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Oliver "Ollie" GODFREY

Oliver "Ollie" GODFREY

Male 1888 - 1915  (26 years)

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  • Name Oliver "Ollie" GODFREY 
    Born 5 Jun 1888  Fayette Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    • Birth date given in 1900 Census as Jun 1889, but birth record shows it as Jun 5 1888.
    Gender Male 
    Census 1900  Crown Hill, Kanawha Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1907  Kanawha Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Census 1910  Washington District, Calhoun Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Died 1915  [2] 
    Buried East Akron Cemetery, Akron, Summit Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Person ID I77621  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 17 Aug 2023 

    Father Judson Francis GODFREY,   b. CA 1866,   d. 10 Feb 1937, East Bank, Kanawha Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 71 years) 
    Mother Bettie STONE,   b. CA 1866, Kanawha Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef Apr 1895  (Age ~ 29 years) 
    Family ID F33173  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Ethel F. VINCENT,   b. 10 Sep 1894, West Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Apr 1966, Akron, Summit Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 71 years) 
    Married 6 Jun 1907  Calhoun Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Notes 
    • 1900 Census, Kanawha Co, WV (Cabin Creek District, Crown Hill Precinct), enumerated on Jun 27 1900:
      Judson Godfrey, 39, b. Feb 1861 in W.Va, coal miner, married 5 yrs; wife Lizzie, 25, b. Oct 1874 in Kentucky, married 5 yrs, mother of 2 children (both still living); dau Frances, 4, b. Mar 1896 in W.Va; son Granvill (sic), 1, b. May 1899 in W.Va; son Olivr (sic), 10, b. Jun 1889 in W.Va; son Freddie, 9, b. Oct 1890 in W.Va.

      1910 Census, Calhoun Co, WV (Washington District), enumerated on Apr 25 1910:
      Ollie Godfrey, 22, farm laborer, married 3 yrs; wife Ethel, 17, married 3 yrs, mother of one child (still living); dau Frances O, 7 months.
    Children 
    +1. Opal Frances GODFREY,   b. 27 Aug 1909, Stinson, Calhoun Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Sep 1987, Barberton, Summit Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years)
    +2. Hallie J. GODFREY,   b. 4 Jun 1912, Rosedale, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Sep 2002  (Age 90 years)
    +3. Macel Adeline GODFREY,   b. 8 Apr 1915, Akron, Summit Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Aug 1985  (Age 70 years)
    Documents
    77621_OllieGodfrey_EthelVincent_MarriageRecord_6Jun1907.jpg    		77621_OllieGodfrey_EthelVincent_MarriageRecord_6Jun1907.jpg
    Family ID F33172  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
    77621_OllieGodfrey_EthelVincent_MarriageRecord_6Jun1907.jpg    		77621_OllieGodfrey_EthelVincent_MarriageRecord_6Jun1907.jpg

  • Sources 
    1. [S2565] Fayette County Birth Records, Fayetteville, WV, BR p. 184 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=2716059&Type=Birth.
      Identified as Oliver Godfrey, white male, b. Jun 5 1888 in Fayette County, son of Judson & Bettie Godfrey. Informant: Jud. Godfrey, father.

    2. [S638] Headstone (year only).

    3. [S1851] Calhoun County Marriage Records, Grantsville, WV.

    4. [S934] Findagrave.com.

    5. [S1851] Calhoun County Marriage Records, Grantsville, WV, MR p. 419 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=4210&Type=Marriage.
      Identified as Ollie Godfrey, 18, b. "not given," res. Kanawha Co, son of Judson Godfrey; and Ethel Vincent, 16, b. "not given," res. Calhoun Co, dau of "not given." Married Jun 6 1907 "at A. D. Adams."