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Walter Gray FOX

Walter Gray FOX

Male 1893 - 1968  (74 years)

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  • Name Walter Gray FOX 
    Born 23 Feb 1893  New Martinsville, Wetzel Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Gender Male 
    Census 1910  Salem, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation 1910  [3] 
    oil field worker 
    Residence 1915  Salem, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Occupation 1920  [4] 
    tool dresser 
    Census Jan 1920  Salem, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census Mar 1920  Eastland Co, TX Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1930  Salem, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation 1930  [5] 
    truck driver for groceries & produce 
    Residence 1931  Salem, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Census 1940  Bristol, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation wholesale dry goods & grocery  [7] 
    Residence Bristol, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Died 11 Jan 1968  Lumberport, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Buried IOOF Cemetery, Salem, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [7, 8] 
    Person ID I98926  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 21 Mar 2021 

    Father George Washington FUCHS,   b. 4 Jul 1865, Wetzel Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Sep 1950, Bloomington, McLean Co, IL Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 85 years) 
    Mother Dora May Leak MARTIN,   b. Jul 1869, Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Jul 1911, Salem, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 42 years) 
    Family ID F23515  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Eathel Mae FRUM,   b. 21 Mar 1894, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 May 1969, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 75 years) 
    Married 13 Nov 1915  Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Notes 
    • 1920 Census, Harrison Co, WV (Tenmile District, City of Salem), enumerated on Jan 10 1920:
      Walter Fox, 27, tool dresser; wife Eathel, 25; son Robert, 2. All born in West Virginia.

      Two months after their enumeration in Salem, this family was again enumerated in Texas.
      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 4 1930 at 60 Randolph Street:
      W. G. Fox, 37, truck driver for groceries & produce, value of home (owned) $6,000, no military service; wife Eathel, 36; son Robert, 12; dau Aldora, 9; dau Delberta, 5.

      1940 Census, Harrison Co, WV (Tenmile District), enumerated on May 18 1940 in the community of Bristol:
      Walter Fox, 47, truck driver for wholesale grocery; wife Ethel, 46; dau Aldora, 19, single; dau Delberta, 15; son Richard, 5; lodger Holbert Gilpin, 16. All born in West Virginia except Delberta, born in Texas.
    Children 
     1. Robert Waitman FOX,   b. 3 Apr 1917, Salem, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 May 2005, Jesup, Wayne Co, GA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 88 years)
     2. Aldora Rebecca FOX,   b. 27 Oct 1920, Desdemona, Eastland Co, TX Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Aug 1971, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 50 years)
     3. Delberta Maria FOX,   b. 6 Oct 1924, Bristol, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Apr 1962, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 37 years)
    +4. Richard Walter FOX,   b. 22 Jan 1935, Bristol, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Sep 2021, Clinton, Prince Georges Co, MD Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 86 years)
    Family ID F23481  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
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  • Sources 
    1. [S2743] Wetzel County Birth Records, New Martinsville, WV, http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=3431978&Type=Birth.

    2. [S1654] Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV.

    3. [S2113] 1910 Census, Harrison County, WV.

    4. [S2096] 1920 Census, Harrison County, WV.

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

    6. [S1862] Death record of brother.

    7. [S1853] Death Certificate, WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx), http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=1483246&Type=Death.

    8. [S934] Findagrave.com.