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Rosetta BATES

Rosetta BATES

Female 1867 - 1933  (~ 66 years)

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  • Name Rosetta BATES 
    Born May 1867  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    • Age 26 at time of 1898 marriage would put birth date at about 1872. But death record states birth date as Jul 20 1867, age 65y 11m 21d, which actually calculates to a date about 3 weeks earlier. Birth date given in 1900 Census as May 1867, age 33.
    Gender Female 
    Census 1870, 1880, 1900  McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1910  Sardis District, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1915  Wallace, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Census 1920  Wallace, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Died 21 Jun 1933  Winfield District, Marion 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  [5] 
    Person ID I71170  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 12 Dec 2017 

    Father John Jackson BATES,   b. CA 1834,   d. 24 Oct 1897, Lyon, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 63 years) 
    Mother Ruth Mary CAVALIER,   b. CA 1829,   d. 1 Sep 1898  (Age ~ 69 years) 
    Family ID F30189  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Granville BAKER,   b. CA 1862, Tyler Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef Jun 1900  (Age ~ 38 years)  [6, 7] 
    Children 
     1. Granville Harrison BAKER,   b. 10 Apr 1892, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Jun 1933, Farmington, Marion Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 41 years)
    Family ID F30190  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Samuel Preston SWIGER,   b. CA 1849, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef Feb 1915  (Age ~ 66 years) 
    Married 6 Sep 1898  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Notes 
    • 1900 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (McClellan District), enumerated on Jun 18 1900:
      Samuel P. Swiger, 51, b. Aug 1848, married 1 yr; wife Rosetta, 33, b. May 1867, mother of one child (still living); stepson Granville H. Baker, 7, b. Apr 1893.

      1910 Census, Harrison Co, WV (Sardis District), enumerated on May 5 1910 at Shinnston & Middlebourne Turnpike:
      Rosetta Swiger, 33, widowed; son Harrison H, 15, railroad section hand; dau Dorothy M, 7.
    Children 
     1. Dorothy Mae SWIGER,   b. 30 Nov 1903, Center Point, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Sep 1993  (Age 89 years)
    Documents
    48481_SamuelPrestonSwiger_RosettaBates_MarriageRecord_6Sep1898.jpg    		48481_SamuelPrestonSwiger_RosettaBates_MarriageRecord_6Sep1898.jpg
    Family ID F30187  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 3 Laco B. LYONS,   b. 7 Dec 1894, Randolph Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married 20 Feb 1915  Wallace, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Notes 
    • 1920 Census, Harrison Co, WV (Sardis District), enumerated on Feb 12 1920 at Wallace:
      Laco Lyons, 25, railroad worker; wife Rosetta, 56; companion Dortha Swiger, 17, single.

      1930 Census, Kanawha Co, WV (City of Charleston), enumerated on Apr 5 1930:
      John D. Means, 38, mold maker at bottle works, age 35 at time of first marriage; wife Dortha M, 26, age 16 at first marriage; son Nathan E, 8y 7m; mother-in-law Rosetta Swiger, 61, widowed.
    Documents
    117868_LacoBLyons_RosettaBatesBakerSwiger_MarriageRecord_20Feb1915.jpg    		117868_LacoBLyons_RosettaBatesBakerSwiger_MarriageRecord_20Feb1915.jpg
    Family ID F50340  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S2010] 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (McClellan District).

    2. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV.

    3. [S1654] Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV, http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=26351&Type=Marriage.

    4. [S1832] Marion County Death Records, Fairmont, WV, DR p. 276.
      Identified as Rosetta B. Swiger, white female, widowed, born July 20 (?) 1867, dau of John Bates; died June 21 1933 in Winfield District, age 65y 11m 21d, cause of death diabetes milletus, burial at Center Point.

    5. [S1832] Marion County Death Records, Fairmont, WV.

    6. [S1567] Marriage record of son.

    7. [S1604] Death record of son.

    8. [S1654] Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV, http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=26351&Type=Marriage.
      Identified as Laco B. Lyons, single, 21, b. Randolph Co, res. Wallace, son of Thomas Howdyshell & Mary Buckey; and Rosetta Swiger, widowed, 35, b. Doddridge Co, res. Harrison Co. Married Feb 20 1915 "at Bride's Home in Wallace," officiated by Rev. Wm. A. Bainbridge. Informant for marriage license: G. H. Baker.