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Mary Fay CHAPMAN

Mary Fay CHAPMAN

Female 1903 - 1993  (90 years)

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  • Name Mary Fay CHAPMAN 
    Born 7 Aug 1903  Pullman, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    • Birth date given in Social Security records as Aug 7 1904, and date on headstone is also 1904. But her birth record shows it as Aug 7 1903.
    Gender Female 
    Census 1910  Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1923  Pullman, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Residence 1929  Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Census 1930, 1940  Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation 1940  [4] 
    telephone operator 
    Died 23 Oct 1993  [5, 6] 
    Buried Pullman Cemetery, Pullman, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Person ID I114184  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 1 Jun 2017 

    Father Winfield Scott CHAPMAN,   b. 12 Oct 1849, Barbour Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Dec 1927, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years) 
    Mother Jennie May HALL,   b. 13 Nov 1865, Fairmont, Marion Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Jun 1930, Pullman, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 64 years) 
    Family ID F16937  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Jefferson Moore ROBEY,   b. CA 1905, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married 30 Jun 1923  Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Divorced Bef Apr 1940  [4] 
    Children 
    +1. Richard Moore "Dick" ROBEY,   b. 23 Jun 1924, Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Nov 2005, Charleston, Kanawha Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 81 years)
     2. Donald Albertus ROBEY,   b. 23 Jun 1926, Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Oct 2012, Romney, Hampshire Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 86 years)
    Family ID F48424  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Howard Lee AYERS,   b. 19 Mar 1901, Smithville, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Dec 1959  (Age 58 years) 
    Married 11 Jul 1942  Spencer, Roane Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    Family ID F48425  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S2569] West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], (Ancestry.com).

    2. [S1821] Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV.

    3. [S2201] City Directory.

    4. [S2641] 1940 Census, Ritchie County, WV.

    5. [S38] Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 [database on-line], (Ancestry.com).

    6. [S638] Headstone (year only).

    7. [S934] Findagrave.com.

    8. [S1821] Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV, http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11543220&Type=Marriage.
      Identified as Jefferson Moore Robey, 18, b. Harrison Co, res. Oxford (Doddridge Co); and Mary Faye Chapman, 19, b. Ritchie Co, res. Pullman. Married Jun 30 1923 at the M.P. parsonage in Pennsboro.

    9. [S2050] Wood County Marriage Records, Parkersburg, WV, http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=10265575&Type=Marriage.
      Identified as Howard Lee Ayers, divorced, 41 (sic), b. Mar 19 1890 in Smithville, res. Smithville, son of Hugh P. & Ina Ayers; and Mary Fay Robey, divorced, 38, b. Aug 7 1906 in Pullman, res. Parkersburg, dau of Eber & Fannie Wilson. Married Jul 11 1942 in Spencer.
      (NOTE: There are several inconsistencies in this marriage record. Although husband's age appears to be correct based on census records, his stated birth date is clearly incorrect. His headstone shows it as Mar 19 1901, corresponding to census records. Wife's stated information, however, is incorrect on several counts. Her stated age does not correspond to her stated birth date, which in turn differs from both her headstone date (Aug 7 1904) and birth record (Aug 7 1903). Furthermore, the couple identified as her parents were, in fact, not her parents and could not have been. Her birth record identifies her parents as Winfield Scott Chapman and Jennie May Hall, and she appears with them in the 1910 Census. Eber Wilson died in 1897, and his wife Frances "Fanny" Peppers Wilson was born in 1852 and would have been a widow in her early 50's when Mary Fay Chapman Robey was born. Eber and Fanny Wilson were actually the maternal grandparents of the husband in this marriage, Howard Ayers. This marriage record is the only instance we have found that Mary was apparently residing in Wood County, and it is the only instance we have found that either Mary or Howard was associated with Roane County, where the ceremony took place. We can only speculate as to the reason for the misinformation.)