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Bertha Mae HIGHLAND

Bertha Mae HIGHLAND

Female 1877 - 1955  (78 years)

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  • Name Bertha Mae HIGHLAND 
    Born 14 Mar 1877  Lewis Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    • Birth date misstated in May 1931 marriage record as Mar 14 1889. Birth date on headstone is 1877, and death record states Mar 14 1877. The 1900 Census shows her as age 22, born in March 1878, and she was in the 1880 Census as age 3.
    Gender Female 
    Census 1880, 1900  Freemans Creek District, Lewis Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence Greenbrier District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Residence 1931  Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Died 6 Aug 1955  Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Buried IOOF Cemetery, Salem, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 4] 
    Person ID I56726  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 8 Apr 2016 

    Father Calvin HIGHLAND,   b. 25 Feb 1833,   d. 6 Aug 1904  (Age 71 years) 
    Mother Sarah Elizabeth DIX,   b. 30 Nov 1839,   d. 5 Aug 1904  (Age 64 years) 
    Family ID F44221  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Charles William BROWN,   b. 15 Jun 1869, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Jan 1961  (Age 91 years) 
    Married 20 May 1931  Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Family ID F44220  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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

    2. [S638] Headstone (year only).

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

    4. [S934] Findagrave.com.

    5. [S1654] Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV, BR p. 112 : www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=34500&Type=Marriage.
      Identified as Charles William Brown, widowed, 59, b. Jun 15 1871 in Harrison Co, res. Big Isaac, son of William H. Brown & Mary E. (Nair) Brown; and Bertha Mae Highland, 42, b. Mar 14 1889 in Lewis Co, res. Clarksburg, dau of Calvin Highland & Sarah Elizabeth (Dix) Highland. Married May 20 1931 "at the first M. E. Church," officiated by J. H. Funk, a Minister of the M. E. Church.