Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: Alvert W. Thorndell    
       Also known as: Albert Thorndell 1
                Born: Apr-  -1852          in Uniontown, Fayette Co, PA  2,3,1
                Died: Mar-19-1908          in Doddridge Co, WV  3
              Census: 1880, 1900           in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV  
              Father: James H. Thorndell   (1825 - 1904) 
              Mother: Mary A. Crusen   (1827 - 1885) 
                Wife: Mary Ann Bowers   4  
       Also known as: Polly Ann Bowers 1
             Married: ca 1875               2
                Born: Nov-  -1854          in Preston Co, (W)VA  2,1
              Census: 1900, 1900           in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV  
              Father:
              Mother:
           M Child 1: Clyde S. Thorndell      
                Born: Sep-  -1876          in Doddridge Co, WV  2,5,6
                Died: 1952                  5
              Buried:                      in Alliance City Cemetery, Stark Co, OH  7
              Census: 1930, 1940           in Alliance, Stark Co, OH  
             Resided: 1919                 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV  8
              Census: 1880, 1900, 10, 20   in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV  
          Occupation: 1940                 locomotive brakeman  9
          Occupation: 1930                 brakeman on steam railroad  10
          Occupation: 1904                 freight train fireman  11
                Wife: Lulu E. McConnell  b. Jul-  -1876  d. 1948  
       Also known as: Lula E. McConnell 
             Married: Apr-26-1905          in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV  12
            Divorced: Nov-  -1920          in Doddridge Co, WV  13
           M Child 2: James Camden Thorndell      
                Born: Dec-  -1878          in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV  2,14 (see note 1)
                Died: Oct-18-1919          in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV  14
              Buried:                      in Blockhouse Hill Cemetery (IOOF section), West Union, Doddridge Co, WV  14
      Cause of death:                      struck by train  14
             Resided:                      in Greenville, Mercer Co, PA  14
             Resided: formerly             in Ohio  14
             Resided: 1916                 in New Bremen, Auglaize Co, OH  15
              Census: 1880, 1900, 1910     in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV   (see note 2)
          Occupation: 1910                 oil field worker  16
Notes 
           F Child 3: Nellie M. Thorndell      
         Census name: Nellie M. 
                Born: Jul-25-1881          in West Virginia  7,2
                Died: Sep-22-1948           7
              Buried:                      in Fairmount Memorial Park, Alliance, Stark Co, OH  7
              Census: 1930                 in Alliance, Stark Co, OH  
              Census: 1920                 in Bremen, Fairfield Co, OH  
             Resided: 1919                 in Bremen, Fairfield Co, OH  8
              Census: 1900, 1910           in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV  
             Husband: Philetus M. Farr  b. ca 1865  d. bef Apr 1930  
             Married: ca 1908               16
           M Child 4: Harry Trainer Thorndell    8  
                Born: Mar-17-1890          in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV  17,18,2,5
                Died: Sep- 8-1969          in Alliance, Stark Co, OH  19,5
              Buried:                      in Alliance City Cemetery, Stark Co, OH  7
             Resided:                      in Alliance, Stark Co, OH  20
              Census: 1930                 in Alliance, Stark Co, OH   (see note 3)
              Census: 1920                 in Bremen, Fairfield Co, OH  
             Resided: 1917                 in Bremen, Fairfield Co, OH  21
              Census: 1900, 1910           in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV  
          Occupation: 1930                 crane helper in steel mill  10
          Occupation: 1920                 railroad worker  22
            Military: May- 3-1917 - Jun- 1-1918 Pfc, Ohio National Guard, Co D, 7th Inf  23,21
            Military: Jun-23-1918 - Apr-16-1919 Pfc, AEF, Co C, 112th Engineers, Meuse-Argonne, Defensive Sector, WW I  23,21
       Never married:                        19

Sources:
(1) Birth record of son. 
(2) 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District) 
(3) Doddridge County Death Records, West Union, WV. 
(4) Obituary of son. 
(5) Headstone (year only) 
(6) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV. 
(7) Findagrave.com. 
(8) Obituary of brother. 
(9) 1940 Census. 
(10) 1930 Census. 
(11) Newspaper article. 
(12) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11794326&Type=Marriage. 
(13) West Union Herald, 12/2/1920. 
(14) Obituary. 
(15) West Union Record, 8/24/1916. 
(16) 1910 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District). 
(17) West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 
(18) Social Security Death Index. 
(19) Ohio Deaths, 1908-1932, 1938-1944, and 1958-2007 (online), Ancestry.com and Ohio Department of Health. 
(20) Social Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in Ohio before 1951. 
(21) Ohio Military Men, 1917-18 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 
(22) 1920 Census. 
(23) Ohio Soldiers in World War I, 1917-1918 [database on-line], Ancestry.com, Original data: "Official Roster of Ohio 
Soldiers, Sailors and Marines in the World War, 1917-1918. Vol. I-XXIII." Columbus, OH, USA: F. J. Heer Printing Co, 
1926. 

Event Notes
Note (1) Birth date given in obituary as 1879 (no date specified), but 1900 Census
states Dec 1878.
Note (2) In 1910, in household of mother and siblings, marital status married (8 yrs),
but wife not present.
Note (3) In both the 1920 and 1930 Census, living in household of sister Nellie
(Thorndell) Farr and her family.







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