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Pearl Jane (Griffin) Doby (1894 - 1984)

Pearl Jane Doby formerly Griffin
Born in Forsyth County, North Carolina, USAmap
Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of — married 21 Aug 1914 in Dobson, Surry, North Carolinamap
Descendants descendants
Mother of , , , , , and
Died at age 89 in Lillington, Harnett County, North Carolina, USAmap
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Biography

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Pearl (Griffin) Doby was born in North Carolina.

Pearl Jane Griffin was born on 9 Sep 1894 in Forsyth County, North Carolina, to James Griffin and Mary Jane Wolff.[1]

On the 1900 Census, she was 5 years old and lived with her parents and siblings in Eldora Township, Surry County, NC.[2]

On the 1910 Census, she was 14 years old and lived with her parents and siblings in Old Richmond Township, Forsyth County, NC. She was able to read and write.[3]

She was married to Richard "Dick" Green Doby by the Justice of the Peace in Dobson Township, Surry County, NC.[4] They had 7 children: Mary Creola Doby[5], Martha Levera Doby[6], William Valmar Doby[7], George Voliney Doby[8], James Ordra Doby[9], Floyd Moultry Doby[10], and Lester Dewey Doby[11].

On the 1920 Census, she was 24 years old and lived with her husband and daughter in Dobson Township, Surry County, NC.[12]

On the 1930 Census, she was 33 years old and lived with her husband and children in Dobson Township, Surry County, NC.[13]

On the 1940 Census, she was 45 years old and lived with her husband and children in Jonesboro Township 3, Lee County, NC. She had completed the 7th grade in school.[14]

On the 1950 Census, she was 52 years old and lived with her husband and children in Carthage Township, Moore County, NC.

She passed away on 21 Apr 1984 in Lillington, Harnett County, NC, and was buried at Rocky Fork Christian Church Cemetery in Sanford, Lee County, NC.[1][15]

Sources

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "North Carolina Deaths, 1931-1994", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FG4Z-8XG : 29 September 2022), Pearl Jane Griffin Doby, 1984.
  2. ↑ "United States Census, 1900", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MS17-G73 : Fri Oct 06 05:23:27 UTC 2023), Entry for James Griffin and Mary Griffin, 1900.
  3. ↑ "United States Census, 1910", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:ML3D-Y5B : Wed Oct 04 11:09:10 UTC 2023), Entry for James Griffin and Lewis Griffin, 1910.
  4. ↑ "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 ", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q211-LNZ2 : Wed Oct 18 08:04:05 UTC 2023), Entry for R G Doby and W P Doby, 21 Aug 1914.
  5. ↑ "North Carolina Birth Index, 1800-2000," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VCQF-JDX : 8 December 2014), Richard G Doby in entry for Mary Creola Doby, 27 Jun 1915; from "North Carolina, Birth and Death Indexes, 1800-2000," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2005); citing vol. 1, p. 11, Surry, North Carolina, North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh.
  6. ↑ "North Carolina Deaths, 1906-1930," , FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F3XK-9Y2 : 20 February 2021), Richard Doby in entry for Martha Levera Doby, 11 Dec 1917; citing Dobson, Surry, North Carolina, reference fn 292 cn 254, State Department of Archives and History, Raleigh; FHL microfilm 1,892,192.
  7. ↑ "North Carolina Birth Index, 1800-2000," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VCQF-WLC : 8 December 2014), Richard Doby in entry for Wm Valmer Doby, 29 Jun 1922; from "North Carolina, Birth and Death Indexes, 1800-2000," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2005); citing vol. 8, p. 144, Surry, North Carolina, North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh.
  8. ↑ "North Carolina Birth Index, 1800-2000," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VCQF-WL1 : 8 December 2014), Richard G Doby in entry for George Valmer Doby, 24 Mar 1924; from "North Carolina, Birth and Death Indexes, 1800-2000," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2005); citing vol. 10, p. 446, Surry, North Carolina, North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh.
  9. ↑ "North Carolina Birth Index, 1800-2000," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VCQF-WGN : 8 December 2014), Richard J Doby in entry for James Ordra Doby, 13 Apr 1926; from "North Carolina, Birth and Death Indexes, 1800-2000," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2005); citing vol. 12, p. 67, Surry, North Carolina, North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh.
  10. ↑ "North Carolina Birth Index, 1800-2000," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VCQF-WGK : 8 December 2014), Richard M Doby in entry for Floyd M Doby, 05 Jul 1927; from "North Carolina, Birth and Death Indexes, 1800-2000," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2005); citing vol. 13, p. 105a, Surry, North Carolina, North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh.
  11. ↑ "North Carolina, Department of Archives and History, Index to Vital Records, 1800-2000", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP8V-LXHD : Fri Oct 27 04:36:11 UTC 2023), Entry for Lester Dewey Doby and Pearl Jane Doby, 1966.
  12. ↑ "United States Census, 1920", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZVF-D2G : Sun Dec 17 03:41:47 UTC 2023), Entry for Richard G Doby and Pear J Doby, 1920.
  13. ↑ "United States Census, 1930", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X37H-XCH : Wed Oct 04 17:38:11 UTC 2023), Entry for Richard Doby and Pearl Doby, 1930.
  14. ↑ "United States Census, 1940", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KWS2-VBJ : Tue Nov 28 10:38:47 UTC 2023), Entry for Richard Doby and Pearl Doby, 1940.
  15. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #54564635




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