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George Behrens VANVERTH

George Behrens VANVERTH

Male 1858 - 1945  (86 years)

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  • Name George Behrens VANVERTH 
    Born 3 Oct 1858  Wetzel Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    Gender Male 
    Census 1860  Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1870  Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1880  Grafton, Taylor Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation 1880 
    railroad worker 
    Residence 1884  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Census 1900  Cove District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1918  Axtell, Marshall Co, KS Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Died 1945  [3] 
    Buried St. Michaels Cemetery, Axtell, Marshall Co, KS Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Person ID I105651  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 27 Jan 2017 

    Father Henry VANVERTH,   b. 1824, Hanover, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1914  (Age 90 years) 
    Mother Mary Anna BEHRENS,   b. 15 Apr 1840, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Sep 1877, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 37 years) 
    Family ID F12349  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Mary Catherine SEVERIN,   b. 7 May 1858, Cumberland, Allegany Co, MD Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Apr 1946, Axtell, Marshall Co, KS Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 87 years) 
    Married 15 Apr 1884  St. Clara, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Notes 
    • 1900 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Cove District):
      George B. Vanverth, 40, b. Dec 1859 in WVa (father b. Germany, mother b. Md), married 16 yrs; wife Mary C, 42, b. May 1858 in Md (father b. Germany, mother b. Md), married 16 yrs, mother of 9 children (8 still living); dau Clara R, 11, b. Aug 1888; dau Carrie M, 9, b. Jun 1890; dau Ida E, 6, b. Jun 1893; dau Mary A, 4, b. Aug 1895; son Frank B, 2, b. Jul 1897; dau Cicelia A, 1, b. Mar 1899; stepdau Julia A. Wanstreet, 20, b. Oct 1879, single; stepson John W. Wanstreet, 18, b. Dec 1881, single.
    Children 
     1. Emma Agnes VANVERTH,   b. 8 Feb 1885, St. Clara, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 31 Aug 1886, St. Clara, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 1 years)
     2. Clara R. VANVERTH,   b. Aug 1888
     3. Carrie M. VANVERTH,   b. Jun 1890
     4. Ida E. VANVERTH,   b. Jun 1893
     5. Mary A. VANVERTH,   b. Aug 1895
     6. Francis Bernard VANVERTH,   b. 4 Jul 1896, St. Clara, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Jul 1990, Huron, Beadle Co, SD Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 94 years)
     7. Cecelia A. VANVERTH,   b. Mar 1899
    Family ID F44119  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S2743] Wetzel County Birth Records, New Martinsville, WV, http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=2476535&Type=Birth.

    2. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV.

    3. [S638] Headstone (year only).

    4. [S86] A Standard History of Kansas and Kansans (1918), William E. Connelly, (http://www.ksgenweb.org/archives/1918ks/biondx.html), http://www.ksgenweb.org/archives/1918ks/bios/severijp.html.

    5. [S934] Findagrave.com.

    6. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR p. 291 : www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11790507&Type=Marriage.
      Identified as George H. Vanverth, age 25 as of Dec 2 1883, b. Wetzel Co, res. Doddridge Co; and Mary C. Wanstreet, 25, b. & res. in Doddridge Co. Married Apr 15 1884 "at St. Clares Church, Santa Clara, Doddridge Co W.Va," officiated by Rev. John A. Reynolds, a Priest of the R. C. Church.
      (NOTE: George Vanverth's middle initial is shown in all census records as a B. His birth record shows his birth date as Oct 3 1858 in Wetzel County. Mary Severin Wanstreet's birthplace is known from census records and her previous marriage record to be Allegany Co, Maryland.)