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Clara Jane MCGONIGAL

Clara Jane MCGONIGAL

Female 1869 - 1941  (~ 72 years)

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  • Name Clara Jane MCGONIGAL 
    Born Mar 1869  Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    • Birth date on headstone is 1874. But 1900 Census shows it as Mar 1869, while death record states Sep 13 1870. Age 10 in the 1880 Census, enumerated in June, as does age 22 in her Aug 1891 marriage record, would conform to the 1869 date.
    Gender Female 
    Census 1880  Grant District, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1891  Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Census 1900  West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation 1910  [3] 
    grocery store merchant 
    Census 1910, 1920, 1930  West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1936  West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Died 18 Dec 1941  West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 6] 
    Buried Blockhouse Hill Cemetery (Catholic section), West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 7] 
    Person ID I88077  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 17 Nov 2017 

    Father William H. MCGONIGAL,   b. CA 1833, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. CA 1888, White Oak (near Pullman), Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 55 years) 
    Mother Lucinda DEEM,   b. 29 Jul 1847, Wood Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 Dec 1936, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 89 years) 
    Family ID F7826  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Peter AMES,   b. 31 May 1867, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Nov 1938  (Age 71 years) 
    Married 9 Aug 1891  Volcano, Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Notes 
    • 1900 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (West Union District), enumerated on Jun 7 1900:
      Peter Ames, 33, b. May 1867, railroad watchman, married 8 yrs; wife Clara C, 31, b. Mar 1869, married 8 yrs, mother of 4 children (3 still living); dau Annie A, 5, b. Nov 1894; dau Rosie, 3, b. Jun 1897; dau Mary, 8 months, b. 1899; mother Ann Ames, 80, b. 1820 in Ireland, immigrated 1852, widowed, mother of 9 children (7 still living).

      1910 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Town of West Union), enumerated on Apr 22 1910:
      Peter Ames, 48, flagman at B & O Railroad, married 18 yrs; wife Clara J, 40, grocery store merchant, married 18 yrs, mother of 6 children (5 still living); dau Anna A, 15; dau Rosa E, 13; dau Mary E, 10; son Willie E, 8; son John P, 4.

      Local news item, "West Union Herald," Thursday, Apr 6 1916, in its entirety:
      "G. E. Dreumen of Grafton, Superintendent of concrete and stonework for the Baltimore & Ohio R. R. Co., was here a short time Saturday; he will commence the repairing of No. 9 tunnel east of Ellenboro this week. Peter Ames, of our town, has a good position with him. The lodge will lose a good man when Petey leaves." [8]
    Children 
     1. Anna Alice AMES,   b. 5 Nov 1894, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Apr 1988, Pike Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 93 years)
     2. Rosa Ellen AMES,   b. 25 Sep 1896, Wallace, McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 Jun 1990  (Age 93 years)
     3. Mary E. AMES,   b. 17 Oct 1899, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 May 1998  (Age 98 years)
     4. William Edward AMES,   b. 6 Oct 1901, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Jun 1952, Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co, PA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 50 years)
     5. John P. "Johnnie" AMES,   b. 11 Jan 1906,   d. 26 Aug 1910  (Age 4 years)
    Family ID F37841  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 9 Aug 1891 - Volcano, Wood Co, WV Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1910, 1920, 1930 - West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1936 - West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 18 Dec 1941 - West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Blockhouse Hill Cemetery (Catholic section), West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S1998] 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District).

    2. [S2050] Wood County Marriage Records, Parkersburg, WV.

    3. [S2032] 1910 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District).

    4. [S1671] Death record of mother.

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

    6. [S638] Headstone (year only).

    7. [S1793] West Union WV Cemeteries (Doddridge County), (Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (July 1990)).

    8. [S1567] Marriage record of son.