Family Contribution:
Gertrude Margaret
(Brandt) Campbell. Born 6 Feb 1869 in Iowa.
Died 25 Aug 1939 in Sherwood, Washington Cnty, OR.
Married 19 Apr 1893 in Sherwood, OR, to Archibald
("Archie") Campbell, born 28 Aug 1860 in Gamebridge,
Ontario, Canada; died 23 Jun 1955 in Portland,
Multnomah Cnty, OR; interred at Riverview Abbey
Mausoleum, Portland. Gertrude was one of 6
known children; her parents were
Charles A.
Brandt and
Frederika Margaret (Wickert/Weckert)
Brandt.
Obituary: Sherwood [OR] Valley
Times, p. 1 (31 Aug 1939)
Long Time Resident Passes to the Beyond
Mrs. Gertrude Margaret Campbell,
70, wife of Archie Campbell, died suddenly at
her home near this city Friday morning, August
25. Survivors are the widower, Archie Campbell,
of Sherwood; two daughters, Mrs. Eva Knight, of
Beaverton, and Mrs. Flora Illinsky [sic], of
Portland; two sisters, Mrs. Rosa Brown, of San
Francisco, and Mrs. Liona Marks, of this city;
two brothers, Henry Brandt, of Pleasant Valley,
Oregon, Frank Brandt, of Creed [sic], Colo., and
four grandchildren.
Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at
the Sherwood M. E. church.... Interment was in
Pleasant Hill cemetery....
Gertrude Margaret Brandt, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Brandt, was born in Iowa February
6, 1869. Soon after her birth the family moved
to Illinois where they lived until 1877, when
they came to Oregon and settled near this city,
and this community had ever since been her home.
She married Archie Campbell April 19, 1893, and
her married life had been devoted to husband and
family and to the upbuilding of the religious
life of the community.
