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Melva Roxanna LAW

Melva Roxanna LAW[1]

Female 1907 - 1995  (88 years)

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  • Name Melva Roxanna LAW  [2] 
    Born 6 Feb 1907  Newberne, Gilmer Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 4, 5, 6] 
    Gender Female 
    Census 1910, 1930  DeKalb District, Gilmer Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • In 1930, with her husband, in household of her parents.
    Census 1940  Troy District, Gilmer Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Residence 1951, 1956  Weston, Lewis Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Residence 1957  Morgantown, Monongalia Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    Died 30 Mar 1995  Marietta, Washington Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5] 
    Person ID I13468  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 12 Mar 2017 

    Father Levi Morris LAW,   b. 19 Apr 1860, Ritchie Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Dec 1935, Coxs Mills, Gilmer Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 75 years) 
    Mother Iris Columbia WOODFORD,   b. 12 Nov 1865, Tanner, Gilmer Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Jan 1964, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 98 years) 
    Family ID F1777  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Lawrence R. COLLINS,   b. 21 Jun 1901,   d. Mar 1978  (Age 76 years)  [1] 
    Married 5 Nov 1925  Gilmer Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Children 
     1. Sadella Lavaughn COLLINS,   b. 30 Nov 1926, Coxs Mills, Gilmer Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 Nov 1926, Coxs Mills, Gilmer Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 0 years)
    Family ID F4810  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Homer Judson KNISLEY,   b. 7 Aug 1900, Gilmer Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Apr 1955, Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 54 years) 
    Married 22 Dec 1951  Middlebourne, Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [10] 
    Family ID F47568  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 3 Oral W. LANG,   b. 10 Apr 1905, Pickens, Randolph Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married 31 Mar 1956  Buckhannon, Upshur Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [11] 
    Family ID F47566  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
    112516_HomerJudsonKnisley_MelvaRoxannaLaw_MarriageRecord_22Dec1951.jpg    		112516_HomerJudsonKnisley_MelvaRoxannaLaw_MarriageRecord_22Dec1951.jpg
    112514_OralWLang_RoxannaLawKnisley_MarriageRecord_31Mar1956.jpg    		112514_OralWLang_RoxannaLawKnisley_MarriageRecord_31Mar1956.jpg

  • Sources 
    1. [S626] The Samuel Barr Family: A Genealogy List of the Various Descendants of This Family, Amos Beaty Sharps, (on file at West Virginia University Library; ca 1961).

    2. [S1739] Gilmer County WV Marriages 1845-1933, (Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (Jan 1989)).

    3. [S2569] West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], (Ancestry.com).

    4. [S2395] Ohio Death Records 1908-1932, 1938-2018 (database online), (Ancestry.com and Ohio Department of Health).

    5. [S15] Social Security Death Index.

    6. [S2103] 1910 Census, Gilmer County, WV.

    7. [S1924] Social Security Death Index.

    8. [S1820] Lewis County Marriage Records, Weston, WV.

    9. [S2201] City Directory.

    10. [S1820] Lewis County Marriage Records, Weston, WV, http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=10294959&Type=Marriage.
      Identified as Homer Judson Knisley, 52, b. Aug 7 1899 in Gilmer Co, res. Weston, son of Harvey & Ida (Bush) Knisley; and Melva Roxanna Law, 44, b. Feb 6 1907 in Gilmer Co, res. Weston, dau of Levi Morris & Iris C. (Woodford) Law. Married Dec 22 1951 in Middlebourne (Tyler County), W.Va., officiated by Rev. French Boone, a Minister of the Gospel.
      NOTE: Marital status not indicated. Bride's name was entered three times as Melva Roxanna Law, and once as M. Roxanna Law. Although the ceremony was held in Tyler County, the license was issued and the marriage recorded in Lewis County, residence of the bride.

    11. [S1820] Lewis County Marriage Records, Weston, WV, http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=10296238&Type=Marriage.
      Identified as Oral Lang, 50, b. Apr 10 1905 in Pickens, res. Morgantown, son of Okey & Rosa (Gregory) Lang; and Roxanna Knisely, 49, b. Feb 6 1903 in Gilmer Co, res. Weston, dau of (father blank) & Iris Law Knisely. Married Mar 31 1956 in Buckhannon, W.Va., officiated by Rev. French Boone, a Minister of the Gospel.
      NOTE: Marital status not indicated. Identification of wife's mother by the surname Knisely, same as the wife's name by a previous marriage, is an apparent administrative error. Although the ceremony was held in Upshur County, the license was issued and the marriage recorded in Lewis County, residence of the bride.