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Bedorah C. STARKEY

Bedorah C. STARKEY

Female 1887 - 1912  (24 years)

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  • Name Bedorah C. STARKEY 
    Born 1 Jul 1887  Wetzel Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    Gender Female 
    Census 1900  Grant District, Wetzel Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1908  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Census 1910  Magnolia District, Wetzel Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Died 18 Apr 1912  Central Station, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5] 
    Cause: consumption 
    Buried Archer Cemetery, Smithfield, Wetzel Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Person ID I134899  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 29 Aug 2022 

    Father Andrew Jackson STARKEY,   b. 15 Jun 1865, Wetzel Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Oct 1953, Shinnston, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 88 years) 
    Mother Martha Virginia PRUNTY,   b. 14 Jan 1868, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Mar 1939, Folsom, McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 71 years) 
    Family ID F45125  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family David Wesley WETZEL,   b. 25 Oct 1880, New Martinsville, Wetzel Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Feb 1945, St. Louis, MO Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 64 years) 
    Married 8 Jan 1908  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Notes 
    • 1910 Census, Wetzel County, WV (Magnolia District), enumerated on April 23, 1910:
      Wesley Wetzel, 38, laborer in steel mill, married 2 yrs; wife Bedora, 22, married 2 yrs, mother of 2 children (both still living); son Raymond, 1y 11m; dau Opal, 5 months. All born in West Virginia except Opal, born in Ohio.
    Children 
     1. Raymond WETZEL,   b. 2 May 1908, New Martinsville, Wetzel Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aug 1962  (Age 54 years)
     2. Opal B. WETZEL,   b. 30 Nov 1909, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Jan 1979, Ravenna, Portage Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 69 years)
    Documents
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    Family ID F59477  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
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  • Sources 
    1. [S2743] Wetzel County Birth Records, New Martinsville, WV, BR p. 82-b, 1 Jul 1887 : http://archive.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=2470803&Type=Birth.
      Identified as B. C. Starkey, white male [sic], born in Wetzel County, father A. J. Starkey, mother M. V. Starkery. Informant: A. J. Starkey, father.
      NOTE: The birth record is a typewritten ledger transcribed from the original handwritten records. It is not known if the child's mistaken gender was also in the original record or if it was an error in transcription. Regardless, the 1900 Census of the household of Andrew J. & Martha V. Starkey included daughter Bedorah C. Starkey, born July 1887.

    2. [S2291] 1900 Census, Wetzel County, WV.

    3. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, https://archive.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11794450&Type=Marriage.

    4. [S1563] Doddridge County Death Records, West Union, WV, DR p. 177, 18 Apr 1912 : https://archive.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=5045470&Type=Death.
      Identified as ___ Wetzel, white female, age (obscured), married, occupation farmer's wife, died 18 Apr 1912, cause of death consumption. Informant: A. J. Osborne, undertaker.

    5. [S14] Obituary.