Bulah
Orlene
(Bula)
Godfrey
Born in Buckhannon, Upshur, West Virginia, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of Foster Snow Godfrey
and Lettie Mae (Yeager) Godfrey
Sister of
Wanda (Godfrey) Gay, Marlene (Godfrey) Caldwell, Hayward Closs Godfrey, Ava Pauline Godfrey, Robert Roscoe Godfrey, [private sister (1920s - 1990s)], [private brother (1930s - unknown)] and [private brother (1930s - unknown)]
Wife of
Harold Marvin Smarr
— married
1946 in Upshur, West Virginia
[children unknown]
Died
at about age 23
in Upshur, West Virginia, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 20 Mar 2017
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Biography
Bula Godfrey was born in Appalachia, in West Virginia.
She is the daughter of Foster Godfrey and Lettie Yeager.
Sources
"United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XMCX-BTX : accessed 18 April 2020), Bula O Godfrey in household of Foster S Godfrey, Salt Lick, Braxton, West Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 17, sheet 14B, line 32, family 243, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2527; FHL microfilm 2,342,261.
"West Virginia Marriages, 1780-1970," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FTYG-GH7 : 11 February 2018), Harold Marvin Smarr and Beulah Orlene Godfrey, 1946; citing Upshur, West Virginia, United States, , county clerks, West Virginia; FHL microfilm 816,679.
"West Virginia Deaths, 1804-1999," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NMH5-95B : 9 March 2018), Bulah Arlene Smarr, 14 Jul 1946; citing Upshur, West Virginia, County Records, 16208, county courthouses, West Virginia; FHL microfilm 1,983,938.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Bula by comparing test results with other carriers of her ancestors' mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Bula:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Bula by comparing test results with other carriers of her ancestors' mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Bula:
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~3.91%
~3.12%
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