Doddridge County Roots

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Martha Ellen BLAND

Martha Ellen BLAND

Female 1909 - 1986  (76 years)

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  • Name Martha Ellen BLAND 
    Born 31 Aug 1909  Big Flint, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Female 
    Census 1920  McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1930  Salem, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1940  Big Flint, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence Big Flint, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Residence 1976  West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Died 30 May 1986  Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Buried Center Point Christian Church Cemetery, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Notes 
    • Adopted and reared by her mother's sister Cora Romine Allen Swartz and Richard E. Swartz. She took the Allen surname when Cora was married to her first husband Robert Allen. [1]
    Person ID I30855  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 4 May 2018 

    Father Clarence Todd BLAND,   b. 9 Jun 1871,   d. 22 Sep 1911, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 40 years) 
    Mother Margaret Carmenta "Maggie" ROMINE,   b. 9 Nov 1869, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Mar 1911, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 41 years) 
    Family ID F11911  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Father Robert Ellsworth ALLEN,   b. 16 Nov 1870, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Jul 1925, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 54 years) 
    Relationship Adopted 
    Mother Cora Alberta ROMINE,   b. 24 Apr 1876, Big Flint, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Oct 1958, Morgansville, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 82 years) 
    Relationship Adopted 
    Family ID F34245  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 George Augustus FLYNN,   b. 19 Feb 1909, Salem, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Mar 1966  (Age 57 years)  [5
    Married 30 Dec 1927  Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Children 
    +1. June Marie FLYNN,   b. 21 Jun 1928, Salem, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef May 1986  (Age 57 years)
     2. George Augustus FLYNN, Jr.,   b. 18 Nov 1929, Big Flint, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Jun 1976, Miami, Miami-Dade Co, FL Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 46 years)
    Family ID F34558  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Harold Paul "Sam" WILLIAMS,   b. 10 Mar 1920, Richwood, Nicholas Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Jan 2008  (Age 87 years)  [6, 7, 8, 9
    Married 19 Oct 1940  [6
    Family ID F11917  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
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  • Sources 
    1. [S14] Obituary.

    2. [S1654] Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV.

    3. [S1577] Obituary of sister.

    4. [S1681] Obituary - United Hospital Center.
      Husband's obituary incorrectly states her death date as May 31 1986. Her own obituary states that she died at 9:16 pm on Friday, May 30, 1986. That date did fall on a Friday.

    5. [S1583] Marriage record of daughter.

    6. [S692] Obituary of wife.

    7. [S1605] Obituary of wife's sister.

    8. [S215] The History of Doddridge County, West Virginia, (Taylor Publishing Co, 1979), p. 80.

    9. [S2157] Marriage record of wife's daughter.