Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: William Wesley Gatrell    
         Census name: Willie W. Gatrell 
                Born: Jan-19-1887          in Deep Valley (Central Station), Tyler Co, WV  1,2
                Died: Mar- 1-1966          in Grafton, Taylor Co, WV  3
              Census: 1920                 in Grafton, Taylor Co, WV  
             Resided: 1917                 in Grafton, Taylor Co, WV  1
             Resided: 1913                 in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV  4
          Occupation: 1917, 1920           B & O locomotive engineer  1,5
              Father: James Evan Gatrell   (1828 -     ) 
              Mother: Emma Jane Wagoner   (1849 -     ) 
                Wife: Ida Opal Markle     
       Also known as: Opal Miracle 
             Married: Dec-16-1913          in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV  4
                Born: Oct-15-1894          in Harrison Co, WV  2,6,7,4
                Died: Jul-29-1933          in Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV  3
              Census: 1930                 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV  
              Census: 1920                 in Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV  
             Resided: 1913                 in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV  4
              Census: 1900, 1910           in Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV  
              Father: George William Markle   (1865 - 1944) 
              Mother: Louisa C. Morris   (1864 - 1936) 
Other spouse 2
           F Child 1: Edith Virginia Gatrell      
                Born: Oct-21-1914          in Wood Co, WV  2 (see note 1)
                Died: 1980                  
             Resided: 1935                 in Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV  8
              Census: 1920, 1930           in Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV   (see note 2)
             Husband: Lawrence Alfred Miracle  b. Mar-27-1910  d. Mar-  -1987  
             Married: Aug- 3-1935          in Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV  8

Sources:
(1) National Archives and Records Administration, World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 (Ancestry.com online 
database) 
(2) West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 
(3) West Virginia Deaths Index, 1853-1973 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 
(4) Wood County Marriage Records, Parkersburg, WV. 
(5) 1920 Census, Taylor County, WV. 
(6) 1900 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Clay District) 
(7) 1920 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Clay District) 
(8) Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV. 

Event Notes
Note (1) Birthplace given in marriage record as Ritchie County, but birth record shows
it as Wood County.
Note (2) In household of paternal grandparents.







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