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Claude Ernest GASKINS

Claude Ernest GASKINS

Male 1888 - 1949  (61 years)


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  • Name Claude Ernest GASKINS
    Birth 25 Dec 1888  [1, 2] 
    Gender Male
    Census 1910, 1920  Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1930  West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence Piggin Run, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Death 25 Dec 1949  West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 4] 
    Cause: monoxide poisoning 
    Burial Gaskins-McKinney Cemetery, Canton Rd, Little Flint, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Person ID I36223  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 24 Apr 2021

    Father Joseph Frederick GASKINS,   b. Jun 1859, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Oct 1949, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 90 years)
    Mother Lenora Sophia GORBY,   b. Jun 1863   d. Bef 1920 (Age ~ 56 years)
    Family ID F19974  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Sarah Inez REED,   b. 27 Jan 1897, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Apr 1992 (Age 95 years)  [5, 6, 7]
    Marriage 25 Mar 1917  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Children 
    +1. Basil "Carl" GASKINS,   b. 24 Nov 1918, Canton, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Jan 1986 (Age 67 years)
    >2. Clyde Allen GASKINS,   b. 16 Nov 1920, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Jan 1993, Akron, Summit Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 72 years)
    +3. Lillian Genevieve GASKINS,   b. 19 Aug 1922, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 Jun 2020, Canton, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 97 years)
    >4. Cecil Marvin GASKINS,   b. 10 Apr 1924, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Jun 2000, Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co, PA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 76 years)
    >5. Effie Naomi GASKINS,   b. 20 Feb 1926, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    +6. Hellen LaVaughn GASKINS,   b. 24 Apr 1928, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Jan 2024, Elkins, Randolph Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 95 years)
    +7. Mildred Virginia GASKINS,   b. 30 Jul 1930, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Sep 2005, Salem, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years)
    >8. Claude Ernest "Ernie" GASKINS, Jr.,   b. 3 Aug 1932, Little Flint, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Mar 1988, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 55 years)
    +9. Nina Belle GASKINS,   b. 22 Nov 1935, Canton, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Oct 1999 (Age 63 years)
    +10. Corley Ervin GASKINS,   b. 6 Oct 1938
    Documents
    36223_ClaudEGaskins_SarahInezReed_MarriageRecord_25Mar1917.jpg    		36223_ClaudEGaskins_SarahInezReed_MarriageRecord_25Mar1917.jpg
    Family ID F14357  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
    36223_GASKINS_ClaudeE_1888-1949_Obit.jpg    		36223_GASKINS_ClaudeE_1888-1949_Obit.jpg
    36223_ClaudEGaskins_SarahInezReed_MarriageRecord_25Mar1917.jpg    		36223_ClaudEGaskins_SarahInezReed_MarriageRecord_25Mar1917.jpg

  • Sources 
    1. [S14] Obituary.

    2. [S2093] 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Grant District).

    3. [S317] West Union Herald-Record, 4/10/2007.

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

    5. [S215] The History of Doddridge County, West Virginia, (Taylor Publishing Co, 1979), p. 165.

    6. [S1570] Obituary of son.

    7. [S1564] Obituary of daughter.

    8. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR p. 113.
      Identified as Claud E. Gaskins, 27, b. & res. in Doddridge Co; and Sarah Inez Reed, 19, b. & res. in Doddridge Co. Married March 25 1917 "at Brides home." (Note: Husband's obituary incorrectly states marriage date as Dec 25 1916.)