Jul-28-2018                   
                      Belva May Nicholson    
       Also known as: Belvia May Nicholson 1
                Born: Apr- 5-1901          in Doddridge Co, WV  2,3,4 (see note 1)
                Died: Jan-17-1979           3,4
              Buried:                      in Union Mission (Sunrise) Cemetery, New Milton, Doddridge Co, WV  5,6
              Census: 1940                 in Greenbrier District, Doddridge Co, WV  
             Resided: 1935                 in Nutter Fort, Harrison Co, WV  1
              Census: 1920                 in Greenbrier District, Doddridge Co, WV  
              Father: Lloyd Edgar Nicholson   (1877 - 1950) 
              Mother: Mary Catherine Dennison   (1878 - 1951) 
Other spouse 2
           M Child 1: Vearl Edward Nicholson      
         Census name: Vearl Cumberledge 
                Born: Mar-26-1923          in Miletus (Salem), Doddridge Co, WV  7,8,9
                Died: Feb- 7-2011           8
              Buried:                      in Union Mission (Sunrise) Cemetery, New Milton, Doddridge Co, WV  
             Resided:                      in Fairmont, Marion Co, WV  10
              Census: 1940                 in Greenbrier District, Doddridge Co, WV  
            Military: (enlisted 3/30/1943) U.S. Army, World War II  11
                Wife: Pauline Virginia Henning  b. Sep-22-1927  d. Aug- 6-2003  
             Married: Oct-31-1944          in Industrial, Harrison Co, WV  1

Sources:
(1) Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV. 
(2) Doddridge County Birth Records, West Union, WV. 
(3) Susie Davis Nicholson, Davis - The Settlers of Salem, West Virginia, Gordon Printing Co, Strasburg OH, 1979 (Revised & 
Enlarged) < www.wvgenweb.org/harrison/books.htm >, p. 231. 
(4) Headstone (year only) 
(5) Donald Edward Ramage, Doddridge County Cemeteries, Vol. I, 4117 Almaville Rd, Smyna TN 37167 (1988, rev. 1999) 
(6) Findagrave.com. 
(7) West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], Ancestry.com, Identified as Vearle Nicholson, father Hobert 
D. Carder, mother Belvie Nicholson. 
(8) Social Security Death Index. 
(9) Headstone. 
(10) Social Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in West Virginia before 1951. 
(11) U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946, Ancestry.com and National Archives & Records Administration. 

Event Notes
Note (1) Birth date given in 1935 marriage record as Apr 5 1907, age 28.  But birth
record shows it as Apr 5 1901, and date on headstone is also 1901.







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