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Matisony "Sonia" WRIGHT

Matisony "Sonia" WRIGHT

Female 1875 -

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  • Name Matisony "Sonia" WRIGHT 
    Born 25 Apr 1875  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Gender Female 
    Census 1880  McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1889  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Census 1900, 1910, 1920  Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1929, 1938  Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5] 
    Census 1940  Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I39398  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 2 Mar 2017 

    Father Isaac N. WRIGHT,   b. 30 May 1855, Tyler Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1935  (Age 79 years) 
    Mother Eliza Ann LAUGHERY,   b. CA 1856, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Dec 1938, Elk Lick, McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 82 years) 
    Family ID F14629  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Silas Martin GEORGE,   b. Mar 1870, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Dec 1926, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 56 years) 
    Married 1 Dec 1889  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Notes 
    • 1900 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Grant District), enumerated in Jun 1900:
      Martin George, 30, b. Mar 1870, farmer, married 10 yrs; wife Soney, 25, b. Apr 1875, mother of 3 children (1 still living); dau Annie, 9, b. May 1891; boarder William Swager, 37, b. Oct 1862, farm laborer, single.

      1910 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Grant District), enumerated on May 3 1910:
      Silas M. George, 40, farmer, married 20 yrs; wife Soney, 36, mother of 3 children (1 still living); dau Anna, 19, single.

      1920 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Grant District), enumerated on Jan 26 1920:
      Martin S. George, 49, shooter at torpedo company; wife Matesonia S, 43; grandson James F, 11.
    Children 
    +1. Era Anna "Annie" GEORGE,   b. 10 May 1891, Eagle Mills, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef May 1948  (Age 56 years)
    Family ID F29132  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 William Madison WINE,   b. 7 Oct 1875, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 1940  (Age 64 years)  [7, 8] 
    Married 30 Mar 1929  Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    Family ID F15725  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
    Delayed Birth Record    		Delayed Birth Record
    39405_WilliamMadisonWine_SonaWrightGeorge_MarriageRecord_30Mar1929.jpg    		39405_WilliamMadisonWine_SonaWrightGeorge_MarriageRecord_30Mar1929.jpg

  • Sources 
    1. [S1553] Doddridge County Birth Records, West Union, WV, Delayed Births, p. 195.
      Identified as Matisoney Wright, white female, born Apr 25 1875 at Eagle Mills, dau of I. N. Wright & Liza Laughry, this being the mother's first child. The delayed reporting of this birth was filed on Oct 30 1945 by Mrs. S. M. George, a relative. (Note: Matisony "Sonia" Wright was herself Mrs. Silas Martin George from Dec 1889 until her remarriage to William Wines in Mar 1929. Exact circumstances of this delayed reporting of her birth are unclear.)

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

    3. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV.

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

    5. [S960] Obituary of mother.

    6. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR p. 460.
      Identified as Silas Martin George, 20, b. & res. in Doddridge Co; and Matisony Wright, 14, b. & res. in Doddridge Co. Married Dec 1 1889 "at the residence of Silas Wright." Informants for the marriage license: Isaac Wright & Alexander N. George.

    7. [S1368] Obituary of wife's mother.

    8. [S1372] Obituary of wife's brother.

    9. [S1654] Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV, MR p. 60.
      Identified as William Madison Wine, divorced, 53, b. Oct 7 1875 in Harrison Co, res. Clarksburg, son of John A. & Nancy C. (Carr) Wine; and Mrs. Sona George, widow, 53, b. Apr 25 1875 in Doddridge Co, res. Clarksburg, dau of Isaac & Elizabeth (Dawson) Wright. Married Mar 30 1929 in Clarksburg. (Note: Basis for wife's mother being identified as Elizabeth Dawson is not known.)