Donald Robertson Erb

1899 - 1992  (92 years)

• Name	Donald Robertson Erb
  Birth	24 Dec 1899	Fargo, North Dakota, USA
  Gender	Male
  Death	24 Mar 1992	Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, USA
  Burial	Wilhelm's Portland Memorial Mausoleum, Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, USA   [1]
  Person ID	I11260	Tulpehocken Genealogy | Hackman
  Last Modified	8 Mar 2024

  
  

  Father	Peter Frederick Erb, Jr,   b. 2 Sep 1867, Utica Township, Winona County, Minnesota, USA d. 9 Oct 1943, Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, USA (Age 76 years)
  Mother	Annie Elizabeth Sterner Robertson,   b. 10 Jul 1872, Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minnesota, USA d. 21 Mar 1942, Missoula, Missoula County, Montana, USA (Age 69 years)
  Marriage	1898
  Family ID	F3690	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Carolena Bertha (Erb),   b. 21 Sep 1903   d. 23 Jul 1990, Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, USA (Age 86 years)
  Children	+ 1. Phyllis Emily Erb,   b. 5 Jul 1929, East Missoula, Missoula County, Montana, USA d. 22 Jul 2022, Oak Harbor, Island County, Washington, USA (Age 93 years)   2. Donald Lee Erb,   b. 15 Jan 1939, Stevensville, Ravalli County, Montana, USA d. 28 Aug 2003, Billings, Yellowstone County, Montana, USA (Age 64 years)
  Family ID	F3449	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	10 Nov 2020

  
  

• Notes

  Don was born in Fargo, North Dakota, the second child and eldest son of Annie E. Sterner (née ROBERTSON) and Peter Frederick ERB. When he was a young boy the family moved to Ryder, North Dakota where his father went into the farm implement business with one of Don's uncles (Peter's brother), Jacob Erb. They soon moved south to McLean County, northwest of the town of Emmet, where they farmed. In the early-to-mid 1920s most of the family migrated to western Montana. He married Lena Frederick in Missoula, Montana on 3 September 1927. Lena and Don lived in Montana until the outbreak of World War II when they moved to Portland, Oregon. Don first worked for the Canteen Company in 1941, then the following year he got a job at the Port of Portland (which was undergoing a massive increase in the volume of shipments for the war effort) as a longshoreman. He would work on the docks for the next 23 years, retiring in 1965. Don and Lena were longtime members of the Grace Lutheran Church in east Portland. Father of: Leona Donna Phyllis Lois Donald

  
  

• Sources

  [S64] Website: Find a Grave [text], https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/73207985/donald_robertson_erb.