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Arena "Rena" COSTILOW

Arena "Rena" COSTILOW

Female 1865 - 1928  (~ 63 years)


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  • Name Arena "Rena" COSTILOW
    Birth CA 1865  Barbour Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    • Age in marriage record would put birth in about 1859, and the 1900 Census shows it as May 1860. But age 5 in the 1870 Census puts it in about 1865.
    Gender Female
    Census 1870  Simpson District, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1900  Tenmile District, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1910, 1920  West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation 1920  [3] 
    washing in private homes 
    Residence 1926  West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Death 1928  [5] 
    Person ID I29685  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 20 Aug 2020

    Father James COSTILOW,   b. CA 1824
    Mother Matilda JENKINS,   b. CA 1827
    Family ID F12049  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 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)
    Marriage 2 May 1880  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Notes 
    • 1910 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (West Union District), enumerated on April 25 1910 in the Town of West Union:
      John A. Jenkins, 52, drayman, married 28 yrs; wife Rena, 46, married 28 yrs, mother of 8 children (4 still living); son Filden, 21, single, teamster; dau Birdie, 20, single; cousin Alvy, 36, single, laborer; grandson Kennith, 5 months.

      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. Clara India JENKINS,   b. 29 Apr 1882, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Oct 1926, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 44 years)
    +2. John Fielden JENKINS,   b. 22 Mar 1888, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1958 (Age 69 years)
    +3. Birdie JENKINS,   b. 1890, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Feb 1946, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 56 years)
    Family ID F12048  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S1987] 1870 Census, Harrison County, WV.

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

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

    4. [S1590] Death record of daughter.

    5. [S110] Obituary of husband.

    6. [S1774] Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, (Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993)).
      Identified as John A. Jenkins, 21, b. Barbour Co, res. Doddridge Co, son of Jesse & Elizabeth; and Arena Costlow [sic], 21, b. Barbour Co, res. Doddridge Co, dau of James & Matilda. Married May 2 1880.