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Catharine Virginia WHETZEL

Catharine Virginia WHETZEL

Female 1855 -

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  • Name Catharine Virginia WHETZEL 
    Born CA 1855  Marion Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    • Age 22 in her Dec 1876 marriage record puts birth in about 1854. But age 14 in the 1870 Census puts it in about 1856, while the 1900 Census shows it as Jan 1853.
    Gender Female 
    Census 1870  Sardis District, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1876  Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1880  Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1900, 1910  Sardis District, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I52505  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 18 May 2020 

    Father John J. WHETZEL,   b. CA 1818, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother Rebecca H. MAGEE,   b. CA 1823 
    Family ID F37421  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Edward Thompson GIFFORD,   b. 22 Mar 1851, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Jul 1924, Bridgeport, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 73 years) 
    Married 28 Dec 1876  Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Notes 
    • 1880 Census, Harrison County, WV (district not indicated), enumerated on Jun 25 1880:
      Edward Gifford, 29, farmer; wife Cathrine Va., 22, cannot write; son Charles S, 7; dau Mary B, 5; dau Emma A, 3; dau Mirtle Q, 1.

      When Edward Gifford remarried in February 1893, he gave his marital status as widowed. He was actually divorced.

      1900 Census, Harrison Co, WV (Sardis District), enumerated on Jun 8 1900:
      Catharine B. Gifford, 47, b. Jan 1853, divorced, mother of 6 children (all still living); dau Arthie L, 18, b. Mar 1882, single; dau Hattie R, 15, b. Jun 1884.

      1910 Census, Harrison Co, WV (Sardis District), enumerated on Apr 18 1910:
      Robert D. Fluharty, 38, farmer, married 15 yrs; wife Emmie A, 35, married 15 yrs, mother of 6 children (4 still living); dau Rilla C, 13; dau Tacie M, 7; dau Rubey V, 4; dau Evelyn L, 10 months; mother-in-law Catharine V. Wetzel, 53, widowed, mother of 6 children (4 still living).

      We have found no record of Catharine after this census.
    Children 
    +1. Emma GIFFORD,   b. 19 Dec 1876, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Jun 1912, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 35 years)
     2. Myrtle Q. GIFFORD,   b. Jan 1879, Rock Camp (Wallace), Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1956  (Age ~ 76 years)
    Family ID F55450  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S1987] 1870 Census, Harrison County, WV.

    2. [S1654] Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV, MR p. 113, Line 137 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=254905&Type=Marriage.

    3. [S1654] Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV, MR p. 113, Line 137 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=254905&Type=Marriage.
      Identified as Edward T. Gifford, widowed, farmer, age 25, b. & res. in Harrison Co, son of Quincy A. & Jane Gifford; and Catharine V. Whetzel, single, 22, b. Marion Co, res. Harrison Co dau of John J. & Rebecca Whetzel. Married Dec 28 1876 in Harrison County, officiated by William Edgell.