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Clara WALKER

Clara WALKER

Female 1835 - 1889  (54 years)

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  • Name Clara WALKER 
    Born 1835  England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Gender Female 
    Census 1860  Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1870  West Union, 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 
    Died 11 May 1889  Taylor Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Cause: pneumonia 
    Person ID I113063  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 6 Apr 2017 

    Father Samuel A. WALKER,   b. CA 1810, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother Rose Lee MCKERMAN,   b. CA 1804, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Feb 1874, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 70 years) 
    Family ID F47825  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 John MCMANUS,   d. Bef May 1858  [4] 
    Married 26 Jul 1851  Allegany Co, MD Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Family ID F47828  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Michael DONOHUE,   b. CA 1830, County Mayo, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Mar 1897, Parsons, Tucker Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 67 years) 
    Married 31 May 1858  Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Notes 
    • 1860 Census, Doddridge Co, Virginia (now West Virginia), enumerated on Jul 9 1860:
      S. A. Walker (male), 50, b. Ireland, physician; R. Walker (female), 56, b. Ireland; S. M. F. Walker (female), 18, b. England; Catherine Sullivan, 18, b. Ireland; Jack Sullivan, 12, b. Vermont; M. Donahoe (male), 30, b. Ireland, merchant, value of real estate $900, value of personal estate, $400; Clara Donahoe, 24, b. England; Baby Donahoe (male), 1, b. Virginia.

      1870 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (West Union Twp), enumerated on Jun 8 1870 in the borough of West Union:
      Michael Donohue, 39, b. Ireland, lumberman, value of real estate $3,500, value of personal estate $1,500; James, 11, b. Va; Edward, 8, b. Va; Mary, 5, b. WVa; John 2, b. WVa; Francis (male), 2 months, b. WVa, birth month March; Kate Sullivan, 26, b. Ireland, domestic servant.

      1880 Census, Taylor Co, WV (City of Grafton), enumerated on Jun 21 1880:
      Michael Donohue, 50, b. Ireland (both parents b. Ireland), lumber dealer; wife Clara, 45, b. England (both parents b. Ireland); son James, 21, b. Va, single, lumber dealer; son Edward, 19, b. Va, single, laborer; dau Mary, 15, b. WVa; son John, 12, b. WVa; son Francis, 10, b. WVa; dau Rose, 7, b. WVa; dau Clara A, 4, b. WVa; servant Catharine Sullivan, 35, b. Ireland (both parents b. Ireland), domestic servant; nephew Joseph Walker, 15, b. WVa (father b. England, mother b. Ireland); father-in-law Samuel A. Walker, 68, b. Ireland (both parents b. Ireland), widowed, physician.
      (NOTE: In this census, Jack Sullivan, who was enumerated with Catherine Sullivan in 1860, was listed as a prisoner in the city jail of Des Moines, Iowa. He was 32, single, b. Vermont, both parents b. Ireland, occupation painter.) [2]
    Children 
     1. James DONOHUE,   b. 11 Mar 1859, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Nov 1927, Grafton, Taylor Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 68 years)
     2. Edward DONOHUE,   b. CA 1862
     3. Mary DONOHUE,   b. CA 1865
     4. John DONOHUE,   b. CA 1868
     5. Frank Joseph DONOHUE,   b. 15 Mar 1870, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F47824  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S1890] 1860 Census, Doddridge County, (W)VA.

    2. [S1604] Death record of son.

    3. [S1716] Taylor County Death Records, Grafton, WV.

    4. [S1967] Record of wife's remarriage.

    5. [S1907] One World Tree, (www.ancestry.com).

    6. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR p. 122, Line 16 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11790605&Type=Marriage.
      Identified as Michael Donahue, single, 29, b. County Mayo Ireland, res. West Union, son of Jas. & Mary Donahue, occupation merchant; and Clara McManue, widow, 23, b. (blank), res. West Union, dau of S. A. & Rose Walker. Married May 31 1858 in Doddridge County, officiated by D.O.D. Brennen.