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Marion Clyde SQUIRES

Marion Clyde SQUIRES

Male 1899 - 1954  (55 years)

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  • Name Marion Clyde SQUIRES 
    Born 11 Jan 1899  Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3
    Gender Male 
    Census 1900, 1910, 1920  Central District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1930  West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation 1930  [4
    roustabout for gas company 
    Residence 1939  Wolf Summit, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Census 1940  Wolf Summit, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation 1940  [6
    oiler for gas company 
    Census From 1950 to WATER ST  Salem, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation Hope Gas Company  [2
    Occupation 1950  [7
    engineer for natural gas company 
    Residence Kincheloe (Jane Lew), Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Died 21 Dec 1954  Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 8
    Buried Mt. Olive Baptist Cemetery, Patterson Rd, Salem (Doddridge Co), WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3
    Person ID I21262  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 29 Jun 2022 

    Father George Washington SQUIRES,   b. 11 Feb 1863, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Dec 1939, Weston, Lewis Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 76 years) 
    Mother Samantha Ellen "Mantie" FLEMING,   b. 11 Feb 1866,   d. 29 Jan 1933, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 66 years) 
    Family ID F5633  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Kate RAMSEY,   b. 4 May 1902, Central Station, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Jul 1957, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 55 years) 
    Married 13 Aug 1921  [9
    Divorced 1948  Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [10
    Notes 
    • 1930 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (West Union District), enumerated on Apr 5 1930 on Route 50:
      Marion Squires, 31, gas company roustabout, age 23 at time of first marriage; wife Kate, 27, age 19 at first marriage; dau Norma, 6; Myrle Squires, 38, b. WVa (father b. WVa, mother b. England), laundress for private families, single [sic]; Charles Layton, 20, b. WVa (father b. Belgium, mother b. WVa), single; Dorothy Howard, 9; William McCullough, 6; Mary McCullough, 4.
      NOTE: Relationships of everyone except for his wife and daughter were entered as "Relative." Myrle Squires is actually Marion's first cousin, daughter of Andrew Jackson Squires (b. WVa) & Jessie Booker Brown (b. England). According to her birth record, Dorothea Phyllis Howard was born in West Union on Jun 16 1920, daughter of Frank Howard and Myrle Squires. In the 1940 Census of West Union District, Myrle Squires was head of household, marital status single, with son William McCullough and daughters Dorothy Howard & Mary Louise McCullough. Charles Jackson Layton was a son of Lester Lee Layton and Myrle's sister Ellen Grace Squires.

      1940 Census, Harrison County, WV (Tenmile District), enumerated on May 16, 1940 in the community of Wolf Summit:
      Marion Squires, 41, oiler for gas company, 7 yrs education; wife Kate, 37, 1 yr high school; dau Norma, 6 [sic], 3 yrs high school. All born in West Virginia and residing in the same house in 1935.
      NOTE: Daughter Norma's age should have been entered as 16. [11]
    Children 
    +1. Norma Jean SQUIRES,   b. 5 Nov 1923, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Jul 2003  (Age 79 years)
    Family ID F7894  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Faye Neva HICKMAN,   b. 19 Aug 1919, Miletus (Salem), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Feb 1987, Fayette Co, KY Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 67 years) 
    Married 24 Jun 1949  Washington Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location  [12
    Documents
    21262_MarionClydeSquires_FayeNevaHickman_MarriageRecord_24Jun1949.jpg
    21262_MarionClydeSquires_FayeNevaHickman_MarriageRecord_24Jun1949.jpg
    Family ID F7895  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
    21262_SQUIRES_MarionClyde_1899-1954_DeathCertificate.jpg
    21262_SQUIRES_MarionClyde_1899-1954_DeathCertificate.jpg

  • Sources 
    1. [S1553] Doddridge County Birth Records, West Union, WV, BR Bk 3, p. 195.

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

    3. [S14] Obituary.

    4. [S2028] 1930 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District).

    5. [S643] Obituary of father.

    6. [S2638] 1940 Census, Harrison County, WV.

    7. [S288] 1950 Census, Harrison County, WV.

    8. [S1707] Obituary - Hospital.

    9. [S934] Findagrave.com.

    10. [S1966] Record of husband's remarriage.

    11. [S1583] Marriage record of daughter.

    12. [S157] Ohio Marriage Records, 1774-1993 [database on-line], (Ancestry.com).