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Martha J (Burks) Alvis (abt. 1839 - 1923)

Martha J Alvis [uncertain] formerly Burks
Born about in Rockbridge, Virginia, United Statesmap
Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of — married 28 Sep 1858 in Lynchburg, Virginia, United Statesmap
Descendants descendants
Died at about age 84 in Lynchburg, Campbell, Virginia, United Statesmap
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Profile last modified | Created 18 Jan 2011
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Biography

Martha was the daughter of Lindsay Burks.[1]

When Martha was about 19 she married John Thomas Alvis in about 1858 in Campbell Co VA.[2] The couple had 7 children: Richard E Alvis, James Alvis, Fanny Alvis, Charles Henry Alvis, Mary Alvis, Eldora Alvis and Erie Alvis.

Child Status: @C129@
Child Status: @C128@

Martha died in 1923.[1]

Research Notes

Notes from external profile

Note: @N1694@
@N1694@ NOTE
She could be Mollie J Alvis, 1900 Lynchburg VA, listed as mother-in-law of John Brown, dt Belle b Jun 1878, but she was listed as Dec 1858. Next door to Richard and Salome. Of 10 children, 5 were living.


Sources

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Virginia, Death Certificates, 1912-1987," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVR7-PLF7 : 16 August 2019), Martha J Alvis, 29 May 1923; from "Virginia, Marriage Records, 1700-1850," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2012); citing Lynchburg, Campbell, Virginia, United States, entry #, Virginia Department of Health, Richmond.
  2. "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M41F-M16 : 18 February 2021), Martha Alvis in entry for Jno T Alvis, 1860.
  • "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCPV-RKN : 15 January 2022), Martha Alvis in household of John Alvis, Forest, Bedford, Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm .

This person was created through the import of Alvis families 9a.ged on 18 January 2011.





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