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Russell Audra (Woodyard) WINDSOR

Russell Audra (Woodyard) WINDSOR

Male 1894 - 1965  (71 years)


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  • Name Russell Audra (Woodyard) WINDSOR
    Birth 30 Mar 1894  Elizabeth, Wirt Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5] 
    • Birth date on headstone is 1893. But both his WW I and WW II draft registrations state 30 March 1894, and the 1900 Census also shows it as March 1894.
    Gender Male
    Census 1900, 1910  Elizabeth, Wirt Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation 1917  [1] 
    rubber worker for Goodyear in Akron 
    Residence 1917  Akron, Summit Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Occupation 1930  [6] 
    washing machine salesman 
    Census 1920, 1930, 1940  Akron, Summit Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation 1940  [7] 
    painting & paper hanging contractor 
    Occupation 1942  [2] 
    painting contractor (self-employed) 
    Residence Akron, Summit Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 8, 9] 
    Death 6 Jun 1965  Akron, Summit Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location  [10] 
    Burial Greenlawn Memorial Park, Akron, Summit Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location  [8, 11] 
    • Name on headstone (flat marker): Virgil A. Windsor
    Person ID I52584  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 5 Aug 2025

    Father Russell Audra WOODYARD,   b. 4 Mar 1870, Wirt Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Jul 1934, Elizabeth, Wirt Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 64 years)
    Mother Frances Dora BEE,   b. 11 Jun 1868, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Apr 1950, Vienna, Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 81 years)
    Family ID F21475  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Alma Bernice MYERS,   b. 1892, Jackson Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1960 (Age 68 years)  [12]
    Marriage 5 Nov 1914  Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [13] 
    Notes 
    • 1920 Census, Summit County, Ohio (City of Akron), enumerated on February 6, 1920 at 1256-1/2 Moore Street:
      Russell Woodyard, 25, laborer for rubber company; wife Alma, 28; son Russell Jr, 4y 4m; dau Arlene, 2y 6m; dau Eleanor, 10 months. Russell and Alma born in West Virginia, children born in Ohio.

      In about 1921, Russell Audra Woodyard, who was born on 30 March 1894 in Elizabeth, Wirt County, WV, changed his identity to Virgil Audra Windsor, born on 30 March 1894 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Having divorced his wife Alma, he remarried and started a new family with the surname Windsor. One result of this was having two daughters with the same first name, but different last names, Doris Woodyard by his first wife and Doris Windsor by his second wife.
    Children 
    +1. Russell Dils WOODYARD,   b. 15 Oct 1915, Akron, Summit Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Sep 1957, Vienna, Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 41 years)
    >2. Arlene Alta WOODYARD,   b. 2 Apr 1917, Akron, Summit Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Jul 1991, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Co, OK Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 74 years)
    >3. Doris Elinor WOODYARD,   b. 7 Mar 1919, Akron, Summit Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Dec 1995, Fairlawn, Summit Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 76 years)
    Documents
    52584_Russell-Audra-Woodyard_Alma-Bernice-Myers_MarriageRecord_5Nov1914.jpg    		52584_Russell-Audra-Woodyard_Alma-Bernice-Myers_MarriageRecord_5Nov1914.jpg
    Family ID F59251  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Ombra Sue FURBEE,   b. 17 Aug 1904, Salem, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Aug 1989, Barberton, Summit Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 84 years)
    Marriage 1921  [11] 
    Notes 
    • 1930 Census, Summit County, Ohio (City of Akron), enumerated on April 11, 1930 at or near 398 Cole Avenue:
      Virgil Windsor, 36, b. Pennsylvania (both parents b. Pa.), washing machine salesman, veteran of World War, age 28 at time of first marriage; wife Ombra, 25, b. WVa (both parents b. WVa), age 16 at first marriage; dau Audrey M, 6, b. Ohio; dau Billey M, 5, b. Ohio; dau Doris J, 2y 10m, b. Ohio.

      1940 Census, Summit County, Ohio (City of Akron), enumerated on April 4, 1940 at 201 Marcy Court:
      Virgil A. Windsor, 45, b. Pa, painter & paper hanging contractor; wife Ombra, 35, b. WVa; dau Audrey M, 16, b. Ohio; dau Billie M, 15, b. Ohio; dau Doris G, 12, b. Ohio; son Jackie L, 4, b. Ohio.
    Children 
    +1. Audrey Merelene "June" WINDSOR,   b. 23 Jun 1923, Akron, Summit Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 Jun 1990, Barberton, Summit Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 67 years)
    >2. Billie Marie WINDSOR,   b. 14 Dec 1924, Cincinnati, Hamilton Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Feb 1999, Summit Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 74 years)
    >3. Doris Glee WINDSOR,   b. 26 Jun 1927, Dayton, Montgomery Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Jan 2002 (Age 74 years)
     4. Jack L. WINDSOR,   b. 18 Feb 1936, Akron, Summit Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F59250  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
    52584_WOODYARD_Russell-Audra_WW1-Draft-Registration_5Jun1917.jpg    		52584_WOODYARD_Russell-Audra_WW1-Draft-Registration_5Jun1917.jpg
    52584_WINDSOR_Virgil-Audra_WW2-Draft-Registration_27Apr1942.jpg    		52584_WINDSOR_Virgil-Audra_WW2-Draft-Registration_27Apr1942.jpg
    52584_WINDSOR_Virgil-Audra_1894-1965_Obit.jpg    		52584_WINDSOR_Virgil-Audra_1894-1965_Obit.jpg

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

    2. [S2508] National Archives and Records Administration, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942, (Ancestry.com online database).

    3. [S15] Social Security Death Index.

    4. [S2198] 1900 Census, Wirt County, WV.

    5. [S2735] Wirt County Birth Record, Elizabeth, WV, p. 108, Line 88 : https://dach-image-proxy.digital-relativity.workers.dev/?film=849407&frame=00230.

    6. [S1898] 1930 Census.

    7. [S127] 1940 Census.

    8. [S14] Obituary.

    9. [S1925] Social Security Death Index.

    10. [S1700] Obituary - Nursing home.

    11. [S934] Findagrave.com.

    12. [S1590] Death record of daughter.

    13. [S2050] Wood County Marriage Records, Parkersburg, WV, https://dach-image-proxy.digital-relativity.workers.dev/?film=580554&frame=00287.