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Lillie Mae SKILES

Lillie Mae SKILES

Female 1883 - 1970  (86 years)

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  • Name Lillie Mae SKILES 
    Census 1920, 30, 40, 50  Clay District, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Born 19 Aug 1883  Preston Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    Gender Female 
    Census 1900  Grant District, Preston Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Listed as May Skyles, 17, b. Aug 1882 in WVa (father b. Pa, mother b. WVa), single, a servant in the household of David & Electa Beeghly and their two sons.
    Census 1910  Grafton, Taylor Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Listed as May Skiles, 26, b. WVa (father b. Md, mother b. WVa), single, no children, the only servant in a large boarding house.
    Occupation 1900, 1910  [4, 5] 
    servant 
    Residence Shinnston, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 6] 
    Residence 1911  Taylor Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Died 29 Jan 1970  Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Buried Shinnston Memorial (aka Masonic) Cemetery, Shinnston, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Person ID I65112  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 24 Jun 2024 

    Father George SKYLES,   d. 3 May 1893, Moatsville, Barbour Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother Isora Bell (Isabelle) GUTHRIE,   b. Aug 1860 
    Family ID F27224  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Ralph BEE,   b. 7 Jun 1886, Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Jan 1968, Takoma Park, Montgomery Co, MD Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 81 years) 
    Married 14 Dec 1911  Grafton, Taylor Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Notes 
    • 1910 Census, Harrison Co, WV (Clark District), enumerated in May 1910:
      Listed as a boarder in the household of Frank Lambie:
      Ralph Bee, 24, single, pumper at water works.

      1920 Census, Harrison Co, WV (Clay District), enumerated on Jan 30 1920:
      Ralph Bee, 33, laborer; wife May, 36; dau Marie, 12; dau Hazel, 7; dau Verna, 4; dau Esther, 2; father Josiah, 74, widowed.

      1930 Census, Harrison Co, WV (Clay District), enumerated on Apr 30 1930:
      Ralph Bee, 43, coal miner, age 25 at time of first marriage; wife Lilie M, 46, age 26 at first marriage; dau Verna, 14; dau Ester, 12; dau Mary C, 7; son Charles P, 8 months.

      1940 Census, Harrison Co, WV (Clay District), enumerated on May 10 1940 at Mudlick:
      Ralph Bee, 53, coal miner; wife May, 56; dau Mary K, 17; son C. Paul, 10.

      1950 Census, Harrison County, WV (Clay District), enumerated on April 27, 1950:
      Ralph Bee, 64, self-employed paper hanger (home papering), worked 20 hours the previous week; wife Lily May, 66; dau Mary Catherine, 27, single teacher in church school; son Charles P, 20, unemployed; dau-in-law Doralene, 18; granddau Paula E, born in April. All born in West Virginia except for Doralene, born in Ohio.
      Note: The next enumerated household was that of Doralene's parents, Robert & Letitia (Knox) Isner, and their other six children. [8]
    Children 
     1. Violet BEE,   d. Bef Jan 2002
     2. Edna Marie BEE,   b. 23 Mar 1907,   d. Jun 1980  (Age 73 years)
     3. Hazel Pearl BEE,   b. 28 Sep 1912, Owings (Shinnston), Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Oct 1991  (Age 79 years)
     4. Verna Jane Belle BEE,   b. 9 Aug 1915, Shinnston, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Dec 1952, Orange Co, FL Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 37 years)
    +5. Esther Mae BEE,   b. 24 Jul 1917, Willard (Shinnston), Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Jan 2002, Olney, Montgomery Co, MD Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 84 years)
     6. Mary Catherine BEE,   b. 9 Jun 1922, Shinnston, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Nov 2001  (Age 79 years)
    +7. Charles Paul BEE,   b. 4 Mar 1930, Shinnston, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Jun 2014, Vincent, Washington Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 84 years)
    Family ID F27223  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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

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

    3. [S2299] Taylor County Marriage Records, Grafton, WV.

    4. [S2256] 1900 Census, Preston County, WV.

    5. [S2215] 1910 Census, Taylor County, WV.

    6. [S1564] Obituary of daughter.

    7. [S2299] Taylor County Marriage Records, Grafton, WV, MR p. 20.
      Identified as Ralph Bee, 25, b. Ritchie Co, res. Taylor Co; and May Lilly Skiles, 28, b. Preston Co, res. Taylor Co. Married Dec 14 1911 in Grafton.

    8. [S1583] Marriage record of daughter.