Jul-28-2018                   
                      Rosa Dell Sommerville    
          Birth name: Rosy D. Summerville 1
                Born: Jan-13-1871          in Doddridge Co, WV  1,2 (see note 1)
                Died: Dec-22-1893           3
              Buried:                      in EUB Church Cemetery, Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV  4
              Census: 1880                 in Doddridge Co, WV  
              Father: Adolphus V. Sommerville   (1837 - 1909) 
              Mother: Caroline C. Susan "Carrie" Lee   (1836 - 1902) 
Other spouse 2
           M Child 1: Ariel Earl Sommerville      
         Census name: Earl Somerville 
                Born: Nov-25-1890          in Doddridge Co, WV  5,6,7,8,9
                Died: May-  -1971           8,9
              Buried:                      in Forest Hill Cemetery, Cosmopolis, Grays Harbor Co, WA  10
             Resided: 1942                 in Cosmopolis, Grays Harbor Co, WA  7
              Census: 1930                 in Cosmopolis, Grays Harbor Co, WA  
             Resided: 1917                 in Cosmopolis, Grays Harbor Co, WA  6
              Census: 1900, 1910           in Chehalis County (now Grays Harbor Co), WA   (see note 2)
          Occupation: 1930                 laborer at saw mill  11
          Occupation: 1917                 laborer at planing mill  6
          Occupation: 1910                 farm worker  12
   Medical condition: 1917                 paralyzed right arm  6

Sources:
(1) West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 
(2) 1880 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Central District) 
(3) Headstone. 
(4) Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993, 
McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995. 
(5) Doddridge County Birth Records, West Union, WV, Identified as Aerial E. Sumerville, white male, born Nov 25 1890 in 
Doddridge Co.  Mother:  Rosa D.  Father:  Billie Squires.  Informant:  Grandfather.  (Note:  All entries in this 
ledger-still birth record were typewritten, with the exception of the father's name, which was entered afterwards by 
hand.), BR p. 306 : www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=2610250&Type=Birth. 
(6) National Archives and Records Administration, World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 (Ancestry.com online 
database) 
(7) National Archives and Records Administration, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942 (Ancestry.com online 
database) 
(8) Social Security Death Index. 
(9) Headstone (year only) 
(10) Findagrave.com. 
(11) 1930 Census. 
(12) 1910 Census. 

Event Notes
Note (1) Birth date on headstone is March 13 1871, but birth records show it as
January 13 1871.
Note (2) In 1900, in household of maternal grandparents, Adolphus V. & Caroline S.
Sommerville.  In 1910, in household of aunt & uncle, Lillian (Sommerville) &
Thomas R. Wade.







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