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Bertha Zelda WILLIAMS

Bertha Zelda WILLIAMS

Female 1882 - 1954  (71 years)


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  • Name Bertha Zelda WILLIAMS
    Birth 22 Aug 1882  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    Gender Female
    Census 1900, 1910  Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Census 1920  West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1924  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Census 1930  Baltimore, MD Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation 1920, 1930  [5, 6] 
    dressmaker (at home, own business) 
    Residence Flint, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Residence 1949, 1950  West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [7, 8] 
    Death 24 Mar 1954  Flint, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3, 9] 
    Cause: arteriosclerotic heart disease 
    • at home of brother Carsie D. Williams
    Burial Masonic Memorial Park Cemetery, Crystal Lake (West Union), WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 9, 10] 
    Person ID I23762  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 1 Jul 2022

    Father Floyd Neely WILLIAMS,   b. 8 Jul 1856, Israel's Fork, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 May 1933, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 76 years)
    Mother Lavina Jane COLLINS,   b. 24 Mar 1860, Marion Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Oct 1921, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 61 years)
    Family ID F2220  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Vernon KALTENBACH,   b. 1 Feb 1882, Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co, PA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Mar 1954, Los Angeles Co, CA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 72 years)  [11]
    Marriage 13 Dec 1924  West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 12, 13] 
    Notes 
    • 1920 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (West Union District, Town of West Union), enumerated on Jan 15, 1920 at 101 Cheuvront Avenue:
      John Kearns, 50, b. Pa. (both parents b. Md), blower in glass plant; wife Ida, 35, b. Md. (both parents b. Md.); roomer Vernon Kaltenbach, 38, b. Pa. (both parents b. Germany), widowed, blower in glass plant.
      The next enumerated household, but with the same street address, was that of Bertha Williams, 37, b. W.Va. (both parents b. W.Va.), single, dressmaker (at home).
      NOTE: In December 1924, Vernon Kaltenbach and Bertha Williams were married in West Union.
    Family ID F8883  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
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  • Sources 
    1. [S14] Obituary.

    2. [S2093] 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Grant District).

    3. [S638] Headstone (year only).

    4. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, http://archive.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11795986&Type=Marriage.

    5. [S2027] 1920 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District).

    6. [S1898] 1930 Census.

    7. [S1577] Obituary of sister.

    8. [S1594] Obituary of brother.

    9. [S1853] WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate, (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx), http://archive.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=2616815&Type=Death.

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

    11. [S1372] Obituary of wife's brother.

    12. [S83] Susie Davis Nicholson, Davis - The Settlers of Salem, West Virginia, (Gordon Printing Co, Strasburg OH, 1979 (Revised & Enlarged) < www.wvgenweb.org/harrison/books.htm >), p. 361.

    13. [S692] Obituary of wife.