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Mary Elizabeth WANSTREET

Mary Elizabeth WANSTREET

Female 1857 - 1931  (~ 73 years)


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  • Name Mary Elizabeth WANSTREET
    Birth Oct 1857  Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    • Birth date given in death record as Sep 18 1856. But 1900 Census states Oct 1857, and date on headstone is 1857.
    Gender Female
    Census 1870  Willey District, Lewis Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1878  Lewis Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Census 1880  Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1900  Cove District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Death 20 Apr 1931  St. Clara, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Burial St. Clare Catholic Cemetery, St. Clara, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [6, 7] 
    Person ID I69550  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 26 Nov 2019

    Father Henry WANSTREET,   b. CA 1827, Prussia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Sep 1894, St. Clara, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 67 years)
    Mother Susan Ann CRUMRINE,   b. CA 1830, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Sep 1911, Weston, Lewis Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 81 years)
    Family ID F10898  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Andrew Jackson GAINES,   b. 1850, Virginia (now West Virginia) Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Mar 1923, St. Clara, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 73 years)  [2, 8]
    Marriage 10 Jan 1878  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 9] 
    Notes 
    • 1880 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Southwest District), enumerated on Jun 18 1880:
      Andrew J. Gaines, 30, farmer, medical condition lungs affected; wife Mary An E, 20, medical condition lungs affected; son Archie H, 1.

      1900 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Cove District), enumerated on Jun 11 1900:
      Andrew J. Gains, 52, b. Jan 1848, farmer, married 23 yrs; wife Mary, 42, b. Oct 1857, mother of 11 children (10 still living); son Arche H, 20, b. Oct 1879, single, merchant; dau Onie, 19, b. Apr 1881, single, servant; dau Della, 16, b. Jun 1883; dau Alice, 15, b. May 1885; son Edward, 12, b. Aug 1887; son John J, 10, b. Dec 1889; dau Ella, 9, b. Feb (?) 1891; dau Beartha, 6, b. Apr 1894; dau Martha, 5, b. Jun 1894; son Martin, 5, b. Nov 1894.
      (NOTE: Relationships, ages and birth dates are as entered on the census form. The birth dates of the three youngest children are clearly in conflict. Birth records reflect that those three children were triplets born on Apr 18 1894.)
    Children 
     1. Archie H. GAINES,   b. Oct 1879, West Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location
    +2. Mary Ona GAINES,   b. Apr 1881, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
     3. Della GAINES,   b. Jun 1883
     4. Alice GAINES,   b. 1884   d. 23 Jul 1960, Weston, Lewis Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 76 years)
    >5. Edward GAINES,   b. 5 Apr 1885, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 Jul 1951, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 66 years)
     6. John J. GAINES,   b. Dec 1889
    >7. Dora Ellen GAINES,   b. 26 Apr 1891, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Sep 1972 (Age 81 years)
    +8. Bertha Ann GAINES,   b. 18 Apr 1894, St. Clara, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Aug 1973 (Age 79 years)
     9. Martha Susan GAINES,   b. 18 Apr 1894, St. Clara, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    +10. Martin Henry GAINES,   b. 18 Apr 1894, St. Clara, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Sep 1979 (Age 85 years)
    Family ID F29357  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S2045] 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Cove District).

    2. [S1599] Birth record of son.

    3. [S941] 1850 Census, Doddridge County, (W)VA.

    4. [S1820] Lewis County Marriage Records, Weston, WV.

    5. [S1853] WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate, (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx), Mother incorrectly identifed as Mary Elizabeth Wanstreet.

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

    7. [S934] Findagrave.com.

    8. [S1604] Death record of son.

    9. [S1820] Lewis County Marriage Records, Weston, WV, MR p. 78, line 6 : www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=10712582&Type=Marriage.
      Identified as Andrew Jackson Gaines, 26, b. Harrison, res. Doddridge Co; and Mary Wanstreet, 19, b. Doddridge Co, res. Lewis Co. Married Jan 10 1878 in Doddridge County.