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Christena POSTLEWAITE

Christena POSTLEWAITE

Female 1863 - 1930  (~ 67 years)

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  • Name Christena POSTLEWAITE 
    Born Jun 1863  Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    • Birth date given in death record as Jun 30 1867, but age in marriage record and in 1920 Census would put birth in about 1863, and 1900 Census states Jun 1863.
    Gender Female 
    Census 1870  Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1879  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Census 1900  Clay Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1910  Jackson Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1920  Braxton Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence Fairmont, Marion Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Died 13 Jul 1930  Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Buried Cedar Grove Cemetery, near Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Person ID I43635  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 8 Sep 2012 

    Father Isaac POSTLEWEIGHT,   b. 1815, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother Nancy ANDERSON,   b. CA 1831 
    Family ID F36375  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Joseph CRIHFIELD,   b. Oct 1848, Greene Co, PA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef May 1910  (Age ~ 61 years) 
    Married 9 Oct 1879  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Notes 
    • 1900 Census, Clay Co, WV (Henry District), enumerated on Jun 28 1900:
      Joseph Crihfield, 51, b. Oct 1848 in Pa, day laborer, married 21 yrs; wife Christina, 36, b. Jun 1863 in WVa, mother of 9 children (8 still living); son John J, 18, b. Mar 1882; son Joseph E, 16, b. Nov 1883; dau Cora, 13, b. Jul 1886; son Benjamin H, 12, b. Oct 1887; dau Mary O, 9, b. Mar 1891; dau Annie, 5, b. Dec 1894; son Clinton, 3, b. May 1897; unnamed dau, b. May 1900.

      1910 Census, Jackson Co, WV, enumerated on May 4 1910:
      Christie Crichfield, 46, widowed, no occupation, mother of 5 children (all still living); son Elijah, 25; son Bennie, 20; son Clinton, 16; dau Annie, 12; son Thomas, 8.
      (Note: Number of children is clearly incorrect. Ages of Clinton and Annie are reversed from those indicated in the 1900 and 1920 censuses.)

      1920 Census, Braxton Co, WV (Birch District), enumerated on Feb 4 1920:
      Christena Crihfield, 57, widowed; dau Ona Crihfield, 26, widowed; dau Anna Crihfield, 24, single; son Thomas Crihfield, 16; granddau Effie Harris, 11; grandson Ralph Parson, 9; grandson Russell Crihfield, 4 yr 10 mo; grandson Lee Crihfield, 2 yr 7 mo; dau Cora Parson, 30, single.
      The adjoining household was the family of Charley & Alice Dye, which included son-in-law Clinton Crihfield, 22, and dau Losie Crihfield, 22.
    Children 
     1. John J. CRIHFIELD,   b. Mar 1882
     2. Joseph Elijah CRIHFIELD,   b. Nov 1883
     3. Cora CRIHFIELD,   b. Jul 1886, Jackson Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
     4. Benjamin H. CRIHFIELD,   b. Oct 1887
     5. Mary O. CRIHFIELD,   b. Mar 1891
     6. Anna CRIHFIELD,   b. Dec 1894, Braxton Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
     7. Clinton CRIHFIELD,   b. May 1897
     8. (Daughter) CRITCHFIELD,   b. May 1900
     9. Thomas CRITCHFIELD,   b. CA 1904
    Family ID F17631  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsResidence - - Fairmont, Marion Co, WV Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 13 Jul 1930 - Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Cedar Grove Cemetery, near Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV Link to Google Earth
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  • Documents
    43635_CRIHFIELD_ChristinaPostlewaite_DeathCertificate_13Jul1930.jpg    		43635_CRIHFIELD_ChristinaPostlewaite_DeathCertificate_13Jul1930.jpg

  • Sources 
    1. [S2458] 1900 Census, Clay County, WV.

    2. [S1774] Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, (Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993)).

    3. [S1853] Death Certificate, WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx).

    4. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR p. 238.
      Identified as Joseph Crichfield [sic], single, 29, b. Greene Co PA, res. Doddridge Co, son of John & Sarah Crichfield; and Christena Postlewaite, single, 16, b. Ritchie Co, res. Doddridge Co, dau of Isaac & Nancy Postlewaite. Married Oct 9 1879 in Doddridge County. Ceremony performed by Eli M. Gaston.