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Lelia Elizabeth WYER

Lelia Elizabeth WYER

Female 1891 - 1971  (80 years)


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  • Name Lelia Elizabeth WYER
    Birth 1891  Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Gender Female
    Residence Smithville, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Death 1971  [1] 
    Burial Hardman Chapel Cemetery, Smithville, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Notes 
    • Name given as Lelia Wyer in marriage record, as Lela in marriage record of daughter Rhoda, and as Elizabeth Wyer in obituary of daughter Milgrum.
    Person ID I30661  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 29 Dec 2023

    Family Melvin Guy DRAKE,   b. 6 Jul 1885, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Apr 1965, Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years)  [4]
    Marriage 30 Oct 1907  Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Children 
    >1. Rhoda Leota DRAKE,   b. 25 Mar 1912   d. 17 May 1998 (Age 86 years)
    +2. Milgrum Rosalie DRAKE,   b. 5 Feb 1914, Bean Ridge, near Smithville, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Jun 2005, Belmont, Pleasants Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 91 years)
    >3. James Wellington DRAKE,   b. 17 Jul 1915, Eva, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Jun 1971, Meigs Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 55 years)
     4. Denver Harper DRAKE,   b. 14 Feb 1917   d. 6 Aug 1963 (Age 46 years)
     5. Ersel Mel DRAKE,   b. 28 Nov 1918, Thursday, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 Dec 1933, Thursday, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 15 years)
     6. Melvin Guy DRAKE, Jr.,   b. 24 May 1928, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Oct 1996 (Age 68 years)
    Family ID F11817  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S638] Headstone (year only).

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

    3. [S123] Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993, (McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995).

    4. [S1583] Marriage record of daughter.

    5. [S1630] Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, (Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985)).
      Identified as Melvin Drake, 22, of Ritchie Co; and Lelia Wyer, 16, of Ritchie Co. Married Oct 30 1907.