Robirda "Bird" MORRISON
1876 - -
Name Robirda "Bird" MORRISON Birth CA 1876 Harrison Co, WV 
[1, 2] - Age 24 in her 1897 marriage record would put her birth in about 1873, and the 1900 Census shows it as Sep 1872, age 27. Ten years later, she was just age 29 in the 1910 Census. The best indicator appears to be the 1880 Census, in which she was age 4, born in about 1876.
Birthplace given in her 1897 marriage record as Harrison County, but in her 1929 marriage record as Upshur County.
Gender Female Census 1880 Grant District, Harrison Co, WV Residence 1897 Harrison Co, WV [2] Census 1900 Tenmile District, Harrison Co, WV Residence 1929 Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV [3] Census 1950 Troy, Rensselaer Co, NY Person ID I140150 Doddridge County Roots Last Modified 20 Jul 2025
Father Alva B. MORRISON, b. Feb 1844 d. 8 Nov 1903, Harrison Co, WV (Age ~ 59 years)Mother Sarah Ann GRAVES, b. 10 Aug 1850 d. 14 Dec 1904 (Age 54 years) Family ID F18466 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 
Francis M. "Frank" DAVIS, b. 13 Mar 1865, Doddridge Co, WV d. 11 Jan 1914, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV (Age 48 years)Marriage 27 Oct 1897 Cherry Camp Run, Bristol, Harrison Co,WV [2] Notes - 1900 Census, Harrison County, WV (Tenmile District), enumerated on June 7, 1900:
Frank Davis, 36, b. Mar 1863, day laborer, cannot write, married 2 yrs; wife Robirda, 27, b. Sep 1872, married 2 yrs, mother of 1 child (still living); son Collie (corrected from Cullie), 13, b. Feb 1887; son Pearley, 10, b. Jan 1890; son Homer, 8, b. Jan 1892.
NOTE: George Cullie Davis was Frank's son from his first marriage.
1910 Census, Harrison County, WV (City of Clarksburg), enumerated on May 17, 1910 at 231 Jackson Street:
Frank Davis, 48, railroad worker, married 13 yrs (2nd marriage); wife Robirta, 29, married 13 yrs (1st marriage), mother of 1 child (still living); son Homer, 18, single, engineer in brewery; brother-in-law Daniel Morrison, 21, single, railroad worker; son Collie Davis, 22, single, engineer in brewery.
Documents 
57659_Frank-Davis_Bird-Morrison_MarriageRecord_27Oct1897.jpg Family ID F62420 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 2 Robert Lee WINDON, b. 26 Jul 1865, Peeltree, Barbour Co, WV d. 31 Aug 1932, Columbia Mines, Harrison Co, WV (Age 67 years)Marriage 11 Dec 1929 Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV [3] Documents 87233_Robert-Lee-Windon_Bird-Morrison-Davis_MarriageRecord_11Dec1929.jpg Family ID F62425 Group Sheet | Family Chart
- Age 24 in her 1897 marriage record would put her birth in about 1873, and the 1900 Census shows it as Sep 1872, age 27. Ten years later, she was just age 29 in the 1910 Census. The best indicator appears to be the 1880 Census, in which she was age 4, born in about 1876.
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Sources - [S2056] 1880 Census, Harrison County, WV (Grant District).
- [S1654] Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV, https://dach-image-proxy.digital-relativity.workers.dev/?film=847278&frame=00314.
- [S1654] Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV, https://dach-image-proxy.digital-relativity.workers.dev/?film=847296&frame=00548.
- [S2056] 1880 Census, Harrison County, WV (Grant District).