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Laura Mae MCKEOWN

Laura Mae MCKEOWN

Female 1869 - 1948  (79 years)

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  • Name Laura Mae MCKEOWN  [1] 
    Born 4 Jan 1869  Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 4] 
    Gender Female 
    Census 1870  Tenmile District, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1880  Union District, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Residence 1913  Smithton (now Smithburg), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Died 9 Jan 1948  Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Buried Freeman Cemetery, West Union, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Person ID I21148  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 3 Dec 2018 

    Father John S. MCKEOWN,   b. CA 1836, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Mar 1881, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 45 years) 
    Mother Adaline Emily Jane COTTRILL,   b. CA 1844, Harrison Co, VA (now Barbour Co, WV) Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Feb 1913  (Age ~ 69 years) 
    Family ID F5167  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Theodore Goff WALLER,   b. CA 1858, Taylor Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Feb 1940, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 82 years) 
    Married 19 May 1892  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Notes 
    • 1900 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Grant District), enumerated on Jun 25 1900:
      Goff T. Waller, 40, b. Jan 1860, farmer, married 8 yrs; wife Laura, 31, b. Jan 1869, mother of 2 children (1 still living); son Jessie J, 5, b. Oct 1894; mother-in-law Emla McKeowen, 52, b. Dec 1847, widowed, mother of 8 children (7 still living); sister-in-law Alice V. McKeowen, 27, b. Aug 1872, single; niece Oda B. McKeowen, 16, b. Jun 1883; nephew Delbert Blake, 8, b. Mar 1892.
      NOTE: Otia Blanche McKeown was a daughter of Edward A. Blake & Sarah Jane Faris. After Sarah's death, Edward married Laura (McKeown) Waller's sister Mary McKeown, and they had six children together, one of whom was Delbert Blake. Otia appears to have adopted her stepmother's surname, as reflected in this census, in her marriage record, and in her daughter's death record. [1, 6]
    Children 
     1. Jesse James "Casey" WALLER,   b. 7 Oct 1894,   d. 8 May 1958, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 63 years)
    Family ID F7809  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsResidence - - West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1913 - Smithton (now Smithburg), Doddridge Co, WV Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 9 Jan 1948 - Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV Link to Google Earth
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  • Documents
    21148_WALLER_LauraMaeMcKeown_1869-1948_DeathCertificate.jpg    		21148_WALLER_LauraMaeMcKeown_1869-1948_DeathCertificate.jpg
    1930 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District)    		1930 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District)

  • Sources 
    1. [S1620] Death record of husband.

    2. [S2093] 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Grant District).

    3. [S1774] Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, (Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993)).

    4. [S1853] Death Certificate, WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx).

    5. [S1774] Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, (Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993)).
      Identified as Theodore G. Waller, 30, b. Taylor Co, res. Doddridge Co; and Laura M. McKeown, 22, b. Harrison Co, res. Doddridge Co. Married May 19 1892. Groom's stated age would put birth year at about 1872, but age 71 given at 1930 Census would put birth year at about 1859, and his death record specifies birth date as Jan 16 1855, with age 85 at time of death in 1940.

    6. [S1570] Obituary of son.