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Virginia Frances SNELL

Virginia Frances SNELL

Female 1877 - 1949  (71 years)

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  • Name Virginia Frances SNELL 
    Born 21 Aug 1877  Fayette Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3
    • Age 33 at time of Nov 1912 marriage would put birth in about 1879, while age 42 at time of 1930 Census would put it in about 1888. But age 4 in the 1880 Census puts it in about 1876, age 19 in 1894 marriage puts it in about 1875, and the 1900 Census shows it as August 1874. Death record gives birth date as Aug 21 1877. Birthplace given in death record as Braxton County, at variance with other records.
    Gender Female 
    Census 1880  Mountain Cove, Fayette Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1900  Williamsburg District, Greenbrier Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1920  Grant District, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1930  New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1935  Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1940  Ellicott City, Howard Co, MD Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence Davisville, Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Died 11 Aug 1949  Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Buried BETHEL CEMETERY  [1
    Person ID I25199  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 4 Sep 2019 

    Father John A. SNELL,   b. CA 1850, Hanover Co, VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Jun 1897, Fayette Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 47 years) 
    Mother Mary Virginia DEMPSEY,   b. Jun 1854, Fayette Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F24543  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Simeon Maynard LOUDERMILK,   b. 17 Sep 1871, Nicholas Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Jul 1957, Webster Springs, Webster Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 85 years) 
    Married 4 Sep 1894  Fayette Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Family ID F45985  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 John Newton MCCARTNEY,   b. 1 Mar 1884, Lewis Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Dec 1964, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 80 years) 
    Married 14 Nov 1912  Ireland, Lewis Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    • Identified as John N. McCartney, 28, b. & res. in Lewis Co, son of H. V. D. & E. J. McCartney; and Miss Virginia Snell, 33, b. & res. in Lewis Co, dau of John A. & Mary Virginia Snell. Married Nov 14 1912 at Ireland WV.

      Marriage Record Detail... View the record image. (1310 Kb) http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_mcdetail.aspx?Id=10300356
      Date: 1912
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      Bride Groom
      Name: Virginia Snell John N McCartney
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    Notes 
    • 1920 Census, Harrison Co, WV (Grant District), enumerated on Jan 2 1920:
      John McCartney, 36, coal miner; wife Virginia, 43; son Everett, 14.

      1930 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (New Milton District):
      John McCartney, 46; wife Virginia, 42; son Ernest M, 23.

      1940 Census, Howard County, Maryland, enumerated on Apr 4 1940 at Old Annapolis Road in Ellicott City:
      Head of household Virginia McCartney, 54, resided 1935 in Wood Co WV; nephew Hayward McCartney, 24, timber cutter in camp, resided 1935 in Clarksburg WV; niece-in-law Crosby McCartney, 19, resided 1935 in Parkersburg WV; husband John McCartney, 60, common laborer, resided 1935 in Wood Co WV. All born in West Virginia.
    Documents
    19989_JohnNMcCartney_VirginiaSnell_MarriageRecord_LewisCoWV_14Nov1912.jpg
    19989_JohnNMcCartney_VirginiaSnell_MarriageRecord_LewisCoWV_14Nov1912.jpg
    Family ID F9453  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S1853] Death Certificate, WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx), http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=1451710&Type=Death.

    2. [S18] 1880 Census, Fayette County, WV.

    3. [S2301] Fayette County Marriage Records, Fayetteville, WV, http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=12088641&Type=Marriage.

    4. [S1820] Lewis County Marriage Records, Weston, WV, MR p. 268 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=10300356&Type=Marriage.
      Identified as John N. McCartney, 28, b. & res. in Lewis Co, son of H. V. D. & E. J. McCartney; and Miss Virginia Snell, 33, b. & res. in Lewis Co, dau of John A. & Mary Virginia Snell. Married Nov 14 1912 at Ireland WV.