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Noah Cecil ANCELL

Noah Cecil ANCELL

Male 1885 - 1945  (59 years)


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  • Name Noah Cecil ANCELL
    Birth 13 May 1885  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5] 
    • Birth date given in WW II draft registration and in death record as May 13 1884. But birth record and 1900 Census put his birth in May 1885.
    Gender Male
    Census 1900, 1910  McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation 1910  [6] 
    farmer 
    Occupation 1933  [5] 
    R.F.C. 
    Residence 1933  Booth, Monongalia Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Census 1930, 1940  Grant District, Monongalia Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation coal miner (Christopher Coal Co.)  [7, 8, 9] 
    Occupation 1942 
    Engstrom & Wynn, Fairmore Housing Project, Morgantown 
    • Engstrom & Wynn was a construction contracting company based in Wheeling, WV. Among its other projects was the Cabell County Court House in Huntington, WV.
    Residence Morgantown, Monongalia Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [7, 10] 
    Death 18 Jan 1945  Osage, Monongalia Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Cause: mining accident 
    Burial Beverly Hills Memorial Park, Westover, Monongalia Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Notes 
    • Although identified as Noah Yeater in his birth record, in his 1907 marriage record, and in the 1910 Census, at some point he adopted the Ancell surname of his stepfather. He was listed as Noah Ancell in the censuses of 1900, 1930 & 1940, as Nortie C. Ancell in his first wife's 1931 death record, and as Noah C. Ancell in his 1933 marriage record and in his death record.

      1910 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (McClellan District), enumerated on Apr 26 1910:
      Noah Yeater, 23, farmer, married 3 yrs; wife Susana, 20, mother of 2 children (1 still living); son Orval, 8 months.

      Noah was not found in the 1920 Census. His wife and children were enumerated as being co-located with her parents.
      1920 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (McClellan District), enumerated on Jan 14 1920:
      Head of household Joseph Johnson, 66, truck farmer; wife Mary M, 51; dau Rachel, 20; son Samma, 18; son Hhomer, 13.
      Head of household Susanna Yeater, 30, married; son Orvil B, 10; son Keneth R, 9; son Clifford R, 6; dau Josephene, 4 yr 10 mo; son Burt, 3 mo (sic); son Burlin, 1 yr 8 mo.
      (NOTE: Son Burt's stated age is inconsistent with all other records and appears to be a clerical error.)

      1930 Census, Monongalia Co, WV (Grant District), enumerated on Apr 18 1930:
      Noah C. Ancell, 45, coal miner, age 20 at time of first marriage; wife Susanna, 40, age 15 at first marriage; son Orville, 20, coal miner; son Kenneth R, 18, coal miner; son Rex C, 17, coal miner; dau Josephine, 15; son Bert, 14; son Burlin, 12; dau Madaline, 9; son Carl J, 6; son Roy R, 3 yr 10 mo.

      1940 Census, Monongalia Co, WV (Grant District), enumerated on Apr 9 1940 at Hill Top - Tice Town Road:
      Noah Ancell, 57, coal miner; wife Gertrude, 40; dau Susan, 5.
      In this census, Noah's sons Carl (age 16) and Roy (14) were listed as "lodgers" in the household of Benjamin F. & Genevieve McMahon (ages 48 & 44) elsewhere in Monongalia County's Grant District. Son Bert was with the Army in Hawaii.
    Person ID I86593  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 5 Jul 2014

    Mother Cyntha Irene YEATER,   b. 13 May 1868, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 May 1924, Maidsville, Monongalia Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 56 years)
    Family ID F37154  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Susanna JOHNSON,   b. 7 Feb 1890, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 Apr 1931, Grant District, Monongalia Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 41 years)
    Marriage 15 Mar 1907  Archer, Wetzel Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [11] 
    Children 
    >1. Orville Benny ANCELL,   b. 2 Sep 1909, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 Jun 1967, Meadowbrook, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 57 years)
    +2. Kenneth Ray ANCELL,   b. 2 Jun 1911, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Aug 1999, Westlake, Cuyahoga Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 88 years)
    >3. Rex Clifford ANCELL,   b. 1 Feb 1913   d. 14 Aug 1998 (Age 85 years)
     4. Josephine ANCELL,   b. CA 1915
    >5. Bert ANCEL,   b. 13 Jan 1916, Center Point, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 Oct 1968 (Age 52 years)
     6. Burlin ANCELL,   b. CA 1918
     7. Madaline ANCELL,   b. CA 1921
     8. Joseph Carl ANCELL,   b. 4 Jul 1923   d. 26 May 1993, Marion Co, FL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 69 years)
     9. Roy R. ANCELL,   b. 22 Aug 1925   d. 15 Aug 1992 (Age 66 years)
    Family ID F37150  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Gertrude ___,   b. 18 Feb 1899   d. Mar 1987 (Age 88 years)
    Marriage 12 Apr 1933  Monongalia Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [12] 
    Children 
     1. Susan ANCELL,   b. CA 1935
    Family ID F37155  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
    86593_ANCELL_NoahC_1884or85-1945_DeathCertificate.jpg    		86593_ANCELL_NoahC_1884or85-1945_DeathCertificate.jpg
    86593_NoahCAncell_GertrudeBrown_MarriageRecord_12Apr1933.jpg    		86593_NoahCAncell_GertrudeBrown_MarriageRecord_12Apr1933.jpg
    86593_NoahYeater_SusannaJohnston_MarriageRecord_15Mar1907.jpg    		86593_NoahYeater_SusannaJohnston_MarriageRecord_15Mar1907.jpg

  • Sources 
    1. [S1553] Doddridge County Birth Records, West Union, WV, BR p. 143 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=2602319&Type=Birth.
      Identified as Noah Yeater, white male, born May 13 1885 in Doddridge County, father (blank), mother "Cynthia A. (Virgin)." Informant: E. Yeater, grandmother. (Note: It is presumed that the notation "Virgin" was intended to mean unmarried.)

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

    3. [S2010] 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (McClellan District).

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

    5. [S2263] Monongalia County Marriage Records, Morgantown, WV.

    6. [S2012] 1910 Census, Doddridge County, WV (McClellan District).

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

    8. [S2332] 1930 Census, Monongalia County, WV.

    9. [S2659] 1940 Census, Monongalia County, WV.

    10. [S2508] National Archives and Records Administration, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942, (Ancestry.com online database).

    11. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR p. 479 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11794176&Type=Marriage.
      Identified as Noah Yeater, 21, b. & res. in Doddridge Co; and Susanna Johnston, 17, b. & res. in Doddridge Co. Married Mar 15 1907 "at Archer, Wetzel Co, W.Va." Informants for marriage license: Noah Yeater & Joseph Johnston.

    12. [S2263] Monongalia County Marriage Records, Morgantown, WV, MR p. 400 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11346570&Type=Marriage.
      Identified as Noah C. Ancell, widowed, 48, b. Doddridge Co, res. Booth WVa, son of E. L. Ancell & Cynthia Yeater; and Gertrude Brown, widowed, 33, b. (blank), res. Booth WVa, dau of (blank). Married Apr 12 1933 at the Harmony Grove Parsonage in Monongalia County.