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Mary Opal SANDY

Mary Opal SANDY

Female 1894 - 1945  (~ 51 years)


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  • Name Mary Opal SANDY  [1]
    Birth CA 1894  Gilmer Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Gender Female
    Census 1920  Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation 1920  [3] 
    chamber maid in hotel 
    Residence 1921  Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Census 1930  West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1940  Chiefton, Marion Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence Wilsonburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Residence 1943  Chiefton, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Death 8 Mar 1945  Wilsonburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Cause: cervical cancer 
    Burial Stonewall Park Cemetery, Stonewood, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Person ID I64355  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 11 Aug 2020

    Father Joseph Evan SANDY,   b. 3 Aug 1856   d. 30 Oct 1929, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 73 years)
    Mother Sarah Catherine SCARFF,   b. 16 Nov 1860   d. 16 Nov 1950, Wilsonburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 90 years)
    Family ID F26847  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1  
    Children 
    +1. Helen Irene Snyder BUNNELL,   b. 29 Feb 1916, Glenville, Gilmer Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Mar 1997 (Age 81 years)
     2. Hoy Otto BUNNELL,   b. 31 Mar 1917, Sand Fork, Gilmer Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 May 1989, Marion Co, FL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 72 years)
    Family ID F56168  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Nathan Gifford BUNNELL,   b. 14 Oct 1866, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Mar 1943, Chiefton, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 76 years)
    Marriage 5 Feb 1921  Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Notes 
    • When Nathan and Opal married in February 1921, her marital status was divorced and she was going by her maiden name. She did have two children, but no previous marriage record has been found for her.

      1930 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (West Union District), enumerated on Apr 19 1930:
      Nathan Bunnell, 64, farmer, age 32 at time of first marriage; wife Opal, 36; age 27 ati first marrage; son Theodore, 22. single; dau Helen, 13; son Hoy, 12.

      1940 Census, Harrison Co, WV (Coal District, Community of Chiefton), enumerated on Apr 5 1940:
      Nathan Bunnell, 72; wife Opal, 46; stepson Hoy Bunnell, 23, single; granddau Mary Smith, 4.
    Documents
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    Family ID F26846  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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

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

    3. [S2096] 1920 Census, Harrison County, WV.

    4. [S1620] Death record of husband.

    5. [S1654] Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV, MR p. 491.
      Identified as Nathan Gifford Bunnell, widowed, 48, b. Doddridge Co, res. Clarksburg, son of Charles B. & Rulana Bunnell; and Opal Sandy, divorced, 26, b. Gilmer Co, res. Harrison Co, dau of Joseph C. & Sarah C. Sandy. Married Feb 5 1921 in Clarksburg.