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Roy BURTON

Roy BURTON

Male 1889 - 1966  (76 years)

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  • Name Roy BURTON 
    Born 11 Jul 1889  Blandville, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4] 
    • Birth date in WV Births Index is Jul 1 1891. But death record shows it as Jul 11 1889, and date on headstone is 1889, while 1900 Census shows it as May 1892. Marriage record identifies his parents as Harvey Burton & Mary Bland. But birth record show his mother as Alice Holiday, and death record shows her as Carrie Bland. His widowed father was in Roy's household in the 1940 Census, age 74, b. ca 1866.
    Gender Male 
    Census 1920, COPLIN RUN RD  Simpson Creek, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1900  New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation 1917  [5] 
    farmer for Ernest Richards at Nina WVa 
    Residence 1917  Greenbrier District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Occupation 1920  [6] 
    coal miner 
    Residence 1924  Alvy, Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Census 1930  Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1940  New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Died 16 Jun 1966  Wallace, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Buried Willis Cemetery, Market, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 8] 
    Person ID I85453  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 3 Dec 2018 

    Father Harvey Lee BURTON,   b. CA 1859,   d. 1 May 1940, New Milton, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 81 years) 
    Mother Aria HOLLIDAY,   b. 28 Mar 1867, Camp Run, Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Jan 1897, Sugar Camp (New Milton), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 29 years) 
    Family ID F36622  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Cora J. GORBY,   b. Mar 1896, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef Sep 1924  (Age ~ 28 years) 
    Married 29 Jun 1913  Harlin (Morgans Run), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Children 
     1. Ervin James BURTON,   b. 23 Jan 1914, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Mar 2000  (Age 86 years)
     2. Thomas BURTON,   b. 27 Jun 1916, New Milton, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Nov 1981, Steubenville, Jefferson Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 65 years)
     3. Earl BURTON,   b. 9 Mar 1918, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Dec 1985, East Liverpool, Columbiana Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 67 years)
    +4. Lawrence Eugene BURTON,   b. 22 Oct 1919, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1984  (Age 64 years)
     5. Ernest BURTON,   b. CA 1924
    Family ID F36617  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Alcinda DAWSON,   b. 1890, Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1948  (Age 58 years) 
    Married 10 Sep 1924  Alvy, Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Family ID F36620  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S2568] West Virginia Deaths Index, 1853-1973 [database on-line], (Ancestry.com).

    2. [S2569] West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], (Ancestry.com).

    3. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV.

    4. [S638] Headstone (year only).

    5. [S1875] World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, National Archives and Records Administration, (Ancestry.com online database).

    6. [S2096] 1920 Census, Harrison County, WV.

    7. [S2293] Tyler County Marriage Records, Middlebourne, WV.

    8. [S2544] Doddridge County Cemeteries, Vol. II, Donald Edward Ramage (1934-2016), (4117 Almaville Rd, Smyna TN 37167 (1988, rev. 1999)).