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Dora Edna M. PIERCE

Dora Edna M. PIERCE

Female 1891 - 1898  (6 years)


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  • Name Dora Edna M. PIERCE
    Birth 14 Jul 1891  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    • We originally had as the fourth child of Hughy James Pierce & Nancy Maria Gaston a daughter, Edna Pierce, source not documented. We had no info on her other than "died young." A later search of birth/death records turned up nothing for Edna Pierce. But we did find another previously unrecorded child: Dora E. Pierce, b. Jul 14 1891 to Hughy & Nancy, d. Jun 24 1898. The conclusion we reached is that Dora and Edna are one and the same, with the middle initial standing for Edna.
    Gender Female
    Death 24 Jun 1898  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Cause: jaundice 
    Person ID I7546  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 6 Jan 2010

    Father Hughy James "Jim" PIERCE,   b. 29 May 1856, Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Dec 1938, Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 82 years)
    Mother Nancy Maria GASTON,   b. 22 Jul 1856, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 Jul 1891, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 34 years)
    Family ID F596  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S1553] Doddridge County Birth Records, West Union, WV, BR Bk 2, p. 263.
      Identified as Dora E. Pearce [sic], b. Jul 14 1891, dau of Hughey [sic] and Nancy, informant being the father. Another birth record, BR 2-264, is for Dora E. M. Pierce, b. Jul 23 1891 in Grove, dau of James Pierce, age 34, and Marie Gaston, age 36, filed Aug 20 1891, informant being Dr. G. F. Perry. This is either an invalid entry for the same child or is for another person, given the father's age and the fact that Nancy Maria Gaston Pierce died 3 days before the child's reported birth. We believe it is an invalid entry for the same child.

    2. [S1563] Doddridge County Death Records, West Union, WV, DR Bk 3, p. 57.

    3. [S1563] Doddridge County Death Records, West Union, WV, DR Bk 3, p. 57 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=5050347&Type=Death.
      Identified as Dora E. M. Pierce, b. Jul 14 1891, dau of H. J. & Nancy M., d. Jun 24 1898, age 6y11m10d, cause of death given as jaundice.