Carmel Genevieve (Cordray) Prunty (1900 - 1982)

Born 16 Jul 1900 in Marion, West Virginia, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Marshall Erlo Prunty — married 23 Nov 1923 in Fairmont, Marion, West Virginia, United States

Died Jan 1982 at age 81 in Lexington, Fayette, Kentucky, United States

Biography

Daughter of Charles Isaac Cordray and Mary Alice Lynch.^[1]

1910 Census: Cordray, Charley I. Head M W 37 married once, 10 years ago, b. WV, as were parents. Driller, Oil Well.

• Cordray, Alice Wife F W 37 married once, ten years ago, mother of 3, 3 now living. B. WV, as were parents.
• Cordray, Genevieve Daughter F W 9 single b. WV, as were parents
• Cordray, Bernardine Son M W 8 single b. WV, as were parents
• Cordray, Louise Daughter F W 2 single b. WV, as were parents^[2]

1920 Census: Charley Cordray age 46 b WV; Alice Cordray age 46 b WV; Genevieve Cordray age 19 b WV; Bernard Cordray age 17 b WV; Louise Cordray dau age 11 b WV; William Cordray age 8 b WV. ^[3]

Married Marshall Erlo Prunty in 1923.^[4]

Daughter Genevieve Prunty was born 7 Mar 1924 in Fairmont, WV; died 25 Mar 1924 in Cincinnati, Ohio. Buried in Oak Hill Cemetery. ^[5]

Son Marshall Erlo Prunty, Jr. was born in Kay County, Oklahoma in 1925.

Son James Marshall Prunty was born in Fairmont, West Virginia in 1932.

Genevieve Prunty resided in Jenkins, Kentucky in 1952 when she applied for a delayed birth certificate.

She died in Lexington, Kentucky. Find a Grave has her birthplace as Ritchie County, WV which is wrong.

Funeral at Christ the King Catholic Church. ^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ "West Virginia Births, 1853-1930," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X5RM-SPJ : 7 December 2018), Carmel Genevive Cordray, 16 Jul 1900; citing Marion, West Virginia, United States, county courthouses, West Virginia; FHL microfilm 1,992,643. http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view2.aspx?FilmNumber=004017252&ImageNumber=2976
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MPN1-CMG : accessed 5 July 2019), Alice Cordray in household of Charley I Cordray, Fairmont Ward 1, Marion, West Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 58, sheet 8B, family 168, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1687; FHL microfilm 1,375,700.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNL4-J6H : accessed 5 July 2019), Bernard Cordray in household of Charley Cordray, Fairmont Ward 1, Marion, West Virginia, United States; citing ED 17, sheet 19B, line 69, family 454, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 1961; FHL microfilm 1,821,961.
4. ↑ "West Virginia Marriages, 1780-1970," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FYHX-3PP : 11 February 2018), Marshall E Prunty and C Genevieve Cordray, 1923; citing Marion, West Virginia, United States, , county clerks, West Virginia; FHL microfilm 835,637. http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view2.aspx?FilmNumber=835637&ImageNumber=313
5. ↑ "Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XD12-QX1 : 8 March 2018), Carmel Cordray in entry for Genevieve Prunty, 25 Mar 1924; citing Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio, reference fn 15808; FHL microfilm 1,992,493.
6. ↑ "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVLG-S753 : 4 March 2017), Genevieve Carmel Cordray Prunty, 1982; Burial, Ermine, Letcher, Kentucky, United States of America, Green Acres Cemetery; citing record ID 102060364, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/102060364