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Monna Gretta LYNCH

Monna Gretta LYNCH

Female 1897 - 1983  (86 years)


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  • Name Monna Gretta LYNCH
    Birth 24 Feb 1897  Avon, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4] 
    • Monna Lynch has two birth records on file in Doddridge County. The original record lists her only as an unnamed female with surname Webb, born 24 Feb 1897 at Avon, mother Jettie Webb, father "not given." Jettie Webb and Ernest V. Lynch married later that year. In November 1951, a delayed entry birth record was submitted by her mother, in which the child was identified as Monna Garretta Lynch and her father was listed as Ernest Victor Lynch. But the last two digits of her birth year were transposed, with the birth date incorrectly entered as 24 Feb 1879. Social Security records show her birth as 24 Feb 1897 at Avon, daughter of Ernest V. Lynch & Jettie S. Webb.
    Gender Female
    Census 1930  Salem, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Listed as a sister in the household of Claude & Angeline (Ash) Miller.
    Occupation 1930  [5] 
    telephone operator 
    Census 1940  New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [6, 7] 
    Residence 1947  Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Death 17 Aug 1983  [4] 
    Burial IOOF Cemetery, Salem, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    Person ID I56962  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 15 Jun 2020

    Father Ernest Victor LYNCH,   b. 18 Feb 1876, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Aug 1947, Sherwood, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 71 years)
    Mother Jettie S. WEBB,   b. 4 Jun 1878, Avon, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Jul 1961, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 83 years)
    Family ID F55678  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Hugh Morton DUFFIELD,   b. 21 Nov 1892   d. Bef 1930 (Age 37 years)  [10]
    Marriage 5 Apr 1926  New Martinsville, Wetzel Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Harold Jefferson DUFFIELD,   b. 18 Jan 1917, Avon, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Jul 1994 (Age 77 years)
    +2. Betty Jane DUFFIELD,   b. 20 Feb 1927, Florence, Washington Co, PA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Mar 2009, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 82 years)
    Family ID F23581  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 James Edwin COURTNEY,   b. 24 May 1894, Isaac Creek, near Sardis, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 31 May 1967, Weston, Lewis Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 73 years)
    Marriage CA 1937  [3] 
    Notes 
    • 1940 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (New Milton District), enumerated on Apr 26 1940:
      James E. Courtney, 45, laborer on road construction; wife Monna, 43; stepdau Betty J. Duffield, 13.
      NOTE: Other than this census, the only indication that James Courtney & Monna Lynch were married is a name change that she submitted to Social Security in May 1937, in which she gave her name as Mona Lynch Courtney, born 24 Feb 1897 in Avon (Doddridge Co WV), parents Ernest V. Lynch and Jennie S. Webb. We have found no marriage record or other evidence that they were married. When James remarried three years later, his marital status was divorced. Monna later reverted to her previous married surname Duffield. Her given name is predominately found with the double-N spelling.
    Family ID F45477  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S1553] Doddridge County Birth Records, West Union, WV, BR p. 227, Line 2321 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=2619094&Type=Birth.
      Monna Gretta Lynch's original birth record lists her only as an unnamed female with surname Webb, born 24 Feb 1897 at Avon, mother Jettie Webb, father "not given."

    2. [S1553] Doddridge County Birth Records, West Union, WV, Delayed Births, p. 107 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=2624326&Type=Birth.
      Monna Lynch's Doddridge County birth record, which spells her name Monna Garretta Lynch, is a delayed entry submitted by her mother in November 1951. The last two digits of her birth year are transposed, with the birth date incorrectly entered as 24 Feb 1879.

    3. [S38] Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 [database on-line], (Ancestry.com).

    4. [S15] Social Security Death Index.

    5. [S2039] 1930 Census, Harrison County, WV.

    6. [S1924] Social Security Death Index.

    7. [S1671] Death record of mother.

    8. [S1853] WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate, (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx), http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=1488954&Type=Death.

    9. [S934] Findagrave.com, Name on headstone: Monna G. Duffield.

    10. [S1564] Obituary of daughter.