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Thomas Ritz CANTWELL

Thomas Ritz CANTWELL

Male 1894 - 1966  (71 years)

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  • Name Thomas Ritz CANTWELL 
    Born 31 Dec 1894  Cairo, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6] 
    • Birth date given in both his WW I and WW II draft registrations as Dec 30 1894. But his birth record and Social Security Death Index show it as Dec 31 1894.
    Gender Male 
    Census 1900  Grant District, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation 1917  [3] 
    farmer 
    Residence 1917  Cairo, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 7] 
    Census 1920  Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation 1920  [6] 
    cleanup helper for Carter Oil Co. 
    Occupation 1930  [8] 
    pumper in oil field 
    Census 1930, 1940  Grant District, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation 1940  [9] 
    tool dresser in oil production 
    Occupation 1942  [4] 
    Lowther & Sherman of Parkersburg (working in Calhoun County) 
    Residence Cairo, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [10] 
    Died 2 Aug 1966  Marietta, Washington Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 5, 11] 
    Buried IOOF (Egypt) Cemetery, Cairo, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [12] 
    Person ID I127009  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 30 Apr 2020 

    Father William Henry CANTWELL,   b. Jul 1857,   d. 22 Dec 1953  (Age ~ 96 years) 
    Mother Clarinda E. "Clara" DOTSON,   b. 12 Feb 1868,   d. 25 Jan 1937  (Age 68 years) 
    Family ID F55237  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Callie Sorena KELLY,   b. 26 Sep 1897, Pike (Ellenboro), Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Dec 1966, Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 69 years) 
    Married 15 Jul 1917  Pike (Ellenboro), Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [7, 8] 
    Children 
     1. Beulah Berneda CANTWELL,   b. 1 Jun 1918, Cairo, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Mar 1994  (Age 75 years)
    +2. Alice Marie CANTWELL,   b. 31 Oct 1919, Market, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Nov 1978  (Age 59 years)
     3. Emogene CANTWELL,   b. 7 Aug 1921,   d. 30 Jan 1999  (Age 77 years)
    Family ID F55230  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S1809] Ritchie County Birth Records, Harrisville, WV, BR p. 5, Line 29 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=2279946&Type=Birth.

    2. [S15] Social Security Death Index.

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

    4. [S2508] World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942, National Archives and Records Administration, (Ancestry.com online database).

    5. [S638] Headstone (year only).

    6. [S2080] 1920 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Southwest District).

    7. [S1821] Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV, http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11543204&Type=Marriage.

    8. [S2085] 1930 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Grant District).

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

    10. [S1924] Social Security Death Index.

    11. [S2395] Ohio Death Records 1908-1932, 1938-2018 (database online), (Ancestry.com and Ohio Department of Health).

    12. [S934] Findagrave.com.