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David Wesley WETZEL

David Wesley WETZEL

Male 1880 - 1945  (64 years)


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  • Name David Wesley WETZEL
    Birth 25 Oct 1880  New Martinsville, Wetzel Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    Gender Male
    Census 1900, 1910  Magnolia District, Wetzel Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation 1910  [4] 
    steel mill worker 
    Census 1920  Ravenna, Portage Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation foreman for Mississippi River Fuel Corp.  [1, 2] 
    Occupation 1920  [5] 
    teamster for lumber company 
    Residence St. Louis, MO Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Death 11 Feb 1945  St. Louis, MO Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    • Death date 1944 on headstone is incorrect.
    Burial Mottown Cemetery, Deerfield, Portage Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Person ID I134900  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 22 Aug 2022

    Father Eli WETZEL,   b. 18 Aug 1842, Monongalia Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Nov 1910, Wetzel Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 68 years)
    Mother Juliann ROBERTS,   b. 11 May 1850   d. 4 Apr 1934, Brooklyn, Wetzel Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 83 years)
    Family ID F59478  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Bedorah C. STARKEY,   b. 1 Jul 1887, Wetzel Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Apr 1912, Central Station, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 24 years)
    Marriage 8 Jan 1908  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Notes 
    • 1910 Census, Wetzel County, WV (Magnolia District), enumerated on April 23, 1910:
      Wesley Wetzel, 38, laborer in steel mill, married 2 yrs; wife Bedora, 22, married 2 yrs, mother of 2 children (both still living); son Raymond, 1y 11m; dau Opal, 5 months. All born in West Virginia except Opal, born in Ohio.
    Children 
    >1. Raymond WETZEL,   b. 2 May 1908, New Martinsville, Wetzel Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aug 1962 (Age 54 years)
    >2. Opal B. WETZEL,   b. 30 Nov 1909, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Jan 1979, Ravenna, Portage Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 69 years)
    Documents
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    Family ID F59477  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Edna GRIFFITHS,   b. 5 Apr 1888, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Jul 1968, Normandy, St. Louis Co, MO Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years)
    Marriage 20 Jun 1916  Portage Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Family ID F59480  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
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  • Sources 
    1. [S113] Missouri Death Certificates, 1910-1962 [database on-line], (Ancestry.com).

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

    3. [S638] Headstone (year only).

    4. [S2248] 1910 Census, Wetzel County, WV.

    5. [S1734] 1920 Census.

    6. [S934] Findagrave.com.

    7. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, https://archive.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11794450&Type=Marriage.

    8. [S157] Ohio Marriage Records, 1774-1993 [database on-line], (Ancestry.com).