Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: John Ames    
                Born:                      in Ireland  1
              Father:
              Mother:
                Wife: Ann McGuire   1  
                Born: 1820                 in Ireland  2
              Census: 1900                 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV  
          Immigrated: 1852                  2
              Father:
              Mother:
           F Child 1: Margaret Ames      
                Born: 1848                 in Ireland  3,4
                Died: Jan- 9-1924          in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV  3
              Buried:                      in Blockhouse Hill Cemetery (Catholic section), West Union, Doddridge Co, WV  5
             Resided:                      in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV  5
              Census: 1870                 in Grant District, Ritchie Co, WV  
             Husband: John O'Brien  b. Jan- 6-1841  d. Mar-11-1894  
           M Child 2: Peter Ames      
                Born: May-  -1867          in Doddridge Co, WV  2,6 (see note 1)
                Died: Nov-18-1938           7
              Buried:                      in Blockhouse Hill Cemetery (Catholic section), West Union, Doddridge Co, WV  8
              Census: 1910, 1920, 1930     in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV   (see note 2)
              Census: 1900                 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV  
             Resided: 1891                 in Ritchie Co, WV  6
          Occupation:                      railroader (retired)  3
          Occupation: 1910, 1920           railroad flagman  9
          Occupation: 1900                 railroad watchman  2
                Wife: Clara Jane McGonigal  b. Mar-  -1869  d. Dec-18-1941  
             Married: Aug- 9-1891          in Volcano, Wood Co, WV  6

Sources:
(1) Death record of son. 
(2) 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District) 
(3) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx) 
(4) 1870 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Grant Twp) 
(5) Obituary. 
(6) Wood County Marriage Records, Parkersburg, WV. 
(7) Headstone (year only) 
(8) West Union WV Cemeteries (Doddridge County), Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (July 1990) 
(9) 1910 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District). 

Event Notes
Note (1) Birth date given in 1900 Census as May 1867, while his death record states
May 31 1869.  But his headstone shows it as 1868.  Age 24 in his Aug 1891
marriage record conforms to the 1867 date.
Note (2) In 1930, location specified as Railroad Street.  Household consisted of
himself, his wife, and his wife's mother.







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