Notes for: Lydia Jane Richards
1880 Census, Ritchie Co, WV (Clay Twp), enumerated on Jun 15 1880:
J. P. Woodside (male), 62, b. Pa. (both parents b. Pa.), single, farmer; nephew A. J. Ramsey, 22, b. Va. (both parents b. Va.), farmer, married; niece Lydia J, 22, b. WVa (father b. WVa, mother b. Pa.), can read, cannot write; Virginia Ramsey, 7 months, b. WVa (father b. Va, mother b. WVa), birth month October.
1900 Census, Ritchie Co, WV (Clay District), enumerated on Jun 9 1900:
Andrew J. Ramsay, 42, b. Mar 1858, farmer, married 21 yrs; wife Liddie J, 42, b. Jul 1857, can read, cannot write, married 21 yrs, mother of 9 children (8 stil living); son Wilber K, 17, b. Feb 1883; son Walter C, 15, b. Dec 1884; dau Cora M, 13, b. Dec 1886; son Clark A, 11, b. Nov 1888; dau Pearlie O, 6, b. Mar 1894; son Thomas E. J, 3, b. Sep 1896; dau Susan V. E, 20, b. Oct 1879, single. All born in West Virginia except Andrew, born in Virginia. All children except the two youngest were attending school.
NOTE: Daughter Susan, going by the name Jennie Ramsey, was also enumerated in the household of her sister & brother-in-law, Mary & Albert Parkhill, in Grafton, Taylor County.
1910 Census, Ritchie Co, WV (Clay District), enumerated on May 9 1910:
Andrew J. Ramsey, 53, farmer, married 31 yrs; wife Lyda J, 53, married 31 yrs, mother of 9 children (8 still living); son Wilbert K, 28, single, farm laborer on home farm; dau Pearl O, 14; son Thomas E, 10. All born in West Virginia except Andrew, born in Virginia.
1920 Census, Ritchie Co, WV (Clay District), enumerated on Mar 1 1920:
A. J. Ramsey, 62, b. Va, farmer; wife Lyda J, 63, b. WVa.
The next enumerated household was that of Wilber & Icy Ramsey and their son Woodrow.
1930 Census, Ritchie Co, WV (Clay District), enumerated on Apr 23 1930 at Bunnells Run:
Andrew J. Ramsey, 71, farmer; wife Lydia J, 72; son Thomas E. J, 30, farmer; dau-in-law Florence M, 28; granddau Ruth A, 8; grandson Allen E, 4; grandson Thomas E. J. Jr, 1. All born in West Virginia except Andrew, born in Virginia.
The next enumerated household was that of Wilbert K. & Icy Ramsey and their six children.
Following Lydia's death in November 1936, Andrew remained head of household with his son Thomas and his family.
1940 Census, Ritchie Co, WV (Clay District), enumerated on May 1 1940 at Bunnells Run:
Jack Ramsey, 82, widowed; son Thomas, 35, road construction worker, married; dau-in-law Florence, 33; granddau Ruth, 18; grandson Allen, 15; grandson Jack, 12; grandson Norbert, 10; granddau Rosa Lee, 8; granddau Helen, 6.