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James Albert GASTON

James Albert GASTON

Male 1873 - 1965  (92 years)


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  • Name James Albert GASTON
    Birth 17 Jan 1873  Wetzel Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    Gender Male
    Census 1880, 1900  McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1905  Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Residence Sep 1918  Wallace, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Census 1910, 1920, 1930  McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Occupation farmer  [1] 
    Death 30 Dec 1965  Steubenville, Jefferson Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 5] 
    • Nursing home.
    Burial Center Point Christian Church Cemetery, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Person ID I40597  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 13 Sep 2015

    Father James Thomas GASTON,   b. 7 Apr 1840, Monroe Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Nov 1925 (Age 85 years)
    Mother Mary RESECKER,   b. CA 1847, Monroe Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1876 (Age ~ 29 years)
    Family ID F25533  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Armina Alice TRADER,   b. 4 Feb 1885, Center Point, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Jun 1953, East Liverpool, Columbiana Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 68 years)  [7, 8]
    Marriage 24 May 1905  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    Notes 
    • 1900 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (McClellan District):
      Elias Swiger, head, age 36, b. Sep 1863, married 17 yrs; wife Sarah E, 31, b. May 1869, 3 children (all still living); dau Mary E, 13, b. Dec 1886; dau Emily J, 10, b. Mar 1890; son James Thomas, 7, b. Sep 1892; brother-in-law James A. Gaston, 25, b. Jan 1875, marital status single.

      1910 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (McClellan District):
      James A. Gaston, 37, farmer, married 4 yrs, b. WV, parents b. OH; wife Armina A, married 4 yrs, 1 child (still living); son Ursa (or Urie ?) N, 2; boarder Sarah J. (?) Green, 8.

      1920 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (McClellan District):
      Albert J. Gaston, 45; wife Alice A, 34; son Urisa N, 11; son James F, 8; son Albert F, 8; son Woodrow W, 6; dau Mary E, 4; son Carmi D, 1y 10m.

      1930 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (McClellanDistrict), enumerated on May 9 1930:
      Albert Gaston, 57, lumber mill worker, age 33 at first marriage; wife Alice, 45, age 20 at first marriage; son James F, 18; son Albert F, 18; son Woodrow W, 17; dau Mary E, 14; son Carmy D, 12; dau Vanzy E, 9; cousin Ruben Swiger, 59, farm laborer.
    Children 
    +1. Ursa Newton "Newt" GASTON,   b. 10 Apr 1908, Center Point, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 Dec 1991 (Age 83 years)
    +2. James Frenzel GASTON,   b. 26 Sep 1911, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Mar 1969, Weirton, Hancock Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 57 years)
    +3. Albert Franzel GASTON,   b. 26 Sep 1911, Center Point, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Sep 2001, Steubenville, Jefferson Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 90 years)
    +4. Woodrow Wilson GASTON,   b. 4 Mar 1913, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Apr 2000 (Age 87 years)
    >5. Mary Edith GASTON,   b. 29 Jul 1915, Center Point, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Jul 1998 (Age 82 years)
    +6. Carmi David GASTON,   b. 3 Feb 1918, Center Point, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 Mar 2002 (Age 84 years)
    +7. Vanzy Ellen GASTON,   b. 17 Mar 1921, Center Point, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Jun 2002, Weirton, Hancock Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 81 years)
    Family ID F16232  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Photos
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    Documents
    WWI Draft Registration Card, Doddridge Co WV, Sep 1918    		WWI Draft Registration Card, Doddridge Co WV, Sep 1918
    61468_SWIGER_Elias_1900Census_DoddridgeCoWV_McClellanDist_15Jun1900.jpg    		61468_SWIGER_Elias_1900Census_DoddridgeCoWV_McClellanDist_15Jun1900.jpg

  • Sources 
    1. [S1875] National Archives and Records Administration, World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, (Ancestry.com online database).

    2. [S638] Headstone (year only).

    3. [S1774] Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, (Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993)).

    4. [S2143] 1930 Census, Doddridge County, WV (McClellan District).

    5. [S1616] Immediate family.

    6. [S5] Headstone.

    7. [S1567] Marriage record of son.

    8. [S1604] Death record of son.

    9. [S1774] Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, (Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993)).
      Identified as J. A. Gaston, 32, b. Wetzel Co, res. Harrison Co; and Armina A. Trader, 20, of Doddridge Co. Married Dec 24 1905.