Jul-28-2018
Husband: Ralph Sommerville
Born: Sep-26-1879 in Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV 1,2,3
Died: Dec- 1-1961 in Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV 1,2,3
Buried: in Auburn Community Cemetery, Ritchie Co, WV 4
Resided: in Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV 5
Occupation: farmer 6
Father: John Sommerville (1832 - 1916)
Mother: Elizabeth Jane Brannon (1848 - 1929)
Wife: Ona Bell Douglass 7
Also known as: Onie Douglas 8
Married: Apr- 7-1906 in Ritchie Co, WV 9
Born: Nov-12-1887 in Doddridge Co, WV 1,3,8
Died: Sep- 4-1975 in Buckhannon, Upshur Co, WV 1
Buried: in Auburn Community Cemetery, Ritchie Co, WV 4
Father: William Franklin Douglass (1859 - 1947)
Mother: Columbia Osbourne (1857 - 1942)
F Child 1: Ormeda Merle Sommerville
Born: Jul-19-1906 10,3
Died: Jul- -1971 10,3
Buried: in Auburn Community Cemetery, Ritchie Co, WV 4
Resided: in Morgantown, Monongalia Co, WV 11
Husband: Alston Britton b. Dec-11-1899 d. Aug- -1974
Married: Aug- 4-1923 in Ritchie Co, WV 12
M Child 2: John Frank Sommerville
Also known as: Frank Sommerville 13
Born: Sep-10-1908 in Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV 14,10
Died: Aug-31-2002 10
Resided: in Vienna, Wood Co, WV 11
Resided: in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV 15
Census: 1920, 1930 in Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV (see note 1)
F Child 3: Edyth M. Sommerville
Census name: Edith Sommerville
Born: Feb- 9-1911 10,15
Died: Jul- 3-1992 10
Resided: in Buckhannon, Upshur Co, WV 10
Resided: in Oxford, Calhoun Co, AL 15
Census: 1920 in Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV (see note 2)
Husband: Fred McDowell Wilt b. Jan- 7-1905
F Child 4: Neva Kathryn Sommerville
Born: Apr-14-1914 in Ritchie Co, WV 10,16,6
Died: Feb-13-1992 10
Resided: in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV 16,11
Census: 1920, 1930 in Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV
Husband: Frederick Bernard Kesterson b. Oct-24-1913 d. Jun-13-1993
Married: Apr-21-1935 in Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV 17
M Child 5: Ray Douglas Sommerville
Born: Dec-13-1917 10,3
Died: Aug- -1981 10,3
Buried: in IOOF Cemetery, Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV 4
Resided: in Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV 11
Census: 1920, 1930 in Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV
Military: Y3, US Navy, World War II 4
Wife: Bernice Hatfield b. Dec-30-1919 d. Jun-16-2014
F Child 6: Ruth Sommerville
Born: Sep-28-1920 in Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV 18,19
Died: Oct-27-1920 in Ritchie Co, WV 20,19
Buried: in Auburn Community Cemetery, Ritchie Co, WV 4
M Child 7: Robert J. Sommerville
Born: Dec- 8-1923 in Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV 21,22,23
Died: Feb-18-2015 in Belmont, Pleasants Co, WV 24
Resided: in Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV 13
Resided: 1947 in Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV 22
Census: 1930 in Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV 23
Wife: Mary Virginia Cole b. Jan-31-1929
Married: Sep-26-1947 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 25
Sources:
(1) James R. Sample , A Genealogy of the Levi Douglass Family and Some of His Descendants
(self-published, July 2007)
(2) Ritchie County WV Deaths 1956-1970, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1999)
(3) Headstone (year only)
(4) Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993,
McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995.
(5) Minnie Kendall Lowther, Ritchie County in History and Romance (McClain Publishing Co, Parsons, WV, 1990), p. 310.
(6) 1920 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Auburn District)
(7) Death record of daughter.
(8) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985)
(9) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985), Identified as
Ralph Sommerville, 26, of Ritchie Co; and Onie Douglas, 18, b. Doddridge Co, res. Ritchie Co. Married Apr 7
1906.
(10) Social Security Death Index.
(11) Social Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in West Virginia before 1951.
(12) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1916-1945, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (Sep 1998), Identified as
Alston Britton, 23, b. Gilmer Co, res. Ritchie Co; and Ormeda Merle Sommerville, 17, of Ritchie Co. Married Aug 4 1923.
Her middle name has been reported by other researchers as Marie.
(13) Obituary of brother.
(14) West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], Ancestry.com.
(15) U.S. Public Records Index, Vol 2, Ancestry.com.
(16) Wood County Marriage Records, Parkersburg, WV.
(17) Wood County Marriage Records, Parkersburg, WV, Identified as Frederick Bernard Kesterson, 21, b. Wood Co, res.
Parkersburg; and Neva Kathryn Sommerville, 21, b. Ritchie Co, res. Parkersburg. Married Apr 21 1935 "at Auburn W. Va.,
at the home of Ralph Sommerville." (NOTE: Although the ceremony was held in Ritchie County, the marriage is recorded
in Wood County, the residence of the bride.), MR p. 181.
(18) Death Record - Birth date calculated from age at death.
(19) Headstone.
(20) Ritchie County WV Deaths 1918-1940, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Nov 1998)
(21) Obituary.
(22) Gilmer County Marriage Records, Glenville, WV.
(23) 1930 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Union District).
(24) Obituary - Nursing home.
(25) Gilmer County Marriage Records, Glenville, WV, Identified as Robert J. Sommerville, 23, b. Dec 8 1923 at Auburn, res.
Auburn, son of Ralph & Ona B. Sommerville; and Mary Virginia Cole, 18. b. Jan 31 1929 at Coxs Mills, res. Coxs Mills,
dau of Shirley & Ethel Cole. Married Sep 26 1947 at Clarksburg. (NOTE: Although the ceremony was held in Clarksburg,
Harrison County, the marriage is recorded in Gilmer County, the residence of the bride.), MR p.
124.
Event Notes
Note (1) Identified as Frank Sommerville, age 13, in 1920 Census, but as John F.
Somerville, age 21, in 1930 Census.
Note (2) Not listed with her family in 1930 Census.
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