vancouver, BC; born in US;; age 24, Presbyterian (father, Frederick Mark Singer, born in Nora, Ohio; mother, Mabel Lillian Fleming, born in Madison, WI)
- marriage took place at her residence
- witness - Frances Elizabeth Singer (sister?), same address as Dorothy; and, Samuel Eugene Mullen of 5268-18th NE, Seattle (were James and Samuel roomates?)
- minister, Presbyterian

6. R L Polk, Seattle - not recorded in 1943-1944 or 1948-1949 ^1208,3281

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Residence - 1930, 1 Apr 1930, Seattle, King Co, Washington, United States. ³²⁸²

James married Dorothy Olive Singer on 10 Sep 1924 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada ¹²⁰⁸.^,3276 (Dorothy Olive Singer was born on 18 Apr 1900 in Portage, Columbia Co, Wisconsin, United States,¹²⁰⁸ died on 9 Mar 1982 in Bellingham, Whatcom Co, Washington, United States ¹²⁰⁸ and was buried on 9 Mar 1982 in Bayview Cemetery, Bellingham, Washington, United States ^3283,3284.)