Oregon Historical County Records Guide
Clackamas County Records Inventory
Pension and Relief Records
1903-1941
Series documents financial assistance approved by the county court for widows, mothers, dependent children, orphans, the elderly, and indigents. Information includes applicant name and address, children's names and birth dates, amount of pension or monthly support payment, and county court order. Because the provision of relief became primarily a state and federal function in the 1930s, records are inventoried through 1939.
Records at the Oregon State Archives:
Old Age Pension Mortgages, 1934-1939 (.50 cu.ft.);
Pension Certificates [Military], 1903-1912 (.10 cu.ft.);
Public Welfare Records [Clackamas County Relief Committee and Public Welfare
Commission], 1928-1941 (1.50 cu.ft.);
Widow's Pension [Record-with index], vol. 1-2, 1913-1930 (2 volumes);
Search for 1913-1930 Clackamas
County widow's pension records in Oregon Historical Records Index.