Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: George D. Criss    
                Born: Oct-  -1848          in Marion Co, (W)VA  1,2
                Died: Dec-16-1918          in Harrison Co, WV  3
              Census: 1910                 in Coal District, Harrison Co, WV  
              Census: 1900                 in Lee District, Calhoun Co, WV  
             Resided: 1870                 in Calhoun Co, WV  2
              Father: Aaron W. Criss 
              Mother: Elizabeth Beach 
                Wife: Mary Jane Sourburn     
             Married: Aug-24-1870          in Calhoun Co, WV  2
                Born: Feb-19-1853           3
                Died: May-24-1933          in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV  3
              Buried:                      in Big Bend Cemetery, Calhoun Co, WV  3
              Census: 1920                 in Despard (Clarksburg), Harrison Co, WV  
              Census: 1910                 in Coal District, Harrison Co, WV  
              Census: 1900                 in Lee District, Calhoun Co, WV  
              Father:
              Mother:
           M Child 1: Bryan William Criss      
         Census name: William Criss 
                Born: Feb-18-1897           3,1,4 (see note 1)
                Died: Oct-26-1965          in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV  3
              Buried:                      in Pisgah Methodist Cemetery, DeKalb, Gilmer Co, WV  3,5
              Census: 1930                 in Salem, Harrison Co, WV  
             Resided: 1925                 in Wood Co, WV  6
             Resided: Sep 1922             in Beechwood Addition (Clarksburg), Harrison Co, WV  7
             Resided: Feb 1922             in Despard (Clarksburg), Harrison Co, WV  4
              Census: 1920                 in Despard (Clarksburg), Harrison Co, WV  
              Census: 1910                 in Coal District, Harrison Co, WV  
              Census: 1900                 in Lee District, Calhoun Co, WV  
          Occupation:                      photographer  3,8
          Occupation: 1920                 laborer in steel mill  9
                Wife: Katie R. Murray  b. Feb- 7-1903  d. Sep-23-1922  
             Married: Feb- 7-1922          in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV  10
                Wife: Lulu Stalnaker  b. ca 1900  
             Married: Sep- 8-1925          in Gilmer Co, WV  6

Sources:
(1) 1900 Census, Calhoun County, WV. 
(2) Calhoun County Marriage Records, Grantsville, WV. 
(3) West Virginia Deaths Index, 1853-1973 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 
(4) Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV. 
(5) Findagrave.com. 
(6) Gilmer County Marriage Records, Glenville, WV. 
(7) Death record of wife. 
(8) 1930 Census, Harrison County, WV. 
(9) 1920 Census, Harrison County, WV. 
(10) Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV, Identified as Bryan William Criss, 25, b. Wirt Co, res. Despard, son 
of George & Mary J. Criss; and Katie R. Murray, 19, b. & res. in Harrison Co, dau of R. T. & L. E. Murray.  Married Feb 
7 1922 in Clarksburg. 

Event Notes
Note (1) Birthplace given in 1922 marriage record as Wirt County, in 1925 marriage
record as Harrison County, and in death record as Calhoun County.







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