Doddridge County Roots

A West Virginia Genealogy

Family: James Edmund "Ed" STROTHER / Sylvia Corina COOPER (F59888)

m. 18 Oct 1899


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  • James Edmund "Ed" STROTHERFather | Male
    James Edmund "Ed" STROTHER

    Born  Apr 1854  Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  16 Sep 1907  Weston, Lewis Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried     
    Married  18 Oct 1899  [1]  Poca, Putnam Co, WV  [1] Find all individuals with events at this location
    Other Spouse  Hannah Rulina GASTON | F272 
    Married  20 May 1881  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Father  Aaron Arden STROTHER | F3298 Group Sheet 
    Mother  Lucinda DAVIS | F3298 Group Sheet 

    Sylvia Corina COOPERMother | Female
    Sylvia Corina COOPER

    Born  Oct 1879  Kanawha Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died     
    Buried     
    Other Spouse  Albert Nelson DAVIS | F59889 
    Married  6 May 1921  Greenbrier Run (Salem), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
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    Arden Vandale STROTHERChild 1 | Male
    + Arden Vandale STROTHER

    Born  5 Jan 1905  Nina, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  22 May 1996  Oakland Co, MI Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried     
    Spouse  Goldie Eleanor MCCLAIN | F59899 
    Married  26 Oct 1926  Miletus (Salem), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location

    Glenn C. STROTHERChild 2 | Male
    Glenn C. STROTHER

    Born  27 Sep 1906  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  15 Jan 1990  Royal Oak, Oakland Co, MI Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried    Woodlawn Cemetery, Detroit, Wayne Co, MI Find all individuals with events at this location


  • Notes 
    • 1900 Census, Roane County, WV (Town of Spencer), enumerated on June 2, 1900 on Market Street:
      Jas. E. Strather [sic], 45, b. Apr 1855, salesman, married 7 months; wife Silvia C, 20, b. Oct 1879, married 7 months, no children; stepdau [sic] Blanch M, 16, b. Jan 1884; stepson [sic] Chas. R, 8, b. Aug 1891. All born in West Virginia.
      NOTE: Rather than stepchildren, Blanche and Charles were actually James Strother's children from his first marriage, to Hannah R. Gaston. The census-taker was probably dealing with Sylvia, who correctly identified them as her stepchildren.

      1910 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Greenbrier District), enumerated on April 18, 1910:
      Sylvia C. Strother, 30, widowed, occupation odd jobs at home, mother of 3 children (2 still living); son Arden V, 5; son Glen C, 4. All born in West Virginia.

      1920 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Greenbrier District), enumeration date not given. Enumeration location specified as Little Greenbrier:
      Sylvia C. Strother, 40, widowed, occupation home work (farm, home); son Arden B. [sic], 15; son Glen C, 13.

      1930 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Greenbrier District), enumerated on April 23, 1930:
      Sylvia C. Davis, 50, farmer, married 19 yrs; dau Cleta Davis, 12.

      1940 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Greenbrier District), enumerated on April 2, 1940:
      Sylvia C. Davis, 60, widowed, farmer, education 7 yrs grade school; foster son Edward O. Perine, 20, married, restaurant worker, 6 yrs grade school; foster daughter Opal Fay Perine, 22, married, 3 yrs high school; grandson Eugene Strother, 12, 4 yrs grade school. All born in West Virginia except Eugene, born in Michigan, and his residence in 1935 was Detroit.