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Lydia M. WYERS

Lydia M. WYERS

Female 1871 - 1961  (90 years)


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  • Name Lydia M. WYERS
    Birth 15 Feb 1871  Gilmer Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Gender Female
    Residence 1902  Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1910  Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1930  Sheridan District, Calhoun Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Listed as cousin Lydia Morehead, 44, widowed, in household of Granville & Gladys Wyer. Also present was her son Delford Britton.
    Death 1 Jul 1961  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3] 
    Burial Masonic Memorial Park Cemetery, Crystal Lake (West Union), WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Person ID I29791  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 8 Nov 2017

    Father John WYERS
    Mother Mary Elizabeth BUSH
    Family ID F23090  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Thomas J. BRITTON,   b. Oct 1853, Monongalia Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef Mar 1910 (Age ~ 56 years)
    Marriage 23 Oct 1902  Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Children 
    +1. Delford BRITTON,   b. 10 Oct 1907, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Oct 1986 (Age 79 years)
    Family ID F11410  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Christopher MOREHEAD,   b. Dec 1845, Barbour Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Oct 1918, Calhoun Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 72 years)
    Marriage 20 Mar 1910  Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Family ID F14135  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 3 Porter M. PRUNTY,   b. 6 Mar 1868   d. 2 Dec 1943, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years)
    Marriage 12 Sep 1923  Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Family ID F23063  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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  • Sources 
    1. [S1630] Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, (Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985)).

    2. [S638] Headstone (year only).

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

    4. [S1793] West Union WV Cemeteries (Doddridge County), (Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (July 1990)).
      Headstone reads: Lydia Wyers Britton Prunty, 1871-1961.

    5. [S1630] Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, (Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985)).
      Identified as Thomas J. Britton, widowed, age 40, b. Monongalia Co, res. Ritchie Co; and Lydia Wyers, age 30, b. Gilmer Co, res. Ritchie Co. Married Oct 23 1902. Note: His age apparently misstated by ten years.

    6. [S1630] Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, (Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985)).
      Identified as Christopher Morehead, widowed, age 64, of Ritchie Co; and Lydia Britton, widow, age 35, b. Gilmer Co, res. Ritchie Co. Married Mar 20 1910.

    7. [S1769] Ritchie County WV Marriages 1916-1945, (Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (Sep 1998)).
      Identified as Porter Prunty, divorced, 53, of Ritchie Co; and Lydia Wyers, widowed, 48, of Ritchie Co. Married Sep 12 1923.