In 1930, Bertha is 27 and lives with her husband Owen, 25, at 26 S.W. in Seattle in a home they own and is valued at $2500. They have a radio. They were 22 and 24 when they married. Daughter Geraldine is a little over 2. Owen’s mother was born in Belgium. He works as a salesman at a plumbing store.

Her future brother-in-law Robert Emery and her sister Agnes witnessed the wedding.