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William Henry MCNEMAR

William Henry MCNEMAR

Male 1866 - 1931  (65 years)

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  • Name William Henry MCNEMAR 
    Born 16 Jun 1866  Coburns Creek (near Jarvisville), Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    • Birth date given in death record as Jun 16 1866. But age 24 in his Jan 1888 marriage record would put it in about 1863/64, and age 43 in the 1910 Census puts it in about 1867. But the 1900 Census shows it as Jun 1861, age 38. His whereabouts in the 1870 and 1880 Census is not known.
    Gender Male 
    Census 1900  Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation 1900  [3] 
    railroad worker 
    Census 1910  Coal District, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1920  Morgantown, Monongalia Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation 1920 
    laborer in tin mill 
    Census 1930  Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation laborer, Hope Gas Co.  [1] 
    Residence Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Died 14 Jul 1931  Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 4] 
    Buried Greenlawn Memorial Park (aka Masonic) Cemetery, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Person ID I32181  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 9 Jul 2018 

    Father John Wesley MCNEMAR,   b. CA 1835, Hardy Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother Hannah J. FREASURE,   b. CA 1843, Meigs Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Mar 1869, Coburns Fork (Jarvisville), Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 26 years) 
    Family ID F11071  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Clara V. MCCLUNG,   b. Mar 1872, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Jan 1952, Monongalia Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 79 years)  [5, 6, 7] 
    Married 11 Jan 1888  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Notes 
    • 1900 Census, Harrison Co, WV (Coal District, City of Clarksburg), enumerated on Jun 5 1900 at Baltimore Street:
      W. H. McNemar, 38, b. Jun 1861, railroad laborer, married 14 yrs; wife Clara V, 28, b. Mar 1872, married 14 yrs, mother of 6 children (all still living); son Charles R, 12, b. Sep 1887; son John W, 10, b. Jun 1889; dau Bessie M, 6, b. Apr 1894; son Laurence W, 5, b. May 1895; son Ray Mc, 3, b. Mar 1897; dau Kate W, 11 months, b. Jun 1899.

      1910 Census, Harrison Co, WV (Coal District), enumerated on Apr 19 1910:
      William H. McNemar, 43, married 25 yrs; wife Clara V., 39, mother of 12 children, all still living; son Charles R, 21; son John W, 18; dau Bessie M, 17; son Larance W, 14; son Ray M. (Ragul ?), 13; dau Kate W, 10; dau Eva V, 8; son Robert F, 6; dau Margriet, 4; son Billy, 3; son Carl, 1; son Chester, 6 months.

      1920 Census, Monongalia Co, WV (City of Morgantown), enumeration date not given:
      Henry McNemar, 47, laborer in tin mill; wife Clara, 47; son Frederic, 16; dau Clara, 13; son Henry, 9; sister-in-law Martha Harris, 41, marital status illegible.
      NOTE: We have found no other record of a son named Henry. It is likely that this is actually son Chester, born in 1909, who appeared with this family in 1910 and 1930.

      1930 Census, Harrison Co, WV (Coal District, City of Clarksburg), enumerated on Apr 15 1930:
      William McNemar, 67, no occupation; wife Clara V, 62; son Chester, 21, single, laborer in glass plant; dau Freda, 16.
    Children 
     1. Charles Roscoe "Roy" MCNEMAR,   b. 17 Sep 1889, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 May 1940, Wheeling, Ohio Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 50 years)
     2. John Wesley MCNEMAR,   b. 23 Jun 1890, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Jun 1981  (Age 90 years)
     3. Bessie Maude MCNEMAR,   b. Apr 1894, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
     4. Lawrence W. MCNEMAR,   b. May 1895
     5. Ray McKinley MCNEMAR,   b. 1 Mar 1897, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 May 1986  (Age 89 years)
     6. Katherine W. "Kate" MCNEMAR,   b. 2 Jun 1899,   d. Aug 1981  (Age 82 years)
    +7. Virginia Eva MCNEMAR,   b. 14 Jun 1902, West Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Jan 1940, Huntington, Cabell Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 37 years)
     8. Robert Frederick MCNEMAR,   b. 3 Jun 1903, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
     9. Margaret Marie MCNEMAR,   b. 2 May 1905, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Dec 1996, Sacramento Co, CA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 91 years)
     10. William MCNEMAR,   b. 5 Sep 1906, North View (Clarksburg), Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 31 Mar 1956, Waterville, Lucas Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 49 years)
     11. Carl MCNEMAR,   b. 21 Jun 1908, North View (Clarksburg), Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Oct 1912, North View (Clarksburg), Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 4 years)
    +12. Chester DeVon MCNEMAR,   b. 2 Sep 1909, North View (Clarksburg), Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
     13. Freda Elenor MCNEMAR,   b. 9 Feb 1915,   d. 24 Jan 1937, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 21 years)
    Documents
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    Family ID F14190  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
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  • Sources 
    1. [S1670] Harrison County Death Records, Clarksburg, WV.

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

    3. [S1980] 1900 Census, Harrison County, WV.

    4. [S1670] Harrison County Death Records, Clarksburg, WV, DR Bk 9, p. 123.
      Identified as William H. McNemar, b. Jul 13 1856 at Coburn Creek, d. Jul 14 1931 at 1012 13th St, Harrison Co, age 75y 0m 1d, son of John Wesley McNemar (b. Coleman's Creek) & Hannah Frazier. Surviving spouse: Clair McClung. Occupution: Laborer at Hope Gas Co. Buried at Greenlawn Cemetery. Informant: John McNemar, Clarksburg.

    5. [S1567] Marriage record of son.

    6. [S1620] Death record of husband.

    7. [S1590] Death record of daughter.

    8. [S1774] Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, (Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993)).
      Identified as William H. McNemer (sic), 24, b. Harrison Co, res. Doddridge Co; and Clara V. McClung, 16, of Doddridge Co. Married Jan 11 1888. (Note: Husband's stated age is about 3 years older than established in most census records and in his death record.)