Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: Wendell Douglas Brake    
                Born: Sep-12-1913          in Troy, Gilmer Co, WV  1,2,3
                Died: May-19-1999           2
             Resided:                      in Morgantown, Monongalia Co, WV  4,5
              Census: 1940                 in Morgantown, Monongalia Co, WV  
             Resided: 1935                 in Harrison Co, WV  
              Census: 1920                 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV  
          Occupation: 1940                 parts man in retail auto garage  6
              Father: Hugh Brake   (1885 - 1959) 
              Mother: Ada Lois Douglass   (1892 - 1999) 
                Wife: Frances E. Fortney   7  
                Born: Aug- 9-1915          in Lumberport, Harrison Co, WV  8
                Died: Aug-21-2003           8
              Buried:                      in Beverly Hills Memorial Park, Westover, Monongalia Co, WV  8
             Resided:                      in Westover, Monongalia Co, WV  8
              Census: 1940                 in Morgantown, Monongalia Co, WV  
             Resided: 1935                 in Harrison Co, WV  6
              Census: 1920, 1930            
              Father: Ralph Young Fortney   (1879 - 1959) 
              Mother: Marcelia Ellen Zinn   (1884 - 1973) 
           M Child 1: Douglas Y. Brake      
                Born: Feb-22-1937           2
                Died: Mar-23-2012           2
             Resided:                      in Morgantown, Monongalia Co, WV  5
              Census: 1940                 in Morgantown, Monongalia Co, WV  
                Wife: Living  
           M Child 2: Richard Brake      

Sources:
(1) West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 
(2) Social Security Death Index. 
(3) 1920 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Union District). 
(4) Social Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in West Virginia before 1951. 
(5) Obituary of mother. 
(6) 1940 Census, Monongalia County, WV. 
(7) Obituary of wife. 
(8) Obituary. 







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