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Bertha A. SKINNER

Bertha A. SKINNER

Female 1874 - 1920  (~ 45 years)

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  • Name Bertha A. SKINNER 
    Born Sep 1874  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4] 
    Gender Female 
    Census 1880  New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1900  Coal District, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1920  Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Died 15 Jun 1920  Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Cause: heart trouble 
    Buried Greenlawn Memorial Park (aka Masonic) Cemetery, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Person ID I64352  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 10 Aug 2020 

    Mother Dorothy SKINNER,   b. May 1837 
    Family ID F46861  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Nathan Gifford BUNNELL,   b. 14 Oct 1866, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Mar 1943, Chiefton, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 76 years)  [5] 
    Married 13 Feb 1890  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Notes 
    • 1900 Census, Harrison Co, WV (Coal District), enumerated on Jun 26 1900:
      Nathan G. Bunnell, 33, b. Feb 1867, railroad laborer, married 10 yrs; wife Bertha, 25, b. Sep 1874, married 10 yrs, mother of 3 children (all still living); dau Josie, 8, b. Nov 1891; dau Essie M, 5, b. May 1895; son Owen, 2, b. Apr 1898; mother-in-law Bertha (sic) Skinner, 63, b. May 1837, widowed, mother of 3 children (all still living).

      1910 Census, Harrison Co, WV (Coal District), enumerated on Apr 18 1910:
      Nathan Bonnell, 44, teamster, married 20 yrs; wife Bertha, 36, married 20 yrs, mother of 8 children (4 still living); dau Esa, 15; son Onan, 12; son Theadore, 3; son Walter, 10 months.

      1920 Census, Harrison Co, WV (Coal District, City of Clarksburg), enumerated on Jan 17 1920:
      N. G. Bunnell, 52, coal miner; wife Bertha, 45; son Wilford O, 32, single, coal miner; son Theadore, 12; son Walter, 10; son-in-law Samuel Monroe, 38, book agent; dau Essie Monroe, 24; grandson Thirlwell Monroe, 6.

      Bertha died in June 1920. Nathan remarried Mary Opal Sandy eight months later.
    Children 
     1. Josie May BUNNELL,   b. 5 Nov 1891, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. Essie Mabel BUNNELL,   b. 18 Apr 1895, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Oct 1933, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 38 years)
     3. Wilford Onan BUNNELL,   b. 19 Oct 1897, Wilsonburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Feb 1963, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 65 years)
     4. Theodore BUNNELL,   b. 7 May 1907, North View (Clarksburg), Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aug 1981  (Age 74 years)
     5. Walter Lee BUNNELL,   b. 14 Jun 1909,   d. 14 Sep 1977  (Age 68 years)
    Documents
    64346_NathanGBonnell_BerthaSkinner_MarriageRecord_13Feb1890.jpg    		64346_NathanGBonnell_BerthaSkinner_MarriageRecord_13Feb1890.jpg
    Family ID F26844  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
    64352_BONNELL_BerthaA_1875-1920_DeathCertificate.jpg    		64352_BONNELL_BerthaA_1875-1920_DeathCertificate.jpg

  • Sources 
    1. [S1980] 1900 Census, Harrison County, WV.

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

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

    4. [S2082] 1880 Census, Doddridge County, WV (New Milton District).

    5. [S83] Davis - The Settlers of Salem, West Virginia, Susie Davis Nicholson, (Gordon Printing Co, Strasburg OH, 1979 (Revised & Enlarged) < www.wvgenweb.org/harrison/books.htm >), p. 115.

    6. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR p. 480.
      Identified as Nathan G. Bonnell, 23, b. & res. in Doddridge Co; and Bertha Skinner, 16, b. & res. in Doddridge Co. Married Feb 13 1890 "at the residence of Walter Skinner." Informants for marriage license: Charles B. Bonnell & Dorothy Skinner.