Doddridge County Roots


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Ida Blanche REED

Ida Blanche REED

Female 1898 - 1989  (90 years)


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  • Name Ida Blanche REED
    Birth 20 Nov 1898  Berea, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    Gender Female
    Census 1930  Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1950  Smithburg, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation 1950  [4] 
    cook in elementary school 
    Residence Baltimore, MD Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Death 3 Apr 1989  [2] 
    Person ID I35384  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 17 Nov 2022

    Father Ira J. REED,   b. CA 1872, Barbour Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Mother Clara Gertrude OVERFIELD,   b. CA 1876, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F35009  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Schuyler McWhorter WATSON,   b. 2 Mar 1871, Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Jan 1931, Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 59 years)  [5]
    Marriage 12 Oct 1919  Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Family ID F13993  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Doy Oscar SKINNER,   b. 19 Jun 1894, Gilmer Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Mar 1973, Monongalia Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 78 years)
    Marriage 26 Aug 1933  Glenville, Gilmer Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Notes 
    • 1950 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District), enumerated on 1 April 1950 in the community of Smithburg:
      Doy O. Skinner, 56, farmer; wife Blanche, 51, cook in elementary school; dau Nada G, 14; orphan Herman L. Shields, 17. All born in West Virginia.
    Children 
    +1. Nada Gertrude SKINNER,   b. CA 1935, Lost Creek, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F35008  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S2569] West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], (Ancestry.com).

    2. [S15] Social Security Death Index.

    3. [S1769] Ritchie County WV Marriages 1916-1945, (Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (Sep 1998)).

    4. [S301] 1950 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District).

    5. [S1620] Death record of husband.

    6. [S1821] Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV, MR p. 360 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11542881&Type=Marriage.
      Identified as Schuyler M. Watson, divorced, 48, b. Ritchie Co, res. Smithville; and Blanche Reed, single, 21, b. Ritchie Co, res. Smithville. Married Oct 12 1919 "at Charley Simmons, Ritchie Co."

    7. [S1889] Gilmer County Marriage Records, Glenville, WV, MR p. 11 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=70783&Type=Marriage.
      Identified as Doy O. Skinner, 39, b. Gilmer Co, res. Normantown; and Mrs. Ida Blanche Watson, 34, b. Ritchie Co, res. Normantown. Married Aug 26 1933 in Glenville.