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Lulla Jane NORMAN

Lulla Jane NORMAN

Female 1903 - 1959  (55 years)

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  • Name Lulla Jane NORMAN  [1
    Born 9 Dec 1903  Grantsville, Calhoun Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 4, 5
    • Birthplace given in 1920 marriage record as Calhoun County, but in 1953 marriage record as Doddridge County. Obituary specifies Grantsville, Calhoun County. Basis for obituary identifying her mother as Dell, rather than Martha I. Webb as is documented in the records, is not clear.
    Gender Female 
    Census 1910  Center District, Calhoun Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1920  Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Census 1920, 1930, 1940  Central District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence New Milton, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3
    Residence 1953  St. Marys, Pleasants Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Died 12 Feb 1959  Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 5, 6
    Buried Ruley Cemetery, Arnolds Creek, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3
    Person ID I28948  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 7 Jul 2023 

    Father Francis Lemine NORMAN,   b. 29 May 1876, Woodsfield, Monroe Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Mar 1963, Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 86 years) 
    Mother Martha I. WEBB,   b. CA 1874, Calhoun Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef May 1919  (Age ~ 45 years) 
    Family ID F42957  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Okey RICHARDS,   b. 30 Jul 1890, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Feb 1952, Central Station, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 61 years) 
    Married 4 Jan 1920  Pullman, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    Notes 
    • Lulla Jane Norman was identified in her marriage record and obituary as Lulla Jane Norman, but in her daughter's death record as "Lavella," in her son's marriage record as "Lula Jane," in son's death record as "Lilly Jean," in the 1910 & 1920 Census as "Luella," and on her own headstone as "Lulu."

      1920 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Central District), enumerated on Jan 9 1920:
      Benjamin Richards, 69, farm laborer; wife Adella, 49; son Okey, 29, farm laborer; dau-in-law Luella, 17; dau Alice, 11.

      1930 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Central District), enumerated on Apr 19 1930:
      Okey Richards, 40, farm manager, age 29 at time of first marriage; wife Lulla J, 27, laundress (at home), age 16 at first marriage; dau Nellie B, 10; son Howard O, 8; son Chester F, 5; dau Margaret L, 2y 10m; son Herbert M, 1.

      1940 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Central District), enumerated on May 22 1940 at Central Station on Central Road:
      Okey Richards, 50, W.P.A. laborer; wife Luella, 38; son Howard O, 18; son Chester F, 15; dau Margaret L, 13; son Herbert M, 11; son Albert, 8; dau Geraldine, 6; dau Doris M, 4; son Russell F, 1.
    Children 
    +1. Nellie Blanche RICHARDS,   b. 29 Jul 1920, Greenwood, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Mar 2008, Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 87 years)
    +2. Okey Howard RICHARDS,   b. 6 Jan 1922, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Jul 1990  (Age 68 years)
     3. Lillian Alice RICHARDS,   b. 18 Aug 1923, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Jul 1928, Leeson Run (Greenwood), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 4 years)
     4. Chester F. RICHARDS,   b. 3 May 1925,   d. 10 Dec 1990  (Age 65 years)
     5. Margaret Lee RICHARDS,   b. 2 Jun 1927, Central District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    +6. Herbert Marion RICHARDS,   b. 24 Mar 1929, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Sep 1990  (Age 61 years)
     7. Albert RICHARDS,   b. 15 Apr 1932, Central District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 May 2001  (Age 69 years)
     8. Geraldine RICHARDS,   b. 14 Mar 1934, Greenwood, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Aug 1996  (Age 62 years)
     9. Dorothy May RICHARDS,   b. 7 Jan 1936, Greenwood, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Apr 2003, Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 67 years)
     10. Mary Ann RICHARDS,   b. 22 Dec 1937, Central Station, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Dec 1937, Central Station, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 0 years)
     11. Russell Franklin RICHARDS,   b. 7 Feb 1939, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
     12. Living
     13. (Infant daughter) RICHARDS,   b. 22 Apr 1945, Greenwood, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Apr 1945, Greenwood, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 0 years)
    Documents
    27757_OkeyRichards_LullaJaneNorman_MarriageRecord_4Jan1920.jpg
    27757_OkeyRichards_LullaJaneNorman_MarriageRecord_4Jan1920.jpg
    Family ID F11016  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Archie Theodore "Pete" JAMESON,   b. 12 Jul 1921, Pleasants Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Jul 1997  (Age 76 years) 
    Married 7 Aug 1953  Grantsville, Calhoun Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [8
    Documents
    27392_ArchieTheodoreJameson_LullaJaneNormanRichards_MarriageRecord_7Aug1953.jpg
    27392_ArchieTheodoreJameson_LullaJaneNormanRichards_MarriageRecord_7Aug1953.jpg
    Family ID F42913  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Photos
    28948_LuluJaneNorman_RuleyCemDoddridgeCoWV.jpg
    28948_LuluJaneNorman_RuleyCemDoddridgeCoWV.jpg

    Documents
    28948_JAMESON_LullaJaneNormanRichards_1903-1959_Obit.jpg
    28948_JAMESON_LullaJaneNormanRichards_1903-1959_Obit.jpg
    28948_JAMESON_LullaJaneNormanRichards_1903-1959_DeathCertificate.jpg
    28948_JAMESON_LullaJaneNormanRichards_1903-1959_DeathCertificate.jpg
    27757_OkeyRichards_LullaJaneNorman_MarriageRecord_4Jan1920.jpg
    27757_OkeyRichards_LullaJaneNorman_MarriageRecord_4Jan1920.jpg
    27392_ArchieTheodoreJameson_LullaJaneNormanRichards_MarriageRecord_7Aug1953.jpg
    27392_ArchieTheodoreJameson_LullaJaneNormanRichards_MarriageRecord_7Aug1953.jpg

  • Sources 
    1. [S1769] Ritchie County WV Marriages 1916-1945, (Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (Sep 1998)).

    2. [S14] Obituary.

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

    4. [S1821] Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV.

    5. [S638] Headstone (year only).

    6. [S1707] Obituary - Hospital.

    7. [S1821] Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV, MR p. 405 : www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11542825&Type=Marriage.
      Identified as Okey Richards, 29, b. Ritchie Co, res. Greenwood WVa RFD #1; and Lulla Jane Norman, 17, b. Calhoun Co, res. Pennsboro. Married Jan 4 1920 "at M.E. Parsonage, Pullman."

    8. [S1821] Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV, MR p. 391 : www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11546126&Type=Marriage.
      Identified as Archie Theodore Jameson, single, 33, b. Jul 12 1921 in Pleasants Co, res. St. Marys Rt 3, son of John W. Jameson & Maggie Shingleton; and Lulla Jane Richards, widowed, 49, b. Dec 9 1903 in Doddridge Co, res. St. Marys Rt 3, dau of George Norman & Bertha Norman. Married Aug 7 1953 in Grantsville (Calhoun Co, WV), officiated by minister Howard L. Underwood.