Husband: James Albert Gaston
Also known as: Albert J. Gaston 1,2,3
Born: Jan-17-1873 in Wetzel Co, WV 4,5,6
Died: Dec-30-1965 in Steubenville, Jefferson Co, OH 7,5 (see note 1)
Buried: in Center Point Christian Church Cemetery, Doddridge Co, WV 8
Census: 1910, 1920, 1930 in McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV 9
Resided: Sep 1918 in Wallace, Harrison Co, WV 4
Resided: 1905 in Harrison Co, WV 6
Census: 1880, 1900 in McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV
Occupation: farmer 4
Father: James Thomas Gaston (1840 - 1925)
Mother: Mary Resecker (1847 - 1876)
Wife: Armina Alice Trader 2,3
Also known as: Alice A. Trader 2,8
Married: May-24-1905 in Doddridge Co, WV 10
Born: Feb- 4-1885 near Center Point, Doddridge Co, WV 6,11,5
Died: Jun- 4-1953 in East Liverpool, Columbiana Co, OH 7,5
Buried: in Center Point Christian Church Cemetery, Doddridge Co, WV 8
Census: 1910, 20, 30 in McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV
Resided: Sep 1918 in Wallace, Harrison Co, WV 4
Father: Charles Newton "Newt" Trader (1858 - 1936)
Mother: Edith F. "Edie" Swiger (1864 - 1947)
Notes
M Child 1: Ursa Newton "Newt" Gaston Born: Apr-10-1908 in Center Point, Doddridge Co, WV 12,13,14 Died: Dec- 5-1991 15 Buried: in St. John Cemetery, Colliers, Brooke Co, WV Census: May 1940 in Washington Co, PA Census: Apr 1940 in Hollidays Cove, Hancock Co, WV Resided: 1934 in Center Point, Doddridge Co, WV 14 Census: 1910, 1920 in McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV Occupation: Weirton Steel (retired) Occupation: galvinizing at steel mill 16 Occupation: farmer 17 Wife: Georgia Shields b. Jul-27-1910 d. Jun- 5-1999 Married: Jan-13-1934 at Ashley, Doddridge Co, WV 14
M Child 2: James Frenzel Gaston Born: Sep-26-1911 in Doddridge Co, WV 18,19,5 Died: Mar- 3-1969 in Weirton, Hancock Co, WV 19,5 Buried: in Center Point Christian Church Cemetery, Doddridge Co, WV 19,8 Cause of death: automobile accident 19 Resided: in New Cumberland, Hancock Co, WV 19,3 Census: 1940 in Hancock Co, WV Census: 1920, 1930 in McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV Occupation: contractor, sander & finisher 19 Wife: Mabel Catherine Nutter b. Sep- 5-1915 d. Nov- 9-2004 Also known as: Mable Catherine Steele Married: Oct-22-1932 in Harrison Co, WV 20
M Child 3: Albert Franzel Gaston Born: Sep-26-1911 in Center Point, Doddridge Co, WV 21,13,14,5 Died: Sep-29-2001 in Steubenville, Jefferson Co, OH 21,13 Buried: in Center Point Christian Church Cemetery, Doddridge Co, WV 8 Resided: in Weirton, Hancock Co, WV 15 Census: 1920, 1930 in McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV Occupation: Weirton Steel (retired) 7 Wife: Elmina M. Ford b. Jan- 6-1918 d. Apr- 2-1974 Married: Apr-17-1937 in Salem, WV 14
M Child 4: Woodrow Wilson Gaston Born: Mar- 4-1913 in Doddridge Co, WV 13 Died: Apr- 9-2000 13 Buried: in Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens, Weirton, Hancock Co, WV Resided: in Weirton, Hancock Co, WV 15 Census: 1920, 1930 in McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV Occupation: Weirton Steel (retired) 7 Wife: Bernice Missouri Spencer b. Jan-17-1916 d. Apr- 9-1997 Also known as: Bernice Masouri Spencer 22 Married: May-15-1938
F Child 5: Mary Edith Gaston Born: Jul-29-1915 in Center Point, Doddridge Co, WV 22,12,14 Died: Jul-14-1998 22 Buried: in Center Point Christian Church Cemetery, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1920, 1930 in McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV Husband: Ira Dirrel Swiger b. Nov- 7-1914 d. Aug-19-1979 Married: Jul-27-1935 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 14 Husband: Delbert George Robinson b. Sep- 9-1892 d. Jan-29-1987 Married: Jun-25-1950 7
M Child 6: Carmi David Gaston Also known as: Carmy S. Gaston 14 Born: Feb- 3-1918 at Center Point, Doddridge Co, WV 12,13,5 (see note 2) Died: Mar-30-2002 13 Buried: in Center Point Christian Church Cemetery, Doddridge Co, WV 8 Resided: in Colliers, Brooke Co, WV 15 Census: 1940 in Hancock Co, WV Resided: 1938 in Wallace, Harrison Co, WV 14 Census: 1920, 1930 in McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV Occupation: Weirton Steel (retired) 7 Military: U.S. Navy, World War II (USS Mississippi) 23 (see note 3) Wife: Grace Odell Hayes b. Mar- 6-1920 d. Feb- -1984 Census name: Odell Hayes Married: Sep-24-1938 in Salem, WV 14 Wife: Zulene Garnet Swiger b. May- 4-1916 d. Mar-16-2006 Married: Jun-17-1985 in Jefferson Co, OH 24
F Child 7: Vanzy Ellen Gaston Born: Mar-17-1921 at Center Point, Doddridge Co, WV 25,13 (see note 4) Died: Jun-27-2002 in Weirton, Hancock Co, WV 26,13 Buried: in Center Point Christian Church Cemetery, Doddridge Co, WV 27 Resided: at Dola, Harrison Co, WV 27 Resided: in Lumberport, Harrison Co, WV 27,15 Resided: 1962 in Weirton, Hancock Co, WV 25 Census: 1940 in Sistersville, Tyler Co, WV Occupation: 1940 maid in private home Husband: Charles Kennedy Married: 1944 7 Husband: Creston Hubert Snodgrass b. May-17-1921 d. May- 6-1987 Married: Jan-17-1962 in Follansbee, Brooke Co, WV 25
Sources: (1) 1920 Census, Doddridge County, WV (McClellan District). (2) Marriage record of son. (3) Death record of son. (4) National Archives and Records Administration, World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 (Ancestry.com online database) (5) Headstone (year only) (6) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993) (7) Immediate family. (8) Headstone. (9) 1930 Census, Doddridge County, WV (McClellan District) (10) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993), Identified as J. A. Gaston, 32, b. Wetzel Co, res. Harrison Co; and Armina A. Trader, 20, of Doddridge Co. Married Dec 24 1905. (11) The Barrett-Law and Related Families of West Virginia (http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/b/a/r/Michael-Barrett/index.html) (12) West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (13) Social Security Death Index. (14) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV. (15) Social Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in West Virginia before 1951. (16) 1940 Census, Hancock County, WV. (17) 1940 Census. (18) Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV. (19) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx) (20) Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV, Identified as James Franzel Gaston, single, b. Sep 26 1911 in Doddridge Co, res. Center Point WV, son of Albert Gaston & Alice Trader Gaston; and Mabel Catherine Nutter, single, b. Sep 5 1915 in Doddrige Co, res. Salem WV, dau of Late Nutter & Louie (maiden name blank) Waltman. Married Oct 22 1932 at Salem. A notation on the marriage record states: "The written consent of the mother, Louie Waltman, was furnished. It was represented that the mother of Mabel Catharine Nutter was divorced from her father, and that the decree of divorce gave the mother the custody of the child.", MR p. 222. (21) Ohio Deaths, 1908-1932, 1938-1944, and 1958-2007 (online), Ancestry.com and Ohio Department of Health. (22) Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (23) U.S. World War II Navy Muster Rolls, 1938-1949 [database on-line], Ancestry.com and National Archives. (24) Ohio Marriage Index, 1970, 1972-2007 (online), Ancestry.com and Ohio Dept of Health Offc of Vital Statistics. (25) Hancock County Marriage Records, New Cumberland, WV. (26) Obituary - Hospital. (27) Obituary. Event Notes Note (1) Nursing home. Note (2) Birth date given in marriage record as Feb 3 1917, but birth record and SSDI show it to be Feb 3 1918. Note (3) Served aboard the USS Mississippi in 1945 and 1946 at the time of her conversion from battleship (BB-41) to a weapons testing ship (AG-128). Note (4) Birth date given in SSDI as Mar 7 1921, but marriage record and obituary show it as Mar 17 1921.