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Louella "Ella" DEMOSS

Louella "Ella" DEMOSS

Female 1894 - 1980  (85 years)


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  • Name Louella "Ella" DEMOSS
    Birth 23 May 1894  Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    • Birth date given in SSDI as May 25 1893, and headstone date is also 1893. But 1900 Census shows it as May 1894, age 6, with brother Frank born Apr 1893, age 7.
    Gender Female
    Census 1900  Walker District, Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1920  Cornwallis, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1930  Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1940  Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3] 
    Death May 1980  [1, 2] 
    Burial Mt. Harmony Masonic Cemetery, Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Person ID I56788  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 21 Nov 2018

    Father William DEMOSS,   b. Mar 1868
    Mother Joanna B. MORRISON,   b. Jul 1869
    Family ID F29341  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 James Jay "Jimmie" LAMBERT,   b. Apr 1895, Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Jul 1932, Spelter, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 37 years)
    Marriage CA 1910  [5] 
    Notes 
    • 1920 Census, Ritchie Co, WV (Cornwallis Precinct), enumerated in Jan 1920:
      James Lambert, 26, oil field worker; wife Lu Ella, 26; dau Margaret, 6; son Randol, 5; son James Jr, 2.

      1930 Census, Ritchie Co, WV (Clay District), enumerated on Apr 21 1930:
      James Lambert, 36, railroad worker, age 16 at time of first marriage; wife Louella, 36, age 16 at first marriage; dau Margret, 17, single; son Rondle N, 15; son James Jr, 13; dau Kathleen, 9.

      Widowed in July 1932, Louella remarried Frank Bunner in October 1932. They later divorced.

      1940 Census, Ritchie Co, WV (Clay District, Town of Pennsboro), enumerated on Apr 30 1940 "off Front Street":
      Luella Bunner, 43, married; son Gail L. Lambert, 8; dau Margaret Collins, 27, married, packer in marble factory.
    Children 
    >1. Marguerite Regiana LAMBERT,   b. 15 Sep 1913   d. Nov 1979 (Age 66 years)
    +2. Kathleen Isabella "Midge" LAMBERT,   b. 24 Dec 1920   d. 9 Nov 1990 (Age 69 years)
    +3. Gail Lelan LAMBERT,   b. 13 Nov 1931, Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Mar 2009, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 77 years)
    Family ID F23514  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Frank BUNNER,   b. 7 Jul 1905, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Jun 1993 (Age 87 years)
    Marriage 8 Oct 1932  St. Marys, Pleasants Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Divorce Y  [7]
    Documents
    62799_FrankBunner_LuellaDemossLambert_MarriageRecord_8Oct1932.jpg    		62799_FrankBunner_LuellaDemossLambert_MarriageRecord_8Oct1932.jpg
    Family ID F29337  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S15] Social Security Death Index.

    2. [S638] Headstone (year only).

    3. [S1620] Death record of husband.

    4. [S123] Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993, (McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995).

    5. [S2055] 1930 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Clay District).

    6. [S2279] Pleasants County Marriage Records, St. Marys, WV, MR p. 267.
      Identified as Frank Bunner, 29, b. & res. in Ritchie Co; and Luella Lambert, 39, b. Wood Co, res. Ritchie Co. Married Oct 8 1932 in St. Marys.

    7. [S1966] Record of husband's remarriage.