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Melvina A (Barker) Shimp (1872 - 1949)

Melvina A Shimp formerly Barker
Born in Harriettsville, Noble County, Ohio, USAmap
Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of — married 14 Aug 1894 in Noble County, Ohiomap
Descendants descendants
Died at age 76 in Liverpool, Roane County, West Virginia, USAmap
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Biography

"Simon and Melvina Barker Shimp were married in 1894 in Ohio but soon moved to a hillside farm near Liverpool, WV. Country life was difficult for the young couple. There was no electricity, running water, or natural gas available in the rural area. As their family grew to include three sons and a daughter, rooms were added to their two room home."[1]

Burial - Liverpool Cemetery, Sandyville, Jackson County, West Virginia.

1900 Census for Reedy, Roane Co., WV: S Shimp (33, b. 1867 WV), wife Min Shimp (28, b. Ohio 1872), C F Shimp (5), E Q Shimp (0). [2]

1910 Census for Reedy, Roane Co., WV: Simon Shimp (42, b. OH) and wife Vina A Shimp (37, b. OH) with children Columbus F (14), Everet O (10), Clary O (7), and Theodore L (4). [3]

1920 Census for Reedy, Roane Co., WV: Simeon Shimp (52, b. Ohio), wife Melvina Shimp (47, b. Ohio), children C Floyd (24), Oscar (19), Clara (17), and Lakin (13).

Census - 2 Apr 1930, Ravenswood, Jackson County, West Virginia, ED 6, pg, 1/22, visit 1.

Census - 2 Apr 1940, Ravenswood, Jackson County, West Virginia, ED 18-6. pg. 1/33, visit 7.

Death certificate gives father's name as John W. Barker. [4]

Sources

  1. From the Shimp Family Advised Fund, Parkersburg Area Community Foundation. http://www.pacfwv.com/content/shimp-family-advised-fund
  2. "United States Census, 1900," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M9ZD-HCZ : accessed 25 Aug 2014), E Q Shimp in household of S Shimp, Reedy district Reedy town, Roane, West Virginia, United States; citing sheet 17A, family 333, NARA microfilm publication T623, FHL microfilm 1241772.
  3. "United States Census, 1910," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MPFT-2P5 : accessed 25 Aug 2014), Everet O Shimp in household of Simon Shimp, Reedy, Roane, West Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 85, sheet 10A, family 146, NARA microfilm publication T624, FHL microfilm 1375709.
  4. certificate of death: http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=1398609&Type=Death

Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/205895876/melvina-a-shimp: accessed 14 November 2022), memorial page for Melvina A. Barker Shimp (16 Dec 1872–7 Nov 1949), Find a Grave Memorial ID 205895876, citing Liverpool Cemetery, Sandyville, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA; Maintained by Bonnie (contributor 46917571).





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