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Gay SHIELDS

Gay SHIELDS

Female 1913 - 2001  (87 years)

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  1. 1.  Gay SHIELDSGay SHIELDS was born 25 May 1913, Center Point, Doddridge Co, WV; died 26 Feb 2001.

    Other Events:

    • Residence: Toronto, Jefferson Co, OH
    • Census: 1920, 1930, McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV
    • Residence: 1935, Doddridge Co, WV
    • Census: 1940, Steubenville, Jefferson Co, OH

    Gay married Jasper Harold "Shorty" COLLINS CA 1929. Jasper (son of Richard Wilson "Dick" COLLINS and Laverna Drusilla STARK) was born 27 Nov 1909, Center Point, Doddridge Co, WV; died 7 Apr 1989; was buried , Cascara Cemetery, Cascara, Doddridge Co, WV. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 2. Harold Jackson "Jack" COLLINS  Descendancy chart to this point was born 15 Oct 1930, West Virginia; died 8 Jul 2002; was buried , West Virginia National Cemetery, Pruntytown, Taylor Co, WV.

    Gay married Wilbur M. PINNELL 6 Dec 1941, Wellsburg, Brooke Co, WV. Wilbur was born 14 Sep 1912, Ripley, Jackson Co, WV; died 24 Oct 1972, Steubenville, Jefferson Co, OH. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 3. Wilma J. COLLINS  Descendancy chart to this point was born CA 1939, Ohio.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Harold Jackson "Jack" COLLINSHarold Jackson "Jack" COLLINS Descendancy chart to this point (1.Gay1) was born 15 Oct 1930, West Virginia; died 8 Jul 2002; was buried , West Virginia National Cemetery, Pruntytown, Taylor Co, WV.

    Other Events:

    • Residence: West Union, Doddridge Co, WV
    • Residence: 1935, Doddridge Co, WV
    • Census: 1940, Steubenville, Jefferson Co, OH
    • Military: From 23 Oct 1947 to 10 May 1968; DTC, US Navy (Korea, Vietnam)

    Notes:

    Military:
    Local news item, "West Union Herald," Thursday, October 30, 1947, in its entirety:
    LOCAL BOYS JOIN NAVY
    The following boys from West Union have joined the U.S. Navy and have gone to Huntington for final enlistment: Walter Sams, Harold Collins, Roy Chipps, Keith Curry, Kenneth Watkins, Robert Washburn.

    Harold married Nellie JoAnne KERNS. Nellie (daughter of Mason James KERNS and Alfretta FRAZIER) was born 13 May 1937, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV; died 25 Oct 2016, Salem, Harrison Co, WV. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  Wilma J. COLLINSWilma J. COLLINS Descendancy chart to this point (1.Gay1) was born CA 1939, Ohio.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 1940, Steubenville, Jefferson Co, OH

    Notes:

    Birth:
    Marriage record gives birth date as Jun 29 1936 in Doddridge County. But she was age 1 in the 1940 Census, with birthplace given as Ohio.