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Ross WOOFTER

Ross WOOFTER

Male 1878 - 1933  (55 years)

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  • Name Ross WOOFTER 
    Born 28 Feb 1878  West Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    Gender Male 
    Census 1880  Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1900  Cove District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1910  Seibert, Kit Carson Co, CO Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation 1918  [1] 
    fireman for Standard Oil Co at Medota Pump Station 
    Residence 1918  Tranquillity, Fresno Co, CA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Census 1930  Alpaugh, Tulare Co, CA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation 1930  [4] 
    firemant at Standard Oil pumping station 
    Died 5 Aug 1933  Tulare Co, CA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Person ID I118410  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 23 Jan 2018 

    Father Isaac Newton WOOFTER,   b. 2 Apr 1850, Churchville, Lewis Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Nov 1935, Troy, Cove District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 85 years) 
    Mother Eliza Jane MCCLUSTER,   b. 29 Apr 1851, Highland Co, VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Mar 1922, Troy, Cove District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 70 years) 
    Family ID F30774  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Gertrude ROBINSON,   b. 1 Feb 1885, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 May 1953, Fresno Co, CA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 68 years) 
    Married 25 Oct 1907  Canton, Lewis Co, MO Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Notes 
    • 1910 Census, Kit Carson Co, Colorado (Seibert Precinct #5), enumerated on May 19 1910:
      Ross Woofter, 32, b. WVa (father b. WVa, mother b. Va), farmer, married 2 yrs; wife Gertrude, 25, b. Missouri (father b. Ky, mother b. Missouri), married 2 yrs, mother of 1 child (not living).
      The next enumerated household was that of Ross' brother Roy:
      Roy Woofter, 26, b. WVa (father b. WVa, mother b. Va), single, farmer.

      1930 Census, Tulare Co, California (Alpaugh Twp), enumerated on Apr 14 1930 at Stoil - Standard Oil Pumping Station:
      Ross Woofter, 52, b. WVa (father b. WVa, mother b. Va), fireman at oil pump station; wife Gertrude R, 45, b. Missouri (father b. Ky, mother b. U.S.).

      In 1940, Gertrude Woofter, 55, b. Missouri, widowed, 4 yrs college, 1935 residence in Fresno, occupation tavern hostess, was enumerated in the household of John J. & Susan Walsh in San Francisco.
    Family ID F50637  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S1875] World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, National Archives and Records Administration, (Ancestry.com online database).

    2. [S2045] 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Cove District).

    3. [S2020] 1880 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Southwest District).

    4. [S1898] 1930 Census.

    5. [S1834] California Death Index, 1940-1997 (online), (Ancestry.com and California Dept of Health Svcs, Center for Health Statistics).

    6. [S2547] Missouri Marriage Records, 1805-2002 (online database), (Ancestry.com and Missouri State Archives).