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Victor Emanuel GROVES

Victor Emanuel GROVES

Male 1876 - 1961  (85 years)


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  • Name Victor Emanuel GROVES
    Birth 21 Feb 1876  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5] 
    • Birth date given in death record as Feb 21 1876, and date on headstone is also 1876. His birth record was a delayed entry, filed in 1942 in Oct 1942 on affidavit of his older brother, H. T. Groves, and also showing a birth date of Feb 21 1876. He was age 5 in the 1880 Census, and his age was given as 23 at the time of his Dec 1900 marriage. The 1900 Census, shows his birth date as Apr 1881, age 19, is considered suspect.
    Gender Male
    Census 1900  Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1910  Green District, Wetzel Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation 1910  [6] 
    sawmill worker 
    Census 1920  West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation 1920  [7] 
    skimmer at glass plant 
    Census 1930  Dearborn, Wayne Co, MI Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation 1930  [8] 
    machine hand in automobile shop 
    Residence 1935  West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    Census 1940  West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation farm laborer  [1] 
    Occupation 1940  [9] 
    supervisor N.Y.A. 
    Death 6 Apr 1961  Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3] 
    Burial Blockhouse Hill Cemetery (IOOF section), West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 10] 
    Notes 
    • Local news item, "West Union Herald," Thursday, Nov 23 1916, in its entirety:
      "A cow belonging to Emanuel Groves was killed by a train, at the cut just below town Monday night; the animal was a valuable one and is a severe loss to Mr. Groves."
    Person ID I59638  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 19 Jun 2018

    Father Dewitt C. GROVES,   b. May 1846   d. 16 Apr 1913, Bluestone, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 66 years)
    Mother Martha E. MCDONALD,   b. CA 1848   d. 24 Sep 1917, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 69 years)
    Family ID F34288  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Ada Serina DAVIS,   b. 8 Apr 1882, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Jul 1944, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 62 years)
    Marriage 16 Dec 1900  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [11] 
    Children 
     1. Bruce Fuller GROVES,   b. 4 Feb 1901   d. 12 Aug 1919, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 18 years)
    +2. Hugh Lawrence GROVES,   b. 17 Jul 1902, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aug 1975 (Age 73 years)
    >3. Ruby G. GROVES,   b. 16 Apr 1904, West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Mar 1993, Traverse City, Grand Traverse Co, MI Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 88 years)
     4. Burl GROVES,   b. 27 Jan 1906, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Jan 1974 (Age 67 years)
    +5. Helen E. GROVES,   b. 7 Mar 1917, West Virginia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Sep 1996 (Age 79 years)
    >6. Florence Ruth GROVES,   b. 24 Mar 1921, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Dec 1998 (Age 77 years)
    Family ID F24684  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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

    2. [S1553] Doddridge County Birth Records, West Union, WV.

    3. [S638] Headstone (year only).

    4. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV.

    5. [S2148] 1880 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District).

    6. [S2248] 1910 Census, Wetzel County, WV.

    7. [S2027] 1920 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District).

    8. [S1898] 1930 Census.

    9. [S2635] 1940 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Town of West Union).

    10. [S1793] West Union WV Cemeteries (Doddridge County), (Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (July 1990)).

    11. [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. 197.