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Thomas Earl Jackson RAMSEY

Thomas Earl Jackson RAMSEY

Male 1896 - 1984  (87 years)


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  • Name Thomas Earl Jackson RAMSEY
    Birth 18 Sep 1896  Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    Gender Male
    Census 1900, 1910  Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1930, 1940  Bunnells Run, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation 1940  [2] 
    road construction worker 
    Occupation 1942  [4] 
    farmer 
    Residence St. Marys, Pleasants Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Death 19 Apr 1984  [6] 
    Burial Masonic Memorial Park Cemetery, Crystal Lake (West Union), WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Person ID I64901  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 20 May 2018

    Father Andrew Jackson RAMSEY,   b. 3 Mar 1857, Lexington, VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Mar 1946, Grafton, Taylor Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 89 years)
    Mother Lydia Jane RICHARDS,   b. 22 Jul 1857, Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Nov 1936, Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years)
    Family ID F39780  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Florence Mabel STEADMAN,   b. 25 Apr 1901, Taylor Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Sep 1956, Long Run, Greenwood, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 55 years)  [8]
    Marriage 5 Mar 1921  Grafton, Taylor Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    Notes 
    • 1930 Census, Ritchie Co, WV (Clay District), enumerated on Apr 23 1930 at Bunnells Run:
      Andrew J. Ramsey, 71, farmer; wife Lydia J, 72; son Thomas E. J, 30, farmer; dau-in-law Florence M, 28; granddau Ruth A, 8; grandson Allen E, 4; grandson Thomas E. J. Jr, 1. All born in West Virginia except Andrew, born in Virginia.
      The next enumerated household was that of Wilbert K. & Icy Ramsey and their six children.

      1940 Census, Ritchie Co, WV (Clay District), enumerated on May 1 1940 at Bunnells Run:
      Jack Ramsey, 82, widowed; son Thomas, 35, road construction worker, married; dau-in-law Florence, 33; granddau Ruth, 18; grandson Allen, 15; grandson Jack, 12; grandson Norbert, 10; granddau Rosa Lee, 8; granddau Helen, 6.
    Children 
    +1. Ruth Adelaide RAMSEY,   b. 19 Oct 1921, Grafton, Taylor Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Mar 2003, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 81 years)
    >2. Allen Eugene RAMSEY,   b. 19 May 1925, Grafton, Taylor Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Dec 2015, Fairmont, Marion Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 90 years)
     3. Thomas Earl Jackson RAMSEY, Jr.,   b. 4 Oct 1928, Grafton, Taylor Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Sep 1981, Paulding Co, GA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 52 years)
    >4. Norbert Carlyle RAMSEY,   b. 27 Jul 1930, Grafton, Taylor Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Apr 1984 (Age 53 years)
    +5. Patricia Rosalie RAMSEY,   b. 8 Sep 1932, Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Sep 1998 (Age 66 years)
    >6. Helen Joan RAMSEY,   b. 16 Jan 1935, Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F27122  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
    64901_RAMSEY_ThomasEarlJackson_WW-OneDraftRegistration_12Sep1918.jpg    		64901_RAMSEY_ThomasEarlJackson_WW-OneDraftRegistration_12Sep1918.jpg
    64901_RAMSEY_ThomasEarl_DelayedBirthCertificate_18Sep1899_Filed18Oct1965.jpg    		64901_RAMSEY_ThomasEarl_DelayedBirthCertificate_18Sep1899_Filed18Oct1965.jpg
    64901_RAMSEY_ThomasJ_BirthRecord_RitchieCoWV_1896.jpg    		64901_RAMSEY_ThomasJ_BirthRecord_RitchieCoWV_1896.jpg
    64901_RAMSEY_ThomasEarlJackson_WW2-DraftRegistration_16Feb1942.jpg    		64901_RAMSEY_ThomasEarlJackson_WW2-DraftRegistration_16Feb1942.jpg

  • Sources 
    1. [S1809] Ritchie County Birth Records, Harrisville, WV.
      There are two conflicting records on file in Ritchie County for this birth:
      (1) The original birth record is a handwritten entry in a ledger-style record book for the year 1896. The child is identified as Thomas J. Ramsey, white male, born alive in Ritchie County, single birth, father A. J. Ramsey (occupation farmer, resident of Ritchie County), mother Lydia J. Ramsey. Informant: A. J. Ramsey, father. The spaces for the month and day of birth were lined through, with no date entered. Some researchers have interpreted this to be a form of ditto marks, indicating the same date as the preceding entry, which was Nov 16. But this appears unlikely, especially since the 1900 Census shows his birth date to be September 1896, age 3.
      BR p. 24, Line 102 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=2279595&Type=Birth
      (2) The other record for this birth is a Delayed Certificate of Birth, filed by Thomas Earl Ramsey himself on Oct 18 1965, in which he reported his own birth date to be Sep 18 1899. Supporting documents were an affidavit from his sister Mary M. Parkhill, his WW II draft registration card, and the birth record of one of his children. The birth date on his headstone is 1899. It is noted, however, that although his WW II draft registration shows his birth date as Sep 18 1899, his WW One draft registration shows it as Sep 18 1898. His Social Security Death Index entry shows his birth date as Sep 18 1900, clearly incorrect.

    2. [S2641] 1940 Census, Ritchie County, WV.

    3. [S2140] 1900 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Clay District).

    4. [S2708] World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947 [database on-line], (Ancestry.com).

    5. [S1924] Social Security Death Index.

    6. [S15] Social Security Death Index.

    7. [S1793] West Union WV Cemeteries (Doddridge County), (Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (July 1990)), Name on headstone: Thomas E. Ramsey.

    8. [S1583] Marriage record of daughter.

    9. [S2299] Taylor County Marriage Records, Grafton, WV, MR p. 61, Line 5 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11214812&Type=Marriage.
      Identified as Thomas E. Ramsey, 22, b. Ritchie Co, res. Grafton; and Florence Mable Steadman, 20, b. Taylor Co, res. Grafton. Married Mar 5 1921 in Grafton, officiated by Thomas M. Zumbrumen.