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Joanna SHAFFER

Joanna SHAFFER

Female 1861 - 1947  (85 years)


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  • Name Joanna SHAFFER
    Birth 21 Sep 1861  Gilmer Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Gender Female
    Census 1870  Center District, Calhoun Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1930  Lee District, Calhoun Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Death 30 Apr 1947  Calhoun Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Burial Mt. Zion Cemetery, Mt. Zion, Calhoun Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Person ID I16244  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 21 May 2013

    Father George Washington SHAFFER,   b. 11 Aug 1837   d. 8 Aug 1918 (Age 80 years)
    Mother Mary Louisa SPRINGSTON,   b. 12 Jan 1840   d. 4 Feb 1924, Calhoun Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 84 years)
    Family ID F12450  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family James S. DUSKEY,   b. 26 Dec 1854   d. 13 Oct 1946, Grantsville, Calhoun Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 91 years)  [5]
    Marriage 1885  Calhoun Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [6, 7] 
    • Two marriage records are reported for this couple: One for Mar 29 (or 23) 1885, and another for Oct 29 1885, both in Calhoun County.
    Notes 
    • 1930 Census, Calhoun Co, WV (Lee District), enumerated on Apr 14 1930:
      James Duskey, 73, farmer; wife Joanna, 68; son French, 42, no occupation, single; dau Elna, 24, no occupation, single; granddau Jessie E, 10.
    Children 
    >1. Mont DUSKEY,   b. 16 May 1885   d. Nov 1991 (Age 106 years)
     2. French DUSKEY,   b. 5 Apr 1887   d. 15 Oct 1966 (Age 79 years)
    +3. Brooke Carr DUSKEY,   b. 8 Dec 1888, Calhoun Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Aug 1954, Fairmont, Marion Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 65 years)
    +4. George DUSKEY,   b. 15 Jun 1891   d. 5 Apr 1975 (Age 83 years)
    +5. Charles C. DUSKEY, Sr.,   b. 11 Feb 1893   d. Feb 1976 (Age 83 years)
    >6. Amy DUSKEY,   b. CA 1895
    +7. Daniel D. DUSKEY,   b. 8 Dec 1896, Hur, Calhoun Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 Feb 1966, Grantsville, Calhoun Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 69 years)
    >8. Mary Edith DUSKEY,   b. 9 Nov 1898, Calhoun Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Oct 1944 (Age 45 years)
    >9. Tensie DUSKEY,   b. 4 Nov 1900   d. 10 Jun 1989 (Age 88 years)
    >10. Myrtle DUSKEY,   b. 3 Jan 1903   d. Jun 1981 (Age 78 years)
    +11. Elva DUSKEY,   b. 13 Oct 1905, Richardson, Calhoun Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Dec 2001, Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 96 years)
    >12. James Everett "Bill" DUSKEY,   b. 13 Oct 1905   d. Jan 1985 (Age 79 years)
    Family ID F5828  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Photos
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  • Sources 
    1. [S1864] Death Record - Birth date calculated from age at death.

    2. [S1785] Calhoun County WV Marriages 1856-1927, (Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Oct 1989)).

    3. [S2568] West Virginia Deaths Index, 1853-1973 [database on-line], (Ancestry.com).

    4. [S1907] One World Tree, (www.ancestry.com).

    5. [S1593] Gloria Jean Powers Husk, Carrabelle, FL , (Genealogy Website: www.gloryway.com).

    6. [S1574] West Virginia Marriage Records, 1863-1900, (http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/inddbs/4484.htm).

    7. [S1785] Calhoun County WV Marriages 1856-1927, (Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Oct 1989)).
      Identified as James Duskey, 26, of Calhoun Co, son of Daniel & Mary; and Joanna Shaffer, 23, b. Gilmer Co, res. Calhoun Co, dau of G. W. & Mary L. Married 29 (or 23) Mar 1885.