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Emma Viola Keyser[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]

Female 1866 - 1952  (86 years)


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  • Name Emma Viola Keyser  [7, 8
    Birth 24 Feb 1866  Webster, Marshall, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [7, 8
    Gender Female 
    Residence 1870  Webster, Marshall, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [8
    • Residence Post Office: Beelers Station
    Residence 1880  Washington, Moundsville, Marshall, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    • Relation to Head: Daughter
    Residence 1900  Wheeling, Belmont, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [9
    Residence 1910  Wheeling, Belmont, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [10
    Residence 1920  Wheeling, Belmont, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [11
    Residence 1930  Wheeling, Belmont, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [12
    Residence 1935  Shepherdstown, Belmont, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location  [13
    Residence 1940  MT Pleasant, Mount Pleasant, Jefferson, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [13
    Death 11 Nov 1952  Barnesville, Belmont, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial Fairpoint, Belmont County, Ohio, United States of America Find all individuals with events at this location  [14
    Person ID I383  Parlett-Stancliff | Lucas
    Last Modified 3 Jul 2023 

    Father John Love Keyser,   b. 6 Jul 1842, Pease, Belmont, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Oct 1896, Wheeling, Belmont, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 54 years) 
    Mother Martha Mae Heaton,   b. 2 Feb 1845, Wood County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Mar 1897, Wheeling, Belmont, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 52 years) 
    Marriage 26 Jun 1865  Washington, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [15
    Family ID F584  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 George Coffield,   b. 17 Apr 1858, Marshall, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Apr 1930, Rush, Monroe, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 72 years) 
    Marriage 4 Aug 1883  Marshall, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 6
    Family ID F587  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 3 Jul 2023 

    Family 2 William E Gillespie,   b. 1866, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 October 1934, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 68 years) 
    Marriage 17 Sep 1891  Bellaire, Belmont, Ohio, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Children 
     1. Zelda Gillespie,   b. Oct 1895, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F586  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 3 Jul 2023 

  • Notes 
    • == Biography ==
      '''When Emma Viola Keyser was born on February 24, 1865, in Webster, West Virginia, her father, John, was 22, and her mother, Martha, was 20. She had one daughter. She died on November 11, 1952, in Barnesville, Ohio, at the age of 87, and was buried in Fairpoint, Ohio.''' From Ancestry bio.

      '''Emma was the eldest child of John and Martha Heaton Keyser.'''
      '''Her brother John Calvin died on February 26, 1882, in Oregon when Emma Viola was 17 years old. That same year, one month later, her sister Carrie Jane was born on March 28, 1882, in Marshall, WV.'''

      FROM FINDAGRAVE: Birth: '''Feb. 24, 1865 WV
      Death: Nov. 11, 1952 OH'''

      '''Daughter of John and ​Martha Keyser.'''
      '''William E. Gillespie and Emma V. Keyser Married on Sep 17, 1891 in Belmont, Ohio.'''
      '''The 1910 census revealed they had been married 18 years and had no children. She states this is her second marriage.'''

      ''' Family links: Parents: John Love Keyser (1842 - 1896) and Martha A Heaton Keyser (1845 - 1897)'''

      '''Spouse: William E Gillespie (1865 - 1934)'''
      ''' Siblings: Emma V Keyser Gillespie (1865 - 1952) Elmer Amos Keyser (1868 - 1926) Alva Grant Keyser (1872 - 1956)'''

      '''Burial: Unity Cemetery Fairpoint Belmont County OH
      Plot: Sec 5-6 Row 23 Plot 7
      Created by: Janice Oberlin Smarr
      Record added: Dec 06, 2010
      Find A Grave Memorial# 62615868'''


      == Sources ==
      Year: 1880; Census Place: Washington, Marshall, West Virginia; Roll: 1407; Family History Film: 1255407; Page: 155C; Enumeration District: 192
      Year: 1900; Census Place: Wheeling, Belmont, Ohio; Roll: 1242; Page: 3A; Enumeration District: 0032; FHL microfilm: 1241242
      Year: 1910; Census Place: Wheeling, Belmont, Ohio; Roll: T624_1157; Page: 18A; Enumeration District: 0054; FHL microfilm: 1375170Year: 1920; Census Place: Wheeling, Belmont, Ohio; Roll: T625_1350; Page: 8B; Enumeration District: 65; Image: 535
      Year: 1930; Census Place: Wheeling, Belmont, Ohio; Roll: 1752; Page: 13B; Enumeration District: 0063; Image: 68.0; FHL microfilm: 2341486
      Year: 1940; Census Place: Mount Pleasant, Jefferson, Ohio; Roll: T627_3090; Page: 26B; Enumeration District: 41-18

      Ohio, Marriages, 1803-1900
      Ohio, Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center Obituary Index, 1810s-2013

      U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1700s-Current

      West Virginia, Births Index, 1853-1969 (her birth)

      West Virginia, Compiled Marriage Records, 1863-1900 (to Coffield)

      West Virginia, Marriages Index, 1785-1971

  • Sources 
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    10. [S1848508763] Ancestry.com, 1910 United States Federal Census, (Ancestry.com Operations Inc), Year: 1910; Census Place: Wheeling, Belmont, Ohio; Roll: T624_1157; Page: 18A; Enumeration District: 0054; FHL microfilm: 1375170.

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