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Roy CONAWAY

Roy CONAWAY

Male 1887 - 1933  (45 years)

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  • Name Roy CONAWAY 
    Born 7 Apr 1887  Josephs Mills, Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Male 
    Military Pfc, Medical Dept, Gen Hosp 28, Fort Sheridan Illinois, WW I  [3, 4
    Occupation 1910  [5
    traveling hardware salesman 
    Occupation 1917  [1
    traveling salesman for Green & Laing of Wheeling WV 
    Occupation 1920  [6
    dry goods salesman 
    Census 1910, 1920, 1930  Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation 1930  [7
    manager of barber shop 
    Died 23 Jan 1933  Union Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [8
    Person ID I122300  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 1 Sep 2018 

    Father Alpheus "Alf" CONAWAY,   b. 13 Feb 1826,   d. 21 Mar 1903  (Age 77 years) 
    Mother Matilda J. RHODENBECK,   b. 9 Jan 1852, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Oct 1928, Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 76 years) 
    Family ID F34136  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Helen Eudora MOORE,   b. 3 Mar 1897, Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Jul 1970  (Age 73 years) 
    Married 2 Aug 1924  Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Notes 
    • 1920 Census, Wood Co, WV (City of Parkersburg), enumerated on Jan 5 1920 at 1312 Lynn Street:
      Roy Conaway, 31, single, dry goods salesman; sister Elsie, 34, single, office clerk; sister Chelsie, 34, single, billing clerk at tool company; mother Matilda, 68, widowed.

      1930 Census, Wood Co, WV (Citry of Parkersburg), enumerated on A[r 7 1930 at 1114 Market Street:
      Roy Conaway, 42, manager of barber shop; wife Helen, 33; dau Charlotte, 4y 3m; boarder Chelsea Conaway, 40, single, stenographer for wholesale dry goods; boarder, Paul Elliott, 34, single, clerk in grocery store. All born in West Virginia except for Paul Elliott, born in Pennsylvania.
    Documents
    122300_RoyConaway_HelenEudoraMoore_MarriageRecord_2Aug1924.jpg
    122300_RoyConaway_HelenEudoraMoore_MarriageRecord_2Aug1924.jpg
    Family ID F52664  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Photos
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    122300_CONAWAY_Roy_1887-1933_Military_MtOlivetCem_Parkersburg_WoodCoWV.jpg

    Documents
    122300_CONAWAY_Roy_WW-One_DraftRegistration_4Jun1917_Parkersburg_WoodCoWV.jpg
    122300_CONAWAY_Roy_WW-One_DraftRegistration_4Jun1917_Parkersburg_WoodCoWV.jpg
    122300_CONAWAY_Roy_1887-1933_MilitaryHeadstoneApplication.jpg
    122300_CONAWAY_Roy_1887-1933_MilitaryHeadstoneApplication.jpg

  • Sources 
    1. [S1875] World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, National Archives and Records Administration, (Ancestry.com online database).

    2. [S2050] Wood County Marriage Records, Parkersburg, WV, http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=10258134&Type=Marriage.

    3. [S2624] Military Grave Marker.

    4. [S2669] U.S. Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1925-1963 [database on-line], (Ancestry.com, Office of Quartermaster General, and National Archives & Records Administration).

    5. [S2106] 1910 Census, Wood County, WV.

    6. [S2131] 1920 Census, Wood County, WV.

    7. [S2195] 1930 Census, Wood County, WV.

    8. [S934] Findagrave.com.