Cleveland
"Junior"
West
Jr
Born in Raccoon, Pike, Kentucky, United States
Ancestors 
Son of Cleveland West
and Cora (Goff) West
Brother of
Cora West [half], Perry West [half], Lilly (West) Wilson [half], Lacy (Carter) Smith [half], Gracie (West) Wilkins [half], Edith (Carter) West [half], Elzie (Carter) Coleman [half], Howard William West [half], Cora (West) Kinney, Rell West, Edna (West) Akers, James West, John West, [private sister (1930s - unknown)] and Herman Gene West
Husband of
Ethel M (Parker) DiPatre
— married
6 Feb 1943 in Pikeville, Pike, Kentucky, United States
Husband of
Mary Magdalene (Ratliff) West
— married
3 Apr 1957 in Lebanon County, Virginia, United States
Descendants 
Father of
Kermit West, Billy West, Barbara Jean (West) Landgraf, [private daughter (1950s - unknown)], Terry West, [private daughter (1960s - unknown)], [private son (1960s - unknown)] and [private daughter (1960s - unknown)]
Died
at age 77
in Raccoon, Pike, Kentucky, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 16 May 2022
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Biography
Cleveland West was born on 8 May 1927 in Raccoon, Pike, Kentucky, United States, son of Cleveland West (1885–1973) and Cora Goff (1896–1979).
Cleveland (15) and Ethel M Parker (15) were married on 6 Feb 1943 in Pikeville, Pike. Ethel was born on 1 Jan 1928 in Pike. She was the daughter of Berry Walter Parker and Polly Ann (Slone) Parker. Their children were:
- Kermit West (1943–1989)
- Billy West (1945–1981)
- Barbara Jean West (1948–2022)
Cleveland (29) and Mary Magdalene Ratliff (24) were married on 3 Apr 1957 in Lebanon County, Virginia, United States.[1] Magdalene was born on 10 Jan 1933 in Kimper, Pike County, Kentucky. She was the daughter of Floyd Ratliff and Flora Ellen (Layne) Ratliff.
Cleveland passed away on 6 Jan 2005 in Raccoon, aged 77. He is commemorated at Johnson Memorial Cemetery, Pikeville, Pike County, Kentucky.[2]
Sources
- ↑ Virginia, Marriage Certificates, 1936-1988," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVBB-CG2G : 20 February 2021), Junior West and Mary Magdalene Ratliff, 03 Apr 1957; from "Virginia, Marriage Records, 1700-1850," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2012); citing , Lebanon, Virginia, United States, certificate 10440, Virginia Department of Health, Richmond.
- ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/196698620/cleveland-west: accessed 28 September 2022), memorial page for Cleveland “Junior” West Jr. (8 May 1927–6 Jan 2005), Find a Grave Memorial ID 196698620, citing Johnson Memorial Cemetery, Pikeville, Pike County, Kentucky, USA; Maintained by Kentucky Hill Hunter (contributor 47428064) .
See also:
- Personal recollection of events witnessed by Terry West as remembered 16 May 2022.
- "Kentucky, Vital Record Indexes, 1911-1999," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKHJ-NDLT : 11 February 2018), Cleveland West, 1927; citing Birth, Pike, Kentucky, United States, Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives, Frankfort.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Cleveland by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Cleveland:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Cleveland by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Cleveland:
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50.00%
Terry West
:
MyHeritage DNA, GEDmatch JL9686960 [compare]
-
~1.56%
Kylee Howard :
23andMe, GEDmatch a044755 [compare]
+
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member okiegal63
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #b12822
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~1.56%
Janice Justice :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
~3.12%
Debbie (Hughey) Parsons :
23andMe, GEDmatch M447593 [compare], yourDNAportal DEB24a3df21
+
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A497254 [compare], Ancestry member Debrapolly
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T472748 [compare], FTDNA kit #B179257
+
MyHeritage DNA, GEDmatch H802165 [compare]
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Living DNA, GEDmatch QS1276355 [compare]
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~0.78%
~3.12%
Teresa (Hughey) Araiza :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T421007 [compare], FTDNA kit #740362
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~0.39%
~1.56%
Jay (Hughey) Hughey-Jarstfer :
23andMe, GEDmatch T256062 [compare], yourDNAportal JAY1a950b92
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