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Esther Gay GUM

Esther Gay GUM[1]

Female 1899 - 1941  (41 years)


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  • Name Esther Gay GUM
    Birth 29 Nov 1899  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Gender Female
    Census 1910, 1920  New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1930  West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1940  West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Death 18 Jan 1941  Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3] 
    Cause: chronic interstitial nephritis (hobnail kidneys) 
    Burial Freeman-Coleman Cemetery, Rt 18 N (Crystal Lake), West Union, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 4] 
    Person ID I34663  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 3 Sep 2024

    Father James William GUM,   b. 11 Feb 1862, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Jun 1936 (Age 74 years)
    Mother Mary Elizabeth BURNSIDE,   b. 13 Mar 1870, Freemansburg, Lewis Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 Aug 1938, Freemansburg, Lewis Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 68 years)
    Family ID F7415  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Ezra Guy SWISHER,   b. 17 Mar 1890, Coldwater (New Milton), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Mar 1973, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 82 years)  [1, 5]
    Marriage May 1916  [6] 
    Children 
    +1. Lucille Dessie SWISHER,   b. 8 Mar 1917, Avon, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Sep 1999, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 82 years)
     2. Bernard Guy SWISHER,   b. 27 Oct 1918, Coldwater (New Milton), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Dec 1986, Santa Barbara Co, CA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 68 years)
    >3. Freda Rosalie SWISHER,   b. 5 Oct 1920, Avon, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 Sep 2002, Columbus, Franklin Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 81 years)
    >4. Mary Regina "Genie" SWISHER,   b. 9 Sep 1922, Avon, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 Jan 1986, Santa Barbara Co, CA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 63 years)
     5. Forest Gene SWISHER,   b. 14 Jan 1926, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Sep 2016, Youngstown, Mahoning Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 90 years)
    +6. Wilmadine Ruth SWISHER,   b. 17 Aug 1928   d. 11 Jan 2006, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 77 years)
     7. Fredrick Paul SWISHER,   b. 17 Dec 1935, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Dec 1936, Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 1 year)
    Family ID F13629  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S215] The History of Doddridge County, West Virginia, (Taylor Publishing Co, 1979), p. 159.

    2. [S1853] WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate, (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx), https://dach-image-proxy.digital-relativity.workers.dev/?film=1983558&frame=01497.

    3. [S2568] West Virginia Deaths Index, 1853-1973 [database on-line], (Ancestry.com).

    4. [S934] Findagrave.com.

    5. [S1564] Obituary of daughter.

    6. [S110] Obituary of husband.