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Cansada "Ada" SKINNER

Cansada "Ada" SKINNER

Female 1879 - 1973  (94 years)

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  • Name Cansada "Ada" SKINNER 
    Born 9 Sep 1879  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    Gender Female 
    Residence 1919  Wilsonburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Died 28 Nov 1973  New Milton, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 5] 
    Buried Masonic Memorial Park Cemetery, Crystal Lake (West Union), WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3, 6] 
    Person ID I20808  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 18 Aug 2021 

    Father Walter M. SKINNER,   b. 1 Oct 1848,   d. 18 Feb 1929  (Age 80 years) 
    Mother Mary Catherine WILLIAMS,   b. 12 Mar 1849, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 May 1928, Union District, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 79 years) 
    Family ID F7670  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 George Riley ROSS,   b. CA 1865, Bath Co, VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Married 9 Oct 1895  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Children 
     1. Bertha Mae ROSS,   b. 4 Jul 1897, Long Run, Greenwood, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Feb 2000  (Age 102 years)
     2. Walter T. ROSS,   b. 29 Oct 1898, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Feb 1978  (Age 79 years)
     3. William Everett ROSS,   b. 4 Mar 1906, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Oct 1974  (Age 68 years)
     4. Georgia ROSS,   b. 3 Jul 1908, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aug 1976  (Age 68 years)
    Documents
    20810_GeorgeRRoss_CansadaSkinner_MarriageRecord_9Oct1895.jpg    		20810_GeorgeRRoss_CansadaSkinner_MarriageRecord_9Oct1895.jpg
    Family ID F7669  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 James Samuel ROSS,   b. 11 Jan 1886, Blandville, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Mar 1983, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 97 years)  [9, 10] 
    Married 22 Mar 1919  Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [11] 
    Children 
    +1. Earl ROSS,   b. 16 Aug 1920, Wilsonburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Jun 2001, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 80 years)
    Documents
    1011_JamesSRoss_CansadaSkinnerRoss_MarriageRecord_22Mar1919.jpg    		1011_JamesSRoss_CansadaSkinnerRoss_MarriageRecord_22Mar1919.jpg
    Family ID F7667  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Photos
    20808_CansadaSkinner_MasonicMemParkCem_WestUnionWV.JPG    		20808_CansadaSkinner_MasonicMemParkCem_WestUnionWV.JPG

  • Sources 
    1. [S1563] Doddridge County Death Records, West Union, WV, DR Bk 6, p. 145.

    2. [S1663] Grave marker.

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

    4. [S2050] Wood County Marriage Records, Parkersburg, WV.

    5. [S1563] Doddridge County Death Records, West Union, WV, DR Bk 6, p. 145.
      Identified as Cansada (NMI) Ross, married, b. Sep 9 1879, dau of Walter Skinner & Catherine Williams, d. Nov 28 1973 at New Milton, burial at Masonic Cem in West Union. Informant: Walter F. Ross, Huntington, WV. (Note: "Davis - The Settlers of Salem WV," p. 114, reports birth date as Sep 13 1877. But death record and grave marker both indicate Sep 9 1879.)

    6. [S1663] Grave marker.
      Cansada Skinner Ross is buried side-by-side with her second husband, James Samuel Ross.

    7. [S1583] Marriage record of daughter.

    8. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR Bk 5, p. 101.
      Groom identified as George R. Ross, age 30, b. Bath Co, VA. Bride identified as Cansada Skinner, age 16, b. Doddridge Co. Ceremony held Oct 9 1896 "at the Residence of the Bride's Father." Informants: William Skinner & George R. Ross.

    9. [S110] Obituary of husband.

    10. [S83] Davis - The Settlers of Salem, West Virginia, Susie Davis Nicholson, (Gordon Printing Co, Strasburg OH, 1979 (Revised & Enlarged) < www.wvgenweb.org/harrison/books.htm >), p. 114.

    11. [S2050] Wood County Marriage Records, Parkersburg, WV, MR p. 205.
      Identified as James S. Ross, 33, b. Doddridge Co, res. Blandville WV; and Mrs. Ada Ross, 36, b. Doddridge Co, res. Wilsonburg WV. Married Mar 22 1919 in Parkersburg.