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Viola "Ola" HOLT

Viola "Ola" HOLT

Female 1888 - 1959  (71 years)


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  • Name Viola "Ola" HOLT
    Birth 6 Feb 1888  [1, 2] 
    • "Davis - The Settlers of Salem WV," p. 182, reports birth date as Nov 21 1886. But death record states Feb 6 1888, and date on headstone is also 1888.
    Gender Female
    Census 1930, 1940, 1950  Skelton Run, McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Death 17 Dec 1959  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 4, 5] 
    Burial Sedalia Cemetery (aka Tate, formerly Shirley), Rt. 23, Doddridge Co WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 6] 
    Person ID I48894  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 15 Jul 2024

    Father Thomas Osburn HOLT,   b. CA 1854, Taylor Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Mother Mary Margaret LIPSCOMB,   b. CA 1858, Barbour Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F20704  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Francis DAVIS,   b. 3 Oct 1883   d. 31 Dec 1970, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 87 years)  [7]
    Marriage 28 Dec 1904  [5] 
    Notes 
    • 1930 Census, Doddridge County, WV (McClellan District), enumerated on April 5, 1930 at Skeleton Run:
      Francis Davis, 46, occupation "None," home is rented; wife Viola, 43; dau Pearle, 22, single; grandson Jean, 1.

      1940 Census, Doddridge County, WV (McClellan District), enumerated on April 16, 1940:
      Francis David, 56, farmer; wife Ola, 52; grandson Kenneth E, 12. All resided in the same house in 1935.

      1950 Census, Doddridge County, WV (McClellan District), enumerated on April 5, 1950 at Skeleton Run:
      Francis Davis, 66, farmer; wife Ola, 62; grandson Kenneth E, 21, single, off-bearer at sawmill.
    Children 
    +1. Pearl Mae DAVIS,   b. 28 Aug 1907   d. 14 Jan 1983 (Age 75 years)
    >2. William Howard DAVIS,   b. 17 Aug 1908, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 Aug 1979, Salem, Columbiana Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 71 years)
    Family ID F20130  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S1853] WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate, (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx).

    2. [S638] Headstone (year only).

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

    4. [S1773] Doddridge County WV Deaths 1853-1969, (Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101).

    5. [S83] Susie Davis Nicholson, Davis - The Settlers of Salem, West Virginia, (Gordon Printing Co, Strasburg OH, 1979 (Revised & Enlarged) < www.wvgenweb.org/harrison/books.htm >), p. 182.

    6. [S2544] Donald Edward Ramage (1934-2016), Doddridge County Cemeteries, Vol. II, (4117 Almaville Rd, Smyna TN 37167 (1988, rev. 1999)).

    7. [S1567] Marriage record of son.