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Rosa Geneva MCKEOWN

Rosa Geneva MCKEOWN

Female 1878 - 1951  (73 years)


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  • Name Rosa Geneva MCKEOWN
    Birth 27 Feb 1878  Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    • Age 29 in 1910 Census would put birth in about 1881, but birth date on headstone is 1878, and death record specifies Feb 27 1878.
    Gender Female
    Census 1900  Tenmile District, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1920  Salem Fork, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence Bristol, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Death 26 Nov 1951  [1, 2] 
    Burial Point Pleasant Cemetery, Maken, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 4, 5] 
    Notes 
    • Rosa's natural father was Andrew McKeown, son of Patrick and Mary, but Andrew and Virginia Ellen Harter were not married and apparently never had a domestic relationship. Based on available records, it is not clear what surname Rosa used prior to her marriage. In the 1880 Census, she was listed as Rosa G. Harter, granddaughter of William M. Harter, with her mother also in the household as Virginia E. Harter, marital status single. In Rosa's marriage record, she was identified as Rosa McCuan, daughter of Andrew and Ella McCuan. And in her death record she was identified as Rosa Geneva Nicholas, daughter of Vess McGarry and Ellen Harter. Robert Sylvester "Vess" McGary would have been her stepfather.
    Person ID I34477  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 29 Jul 2022

    Father Andrew MCKEOWN,   b. CA 1847
    Mother Virginia Ellen HARTER,   b. 17 Aug 1863, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Jan 1933, Bristol, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 69 years)
    Family ID F28377  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Father Robert Sylvester "Vess" MCGARY,   b. 14 Apr 1860, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef May 1910 (Age 50 years)
    Relationship Stepchild
    Mother Virginia Ellen HARTER,   b. 17 Aug 1863, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Jan 1933, Bristol, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 69 years)
    Family ID F8187  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Jeremiah Jedediah NICHOLAS,   b. CA 1858, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Feb 1926, Weston, Lewis Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 68 years)  [6]
    Marriage 21 May 1900  Cherry Camp Run, Bristol, Harrison Co,WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Children 
    >1. Hattie Chloe NICHOLAS,   b. Jan 1900, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    +2. Alfred J. NICHOLAS,   b. 4 Apr 1904   d. 15 Oct 1967, Bristol, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 63 years)
    +3. Percy Paul NICHOLAS,   b. 16 Feb 1906, Bristol, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. May 1960 (Age 54 years)
    +4. Dorothy Glaydes NICHOLAS,   b. 1911   d. 1998 (Age 87 years)
    Documents
    34476_JJNicholas_RosaMcCuan_MarriageRecord_21May1900.jpg    		34476_JJNicholas_RosaMcCuan_MarriageRecord_21May1900.jpg
    Family ID F13545  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
    34477_NICHOLAS_RosaGenevaHarterMcKeownMcGarry_1878-1951_DeathCertificate.jpg    		34477_NICHOLAS_RosaGenevaHarterMcKeownMcGarry_1878-1951_DeathCertificate.jpg
    34476_JJNicholas_RosaMcCuan_MarriageRecord_21May1900.jpg    		34476_JJNicholas_RosaMcCuan_MarriageRecord_21May1900.jpg

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

    2. [S638] Headstone (year only).

    3. [S1654] Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV.

    4. [S2243] Cemeteries of Tenmile District, Harrison County, WV, (Harrison County Genealogical Society, Clarksburg, WV (1989, revised 1995)).

    5. [S934] Findagrave.com.

    6. [S1839] Olin Joseph Hartman, Morgantown, WV .

    7. [S1654] Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV, MR p. 251.
      Identified as J. J. Nicholas, widowed, 36, b. & res. in Harrison Co, son of William & Sallie A. Nicholas; and Rosa McCuan, single, 22, b. & res. in Harrison Co, dau of Andrew & Ella McCuan. Married May 21 1900 "at (Cherry Camp) Bristol W. Va."