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Birdie JENKINS

Birdie JENKINS

Female 1890 - 1946  (56 years)


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  • Name Birdie JENKINS
    Census 1910, 20, 30, 40  West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Birth 1890  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    • Birth date given in 1900 Census as June 1889, but the date on her headstone is 1890. Name in census: Bird Jenkins.
    Gender Female
    Census 1900  Tenmile District, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Death 26 Feb 1946  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5] 
    Burial Blockhouse Hill Cemetery (IOOF section), West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Person ID I18843  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 20 Aug 2020

    Father John Alexander "Alex" JENKINS,   b. CA 1859, Barbour Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Feb 1939, Sunnyside (West Union), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 80 years)
    Mother Arena "Rena" COSTILOW,   b. CA 1865, Barbour Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1928 (Age ~ 63 years)
    Family ID F12048  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Benjamin Harrison SMITH,   b. 20 May 1889, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Dec 1964, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years)  [6]
    Marriage 1 Apr 1913  West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 7] 
    Notes 
    • 1920 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Town of West Union), enumerated on Jan 17 1920 on East Main Street:
      John A. Jenkins, 59, farm laborer, cannot write; wife Rena, 54, washing in private homes, cannot read/write; son-in-law Harrison Smith, 29, plumbing for gas company; dau Birdie Smith, 28; grandson Kenneth Smith, 10; grandson Harold Smith, 8; grandson Gale Smith, 3y 10m; granddau Alma Smith, 2 months. All born in West Virginia.
    Children 
    >1. Kenneth K. "Spokane" SMITH,   b. 14 Nov 1909, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Oct 1995 (Age 85 years)
     2. Harold SMITH,   b. 5 Jul 1912   d. 11 Dec 1990, Youngstown, Mahoning Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 78 years)
     3. Maywood SMITH,   b. Abt Dec 1915   d. 20 Oct 1916, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 0 years)
    +4. Gale James SMITH,   b. 30 Mar 1917, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Nov 1983 (Age 66 years)
    >5. Ella Mae SMITH,   b. 26 Oct 1919, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Jan 2010, California Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 90 years)
    +6. Dessie Lucille SMITH,   b. 6 Nov 1923, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Sep 1994, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 70 years)
    +7. Helen Margaret SMITH,   b. 3 Sep 1926, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Mar 1989, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 62 years)
    +8. Ethyl I. SMITH,   b. 18 Jul 1929, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 Feb 2011, Minerva, Stark Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 81 years)
     9. Evelyn Philis SMITH,   b. 12 Mar 1934, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Feb 1935, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 0 years)
    Family ID F6879  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S638] Headstone (year only).

    2. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR Bk 9, p. 146.

    3. [S2032] 1910 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District).

    4. [S1773] Doddridge County WV Deaths 1853-1969, (Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101).

    5. [S1793] West Union WV Cemeteries (Doddridge County), (Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (July 1990)).

    6. [S1564] Obituary of daughter.

    7. [S1774] Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, (Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993)).