Virginia Olive Gutridge was born on June 5, 1925 in Granville Township, Ohio to William and Helen Courson Gutridge. She was the only known child born to the couple.
Virginia was raised in Newark, Ohio. Her mother passed away when she was 12. Her father remarried the next year.
Virginia worked for the local Owens Glass Factory. She married Carl Andrews on October 20, 1945 in Newark, Ohio. They divorced less than two years later and she kept working at the glass factory.
Virginia then married Vernon Smith on May 31, 1947 in Newark, Ohio. It is unknown if the couple had any children.
Virginia passed away on July 16, 2000 in Newark, Ohio. She was 81 years old. She is buried alongside her second husband in Rocky Fork Cemetery in Rocky Fork, Ohio.
Sources
"United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X44M-33L : accessed 14 July 2019), Virginia O Gutridge in household of William A Gutridge, Newark, Licking, Ohio, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 27, sheet 14B, line 98, family 403, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1829; FHL microfilm 2,341,563.
"United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KWFK-8QH : 14 March 2018), Virginia Gutridge in household of William A Gutridge, Newark Township, Licking, Ohio, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 45-52, sheet 3B, line 65, family 71, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 3099.
"Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K3L1-WSX : 8 December 2017), Carl E Andrews and Virginia Olive Gutridge, 20 Oct 1945; citing Marriage, Licking, Ohio, United States, , Franklin County Genealogical & Historical Society, Columbus; FHL microfilm.
"Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKNY-D426 : 8 December 2017), Carl E Andrews and Virginia Olive Gutridge, 20 Oct 1945; citing Marriage, Licking, Ohio, United States, Franklin County Genealogical & Historical Society, Columbus; FHL microfilm.
"Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K3L1-Q52 : 8 December 2017), Vernon A Smith and Virginia Olive Gutridge Andrews, 31 May 1947; citing Marriage, Licking, Ohio, United States, , Franklin County Genealogical & Historical Society, Columbus; FHL microfilm.
"Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKNY-D8C8 : 8 December 2017), Vernon A Smith and Virginia Olive Gutridge, 31 May 1947; citing Marriage, Licking, Ohio, United States, Franklin County Genealogical & Historical Society, Columbus; FHL microfilm.
"United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VM7C-PJ4 : 19 May 2014), Virginia O Smith, 16 Jul 2006; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
"Ohio Death Index, 1908-1932, 1938-1944, and 1958-2007," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VKR5-DWY : 8 December 2014), Virginia Olive Smith, 16 Jul 2006; from "Ohio, Deaths, 1908-1932, 1938-2007," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2010); citing vol. 35382, certificate number 55964, Ohio Historical Society, Columbus; Ohio Department of Health, State Vital Statistics Unit, Columbus.
Is Virginia your relative? Please don't go away! Login to collaborate or comment, or contact
the profile manager, or ask our community of genealogists a question.