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Frances Ann EDWARDS

Frances Ann EDWARDS

Female 1877 - 1941  (64 years)


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  • Name Frances Ann EDWARDS
    Birth 3 Apr 1877  Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    • Marriage record of 1894 indicates birth in about 1877 in Doddridge County. But marriage record of 1906 indicates birth in about 1879 in Ritchie County. Birth date given as April 1877 in 1900 Census.
    Gender Female
    Census 1900  West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1906  Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Residence 1918  Enterprise, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Census 1930  Freemans Creek District, Lewis Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence Lost Creek, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Death 29 Jun 1941  Lost Creek, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Burial Blockhouse Hill Cemetery (IOOF section), West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Notes 
    • 1900 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (West Union District), enumerated on Jun 7 1900:
      Edmon N. Williams, 33, b. Aug 1866, farm laborer, married 5 yrs; wife Frances H, 23, b. Apr 1877, mother of 3 children (all still living); dau Belvy A, 4, b. Feb 1896; dau Mami J, 2, b. Jul 1897; dau Hillary O, 1, b. Jan 1899.

      1910 Census, Franklin Co, Ohio (city of Columbus), enumerated on Apr 12 1910 at the Ohio Penitentiary:
      Listed as an inmate was Edmond N. Williams, 42, b. W.Va, laborer in bolt works, married 15 yrs.
      Note: In the 1910 Census, the three children of Edmond and Frances were listed in the household of Frances' widowed father in Doddridge County. Frances herself had remarried in 1906 and was residing with her new husband in Harrison County.

      1910 Census, Harrison Co, WV (Clark District), enumerated on Apr 26 1910:
      Claud D. Goff, 38, house carpenter, married 5 yrs (2nd marriage); wife Stella A, 33, married 5 yrs (2nd marriage), mother of 3 children (all still living); boarder Bert Hunt, 22, single, railroad hostler; board Evert Husk, 25, single, railroad carpenter; boarder Roy Garnard, 19, single, railroad hostler.

      1920 Census, Upshur Co, WV (Buckhannon District), enumerated on Jan 21 1920:
      Claude D. Goff, 46, repairman for coal mining company; wife Stella A, 44.
      Note: We can only speculate that Claude's wife Frances changed her name to Stella for a number of years. Claude's World War One draft registration card, on which he identified himself as Claude D. Gough, lists his next of kin as Stella Ann Gough. Her son Hillary A. Williams' World War One draft registration card lists his next of kin as "Mrs. Frances Gough (mother)," residing in Interstate, WV.

      1920 Census, Allen Co, Ohio (Bath Twp), enumerated on Feb 2 1920 at Lima State Hospital:
      Listed as a patient: Edmond N. Williams, 51, b. Ohio (sic), married.

      1930 Census, Lewis Co, WV (Freemans Creek District), enumerated on Apr 17 1930:
      Claude D. Gough, 57, foreman of stock farm; wife Frances A, 51; boarder Clad E. Adams, 26, laborer at odd jobs, married.
    Person ID I60645  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 26 May 2011

    Father James Thomas EDWARDS,   b. Dec 1842, Marion Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Feb 1918, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 75 years)
    Mother Columbia WIGNER,   b. Aug 1853, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. May 1907 (Age ~ 53 years)
    Family ID F20522  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Edmond N. WILLIAMS,   b. CA 1868, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 31 Dec 1939, Lima, Allen Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 71 years)
    Marriage 19 Nov 1894  Arnolds Creek (West Union), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Divorce Y  [6]
    Children 
    +1. Belvia May WILLIAMS,   b. Feb 1896, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. Mamie J. WILLIAMS,   b. Jul 1897
     3. Hillary Aubry WILLIAMS,   b. Jan 1899, West Virginia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Jan 1964, Akron, Summit Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 64 years)
    Family ID F25148  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Claude D. GOUGH,   b. 30 Mar 1873, Gilmer Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Jun 1948, Elkins, Randolph Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years)
    Marriage 1 Aug 1906  Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Family ID F25147  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
    60645_GOUGH_FrancesAnnEdwards_1877-1941_DeathCertificate.jpg    		60645_GOUGH_FrancesAnnEdwards_1877-1941_DeathCertificate.jpg
    60646_ClaudeDGoff_FrancesEdwardsWilliams_MarriageRecord_1Aug1906.jpg    		60646_ClaudeDGoff_FrancesEdwardsWilliams_MarriageRecord_1Aug1906.jpg
    60647_EdmondNWilliams_FrancesEdwards_MarriageRecord_19Nov1894.jpg    		60647_EdmondNWilliams_FrancesEdwards_MarriageRecord_19Nov1894.jpg

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

    2. [S1998] 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District).

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

    4. [S1875] National Archives and Records Administration, World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, (Ancestry.com online database), of son Hillary A. Williams.

    5. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR p. 483.
      Identified as Edmond N. Williams, 27, b. & res. in Doddridge Co; and Frances Edwards, 17, b. & res. in Doddridge Co. Married Nov 19 1894 "at Jas. Edward's on Arnolds Creek." Informants for the marriage license: E. N. Williams & Jas. Edwards.

    6. [S1967] Record of wife's remarriage.

    7. [S1654] Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV, MR p. 5.
      Identified as Claude D. Goff, widowed, 29, b. Gilmer Co, res. Harrison Co, son of Emory & Ella B. Goff; and Frances Williams, divorced, 27, b. Ritchie Co, res. Harrison Co, dau of James T. & Columbia Edwards. Married Aug 1 1906 in Clarksburg.