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Zirkle Zane GREATHOUSE

Zirkle Zane GREATHOUSE

Male 1903 - 1968  (65 years)


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  • Name Zirkle Zane GREATHOUSE
    Birth 8 Feb 1903  Spencer, Roane Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4] 
    Gender Male
    Census 1910  Spencer District, Roane Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1930  Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • In enumeration done at St. Mary's Hospital, he was listed as a patient, Zirkle Greathouse, 25, boarn in West Virginia, occupation none, married, age 24 at time of first marriage.
    Occupation transportation foreman  [4] 
    Residence West Milford, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Residence 1930  Spencer, Roane Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Death 7 Oct 1968  Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 6] 
    Burial Rose Hill (formerly IOOF) Cemetery, West Milford, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 7] 
    Person ID I64218  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 27 Jan 2011

    Father Leonidas Bonaparte GREATHOUSE,   b. May 1867, Roane Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 Aug 1940, Spencer, Roane Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 73 years)
    Mother Rebecca Jane ROBERTS,   b. CA 1870, Roane Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Jun 1957, Spencer, Roane Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 87 years)
    Family ID F26786  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Lula Marie LOWTHER,   b. 28 Mar 1905, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. May 1971 (Age 66 years)
    Marriage 7 Apr 1930  Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Children 
     1. Raymond Lowther GREATHOUSE,   b. 6 Jun 1931, West Milford, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Sep 2012, Lexington, Fayette Co, KY Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 81 years)
    Family ID F26785  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
    64218_GREATHOUSE_ZirkleZ_1903-1968_DeathCertificate.jpg    		64218_GREATHOUSE_ZirkleZ_1903-1968_DeathCertificate.jpg
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    64218_ZirkleGreathouse_LulaMarieLowther_MarriageRecord_7Apr1930.jpg    		64218_ZirkleGreathouse_LulaMarieLowther_MarriageRecord_7Apr1930.jpg

  • Sources 
    1. [S1817] Roane County Birth Records, Spencer, WV, BR p. 84-22.
      Identified as Zirkle Zane Greathouse, white male, born Feb 8 1903 in Spencer, the mother's sixth child. Father: L. B. Greathouse, 35, b. Roane Co, occup clerk & farmer. Mother: R. J. Roberts, 32, b. Roane Co. Certificate filed Feb 23 1903. (Note: The original record had only the child's last name. The first and middle names were added much later, based on the notation "Name added, W. Va. drivers license.")

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

    3. [S15] Social Security Death Index.

    4. [S1670] Harrison County Death Records, Clarksburg, WV.

    5. [S1924] Social Security Death Index.

    6. [S1670] Harrison County Death Records, Clarksburg, WV, DR p. 101-E.
      Identified as Zirkle Z. Greathouse, white male, 65, married, occupation transprotation foreman, born Feb 8 1903 in West Virginia, son of Lee Greathouse & Rebecca Roberts; died Oct 7 1968 in Clarksburg, cause of death myocardial infarction, buried at West Milford IOOF Cemetery. Informant: Mrs. Lula Greathouse, West Milford.

    7. [S2247] Cemeteries of Union District, Harrison County, WV, (Harrison County Genealogical Society, Clarksburg, WV (1990)).

    8. [S1654] Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV, MR p. 94.
      Identified as Zirkle Greathouse, 27, b. Feb 8 1903 in Franklin County Ohio, res. Spencer in Roane Co WV, son of James Greathouse & Mary (blank); and Lula Marie Lowther, 25, b. Mar 28 1905 in Harrison Co, res. West Milford, dau of Abe Lowther & Bessie Fury. Married Apr 7 1930 in Clarksburg. (Note: Basis for identifying information pertaining to husband is not known, as it as variance with established facts. His birthplace is given as West Virginia in the 1910 & 1930 Census, and in his death record. His parents are identified in his death record as Lee Greathouse & Rebecca, which conforms to that family's listing in the 1910 Census in Roane County. Moreover, his birth record identifies him as Zirkle Zane Greathouse, born in Spencer, Roane Co WV, on Feb 8 1903, son of L. B. Greathouse & R. J. Roberts.)