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Kay Hobert GILPIN

Kay Hobert GILPIN

Male 1897 - 1974  (77 years)

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  • Name Kay Hobert GILPIN 
    Born 10 Mar 1897  Buckhannon, Upshur Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4] 
    Gender Male 
    Occupation 1918  [1] 
    Reynolds Brothers, Salem WV 
    Residence 1918  Salem, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Census 1920  Eastland Co, TX Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation 1920  [5] 
    tool dresser for oil wells 
    Census 1930  Salem, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation 1930  [4] 
    oil driller 
    Occupation 1942  [2] 
    Diamond Alkali Co. 
    Residence Coudersport, Potter Co, PA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 6] 
    Died Nov 1974  [3] 
    Person ID I131256  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 21 Mar 2021 

    Family Lena Merle FRUM,   b. 8 Aug 1898, Salem, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Aug 1976, Marietta, Washington Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 77 years) 
    Notes 
    • 1920 Census, Eastland Co, Texas (Justice Precint #8), enumerated on Mar 1-2 1920:
      Walter Fox, 28, tool dresser for oil wells; wife Eathel, 26; son Robert, 2 yr 9 mo; second head of family Kay H. Gilpin, 23, tool dresser for oil wells; wife Lena, 21. All born in West Virginia.
      NOTE: The relationships of Kay & Lena Gilpin to the head of household should have been entered as brother-in-law and sister-in-law.

      1930 Census, Harrison Co, WV (Tenmile District, City of Salem), enumerated on Apr 9 1930 at 56 Bruce Street:
      Kay H. Gilpin, 33, oil driller, monthly rent $12, age 21 at time of first marriage; wife Lena, 31, age 19 at first marriage; son Hobert, 6; lodger James F. [sic] Frum, 20, single, no occupation. All born in West Virginia.
      NOTE: James Waitman Frum was Lena's brother.

      In the 1940 Census, Lena Gilpin, 41, single [sic], occupation cook,, was listed as one of several lodgers at the West Virginia Training School in St. Marys, Pleasants County. Husband Kay Gilpin's whereabouts in this census is not known. In 1942, his WW II draft registration shows both him and Lena in Coudersport, Pennsylvania.
    Family ID F57491  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 10 Mar 1897 - Buckhannon, Upshur Co, WV Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1918 - Salem, Harrison Co, WV Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1930 - Salem, Harrison Co, WV Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - - Coudersport, Potter Co, PA Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S1875] World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, National Archives and Records Administration, (Ancestry.com online database).

    2. [S2708] World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947 [database on-line], (Ancestry.com).

    3. [S15] Social Security Death Index.

    4. [S2039] 1930 Census, Harrison County, WV.

    5. [S1734] 1920 Census.

    6. [S1925] Social Security Death Index.