Doddridge County Roots

A West Virginia Genealogy

Family: Gerald Victor HAYES / Nona A. MCKEOWN (F38847)

m. 16 Aug 1924


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  • Gerald Victor HAYESFather | Male
    Gerald Victor HAYES

    Born  15 May 1897  Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  22 Jan 1979   
    Buried    K of P Memorial Park Cemetery, Salem, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Married  16 Aug 1924  [1, 2]  Alma, Tyler Co, WV  [1, 2] Find all individuals with events at this location
    Father  Isaac Newton HAYES | F29100 Group Sheet 
    Mother  Florence Odell WILLIAMS | F29100 Group Sheet 

    Nona A. MCKEOWNMother | Female
    Nona A. MCKEOWN

    Born  5 Feb 1902  Wetzel Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  18 Nov 1980   
    Buried    K of P Memorial Park Cemetery, Salem, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Other Spouse  Frank ORR | F47237 
    Married     
    Father  John Thomas MCKEOWN | F29099 Group Sheet 
    Mother  Emma Laverna JENKINS | F29099 Group Sheet 

    Thomas Jackson "Jack" HAYESChild 1 | Male
    + Thomas Jackson "Jack" HAYES

    Born  9 Jun 1926  Shirley, Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  2 Oct 2006   
    Buried    K of P Memorial Park Cemetery, Salem, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  Betty Lee SWIGER | F38846 
    Married  CA 1947   

  • Notes 
    • 1930 Census, Tyler Co, WV (McElroy District), enumerated on Apr 9 1930 at Shirley Heights:
      Gerald Hays, 32, roustabout in oil field, age 26 at time of first marriage; wife Ona, 28, age 22 at first marriage; dau Aldena M, 7; son Thomas J, 3 yr 10 mo.

      1940 Census, Harrison Co, WV (Tenmile District), enumeraed on Apr 18 1940 at Dog Run:
      Gerald V. Hayes, 41, roustabout for gas company; wife Nona A, 38; son T. Jackson, 13; stepdaughter Aldena Orr, 17, single. Residence for all in 1935 was rural Tyler County. [3]

  • Sources 
    1. [S2293] Tyler County Marriage Records, Middlebourne, WV, http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=12044645&Type=Marriage.
      Identified as Gerald Hays, 25, b. Tyler Co, res. Industrial in Doddridge Co, son of I. N. & Florence (Williams) Hayes, occupation rig builder; and Miss Nona McKeown, 22, b. Tyler Co, res. Shirley in Tyler Co, dau of John & Emma (Jenkins) McKeown. Marred Aug 16 1924 at Alma, Tyler County.

    2. [S2567] West Virginia Marriages Index, 1785-1971 [database on-line], (Ancestry.com).

    3. [S1570] Obituary of son.