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William Edward SPURR

William Edward SPURR

Male 1873 - 1944  (70 years)

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  • Name William Edward SPURR 
    Born 20 Sep 1873  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    Gender Male 
    Residence 1897  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Census 1900  West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • In household of his parents. Although his marital status was given as widowed, he was probably separated. His wife, May Hickman Jeffrey, who was not with him, did not die until February 1903, just a few months before his remarriage. She was identified in her death record as May Jeffrey Spurr, marital status married.
    Occupation 1900  [2] 
    coal miner 
    Census 1910  Central District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation 1910  [4] 
    farmer 
    Census 1920  West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation 1920  [5] 
    school janitor 
    Census 1940  Worthington, Marion Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation 1940  [6] 
    laborer at coal company 
    Died 24 Apr 1944  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Person ID I78465  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 23 Feb 2017 

    Father James W. SPURR,   b. Oct 1851, Virginia (now West Virginia) Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother Catherine E. "Kate" COWGILL,   b. 9 Feb 1851, Hampshire Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Dec 1913, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 62 years) 
    Family ID F29159  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 May S. HICKMAN,   b. 25 Dec 1853, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Feb 1903, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 49 years) 
    Married 19 May 1897  Weston, Lewis Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Children 
     1. Leonard SPURR,   b. CA 1899
    Family ID F33582  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Sarah Catherine "Sadie" WEEKLEY,   b. 31 Dec 1876, Pleasants Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1945  (Age 68 years) 
    Married 4 Jul 1903  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    Children 
     1. Earl R. SPURR,   b. CA 1903
     2. Alice Evelyn SPURR,   b. 6 Feb 1907, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Jun 1981  (Age 74 years)
     3. Guy E. SPURR,   b. 24 Jan 1909, Central Station, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F33585  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
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  • Sources 
    1. [S1875] World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, National Archives and Records Administration, (Ancestry.com online database).

    2. [S1998] 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District).

    3. [S1820] Lewis County Marriage Records, Weston, WV.

    4. [S2094] 1910 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Central District).

    5. [S2027] 1920 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District).

    6. [S2643] 1940 Census, Marion County, WV.

    7. [S2568] West Virginia Deaths Index, 1853-1973 [database on-line], (Ancestry.com).

    8. [S1820] Lewis County Marriage Records, Weston, WV, MR p. 186 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=10298712&Type=Marriage.
      Identified as William Edward Spurr, single, 28, b. & res. in Doddridge Co, son of J. W. & Kate Spurr; and Mrs. May Jeffrie, widow, 38, b. Doddridge Co, res. Lewis Co, dau of Frank Hickman & (blank). Married May 19 1897 in Weston. (Note: Based on other records, the ages of both parties appear to have been misstated to make him older, and her younger, than they actually were.)

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