Doddridge County Roots


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Lena Merle FRUM

Lena Merle FRUM

Female 1898 - 1976  (77 years)


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  • Name Lena Merle FRUM
    Birth 8 Aug 1898  Salem, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Gender Female
    Census 1900  McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1910  Salem, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1920  Eastland Co, TX Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1930  Salem, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1940  St. Marys, Pleasants Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation 1940  [3] 
    cook at West Virginia Training School in St. Marys 
    Residence St. Marys, Pleasants Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Death 4 Aug 1976  Marietta, Washington Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 6] 
    Burial IOOF Cemetery, St. Marys, Pleasants Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Person ID I61807  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 21 Mar 2021

    Father Sylvanus FRUM,   b. Jul 1854, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Mother Rebecca BOYCE,   b. 3 Jul 1870, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Apr 1923, Salem, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 52 years)
    Family ID F23193  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Kay Hobert GILPIN,   b. 10 Mar 1897, Buckhannon, Upshur Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Nov 1974 (Age 77 years)
    Notes 
    • 1920 Census, Eastland Co, Texas (Justice Precint #8), enumerated on Mar 1-2 1920:
      Walter Fox, 28, tool dresser for oil wells; wife Eathel, 26; son Robert, 2 yr 9 mo; second head of family Kay H. Gilpin, 23, tool dresser for oil wells; wife Lena, 21. All born in West Virginia.
      NOTE: The relationships of Kay & Lena Gilpin to the head of household should have been entered as brother-in-law and sister-in-law.

      1930 Census, Harrison Co, WV (Tenmile District, City of Salem), enumerated on Apr 9 1930 at 56 Bruce Street:
      Kay H. Gilpin, 33, oil driller, monthly rent $12, age 21 at time of first marriage; wife Lena, 31, age 19 at first marriage; son Hobert, 6; lodger James F. [sic] Frum, 20, single, no occupation. All born in West Virginia.
      NOTE: James Waitman Frum was Lena's brother.

      In the 1940 Census, Lena Gilpin, 41, single [sic], occupation cook,, was listed as one of several lodgers at the West Virginia Training School in St. Marys, Pleasants County. Husband Kay Gilpin's whereabouts in this census is not known. In 1942, his WW II draft registration shows both him and Lena in Coudersport, Pennsylvania.
    Family ID F57491  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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

    2. [S2010] 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (McClellan District).

    3. [S2683] 1940 Census, Pleasants County, WV.

    4. [S1924] Social Security Death Index.

    5. [S2395] Ohio Death Records 1908-1932, 1938-2022 [database online], (Ancestry.com and Ohio Department of Health).

    6. [S15] Social Security Death Index.

    7. [S934] Findagrave.com.