Ethel Gladys (Hicks) Spreaker (1907 - 1991)

Born 19 Dec 1907 in West Virginia

Ancestors

Died 20 Dec 1991 at age 84 in Cabell County, West Virginia

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Biography

In the 1910 census Ethel age 2, was living with her mother Nora Hicks Ethel in the home of her great-grandmother Martha Daniels in Ceredo, West Virginia ^[1]

She was living with her mother Nora (a widow) and brother McKinley and sister Nellie in the 1920 census for Cabell County, West Virginia.^[2]

Nora Hicks Head F 37 West Virginia

Mckinley Hicks Son M 18 West Virginia

Ethel Hicks Daughter F 12 West Virginia

Nellie Hicks Daughter F 8 West Virginia

She married first, Delbert Gibson, son of Alexander Gibson and Elizabeth Earls. He was born 14 Jan 1896 Wayne, West Virginia, died 25 Aug 1963 Cabell County, Huntington, West Virginia.

Ethel, her husband Delbert, several of their children and her mother Nora Hicks were residing at Huntington, West Virginia in 1930. Delbert was working as a laborer on the Steam Railroad.^[3]

The 1938 Huntington City Directory shows Delbert Gibson a repairman, and his wife Ethel G., resided at 1649 West Road in Ceredo, West Virginia. ^[4]

Their family resided on Washington Blvd in Huntington, Cabell County, West Virginia in 1940.^[5]

Delbert Gibson Head M 44 West Virginia

Ethel Gibson Wife F 33 West Virginia

Louise Gibson Daughter F 16 West Virginia

James Gibson Son M 14 West Virginia

Betty Gibson Daughter F 12 West Virginia

Delbert Gibson Son M 2 West Virginia

Mrs. Ethel Gladys Gibson, age 56, born Cabell County, West Virginia married on 6 May 1964 in Cabell County, West Virginia as her second husband Rev. Sheridan Spreaker, 63, born Wayne County, West Virginia and resident of Ceredo, West Virginia . ^[6]

Ethel G. Spreaker, age 84, died 20 December 1991 in Cabell County, West Virginia.^[7][8]

Children:

1) James Gibson

2) Delbert Gibson Jr

3) Frances Louise Gibson

4) Carolyn Gibson

5) Betty Gibson

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1910,"(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MPJ7-BTY), Nora Hicks in household of Martha Daniels, Ceredo, Wayne, West Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 186, sheet 2A, family 19, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1699; FHL microfilm 1,375,712.

   Martha Daniels Head F 88 West Virginia

   Nora Hicks Granddaughter F 28 West Virginia

   Venus Hicks Grandson M 9 West Virginia

   Ethel Hicks Granddaughter F 2 West Virginia

2. ↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MN2X-3MR : accessed 7 January 2017), Nora Hicks, Huntington Ward 1, Cabell, West Virginia, United States; citing ED 9, sheet 24A, line 11, family 500, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 1950; FHL microfilm 1,821,950.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XMCJ-DDV), Ethel Gibson in household of Delbert Gibson, Guyandotte District, City of Huntington, Cabell County, West Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 7, sheet 2B, line 62, family 30, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2528; FHL microfilm 2,342,262.

   Delbert Gibson Head M 34 West Virginia

   Ethel Gibson Wife F 22 West Virginia

   Frances L Gibson Daughter F 6 West Virginia

   James A Gibson Son M 4 West Virginia

   Betty Joy Gibson Daughter F 2 West Virginia

   Nora Hicks Mother-in-law F 49 West Virginia

4. ↑ Huntington, West Virginia, City Directory, 1938/ p 222. Ancestry.com. U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K7HR-51K), Ethel Gibson in household of Delbert Gibson, Ward 1, Huntington, Guyandotte Magisterial District, Huntington, Cabell County, West Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 6-12, sheet 7B, line 46, family 113, 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 4397.
6. ↑ West Virginia Archives & History. West Virginia Division of Culture and History. Cabell County West Virginia Marriages. [1]
7. ↑ "United States Social Security Death Index," (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J1SF-Q2D), Ethel G Spreacker, 20 Dec 1991; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
8. ↑ Obituary, The Herald Dispatch, Huntington, WV December 21, 1991