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Claude Edward Dent CHRISLIP

Claude Edward Dent CHRISLIP

Male 1897 - 1967  (69 years)


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  • Name Claude Edward Dent CHRISLIP
    Birth 27 Oct 1897  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4] 
    Gender Male
    Census 1900, 1910  New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • In 1900, he was in the household of his paternal grandparents, Thomas W. & Hannah Keziah (Simms) Crislip. His father Gilbert had died the previous year, and his mother Eliza's whereabouts for this census is not known. She remarried in 1902. In the 1910 Census, Claude was in the household of his widowed paternal grandmother and his uncle Leonard Crislip.
    Census 1920  Freemans Creek District, Lewis Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Listed as Claude D. Crislip, 22, single, clergyman. Living alone. He married Fonda Davis in 1922, and in the 1930 Census she gave her marital status as widowed rather than divorced. Claude must have changed the spelling of his name from Crislip to Chrislip at about that time.
    Occupation 1920  [5] 
    clergyman 
    Residence 1922  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Census 1940  Norfolk, VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation tax accountant  [2] 
    Occupation 1940  [6] 
    bookkeeper in tax office 
    Residence Chesapeake, VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Death 6 Aug 1967  Norfolk, VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Burial Forest Lawn Cemetery, Norfolk, VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 7] 
    Person ID I59639  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 13 Sep 2020

    Father Gilbert Z. CRISLIP,   b. 30 Dec 1869, Barbour Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Mar 1899 (Age 29 years)
    Mother Eliza SNYDER,   b. CA 1869, Lewis Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Between Oct 1902 and Apr 1910 (Age ~ 33 years)
    Family ID F56451  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Fonda Pearl DAVIS,   b. 14 Jun 1901, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 Jan 1994, Montgomery, Hamilton Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 92 years)  [8, 9]
    Marriage 2 Apr 1922  Salem, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Notes 
    • 1930 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (West Union District), enumerated on Apr 10 1930:
      Jerile Davis, 74, widowed; dau Fonda Crislip, 28, widowed; granddau Betty Crislip, 6; granddau Ruth Davis, 16, single; grandson Donald Davis, 14.

      1940 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (West Union District), enumerated on Apr 8 1940 in the community of Smithburg:
      Fonda Crislip, 39, divorced, laborer in private home; dau Betty Lee Crislip, 16; niece Ruth Davis, 26, single, housework in private home; aunt Mary Davis, 79, single.
    Children 
    >1. Bettie Lee CRISLIP,   b. 15 May 1923, Smithton (now Smithburg), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Jul 2007, Cincinnati, Hamilton Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 84 years)
    Documents
    59639_ClaudeDentCrislip_FondaPearlDavis_MarriageRecord_2Apr1922.jpg    		59639_ClaudeDentCrislip_FondaPearlDavis_MarriageRecord_2Apr1922.jpg
    Family ID F24685  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Ruth Minnie CRISLIP,   b. 13 Mar 1905, Lewis Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Oct 2000, Norfolk, VA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 95 years)  [10]
    Notes 
    • 1940 Census, City of Norfolk, Virginia, enumerated on Apr 22 1940:
      Claude E. Chrislip, 41, b. Ohio, 3 yrs college, bookkeeper in tax office; wife Ruth, 35, b. WVa, 2 yrs college; son Gilbert M, 14, b. Va. All were residing in Norfolk in 1935.
    Children 
     1. Gilbert Monroe CHRISLIP,   b. 6 Mar 1926, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Jan 1983, Norfolk, VA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 56 years)
     2. Mary Louise CHRISLIP,   b. 12 May 1928, Norfolk, VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 Jul 1928, Norfolk, VA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 0 years)
    Family ID F56456  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
    59639_CHRISLIP_ClaudeEdward_1897-1967_DeathCertificate.jpg    		59639_CHRISLIP_ClaudeEdward_1897-1967_DeathCertificate.jpg
    59639_CRISLIP_ClaudeDent_WW-I_DraftRegistration_12Sep1918.jpg    		59639_CRISLIP_ClaudeDent_WW-I_DraftRegistration_12Sep1918.jpg

  • Sources 
    1. [S2569] West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], (Ancestry.com).

    2. [S56] Virginia Death Records, 1912-2014 [database on-line], (Ancestry.com).

    3. [S2077] 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (New Milton District).

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

    5. [S2057] 1920 Census, Lewis County, WV.

    6. [S127] 1940 Census.

    7. [S934] Findagrave.com.

    8. [S1362] Obituary of wife's father.

    9. [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.

    10. [S692] Obituary of wife.