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Claude Glenn "Yank" WILLIAMS

Claude Glenn "Yank" WILLIAMS

Male 1904 - 1974  (70 years)


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  • Name Claude Glenn "Yank" WILLIAMS
    Birth 3 Aug 1904  Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Gender Male
    Census 1910  McElroy District, Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1927  Shirley, Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Residence 1935  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Census 1940  Bristol, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation 1940  [4] 
    laborer for gas company 
    Residence Big Isaac, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 5] 
    Death 3 Oct 1974  [5, 6] 
    Burial Shirley Cemetery, Shirley, Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Person ID I45858  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 4 Dec 2022

    Father Martin C. WILLIAMS,   b. 1869, Tyler Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1938 (Age 69 years)
    Mother Helen S. ASH,   b. 20 Oct 1871, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Jan 1942, Shirley, Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 70 years)
    Family ID F23342  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Anna Rebecca COSTILOW,   b. 15 Nov 1905, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1948 (Age 42 years)
    Marriage 10 Sep 1927  Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Notes 
    • 1940 Census, Harrison County, WV (Tenmile District), enumerated on 19 May 1940 in the community of Bristol:
      Claude Williams, 35, laborer for gas company; wife Anne, 34; son James M, 9. All born in West Virginia, all resided in rural Doddridge County in 1935.
    Children 
    +1. James Martin "Big Jim" WILLIAMS,   b. 24 Jun 1931, Shirley, Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 May 2010 (Age 78 years)
    Family ID F59811  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Mildred Merril WARD,   b. 14 Mar 1910, Mineral, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Mar 2001, Salem, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 90 years)  [5, 8, 9]
    Marriage 7 Aug 1949  Jarvisville, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Notes 
    • 1950 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Grant District), enumerated on 4 April 1950 in the Village of Big Isaac:
      Claude G. Williams, 45, pumper in oil field; wife Mildred M, 40; son James M, 18, single, high school student; stepson Edward L. Sperry, 20, single; stepson Clarence E. Sperry, 15, high school student; mother-in-law Matilda Costilow, 72, widowed.
    Family ID F18685  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S15] Social Security Death Index.

    2. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, https://archive.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11797436&Type=Marriage.

    3. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, https://archive.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11796646&Type=Marriage.

    4. [S2638] 1940 Census, Harrison County, WV.

    5. [S215] The History of Doddridge County, West Virginia, (Taylor Publishing Co, 1979), p. 287.

    6. [S1924] Social Security Death Index.

    7. [S934] Findagrave.com.

    8. [S1638] Marriage record of wife's son.

    9. [S1841] Newspaper wedding announcement of great-grandson.