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Bessie Mae GORBY

Bessie Mae GORBY

Female 1894 - 1977  (83 years)

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  • Name Bessie Mae GORBY 
    Born 19 Jan 1894  Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    • Birth date given in 1900 Census as Jan 1893, but date on headstone is 1894 and SSDI shows it as Jan 19 1894.
    Gender Female 
    Census 1900  Ellsworth District, Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1910  McElroy District, Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1915  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Census 1920  Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1930  Brush Run, Big Flint, Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1940  Neds Run, Big Flint, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Residence West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Residence 1948  Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Died Sep 1977  [1, 2] 
    Buried Shirley Cemetery, Shirley, Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Person ID I67277  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 30 Jul 2019 

    Father Osborn GORBY,   b. 8 Mar 1870, Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Mar 1948, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years) 
    Mother Alcena FARLEY,   b. Mar 1876, Monroe Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F37274  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Silas Henry "Shorty" LEASURE,   b. 3 Sep 1892, Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Jan 1990, Youngstown, Mahoning Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 97 years) 
    Married 21 Dec 1915  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Notes 
    • 1930 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Grant District), enumerated on Apr 23 1930 at Brush Run Road:
      Silas Lasure, 36, farmer; wife Bessie, 35; dau Irene, 13; son Cecil, 9; son Albert, 7; son Delbert, 7.

      1940 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Grant District), enumerated on Apr 2/3 1940 on Neds Run Road, Big Flint:
      Silas Leasure, 47, road laborer at rock quarry; wife Bessy, 45; son John, 17; son Jim, 17; son Earnest, 5; son Earny, 5. [8]
    Children 
    +1. Thelma Irene LEASURE,   b. 10 Apr 1916, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2002  (Age 85 years)
     2. Violet M. LEASURE,   b. 11 Jan 1918, Big Flint, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Dec 1923, Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 5 years)
     3. Cecil LEASURE,   b. CA 1921
     4. Albert Leo "Johnie" LEASURE,   b. CA 1923, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
     5. Delbert "Jim" LEASURE,   b. CA 1923
     6. Earnest Gene LEASURE,   b. 2 Aug 1935, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Jul 2007, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 71 years)
     7. Earney Lee LEASURE,   b. 2 Aug 1935, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F28292  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Photos
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  • Sources 
    1. [S15] Social Security Death Index.

    2. [S638] Headstone (year only).

    3. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11795142&Type=Marriage.

    4. [S2639] 1940 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Grant District).

    5. [S1924] Social Security Death Index.

    6. [S643] Obituary of father.

    7. [S934] Findagrave.com.

    8. [S1567] Marriage record of son.