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George Orda GREATHOUSE

George Orda GREATHOUSE

Male 1885 - 1957  (72 years)

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  • Name George Orda GREATHOUSE 
    Born 31 Aug 1885  Grove, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4] 
    • Birth date given in WW II Draft Registration as Aug 31 1884, but death record states Aug 31 1885. Death date on headstone is 1958, but death record shows it as Nov 23 1957.
    Gender Male 
    Census 1910  New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1912  Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Census 1920  Coal District, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1930  Salem, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation engineer, Grasselli Chemical Co.  [1] 
    Residence Industrial, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Died 23 Nov 1957  Industrial, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 5] 
    Buried Wilbur Cemetery, Wilbur, Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 6] 
    Notes 
    • 1910 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (New Milton District), enumerated on Apr 30 1910:
      Io Dicks, 31, farmer, married 2 yrs; wife Elizabeth A, 32, mother of 2 children (none still living); brother Philmore, 22, single; sister Fay, 14; boarder Orda Greathouse, 26, farm laborer, single.

      1920 Census, Harrison Co, WV (Coal District), enumerated on Jan 16 1920:
      Orda Greathouse, 34, steam engineer at ice plant; wife Sarah, 28; dau Kathleen, 6; dau Irene, 3 yr 3 mo; dau Pauline, 1 yr 1 mo; father James, 75, widowed.

      1930 Census, Harrison Co, WV (Tenmile District, City of Salem), enumerated on Apr 11 1930 at 202 Liberty Street:
      Orda G. Greathouse, 44, plumber, age 26 at time of first marriage; wife Sarah, 39, age 21 at first marriage; dau Katherine, 16; dau Irene, 14; dau Pauline, 11; son Filmore, 8.
    Person ID I51991  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 19 Feb 2012 

    Father James A. GREATHOUSE,   b. Sep 1845, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Apr 1925, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 79 years) 
    Mother Susan E. DICKS,   b. CA 1852, Barbour Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 1900  (Age ~ 47 years) 
    Family ID F17915  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Sarah WISE,   b. 10 Mar 1891, Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Sep 1968, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 77 years)  [7] 
    Married 8 Jun 1912  Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [8, 9] 
    Children 
     1. Kathleen H. GREATHOUSE,   b. CA 1912, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Jun 1996, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 84 years)
     2. Irene GREATHOUSE,   b. 14 May 1916, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Mar 1996, Big Battle (Salem), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 79 years)
     3. Pauline GREATHOUSE,   b. 3 Oct 1917, Hepzibah, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef Dec 1983  (Age 66 years)
     4. Fillmore GREATHOUSE,   b. 4 Dec 1921, Hepzibah, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Dec 1983, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 62 years)
    Family ID F21449  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 31 Aug 1885 - Grove, Doddridge Co, WV Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1912 - Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 8 Jun 1912 - Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Wilbur Cemetery, Wilbur, Tyler Co, WV Link to Google Earth
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  • Documents
    51991_GREATHOUSE_GeorgeO_1895-1957_DeathCertificate.jpg    		51991_GREATHOUSE_GeorgeO_1895-1957_DeathCertificate.jpg
    51991_GREATHOUSE_GeorgeO_WW2_DraftRegistration_27Apr1942.jpg    		51991_GREATHOUSE_GeorgeO_WW2_DraftRegistration_27Apr1942.jpg
    51991_LloydEGreathouse_SarahWise_MarriageRecord_8Jun1912.jpg    		51991_LloydEGreathouse_SarahWise_MarriageRecord_8Jun1912.jpg

  • Sources 
    1. [S14] Obituary.

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

    3. [S2045] 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Cove District).

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

    5. [S1752] Obituary - At home.

    6. [S2336] Tyler County West Virginia Cemeteries (website), Gary Patterson, (http://myplace.frontier.com/~garyepatterson/cemidx.htm).

    7. [S1567] Marriage record of son.

    8. [S1654] Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV, MR p. 292 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=24819&Type=Marriage.
      Identified as Lloyd E. Greathouse, 26, b. Doddridge Co, res. Clarksburg, son of James & Susan Greathouse; and Sarah Wise, 21, b. Tyler Co, res. Harrison Co, dau of Levi Wise & (blank). Married Jun 8 1912 at the M.P. Parsonage in Clarksburg. Informant for marriage license: Lloyd E. Greathouse. (Note: Basis for husband George Orda Greathouse being identified as Lloyd E. Greathouse is not known. The 1957 obituary of George O. Greathouse, son of James A. & Susan Dix [sic] Greathouse, states "On June 8, 1912, he married Sarah Wise, who survives." No other reference to Lloyd E. Greathouse has been found.)

    9. [S110] Obituary of husband.