Doddridge County Roots

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Nancy J. BOOHER

Nancy J. BOOHER

Female 1900 -

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  • Name Nancy J. BOOHER 
    Born CA 1900  Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    • Age 21 in marriage record would put birth in about 1901, while age 10 in 1910 puts it in about 1900. She was not with the family in the 1900 Census.
    Gender Female 
    Census 1910  McElroy District, Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1920  McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1922  Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1930  Smithfield, Wetzel Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I77942  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 28 Jan 2022 

    Father Henry Ellsworth BOOHER,   b. 15 Jul 1866, McElroy District, Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Dec 1940, Middlebourne, Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 74 years) 
    Mother Winifred "Freda" LEASURE,   b. CA 1868, Monroe Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 1930  (Age ~ 61 years) 
    Family ID F26729  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family George Roscoe "Ross" SHIELDS,   b. Jun 1884, Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Jan 1969, Weston, Lewis Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 84 years)  [3
    Married 17 Jul 1922  Canton, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Divorced Y  [4
    Notes 
    • 1930 Census, Wetzel Co, WV (Grant District, Town of Smithfield), enumerated on Apr 9 1930:
      George R. Shields, 45, mail carrier (rural route), age 21 at time of first marriage; wife Nancy J, 35, age 27 at first marriage, cannot read/write; dau Zelma P, 24, single; son Robert R, 17; son Elisa W, 14; son Elizah E, 14; son Orval S, 7; dau Rachel L, 5; dau Alma R, 9 months. All born in West Virginia.

      1940 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (West Union District), enumerated on May 1-2 1940 on U.S. Route 50:
      G. R. Shields, 55, married, mail carrier; son Orval, 18, single.
      NOTE: Whereabout of George Roscoe "Ross" Shields's wife Nancy for this census is not known. However, their daughters Evelyn, Ethel and Alma were all enumerated in the household of Howard and Hazel (Sutton) Davis in Big Isaac, Greenbrier District of Doddridge County. The girls were listed as being orphans.
    Children 
     1. Orval Sylvester SHIELDS,   b. 10 Aug 1922, Canton, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Nov 1994  (Age 72 years)
     2. Evelyn G. SHIELDS,   b. CA 1924, West Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location
     3. Rachel Loraine SHIELDS,   b. 27 Jan 1926, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Jan 2008  (Age 81 years)
     4. Alma Ruth SHIELDS,   b. 21 Jun 1929, Wetzel Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Jun 2015  (Age 86 years)
    Documents
    77941_GeorgeRoscoeShields_NancyBooher_MarriageRecord_6Jan1906.jpg
    77941_GeorgeRoscoeShields_NancyBooher_MarriageRecord_6Jan1906.jpg
    Family ID F33351  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S2234] 1910 Census, Tyler County, WV.

    2. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, http://archive.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11796200&Type=Marriage.

    3. [S1599] Birth record of son.

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