FREDERICK WINFRED ROBERTS [Parents] 1, 2, 3, 4 was born on 26 Oct 1918 in Wellsburg, Brooke Co., WV. He died on 13 Feb 1982 in Huntington Beach, Orange Co., CA. He was buried on 20 Feb 1982 in Good Shepherd Cemetery, Huntington Beach, CA. He married LEE LUELLA EDYTHE MILLER in Jan 1950 in Grand Rapids, Kent Co., MI. FREDERICK was employed as a farmer, race car driver, mechanic, tool-and-dye machinist for Lear-Sigler & inspector for Librascope, a div. of NASA 1936 - 1976 in PA, MI, CA respectively. He resided 1971 - 1982 in 20561 Egret Lane, Huntington Beach, CA. He was hospitalized Huntington Intercommunity Hospital 11 Feb 1982 - 13 Feb 1982 in Huntington Beach, Orange Co., CA.
DIRECT ANCESTRY:
MERRIFIELD
4th great-grandson of Samuel Merrifield I & Mary M.
3rd great-grandson of Richard Merrifield & Phoebe Tucker
2nd great-grandson of John Merrifield & Margaret Hickenbotham
Great-grandson of Elizabeth H. Merrifield Malson & John Alex MalsonMALSON
3rd Great-grandson of Daniel Malson & Christenia
2nd Great-grandson of George Malson & Elizabeth Courtney
Great-grandson of John Alex Malson & Elizabeth H. Merrifield
Grandson of Susannah S. Malson Bradford & William Henry BradfordDIRECT DESCENDANCY:
Son of Martha Adeline Bradford Simms Roberts & James Roberts
DIRECT DESCENDANT:
Father of LeAnn Maxine Vivian Roberts (McRoberts)
COLLATERAL KINSHIPS:
Grand-nephew of William Alvia Malson & Margaret Jane "Jenny" Malson
Half-brother of Barbara Simms and William Simms
1st cousin of John Rodgers Malson
========================AWARDS:
In 1930, FREDERICK WINFRED ROBERTS received a Certificate of Perfect Attendance from the Department of Public Instruction, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. He received this award for being neither absent nor tardy during the school year. He was 12 years old.
On October 9, 1936, Frederick received a certificate of Honorable Discharge from the CIVILIAN CONSERVATION CORPS in Isle Royale, Michigan upon the completion of 2 six month enrollments in the reforestation project.
On June 11th, 1956, Frederick received the Meritorius Service Award in recognition of 100 hours of faithful service as a member of the GROUND OBSERVER CORPS, signed by E.E. Partridge, General USAF, Commander, Air Defense Command.
These Certificates are in my possession [LeAnn McRoberts, his only child].
========================SIBLINGS: Though Dad was only 4 years old when his sister, Barbara, died, he held a very strong memory of her and wanted to name me after her but he deferred to my mother's choice of name.
========================CENSUSES: [Source - Ancestry.com - provided by LeAnn McRoberts, Jan 2004]
1920 - See notes of mother, Martha Adeline Bradford, for details.
1930 - West Finley, Washington, Pennsylvania
Bradford, John, head, m, w, 42, single, b. WV, Fa: WV, Mo: WV, occ: truck driver-general hauling
________, Lus, brother, m, w, 44, single, b. WV, Fa: WV, Mo: WV, occ: forman-labor farm
Crider, Marg. J., aunt (H), f, w, 68, widowed, b. WV, Fa: WV, Mo. WV
ROBERTS, FRED, nephew (H), m. w. 11, single, b. WV, Fa: WV, Mo: WVNOTE: [LeAnn McRoberts, Mar 2004]
Fred would've been 12 years old on October 26th of that year. Lus Bradford is Lewis Bradford. John and Lewis' ages are incorrectly recorded - John would've been 44 and Lewis 46. Their father's birthplace is also recorded incorrectly. It should've been recorded as Kentucky.
========================COMMENT: [LeAnn McRoberts, Jan 2004]
My Dad, Fred Roberts, referred to his grand-aunt, Margaret Jane Crider, as AUNT JENNY whom he lived with for a time in 1930.
========================MARRIAGE #1: [Source - Fred Roberts]
His first marriage to Virginia ended in divorce.
========================PHOTOS:
1) Dad at 2-3 years of age.
2) Dad as a young man in the late 1930's (see photo above).
3) Photo of Dad with his first wife, Virginia, taken in the 1940's. This photo is in the possession of Nancy Lee Bradford Ragan.
4) Photo of Dad and Mom in back yard at our house in Caledonia, MI.
5) Photo of Dad with his car, Shasta, outside Gramma's house in Grand Rapids, MI.
6) Dad with his half-brother, Bill Simms, in 1978 visiting their mother's grave at the Stone Church Cemetery, Elm Grove, WV.
7) Dad with cousin Bea in 1978 visiting his mother's grave.
8) Dad with Mom in 1980.
NOTE: All photos original and in my possession with the exception of #3.
LEE LUELLA EDYTHE MILLER was born on 1 Mar in CA Township, Branch Co., MI. She married FREDERICK WINFRED ROBERTS in Jan 1950 in Grand Rapids, Kent Co., MI.
[Source of the following information is LeAnn McRoberts, daughter of Fred and Lee Roberts.]
PARENTS:
Verna Bell Unroe and Luell Webster Miller.
==================MARRIAGE-#1:
Nick Condos in 1936. The marriage ended in divorce in 1947.
==================CHILDREN-OF-MARRIAGE #1:
1) Nicholas James Condos, born January 19, 1939 in Flint, Michigan.
2) James Kay Condos, born January 25, 1941 in Chicago, Illinois.
==================OCCUPATION:
During World War II, Lee was a real-life "Rose the Riverter", working in an airplane manufacturing plant building airplanes for the war effort.
===================ADOPTION:
Frederick Winfred Roberts, adopted both Nicholas and James. Nicholas retained his biological father's surname while James assumed the ROBERTS surname.
They had the following children:
F i LeANN MAXINE VIVIAN ROBERTS 1 was born on 21 Jul in Grand Rapids, Kent Co., MI. LeANN was employed as Production & Script Coordinator on numerous TV series 1990 - 1996 in Los Angeles, CA. She was employed as paralegal in the television industry 1997 - 2004 in Los Angeles, CA.
DIRECT ANCESTRY:
MERRIFIELD
5th Great-granddaughter of Samuel Merrifield I & Mary M.
4th Great-granddaughter of Richard Merrifield & Phoebe Tucker
3rd Great-granddaughter of John Merrifield & Margaret Hickenbotham
2nd Great-granddaughter of Elizabeth H. Merrifield Malson & John Alex Malson
MALSON
4th Great-granddaughter of Daniel Malson & Christenia
3rd Great-granddaughter of George Malson & Elizabeth Courtney
2nd Great-granddaughter of John Alex Malson & Elizabeth H. Merrifield
Great-granddaughter of Susannah S. Malson Bradford & William Henry Bradford
DIRECT DESCENDANCY:
Daughter of Frederick Winfred Roberts & Lee Luella Edythe Miller
Granddaughter of Martha Adeline Bradford Roberts
COLLATERIAL KINSHIPS:
DECEASED
Great-grand niece of Margaret Jane "Jenny" Malson & William Alvia Malson
Grand-niece of John Thomas Bradford, Clark Bradford, Anna Mae Bradford Roos Hoffman, Ella Bradford Westfall, Charles Howard Bradford
Niece of William Simms
1st cousin of John Rodgers Malson
1st cousin once removed of Clark Spencer Bradford, Jr., Anna Ruth Bradford Rosenfeld, Virginia Opal Westfall Ripple
2nd cousin once removed of Fannie May "Fran" Malson Kelley
LIVING
1st Cousin Once Removed Of:
Nancy Lee Bradford Ragan
Zerna Patricia Bradford
Charles Frederick Bradford
Bernile Patricia Alice Bradford Snodgrass
2nd Cousin Of:
Patrick Bradford
Kevin & Stephen Ragan
Gary Louis & Jay Snodgrass
Frances Ripple Griffith
2nd Cousin Once Removed Of:
John William Malson
Janice Marie, Allen & Louise Malson
3rd Cousin Of:
Starr Ann "Demmie" Malson Beaman, John Edward Malson, Mary Annette Malson & Gay Lynn "Angel" Malson Kendall
Ronn Alan Kelley & Arlan Jay Kelley
3rd Cousin Once Removed Of:
Ludella Pittman Ebinger
William Donald Merrifield, Jr., Barbara Sue Merrifield & Bruce Wayne Merrifield
Jackson Merrifield & Betty Mae Merrifield
Michael Edward Merrifield
Rebecca Cheree Beaman, Jodi LeAnn Beaman & Ronald Lee Beaman
Gary Kendall Hill, Jr., Angela Gay Lynn Hill, Brionna Denise Hill & Jessie Michael Hill
3rd Cousin Twice Removed Of:
William Marshall Malson
JAMES ROBERTS 1 was born about 1884 in WV or McKeesport, PA. He married MARTHA ADELINE "ADDIE" BRADFORD in 1917 in WV. The marriage ended in divorce.
PARENTAGE: [Source - Martha Adeline Bradfprd Simms Roberts]
Following the death of both his parents when he was a baby, James was taken in by a ROBERTS family in Pennsylvania or West Virginia. He assumed their surname. He did not know, nor is it known what his birth family surname is, nor is it known the exact year of his birth.
==================DIVORCE: [Source - Martha Adeline Bradfprd Simms Roberts]
Martha took son, Frederick, and left James in 1919 because he did not want to work [letter to me, LeAnn, in 1971].
In 1927, Gramma received a divorce decree and was awarded custody of Frederick (my Dad).
MARTHA ADELINE "ADDIE" BRADFORD [Parents] 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 was born on 13 May 1883 in Triadelphia, Ohio Co., WV. She died on 19 Nov 1971 in Washington, Washington Co., PA. The cause of death was pneumonia and congestive heart failure. She was buried on 22 Nov 1971 in Stone Church Cemetery, Elm Grove, Ohio Co., WV. She married JAMES ROBERTS in 1917 in WV. The marriage ended in divorce. MARTHA was employed as a housekeeper & a seamstress 1930 - 1958 in WV, PA, Grand Rapids, MI respectively. She resided Apr 1971 - Nov 1971 in MayBell Manor Nursing Home, Washington, PA.
Other marriages:SIMMS, SCHRIVER
DIRECT ANCESTRY:
MERRIFIELD
3rd great-granddaughter of Samuel Merrifield I & Mary M.
2nd great-granddaughter of Richard Merrifield & Phoebe Tucker
Great-granddaughter of John Merrifield & Margaret Hickenbotham
Granddaughter of Elizabeth H. Merrifield Malson & John Alex MalsonMALSON
3rd Great-granddaughter of Daniel Malson & Christenia
2nd Great-granddaughter of George Malson & Elizabeth Courtney
Granddaughter of John Alex Malson & Elizabeth H. MerrifieldDIRECT DESCENDANCY & DESCENDANTS:
Daughter of Susannah S. Malson Bradford & William Henry Bradford
Mother of Barbara and William Simms
Mother of Frederick Winfred Roberts
Grandmother of LeAnn Roberts (McRoberts)
====================CENSUSES: [Source - Ancestry.com & Genalogy.com - provided by LeAnn McRoberts, Feb 2004]
1900 - Liberty District, Ohio Co., WV; Enumeration Date: 28th June 1900
Dwelling #291BRADFIRD, WILLIAM C, head, white, b. Apr 1848, 52, married 26 years, b. OH, Fa: KY, Mo: KY, occ: day laborer
________, SUSANNAH, wife, white, b. May 1858, 42, married 26 years, 11 children born, 8 living, b. OH, Fa: WV, Mo: WV
________, MARTHA A, daughter, white, b. May 1883, 18, single, b. WV, Fa: WV, Mo: WV
________, LEWIS F, son, white, b. May 1884, 16, single, b. WV, Fa: WV, Mo: WV
________, JOHN T, son, white, b. Aug 1885, 14, single, b. WV, Fa: WV, Mo: WV
________, ANNA M, daughter, white, b. May 1889, 11, single, b. WV, Fa: WV, Mo: WV
________, ELLA F, daughter, white, b. May 1893, 8, single, b. WV, Fa: WV, Mo: WV
________, CLARK S, son, white, b. June 1894, 5, single, b. WV, Fa: WV, Mo: WV
________, CHARLES H, son, white, b. Mar 1898, 2, single, b. WV, Fa: WV, Mo: WVNOTE: William's middle initial is incorrectly recorded as C when it should be H.
1910 - Triadelphia Twp, Ohio Co., WV; Enumeration Date: 4th May 1910
Dwelling # 160 on National RoadSIMMS, SCHRIVER, head, white, 30, married 7 years, b. PA, occ: lineman-telegraph, reads & writes, owns farm
_______, MARTHA A, wife, white, 27, married 7 years, 3 children born, 2 living, b. WV, Fa: KY, Mo: OH, reads & writes
_______, BARBARA E, daughter, white, 6, single, b. WV, Fa: PA, Mo: WV, not attending school
_______, WILLIAM S., son, white, 1 6/12, single, b. WV, Fa: PA, Mo: WVNOTE: [LeAnn McRoberts, granddaughter of Martha Adeline Bradford Simms Roberts, Mar 2004]
Gramma and her family are living next door to her parents and siblings, and down the road from her uncle, William Alvia Malson, his family and her grandmother, Elizabeth. Also living with her uncle is her brother, Lewis F. Bradford, and her aunt, Margaret Jane Crider (Aunt Jenny).
ASSUMPTION: [LeAnn McRoberts, Mar 2004]
Gramma is recorded as having had 3 children with 2 living which indicates a still born child or one that died shortly after birth. I never heard her or my Dad speak of this. [LeAnn McRoberts, Feb 2004]
1920 - West Alexander, Washington, PA; Enumeration Date: 20 January 1920
Dwelling #56 on South Liberty StreetBRADFORD, J. WILLIAM, head, 33, single, b. WV; Fa: KY; Mo: OH; occ: laborer-steam railroad
_________, SUSANNAH, mother, 62, widow, b. WV; Fa: OH; Mo: WV; no occupation
ROBERTS_, MARTHA, daughter, 36, widow; b. WV; Fa: KY; Mo: WV, no occupation
_________, ELIZABETH, daughter, 16, single, b. WV; Fa: WV; Mo: WV, no occupation
_________, WILLIAM S., son, 11, single, b. WV; Fa: WV; Mo: WV
_________, FRED, son, 1 3/12, single, b. WV; Fa: WV; Mo: WVNOTE: On the handwritten census image, there are asterisks after daughter for Elizabeth, and son for both William S. and Fred. However, I cannot make out what the asterisks denotes.
ERRORS & NOTATIONS: [LeAnn McRoberts, Mar 2004]
Relationships to head of household are incorrect except for Susannah. Martha should be indexed as sister, Elizabeth (Barbara) as niece, William and Fred both as nephew.
1) Head of the household J. William Bradford is actually John Thomas Bradford, son of Susannah, brother of Martha Roberts. His estimated date of birth is given as 1886. John Thomas was born in 1886 & his age is correctly listed as 33.
2) Susannah is Susannah Malson Bradford, mother of John Thomas Bradford & Martha Roberts. She was born 1859 and her age is listed as 62 and she would've been 62 in 1920.
3) Elizabeth is actually, Martha's daughter, Barbara Simms, from her marriage to Shriver Simms. Barbara's age is listed as 16 at the time of census. She was born in 1903 and died January 7, 1922 at age of 18 which would put her at age 16 in 1920. Also, both children's father's birthplace is incorrectly recorded as West Virginia. Correct birthplace is Pennsylvania.
NOTE: Per the 1910 census, Barbara's middle initial is recorded as "E", indicating that her middle name was most likely Elizabeth after her grandmother, Elizabeth H. Merrifield Malson.
4) William S. is Martha's son, William Simms, from her marriage to Shriver Simms. William's age is listed as 11 at the time of the census. He turned 12 in November of 1920.
5) Fred Roberts turned 1 year old on October 26, 1919 & would've been age 1 year 3 months at the time of the census.
6) Gramma was recorded as widowed, however, she was widowed only by her first husband, Shriver Simms. She had remarried in 1917 and my Dad's father deserted them in 1919.
COMMENT: Gramma had written in a letter to me in 1971 that after she left her second husband, she, sons Bill and Fred, then Barbara lived with Uncle John (John Thomas Bradford). This would've been around 1920.
1930 - Wheeling City, Washington District, Ohio Co., WV
Dwelling #315 on McClelland StreetMARTHA ROBERTS is listed as a housekeeper for a private family. Interestingly, "wife" had originally been written then crossed out and replaced with housekeeper. She was 46 years old. Head of household was Frank Maltese, age 62, whose birthplace was Italy as was his parents. He immigrated to Pennsylvania in 1903. His occupation was a laborer in a steel mill.
============================PHOTOS:
1) ORIGINAL photograph taken in 1905 showing 4 generations of BRADFORD/MALSON/MERRIFIELD females. Facing, Martha sits on the left. In the center sits her grandmother, Elizabeth Merrifield Malson Winesburg with two year old, Barbara on her lap. Sitting to the right of Elizabeth is her daughter (Martha's mother), Susannah Malson Bradford.
2) Small tint-type of baby Martha taken 1883.
3) 17 year old Martha Adeline Bradford, taken 1900.
4) Numerous photos of Martha with LeAnn as a child.
5) Last photograph taken of Martha in 1969.
Exisitng original photographs given to me by Grandma.
(6) Tombstone photo taken in 1978. Dad kneeling at Gramma's grave. [Photo taken by my mother, given to me July 2004.]
====================SENSE-OF-HUMOR: In a 1955 card to May Malson, "I was 71 on May 13, still holding down 8 hour 5 day week job but I know the old grey mare is not what she used to be."
===================TOMBSTONE INSCRIPTION: [LeAnn McRoberts, as of Jan 2004]
In October 1975, my mother, Lee Roberts, paid for Gramma's headstone inscription at Stone Church Cemetery, Elm Grove, West Virginia. The engraving was done by S. White's Sons of Claysville, PA for a cost of $115.57.
NOTE: My mother found the receipt and sent it to me in Jan. 2004.
FURTHER NOTE: My mother found the photo of Gramma's tombstone and gave it to me, July 2004.
OBITUARY: Washington Observer, dated November 20, 1971 [in my possession(LeAnn McRoberts) as of July 2004]
With the above photo was an obituary stating Gramma's survivors, sons Fred Roberts & William Simms, 1 sister, Mrs. Anna Hoffman; 3 brothers and 2 sisters deceased.
======================RECOLLECTIONS: [As told to my mother, Lee Roberts, by Gramma and related to me, Dec. 2003].
When my Dad, Frederick Winfred Roberts, was 5 ot 6 years old, Gramma met a distant relative family from Michigan. She later received a letter asking her to come to Michigan because they had a job for her as a housekeeper. She did so and they hired her. Her son, Bill Simms, either received word from her or had decided on his own to join her. He took his half-brother, my Dad, who was 10 years younger, and hitchhiked to Michigan with him on his shoulders.
Later, when this relative died, Gramma inherited his house. She sold this house and later bought a house in Grand Rapids for her, my Dad and Uncle Bill to live.
NOTE: By 1930, Gramma was back in West Virginia, Dad was living with Uncle John and Lewis, and Aunt Jenny in West Finley, PA. Uncle Bill was in Wheeling and great-grandmother, Susannah, was living with him.
==========================BIOGRAPHY:
In 1959, my father, Frederick Winfred Roberts, and I drove his mother and my grandma, Martha, from Grand Rapids, Michigan back to Pennsylvania. It was her wish that when she died she be buried next to her daughter, Barbara Simms, who died January 7, 1922, and whom she still thought of everyday [letter to me in 1970].
Upon her return to Pennsylvania, Grandma lived in West Alexander, near the West Virginia border. When her Social Security benefit was no longer sufficient to support her, she moved into the May Belle Manor Nursing Home in Washington, Pennsylvania where she lived until her death November 18, 1971 at the age of 88.
Grandma loved sewing and continued to sew a little everyday [letter to me, LeAnn, in 1970]. In her life, she had been a housekeeper and a seamstress. She continued to work well into her sixties at the Coye Awning Company in Grand Rapids, Michigan for 90 cents an hour.
Grandma was always kind, loving and generous. She often took care of me while my mother worked. Grandma made dresses, stuffed animals and quilts for me as well as baked fresh, homemade bread and cookies. Grandma never had much money but even so she would walk me down to the corner store on her street in Grand Rapids and buy me some sweets. We shared a very close, special bond and spent many happy times together.
[Source of the preceeding account is from my personal experience and memories. LeAnn McRoberts, Dec. 2003]
===================In 1966, my parents and I drove back to Pennsylvania to visit Gramma and Dad's cousin, Bea. They took us to a cemetery about 5 miles south of their home which my mother seems to remember was Wheeling, WV. Gramma and cousin Bea knew right where the gravestone was. The top name was Shriver Simms and then below Barbara Simms.
My parents returned again in 1978 after Gramma had died and visited the cemetery with Cousin Bea and Dad's half-brother, Bill. I have a photo of Dad and Uncle Bill sitting next to Gramma's brother, John Thomas Bradford's, grave.
My mother went back again after my Dad had died, in the fall of 1982. She visited cousin Bea and had Gramma's name put on the gravestone right below Barbara's name. Mom had a photograph of the gravetone and a receipt for the engraving but can't find it. She remembers asking Bea if there were any other relatives buried in this cemetery and Bea said there wasn't. Mom remembers it being on a high hill but not too large. [SEE NOTE for Tombstone Inscription below.]
[Source of the preceeding was told to my mother by my Gramma and related to me, and from my personal experience. LeAnn McRoberts, Dec 2003]
========================
They had the following children:
M i FREDERICK WINFRED ROBERTS was born on 26 Oct 1918. He died on 13 Feb 1982.
SCHRIVER SIMMS 1, 2, 3 was born in 1877/1880 in PA. He died in 1914 in WV. The cause of death was Pneumonia. He was buried in 1914 in Stone Church Cemetery, Elm Grove, Ohio Co., WV. He married MARTHA ADELINE "ADDIE" BRADFORD in 1902.
PHOTO: [LeAnn McRoberts, Dec 2003]
Photograph in possession of Nancy Lee Bradford. The back is marked "SHRIVER SIMMS." From the clothing, photo looks like it could've been taken in the mid to late 1890's.
================OCCUPATION: [LeAnn McRoberts, Dec 2003]
Gramma told my mother that he was a lineman.
================1910 CENSUS: See Notes of wife, Martha Adeline Bradford, for details.
NOTE: [LeAnn McRoberts, Feb 2004]
Occupation recorded on this census is "lineman for telegraph" which confirms what my Mother told me. It also records his age as 30 which is 3 years younger than what my Mother tells me is on his tombstone, and what is written on the receipt for Gramma's inscription on the same tombstone.
FURTHER NOTE: Photo of tombstone has 1877 inscribed as year of birth.
================DEATH: [Source - my mother, Lee Roberts, as told to her by Gramma.]
Pneumonia.
MARTHA ADELINE "ADDIE" BRADFORD [Parents] 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 was born on 13 May 1883 in Triadelphia, Ohio Co., WV. She died on 19 Nov 1971 in Washington, Washington Co., PA. The cause of death was pneumonia and congestive heart failure. She was buried on 22 Nov 1971 in Stone Church Cemetery, Elm Grove, Ohio Co., WV. She married SCHRIVER SIMMS in 1902. MARTHA was employed as a housekeeper & a seamstress 1930 - 1958 in WV, PA, Grand Rapids, MI respectively. She resided Apr 1971 - Nov 1971 in MayBell Manor Nursing Home, Washington, PA.
Other marriages:ROBERTS, JAMES
DIRECT ANCESTRY:
MERRIFIELD
3rd great-granddaughter of Samuel Merrifield I & Mary M.
2nd great-granddaughter of Richard Merrifield & Phoebe Tucker
Great-granddaughter of John Merrifield & Margaret Hickenbotham
Granddaughter of Elizabeth H. Merrifield Malson & John Alex MalsonMALSON
3rd Great-granddaughter of Daniel Malson & Christenia
2nd Great-granddaughter of George Malson & Elizabeth Courtney
Granddaughter of John Alex Malson & Elizabeth H. MerrifieldDIRECT DESCENDANCY & DESCENDANTS:
Daughter of Susannah S. Malson Bradford & William Henry Bradford
Mother of Barbara and William Simms
Mother of Frederick Winfred Roberts
Grandmother of LeAnn Roberts (McRoberts)
====================CENSUSES: [Source - Ancestry.com & Genalogy.com - provided by LeAnn McRoberts, Feb 2004]
1900 - Liberty District, Ohio Co., WV; Enumeration Date: 28th June 1900
Dwelling #291BRADFIRD, WILLIAM C, head, white, b. Apr 1848, 52, married 26 years, b. OH, Fa: KY, Mo: KY, occ: day laborer
________, SUSANNAH, wife, white, b. May 1858, 42, married 26 years, 11 children born, 8 living, b. OH, Fa: WV, Mo: WV
________, MARTHA A, daughter, white, b. May 1883, 18, single, b. WV, Fa: WV, Mo: WV
________, LEWIS F, son, white, b. May 1884, 16, single, b. WV, Fa: WV, Mo: WV
________, JOHN T, son, white, b. Aug 1885, 14, single, b. WV, Fa: WV, Mo: WV
________, ANNA M, daughter, white, b. May 1889, 11, single, b. WV, Fa: WV, Mo: WV
________, ELLA F, daughter, white, b. May 1893, 8, single, b. WV, Fa: WV, Mo: WV
________, CLARK S, son, white, b. June 1894, 5, single, b. WV, Fa: WV, Mo: WV
________, CHARLES H, son, white, b. Mar 1898, 2, single, b. WV, Fa: WV, Mo: WVNOTE: William's middle initial is incorrectly recorded as C when it should be H.
1910 - Triadelphia Twp, Ohio Co., WV; Enumeration Date: 4th May 1910
Dwelling # 160 on National RoadSIMMS, SCHRIVER, head, white, 30, married 7 years, b. PA, occ: lineman-telegraph, reads & writes, owns farm
_______, MARTHA A, wife, white, 27, married 7 years, 3 children born, 2 living, b. WV, Fa: KY, Mo: OH, reads & writes
_______, BARBARA E, daughter, white, 6, single, b. WV, Fa: PA, Mo: WV, not attending school
_______, WILLIAM S., son, white, 1 6/12, single, b. WV, Fa: PA, Mo: WVNOTE: [LeAnn McRoberts, granddaughter of Martha Adeline Bradford Simms Roberts, Mar 2004]
Gramma and her family are living next door to her parents and siblings, and down the road from her uncle, William Alvia Malson, his family and her grandmother, Elizabeth. Also living with her uncle is her brother, Lewis F. Bradford, and her aunt, Margaret Jane Crider (Aunt Jenny).
ASSUMPTION: [LeAnn McRoberts, Mar 2004]
Gramma is recorded as having had 3 children with 2 living which indicates a still born child or one that died shortly after birth. I never heard her or my Dad speak of this. [LeAnn McRoberts, Feb 2004]
1920 - West Alexander, Washington, PA; Enumeration Date: 20 January 1920
Dwelling #56 on South Liberty StreetBRADFORD, J. WILLIAM, head, 33, single, b. WV; Fa: KY; Mo: OH; occ: laborer-steam railroad
_________, SUSANNAH, mother, 62, widow, b. WV; Fa: OH; Mo: WV; no occupation
ROBERTS_, MARTHA, daughter, 36, widow; b. WV; Fa: KY; Mo: WV, no occupation
_________, ELIZABETH, daughter, 16, single, b. WV; Fa: WV; Mo: WV, no occupation
_________, WILLIAM S., son, 11, single, b. WV; Fa: WV; Mo: WV
_________, FRED, son, 1 3/12, single, b. WV; Fa: WV; Mo: WVNOTE: On the handwritten census image, there are asterisks after daughter for Elizabeth, and son for both William S. and Fred. However, I cannot make out what the asterisks denotes.
ERRORS & NOTATIONS: [LeAnn McRoberts, Mar 2004]
Relationships to head of household are incorrect except for Susannah. Martha should be indexed as sister, Elizabeth (Barbara) as niece, William and Fred both as nephew.
1) Head of the household J. William Bradford is actually John Thomas Bradford, son of Susannah, brother of Martha Roberts. His estimated date of birth is given as 1886. John Thomas was born in 1886 & his age is correctly listed as 33.
2) Susannah is Susannah Malson Bradford, mother of John Thomas Bradford & Martha Roberts. She was born 1859 and her age is listed as 62 and she would've been 62 in 1920.
3) Elizabeth is actually, Martha's daughter, Barbara Simms, from her marriage to Shriver Simms. Barbara's age is listed as 16 at the time of census. She was born in 1903 and died January 7, 1922 at age of 18 which would put her at age 16 in 1920. Also, both children's father's birthplace is incorrectly recorded as West Virginia. Correct birthplace is Pennsylvania.
NOTE: Per the 1910 census, Barbara's middle initial is recorded as "E", indicating that her middle name was most likely Elizabeth after her grandmother, Elizabeth H. Merrifield Malson.
4) William S. is Martha's son, William Simms, from her marriage to Shriver Simms. William's age is listed as 11 at the time of the census. He turned 12 in November of 1920.
5) Fred Roberts turned 1 year old on October 26, 1919 & would've been age 1 year 3 months at the time of the census.
6) Gramma was recorded as widowed, however, she was widowed only by her first husband, Shriver Simms. She had remarried in 1917 and my Dad's father deserted them in 1919.
COMMENT: Gramma had written in a letter to me in 1971 that after she left her second husband, she, sons Bill and Fred, then Barbara lived with Uncle John (John Thomas Bradford). This would've been around 1920.
1930 - Wheeling City, Washington District, Ohio Co., WV
Dwelling #315 on McClelland StreetMARTHA ROBERTS is listed as a housekeeper for a private family. Interestingly, "wife" had originally been written then crossed out and replaced with housekeeper. She was 46 years old. Head of household was Frank Maltese, age 62, whose birthplace was Italy as was his parents. He immigrated to Pennsylvania in 1903. His occupation was a laborer in a steel mill.
============================PHOTOS:
1) ORIGINAL photograph taken in 1905 showing 4 generations of BRADFORD/MALSON/MERRIFIELD females. Facing, Martha sits on the left. In the center sits her grandmother, Elizabeth Merrifield Malson Winesburg with two year old, Barbara on her lap. Sitting to the right of Elizabeth is her daughter (Martha's mother), Susannah Malson Bradford.
2) Small tint-type of baby Martha taken 1883.
3) 17 year old Martha Adeline Bradford, taken 1900.
4) Numerous photos of Martha with LeAnn as a child.
5) Last photograph taken of Martha in 1969.
Exisitng original photographs given to me by Grandma.
(6) Tombstone photo taken in 1978. Dad kneeling at Gramma's grave. [Photo taken by my mother, given to me July 2004.]
====================SENSE-OF-HUMOR: In a 1955 card to May Malson, "I was 71 on May 13, still holding down 8 hour 5 day week job but I know the old grey mare is not what she used to be."
===================TOMBSTONE INSCRIPTION: [LeAnn McRoberts, as of Jan 2004]
In October 1975, my mother, Lee Roberts, paid for Gramma's headstone inscription at Stone Church Cemetery, Elm Grove, West Virginia. The engraving was done by S. White's Sons of Claysville, PA for a cost of $115.57.
NOTE: My mother found the receipt and sent it to me in Jan. 2004.
FURTHER NOTE: My mother found the photo of Gramma's tombstone and gave it to me, July 2004.
OBITUARY: Washington Observer, dated November 20, 1971 [in my possession(LeAnn McRoberts) as of July 2004]
With the above photo was an obituary stating Gramma's survivors, sons Fred Roberts & William Simms, 1 sister, Mrs. Anna Hoffman; 3 brothers and 2 sisters deceased.
======================RECOLLECTIONS: [As told to my mother, Lee Roberts, by Gramma and related to me, Dec. 2003].
When my Dad, Frederick Winfred Roberts, was 5 ot 6 years old, Gramma met a distant relative family from Michigan. She later received a letter asking her to come to Michigan because they had a job for her as a housekeeper. She did so and they hired her. Her son, Bill Simms, either received word from her or had decided on his own to join her. He took his half-brother, my Dad, who was 10 years younger, and hitchhiked to Michigan with him on his shoulders.
Later, when this relative died, Gramma inherited his house. She sold this house and later bought a house in Grand Rapids for her, my Dad and Uncle Bill to live.
NOTE: By 1930, Gramma was back in West Virginia, Dad was living with Uncle John and Lewis, and Aunt Jenny in West Finley, PA. Uncle Bill was in Wheeling and great-grandmother, Susannah, was living with him.
==========================BIOGRAPHY:
In 1959, my father, Frederick Winfred Roberts, and I drove his mother and my grandma, Martha, from Grand Rapids, Michigan back to Pennsylvania. It was her wish that when she died she be buried next to her daughter, Barbara Simms, who died January 7, 1922, and whom she still thought of everyday [letter to me in 1970].
Upon her return to Pennsylvania, Grandma lived in West Alexander, near the West Virginia border. When her Social Security benefit was no longer sufficient to support her, she moved into the May Belle Manor Nursing Home in Washington, Pennsylvania where she lived until her death November 18, 1971 at the age of 88.
Grandma loved sewing and continued to sew a little everyday [letter to me, LeAnn, in 1970]. In her life, she had been a housekeeper and a seamstress. She continued to work well into her sixties at the Coye Awning Company in Grand Rapids, Michigan for 90 cents an hour.
Grandma was always kind, loving and generous. She often took care of me while my mother worked. Grandma made dresses, stuffed animals and quilts for me as well as baked fresh, homemade bread and cookies. Grandma never had much money but even so she would walk me down to the corner store on her street in Grand Rapids and buy me some sweets. We shared a very close, special bond and spent many happy times together.
[Source of the preceeding account is from my personal experience and memories. LeAnn McRoberts, Dec. 2003]
===================In 1966, my parents and I drove back to Pennsylvania to visit Gramma and Dad's cousin, Bea. They took us to a cemetery about 5 miles south of their home which my mother seems to remember was Wheeling, WV. Gramma and cousin Bea knew right where the gravestone was. The top name was Shriver Simms and then below Barbara Simms.
My parents returned again in 1978 after Gramma had died and visited the cemetery with Cousin Bea and Dad's half-brother, Bill. I have a photo of Dad and Uncle Bill sitting next to Gramma's brother, John Thomas Bradford's, grave.
My mother went back again after my Dad had died, in the fall of 1982. She visited cousin Bea and had Gramma's name put on the gravestone right below Barbara's name. Mom had a photograph of the gravetone and a receipt for the engraving but can't find it. She remembers asking Bea if there were any other relatives buried in this cemetery and Bea said there wasn't. Mom remembers it being on a high hill but not too large. [SEE NOTE for Tombstone Inscription below.]
[Source of the preceeding was told to my mother by my Gramma and related to me, and from my personal experience. LeAnn McRoberts, Dec 2003]
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They had the following children:
F i BARBARA ELIZABETH SIMMS 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 was born in Sep 1903 in WV. She died on 7 Jan 1922 in WV. She was buried in Jan 1922 in Stone Church Cemetery, Elm Grove, Ohio Co., WV.
DIRECT ANCESTRY:
MERRIFIELD
4th great-granddaughter of Samuel Merrifield I & Mary M.
3rd great-granddaughter of Richard Merrifield & Phoebe Tucker
2nd Great-granddaughter of John Merrifield & Margaret Hickenbotham
Great Granddaughter of Elizabeth H. Merrifield Malson & John Alex Malson
MALSON
3rd Great-granddaughter of Daniel Malson & Christenia
2nd Great-granddaughter of George Malson & Elizabeth Courtney
Great-granddaughter of John Alex Malson & Elizabeth H. Merrifield
Granddaughter of Susannah S. Malson Bradford & William Henry Bradford
DIRECT DESCENDANCY & COLLATERAL KINSHIPS
Daughter of Martha Adeline Bradford & Shriver Simms
Sister of William Simms
Half-sister of Frederick Winfred Roberts
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CENSUSES:
1910 - See Notes of mother, Martha Adeline Bradford, for details.
1920 - See Notes of mother, Martha Adeline Bradford, for details.
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PHOTOS: [Given to me, LeAnn McRoberts, by my grandmother, Martha Adeline Bradford Simms Roberts, Nov 1970.]
1) ORIGINAL photograph taken in 1905 showing 4 generations of BRADFORD/MALSON/MERRIFIELD females. Facing, Martha sits on the left. In the center sits her grandmother, Elizabeth Merrifield Malson Winesburg with two year old Barbara on her lap. Sitting to the right of Elizabeth is her daughter (Martha's mother) Susannah Malson Bradford.
2) Photo of Barbara above when she was 5 or 6 years old. Back of photo marked "Barbry with her birthday chicken." This photo is in the possession of Nancy Lee Bradford Ragan.
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OCCUPATION: [Source - Martha Adeline Bradford Simms Roberts]
Steel mill worker. Barbara and her mother, Martha Adeline Bradford Simms (my grandmother) worked together from about 1919 until Barbara died in 1922.
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DEATH: [Source - Martha Adeline Bradford Simms Roberts]
Barbara Simms died from having contracted a condition known as "gray lung" from working in a steel mill.
NOTE: [LeAnn McRoberts, July 2004]
Sent to the state of West Virginia to obtain a copy of Barbara's birth certificate but received notification that there was no "record of death."
Since Gramma, Barbara and Bill were living in West Alexander, PA at the time of the 1920 census and may still have been living there in January of 1922 when Barbara died, possibly she died in Pennsylvania and there is a record of her death there.M ii WILLIAM S. SIMMS 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 was born on 24 Nov 1908 in Wheeling, Ohio Co., WV. He died on 24 Apr 1992 in Bethany, Brooke Co., WV. The cause of death was cardiac & respiratory arrest. He was buried on 29 Apr 1992 in Peace Point Cemetery, Bethany, Brooke Co., WV. WILLIAM served in the military World War II in 1943/1945 in Europe. He was employed as Repairma at retail store.. He resided in Nov 1992 in Bethany, Brooke Co., WV at the time of his death..
DIRECT ANCESTRY:
MERRIFIFELD
4th great-grandson of Samuel Merrifield I & Mary M.
3rd great-grandson of Richard Merrifield & Phoebe Tucker
2nd Great-grandson of John Merrifield & Margaret Hickenbotham
Great-grandson of Elizabeth H. Merrifield Malson & John Alex Malson
MALSON
3rd Great-grandson of Daniel Malson & Christenia
2nd Great-grandson of George Malson & Elizabeth Courtney
Grandson of Susannah S. Malson Bradford & William Henry Bradford
DIRECT DESCENDANCY & COLLATERAL KINSHIPS
Son of Martha Adeline Bradford & Shriver Simms
Brother of Barbara Simms
Half-brother of Frederick Winfred Roberts
Uncle of LeAnn Roberts (McRoberts)
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CENSUSES: [Source - Ancestry.com & Genealogy.com - provided by LeAnn McRoberts, Jan & Feb 2004]
1910 & 1920: See Notes of mother, Martha Adeline Bradford, for details.
1930 - Wheeling, Ohio Co., West Virginia
Dwelling #195 on Alley 14
SIMMS, William, head, rents, $10, male, white, age 21, reads & writes, b. WV, Fa: WV, Mo. WV, occ: laborer in glass works, at work
BRADFORD, Sara, grandmother, female, white, age 71, widowed, married at 16, reads & writes, b: WV, Fa: WV, Mo: WV, no occ.
NOTE: [LeAnn McRoberts, Mar 2004]
Grandmother is actually Susannah Bradford though she is recorded as "Sara" Bradford.
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PHOTOS:
1) Two photographs of William Simms appear to have been taken in the 1930's or 19 40's by the look of his clothes. They are in the possession of my cousin, Nancy Lee Bradford Ragan, niece of Martha Adeline Bradford Simms.
2) Photograph of Uncle Bill in his Army uniform with his wife, Katie, in the possession of Nancy Lee Bradford Ragan.
3) Photograph taken in 1978 with my Dad, Frederick Winfred Roberts, when visiting Gramma's grave at Stone Church Cemetery, Elm Grove, West Virginia.
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MARRIAGE: [Source - Martha Adeline Bradford Simms Roberts]
Bill married Kathryn "Katie" Flanders in 1936. They had no children.
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MILITARY SERVICE: [Source - Martha Adeline Bradford Simms Roberts]
Bill was a veteran of World War II, having served in the U.S. Army in Europe 1943-1945.
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HEALTH: [LeAnn McRoberts, March 2004]
Per Gramma's letter to cousin (Ida) May Malson, 17 Dec 1957, Bill and Katie were okay but Bill wasn't feeling well due a 3 inch piece of shrapnel in his back from when he was wounded by a mine explosion in Germany during WWII.
Gramma later wrote to May Malson 12 Dec 1958 that Bill had heart trouble.
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COMMENT: [LeAnn McRoberts]
When I was a child staying at Gramma's house in Grand Rapids, Uncle Bill and his wife, Katie, were usually there.
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CAUSE OF DEATH: [LeAnn McRoberts, June 2004]
Per his death certificate, Uncle Bill from cardiac & respiratory arrest due to a long history of severe cardiac & pulmonary disorders. At the time of his death, he was living in Bethany, Brooke County, WV.
WILLIAM HENRY BRADFORD [Parents] 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 was born on 19 Apr 1848 in Poage's Landing (Ashland 1854), Greenup Co., Kentucky. He died in 1919/1920 in poss. WV. The cause of death was unknown. He married SUSANNAH SUDE MALSON on 10 Aug 1873 in Belmont Co., OH.
DIRECT DESCENDANTS:
Father of Martha Adeline Bradford Simms Roberts
Grandfather of Barbara and William Simms & Frederick Winfred Roberts
Great-grandfather of LeAnn (Roberts) McRoberts
======================BIRTH: Martha Adeline Bradford Simms Roberts gave her father's birth year as 1839 or 1841. The 1880 Census records his age as 32 which would make birth year 1848. Censuses from 1900 & 1910 also place birth year at 1848. Still would like to find birth record to confirm.
========================BIRTH PLACE HISTORY: For more than 60 years, Ashland was known as Poage's Landing. It was named for Scotch-Irish settlers, George and Robert Poage, who moved from Virginia in 1790 to settle on the Ohio River. The Pollard's Mill post office opened in 1847 and in 1854 was re-named Ashland in honor of the Lexington estate of Senator Henry Clay. Two years later, Ashland was incorporated as a town.
========================PARENTS-FATHER: The 1880 Census records William Henry's father's birthplace as unknown. However, a 1910 census records his father's birthplace as IRELAND [SEE wife Susannah's Notes for Census detailes].
NOTE: I remember Gramma (Martha Adeline Bradford) telling me when I was a child that a family member was Irish and/or from Ireland but I cannot remember of whom she spoke. This seems to be a confirmation of that and warrants further investigation. [LeAnn McRoberts, Mar 2004]
==========================MILITARY SERVICE: [Source - Ancesty.com, the National Park Service & the Illinois State Archives Database of Civil War Veterans - provided by LeAnn McRoberts, Jan 2004]
Civil War - Union Army - Distinquished Service.
WILLIAM H. BRADFORD, residence Haw Creek, Illinois enlisted as a Private on August 11, 1862; enlisted in Company E, 83rd Infantry Regiment Illinois, August 21, 1862; Mustered out Company E, 83rd Infantry Regiment Illinois on June 26th 1865 in Nashville, TN.
CONFIRMATION: Per Nancy Lee Bradford Ragan, Harriet Malson sent her an original Grand Old Army of the Republic Civil War Memorial Day Ribbon from Rock Island, Illinois. [LeAnn McRoberts, Jan 2004]
NOTE: [Telephone conversation, Harriet J. Malson to LeAnn McRoberts, Mar 28, 2004.]
It was common practice at the time of the Civil War for boys as young as 12 to enlist to help their families financially. They were paid up to $200 for their years of service.
========================CHILDREN: [Notations from LeAnn McRoberts, Nov. 2003]
MALSON researcher, R. Simmons, found on a World Family Tree database 3 more children of Susannah & William H. Bradford; Anna, Charles John and Ella. He contacted source who told him he got the information from his deceased uncle and there was no documentation.
ADDENDUM: In email to me on December 5, 2003, Nancy Lee Bradford Ragan, daughter of Clark Bradford & my first cousin, confirmed father Clark's siblings; Margaret, Charles Howard, Lewis, Ella, Elizabeth and Anna. [Where was MARTHA ADELINE?]. These siblings were also recorded on Censuses of 1900 and 1910.
=========================CENSUSES:
1880 - West Wheeling, Belmont Co., Ohio
BRADFORD, Wm H, Self, M, M, W, 32, b. KY, Occ: Day Laborer, Fa: NOT KNOWN, Mo: KY
________ , Susannah, Wife, F, W, 22, b. WV, Occ: Keeping House, Fa: OH, Mo: WV
________ , Maggie J, Dau, F, S, W, 6, b. WV, Fa: KY, Mo: WV, Fa: KY, Mo: WV
________ , Elizabeth, Dau, F, S, W, 1, b. WV, Fa: KY, Mo: WV
Malson__ , Jno C, BroL, M, S, W, 9, b. WV, Fa: OH, Mo: WVNOTE: Jno C Malson father's birthplace incorrectly recorded as OH. Father was John Alex Malson of VA. [LeAnn McRoberts, Nov 2003]
1900 - See Notes for daughter, Martha Adeline Bradford, for details.
1910 - See Notes for wife, Susannah Malson, for details.
==========================COMMENTS: [LeAnn McRoberts, Dec 2003 & Jan 2004]
Per Harriet Malson in telephone conversation to me, William Henry Bradford wanted to "go west" and left while Susannah was pregnant with their last child. My mother, Lee Roberts, had also been told this by Gramma.
NOTE TO COMMENTS: [LeAnn McRoberts, Feb. 2004]
As of the 1910 Census, William Henry was still with his family in Ohio County, West Virginia.
DEATH: [LeAnn McRoberts, Feb 2004]
In a 1920 Census, wife, Susannah, is living with son, John Thomas and daughter, Martha Roberts, in West Alexander, PA. Her marital status is recorded as widowed.
SUSANNAH SUDE MALSON [Parents] 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 was born on 20 May 1859 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co., (West)VA. She died on 15 Jul 1953 in Library, Allegheny Co., PA. The cause of death was arterioschlerosis & basel carsinoma of the face. She was buried on 17 Jul 1953 in Highwood Cemetery, 2800 Brighton Road, Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co., PA. She married WILLIAM HENRY BRADFORD on 10 Aug 1873 in Belmont Co., OH. SUSANNAH was hospitalized for pulmonary congestion 1 Jun 1953 - 15 Jul 1953 in Peter's Creek Church Road. She resided in Bethel, Allegheny Co., PA at the time of her death..
DIRECT ANCESTRY:
MERRIFIELD
2nd Great-granddaughter of Samuel Merrifield I & Mary M.
Great-granddaughter of Richard Merrifield & Phoebe Tucker
Granddaughter of John Merrifield & Margaret Hickenbotham
Daughter of Elizabeth H. Merrifield Malson & John Alex MalsonMALSON
2nd Great-granddaughter of James Malson I
Great-granddaughter of Daniel Malson & Christenia
Granddaughter of George Malson & Elizabeth Courtney
Daughter of John Alex Malson & Elizabeth H. MerrifieldDIRECT DESCENDANTS:
Mother of Martha Adeline Bradford Roberts
Grandmother of Barbara and William Simms & Frederick Winfred Roberts
Great-grandmother of LeAnn Roberts (McRoberts)
=========================CENSUSES: [Source - Genalogy.com online database - provided by LeAnn McRoberts, Feb 2004]
1860 - See Notes of mother, Elizabeth H. Merrifield, for details.
1870 - See Notes of mother, Elizabeth H. Merrifield, for details.
1880 - See Notes of husband, William Henry Bradford, for details.
1900 - See Notes of daughter, Martha Adeline Bradford, for details.
1910 - Triadelphia, Ohio County, WV
Dwelling #159 National Road,Bradford, WILLIAM H, head, 62, married 37 years, b. KY; Fa: IRELAND, Mo: KY; occ: laborer-odd jobs, reads & writes, rents house
________, SUSANNAH, wife, 51, married 37 years, 11 children born, 5 living, b. OH; Fa: KY; Mo: WV; occ: laborer-private family; reads, doesn't write
________, JOHN T, son, 23, single, b. WV; Fa: KY; Mo: OH; occ: laborer-odd jobs; doesn't read or write
________, ELLA F., daughter, 18, single, b.WV; Fa: KY; Mo: OH; no occ.
________, CLARK S.,son, 14, single, b.WV; Fa: KY; Mo: OH; no occ.
________, CHARLES H.,son, 12, single, b.WV; Fa: KY; Mo: OH; no occ.NOTE: [LeAnn McRoberts, Mar 2004]
Family living next door to daughter, Martha, and her family. Speculation that William Henry Bradford rented house from son-in-law, SCHRIVER SIMMS, who owned the house next door.
1920 - See Notes of daughter, Martha Adeline Bradford, for details.
1930 - See Notes of grandson, William S. Simms, for details.
=========================BIRTH: [Source - LeAnn McRoberts]
Martha Adeline Bradford gave birth year for mother, Susannah, as 1854 and birthplace as Sistersville, Tyler Co., (West)Virginia.
However, Susannah's death certificate records her year of birth as 1856 and place as Clarkburg, Harrison Co., VA. Further, 7 censuses (70 years) all place her year of birth 1858/1859. In the 1860 census, she is recorded as 1 year old.
=========================PHOTOS:
1) Original 4 generation photograph taken in 1905 in Wheeling, WV (See photo above). Susannah Sude Malson Bradford sits on the right. Next to her is her mother, Elizabeth H. Merrifield Malson Winesburg. On Elizabeth's lap sits her great-granddaughter, two year old Barbara Simms, daughter of Martha Adeline Bradford Simms (daughter of Susannah and granddaughter of Elizabeth) who sits on the left.
2) Original photograph of Susannah taken in 1945.
These photos were given by to me (LeAnn McRoberts) by my grandmother, Martha Adeline Bradford Simms Roberts, and are in my possession.
3) 3 photographs of Susannah taken in West Virginia or Pennsylvania given to Nancy Lee Bradford Ragan from Bernile "Pat" Bradford Snodgrass.
Bernile's notation: I'm not sure who is on this picture with Grandma. It was taken in W VA. It might be Addie, or Ellen and Virginia. I don't know. This is the only way I remember Grandma. She was 77 when I was born.
NOTE: [LeAnn McRoberts, Jan 2004]
ADDIE probably refers to Gramma (Martha Adeline Bradford Roberts). However, none of the women in this photograph is her.
Also, if the woman in the front is Virginia, she could possibly be the Dad's cousin Virginia whom he last saw in 1978 when visiting Gramma's grave at Stone Church Cemetery. My mother took a photo of cousin Virginia and her husband, Harry Ripple, and this older woman resembles the younger woman in the above photo. Hopefully, I can verify this with Nancy and/or Bernile.
They had the following children:
F i MARGARET JANE BRADFORD 1, 2, 3 was born on 23 Nov 1874 in most likely Tyler Co., WV. She died ?.
BIRTH: [LeAnn McRoberts, Nov 2003]
Year of birth given as 1874 by her sister, Martha Adeline Bradford Simms Roberts. The 1880 Census records her as 6 years old making her birth year 1874. Need to get birth record to verify either.
ADDENDUM: [LeAnn McRoberts, Dec 2003]
Nancy Lee Bradford Ragan, daughter of Maggie's brother, Clark Spencer, gives birthdate of November 23 1874.
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1880 CENSUS: See Notes of father, William Henry Bradford, for details.
Recorded as "Maggie J".
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MARRIAGE: Per Family Group Record of John R. Malson (given to me in Mar 2004 by 2nd wife, Harriet J. Malson), Maggie never married.F ii ELIZABETH BRADFORD 1, 2, 3 was born about 1879 in possibly OH. She died in 1936 in possibly WV.
MARRIAGE: Per Family Group Record of John R. Malson (given to me in Mar 2004 by 2nd wife, Harriet J. Malson) Elizabeth married James Doyle.
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CENSUSES:
1880 - See Notes of father, William Henry Bradford, for details.
1930 - Clay, Marshall Co., WV
DOYLE, James L. Head, age 56, married at 20, b. WV; Fa b. OH; Mo b. OH; occ: farmer
DOYLE, ELIZABETH, wife, age 54, married at 18, b. OH; Fa b. WV; Mo b. WV
DOYLE, Herbert S., son, age 18, single, b. WV; Fa b. WV; Mo b. OH; occ: laborer/farm
DOYLE, Wesley J., son, age 15, single, b. WV; Fa b. WV; Mo b. OH; occ: laborer/farm
DOYLE, Mae L., daughter, age 12, single, b. WV; Fa b. WV; Mo b. OH
DOYLE, Lela L., daughter, age 5, single, b. WV; Fa b. WV; Mo b. OH
NOTE: [LeAnn McRoberts, Sep 2004]
That this Elizabeth Doyle is the daughter of William Henry Bradford and Susannah Malson Bradford has not been confirmed. However, the commonalities make it highly possible, although this census has Eizabeth 3 years older than she would've been if going by the 1880 census where she is recorded as 1 year old. Nonetheless, I feel this age difference falls within an acceptable range. To date, I have not found any other censuses for this family but am continuing to search. Will also see if I can find a death certificate in West Virginia for her.
==============F iii MARTHA ADELINE "ADDIE" BRADFORD was born on 13 May 1883. She died on 19 Nov 1971. M iv LEWIS FRANKLIN BRADFORD 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 was born on 19 May 1884 in Triadelphia, Ohio Co., WV. He died before 1971. He had other parents. LEWIS was employed as coal miner 1917, WV; RR section hand 1920, Triadelphia, Ohio Co, WV; farm laborer 1930, West Finley, Washington, PA. He served in the military WWI on 12 Sep 1918.
CENSUSES: [Data provided by LeAnn McRoberts unless otherwise noted. ]
1900 - SEE NOTES OF SISTER, MARTHA ADELINE BRADFORD, FOR DETAILS.
1910 - SEE NOTES OF UNCLE, WILLIAM ALVIA MALSON, FOR DETAILS.
Living with uncle William Alvia Malson and his family, his grandmother Elizabeth and aunt Margaret Jane Crider (Aunt Jenny).
1920 - LIBERTY TWP., TRUMBALL CO., OH
Dwelling on Church Hill Road
BRADFORD, LEWIS, cousin, age 36, single, b: WV, Fa & Mo b: WV, occ: laborer/blast furnace
NOTE: [LeAnn McRoberts, Mar 2005]
I am 99% certain this is my grand-uncle Lewis Bradford. His age and place of birth are correct. However, he is recorded as a cousin to the head of household, George Weeks, but I have not found anyone with that surname in my 3 family lines.
1930 - WEST FINLEY, WASHINGTON, PA
Listed as what looks like "Lus" Bradford, brother of head-of-household, John Bradford. Also in this household is his aunt Marg. J. Crider and nephew, Fred Roberts. His occupation is listed as farmer - laborer on a farm.
NOTE: His age is listed as 44, though information from his nieces, Nancy Lee Bradford Ragan and Bernile Bradford Snodgrass, puts his birthdate at May 19, 1884. This would've made him 46. [SEE Notation under Residence below.]
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DEATH SPECULATION: [LeAnn McRoberts, Dec 2003].
Unable to find Lewis in the Social Security Death Index which indicates that he possibily d. prior to 1937 when the Social Security Administration was implemented. However, my mother, Lee Roberts, says that Lewis and Uncle John both fought in WWII. As yet, I have not been able to confirm this and I find it unlikely because both Uncle John and Lewis would've been in their mid-50's at the start of WWII.
NOTATION: According to the Social Security Administration, if someone does not collect social security benefits, they are not listed in the Social Security Death Index.
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RESIDENCE: [LeAnn McRoberts, March 2004]
In a letter my grandmother, Martha Adeline Bradford Simms Roberts, wrote to cousin May Malson (wife of William Alvia Malson) 12 Dec 1958, Lewis was in Pennsylvania. She further mentions that he would be 75 on May 19th confirming his birth date.
Also, in an address book belonging to May Malson (given to me by Harriet J.Malson in March 2004), there is an address of sorts for Mr. Lewis Bradford, Washington Co. home, Washington, Pa RD1.
ADDRESS SPECULATION: [LeAnn McRoberts, March 2004]
Other addresses in this book include Alice Bradford, wife of Lewis' brother, Charles Howard. Her address is given as 911 Chestnut St, Castle Shannon, PA. On Charles Howard Bradford's death certificate of 1969, this same address is given by Alice, who was the informant. Given this, I am speculating that this address for Lewis was in the 1960's.M v JOHN THOMAS BRADFORD 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 was born on 30 Jun 1886 in Triadelphia, Ohio Co., WV. He died on 28 Sep 1969 in Wheeling, Ohio Co., WV. The cause of death was pulmonary edema, cardio-vasular & renal disease. He was buried on 30 Sep 1969 in Park View Memorial Gardens, Waddle Run Road, Wheeling, Ohio Co., WV. He had other parents. JOHN served in the military Private, 5th Co. Depot Brigade Jun 1917 - 1918 in World War I, France. He was employed as laborer of odd jobs in 1910 in WV, railroad laborer in 1920 in PA; truck driver in 1930 in PA in WV, PA, MI. He was hospitalized for a fractured hip from a fall in his home in West Alexander, PA 1 Jun 1969 - 28 Sep 1969 in Peterson Hospital, Wheeling, Ohio Co., WV. He resided in Maple Avenue, WA, PA at the time of hospitalization..
BIRTH-DATE-CONFLICT: [LeAnn McRoberts]
Gramma (Martha Adeline Bradford Roberts), John's sister, gave his month of birth as being June, however, the Social Security Death Index has August.
NOTE: [LeAnn McRoberts, Jul 2004]
Death certificate also recorded birth month as August.
FURTHER BIRTH MONTH NOTE: [LeAnn McRoberts, Oct 2005]
WWI Draft registration card for John Thomas Bradford has June as month of birth.
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CENSUSES: [Data provided by LeAnn McRoberts unless otherwise noted.]
1900 - SEE NOTES OF SISTER, MARTHA ADELINE BRADFORD, FOR DETAILS.
1910 - TRIADELPHIA, OHIO CO., WV
Dwelling #159 National Road
Bradford, WILLIAM H, head, 62, married 37 years, b. KY; Fa: IRELAND, Mo: KY; occ: laborer-odd jobs, reads & writes, rents house
________, SUSANNAH, wife, 51, married 37 years, 11 children born, 5 living, b. OH; Fa: KY; Mo: WV; occ: laborer-private family; reads, doesn't write
________, JOHN T, son, 23, single, b. WV; Fa: KY; Mo: OH; occ: laborer-odd jobs; doesn't read or write
________, ELLA F., daughter, 18, single, b.WV; Fa: KY; Mo: OH; no occ.
________, CLARK S.,son, 14, single, b.WV; Fa: KY; Mo: OH; no occ.
________, CHARLES H.,son, 12, single, b.WV; Fa: KY; Mo: OH; no occ.
NOTE: [LeAnn McRoberts, Mar 2004]
Family living next door to daughter, Martha, and her family. Speculation that William Henry Bradford rented house from son-in-law, SCHRIVER SIMMS, who owned the house next door.
1920 - WEST ALEXANDER, WASHINGTON CO., PA
Dwelling #56 on South Liberty Street
BRADFORD, J. WILLIAM, head, 33, single, b. WV; Fa: KY; Mo: OH; occ: laborer-steam railroad
_________, SUSANNAH, mother, 62, widow, b. WV; Fa: OH; Mo: WV; no occupation
ROBERTS_, MARTHA, daughter, 36, widow; b. WV; Fa: KY; Mo: WV, no occupation
_________, ELIZABETH, daughter, 16, single, b. WV; Fa: WV; Mo: WV, no occupation
_________, WILLIAM S., son, 11, single, b. WV; Fa: WV; Mo: WV
_________, FRED, son, 1 3/12, single, b. WV; Fa: WV; Mo: WV
NOTE: On the handwritten census image, there are asterisks after daughter for Elizabeth, and son for both William S. and Fred. However, I cannot make out what the asterisks denotes.
ERRORS & NOTATIONS: [LeAnn McRoberts, Mar 2004]
Relationships to head of household are incorrect except for Susannah. Martha should be indexed as sister, Elizabeth (Barbara) as niece, William and Fred both as nephew.
1) Head of the household J. William Bradford is actually John Thomas Bradford, son of Susannah, brother of Martha Roberts. His estimated date of birth is given as 1886. John Thomas was born in 1886 & his age is correctly listed as 33.
2) Susannah is Susannah Malson Bradford, mother of John Thomas Bradford & Martha Roberts. She was born 1859 and her age is listed as 62 and she would've been 62 in 1920.
3) Elizabeth is actually, Martha's daughter, Barbara Simms, from her marriage to Shriver Simms. Barbara's age is listed as 16 at the time of census. She was born in 1903 and died January 7, 1922 at age of 18 which would put her at age 16 in 1920. Also, both children's father's birthplace is incorrectly recorded as West Virginia. Correct birthplace is Pennsylvania.
NOTE: Per the 1910 census, Barbara's middle initial is recorded as "E", indicating that her middle name was most likely Elizabeth after her grandmother, Elizabeth H. Merrifield Malson.
4) William S. is Martha's son, William Simms, from her marriage to Shriver Simms. William's age is listed as 11 at the time of the census. He turned 12 in November of 1920.
5) Fred Roberts turned 1 year old on October 26, 1919 & would've been age 1 year 3 months at the time of the census.
6) Gramma was recorded as widowed, however, she was widowed only by her first husband, Shriver Simms. She had remarried in 1917 and my Dad's father deserted them in 1919.
COMMENT: Gramma had written in a letter to me in 1971 that after she left her second husband, she, sons Bill and Fred, then Barbara lived with Uncle John (John Thomas Bradford). This would've been around 1920.
1930 - West Finley, Washington, PA
Listed as John Bradford, head of household. Also in this household is his brother Lewis Bradford, aunt Marg. J. Crider and nephew, Fred Roberts. His occupation is listed as truck driver - general hauling.
His age is listed as 42, though information from his sister, Martha, nieces, Nancy Lee Bradford Ragan and Bernile Bradford Snodgrass, and the Social Security Death Index, puts his year of birth at 1886. This would've made him 44.
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PHOTOS: [LeAnn McRoberts, Mar 2004]
This photo was given to cousin, Nancy Lee Bradford, by John's brother, Charles Howard's daughter, Bernile Patricia Alice Bradford. Nancy sent a copy to me.
It is marked "Bradfords on bridge." I recognized my "Uncle John" on the far right holding a pick-axe in his left hand. There was a copy of a postcard with it. Handwriting on the back back appears to be J T Bradford on the left side and on the right Mol and something else that is illegible.
This is the only known photo of my grand-uncle, John Thomas Bradford, possibly taken between 1910-1930 when he worked on the railroad. Censuses for him during that period record his occupation as laborer on steam railroad.
PHOTO NOTE: William Alvia Malson may also be in this photo as he worked on the railroad as well in 1910 when the Bradfords and Malsons all lived on National Road in Triadelphia, WV. Possibly brother Lewis is also in this photo who worked on the railroad in 1910 when living with uncle, William Alvia Malson.
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COMMENTS: [LeAnn McRoberts]
Uncle John was the only one of my Gramma's siblings I knew. In fact, the only one I knew of at all. He and my Gramma were very close. When she left my grandfather, James Roberts, she, my Dad and his half-brother, Bill Simms, lived with Uncle John for several years. Uncle John also lived near Gramma when she moved to Grand Rapids, Michigan, and I remember him there often. When she moved to Pennsylvania, Uncle John had already moved to West Alexander and I presume lived there until he died, though the state of Pennsylvania has no record of a death certificate for him.
In 1978, my parents, Frederick and Lee Roberts, visited the Stone Church Cemetery and Uncle John's grave, with his half-brother William Simms, cousins Bea and Virginia. At this time, Uncle John's American flag was given to my Dad.
Per my mother, Lee Roberts, both Uncle John and Lewis Frank, fought in WWI and WWII, though I have not yet been able to sustantiate this.
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RESIDENCE: [LeAnn McRoberts, Mar 2004]
Per letter that Gramma wrote to cousin, May Malson, 17 Dec 1957, Uncle John had been in West Alexander, Pa since summer of that year.
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HEALTH: [LeAnn McRoberts, Mar 2004]
Per letter that Gramma wrote to May Malson, 30 Dec 1953, Uncle John was in the hospital having a vein in his leg taken care of.
DEATH-BURIAL: [LeAnn McRoberts, July 2004]
After not finding a death certificate in Pennsylvania (Uncle John's place of residence was West Alexander, PA), I tried West Virginia.
I received a copy of his death certificate 12 July 2004 from West Virginia Dept of Heatlh. Uncle John had fallen at home on Maple Avenue in West Alexander, PA, fractured his hip and was taken to Peterson Hospital in Wheeling, West Virginia on June 1, 1969. It appears that he remained in hospital until his death nearly 4 months later. He was attended during that time by Dr. Harold Weiler.
The primary cause of death was a pulmonary embolism. The approximate interval between onset and death was "1 hour." Cardio-vasular and renal disease are recorded as contributory.
Uncle John's sister, Mrs. Martha Roberts (my Gramma), was the informant on the death certificate, herself living in West Alexander at the time.
Uncle John received a military funeral (World War I) and was interred at Park View Memorial Gardens, Waddle Run Road, Wheeling, WV on 30 Sept 1969.F vi ANNA MAE BRADFORD was born on 22 May 1890. She died on 8 Dec 1978. F vii ELLA F. BRADFORD was born in May 1893. She died ?. M viii CLARK SPENCER BRADFORD was born on 7 Jun 1895. He died on 24 Aug 1975. M ix CHARLES HOWARD BRADFORD was born on 11 Mar 1898. He died on 13 Mar 1969.
JOHN ALEX MALSON [Parents] 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 was born on 8 May 1835 in Pocahontas Co., VA. He died on 6 Jul 1923 in Clifford, Bartholomew Co., IN. He was buried on 9 Jul 1923 in Garland Brooke Cemetery, Columbus, Bartholomew Co., IN. He married ELIZABETH H. MERRIFIELD about 1856. The marriage ended in divorce. JOHN resided in Cliff ord, TOF, BC, IN at the time of his death. He was employed as farmer. He served in the military during the Civil War, Union Army, 15th Regiment West Virginia Infantry 1861 - 1864.
Other marriages:CARTER, JULIA ANN BOYD
DIRECT ANCESTRY & DESCENDANTS:
Great-grandson of James Malson I
Grandson of Daniel Malson & Christenia
Son of George Malson & Elizabeth Courtney
Father of Susannah S. Malson Bradford
Grandfather of Martha Adeline Bradford Roberts
Great-grandfather of Barbara and William Simms & Frederick Winfred Roberts
2nd Great-grandfather of LeAnn Roberts (McRoberts)
===============================LAND PATENTS: [Source - U.S. Genweb Archives, LeAnn McRoberts, Dec. 2003]
Listed on the Ohio River Survey for the Bureau of Land Management for Marietta Township, Monroe County, sign date November 1, 1846. John Malson owned a plot of 40.14 acres. This land is next to a plot owned by father, George Malson.
COMMENT: [Notation by LeAnn McRoberts, Feb 2004]
While I initially thought John Malson was George's son, it is unlikely since John Alex Malson was born in 1835 & would've been only 11 years old. More likely the John Malson recorded in this land patent is George's brother.
==============================MILITARY SERVICE: [Source - Extract from the National Park Servive Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System website provided by LeAnn McRoberts, Dec 2003]
Civil War. Union Army. John Alex Malson was a Private with the 15th Regiment of the West Virginia Infantry. 53 men of the regiment were killed or mortally wounded. 100 men died from disease.
===============================MARRIAGE: [LeAnn McRoberts, Nov. 2003]
Second marriage to Mrs. JULIA A. BOYD CARTER in Indiana abt 1880. [SEE 1880 Census below. Also SEE 1880 Census in Grant, Wetzel Co., WV in Elizabeth's Notes where she is without John Alex.] Ancestral file of grandson, John R. Malson, confirms 2nd marriage.
===============================CENSUSES:
1840 - See Notes of father, George Malson, for details.
1860 - See Notes of wife, Elizabeth H. Merrifield, for details.
1870 - See Notes of wife, Elizabeth H. Merrifield, for details.
1880 - Flatrock Twp., Bartholomew County, INMALSON, John A., Self, M, Male, White, 44, b. VA, Occ: farmer, Fa: PA, Mo: WV
________, Julia A, Wife, M, Female, White, 37, b. IN. Occ: keeps house, Fa: PA, Mo: NJ
________, Martha B., Dau, S, Female, White, 17, b. IN, Fa: IN, Mo: IN
________, Alice, Dau, S, Female, White, 11, b. IN, Fa: IN, Mo: IN
________, Gertrude, Dau, S, Female, White, 9, b. IN, Fa: IN, Mo: IN
________, Levi J., Son, M, Male, White, 4, b. IN, Fa: VA, Mo: INNOTE: [By LeAnn McRoberts, Nov 2003]
The 3 daughters are NOT John Alex Malson's biological children. Their father's birthplace is recorded as IN as is their mother's. John Alex's birthplace is recorded correctly as VA. Only the boy, Levi J.'s, father's birthplace is recorded as VA.
Malson researcher, Ranny Simmons, concurs that these girls are not the children of John Alex but of Julia's previous marriage to Carter and the girls assumed the Malson surname without benefit of legal adoption.
1900 - Flatrock Twp., Bartholomew Co., IN
MALEON<sic>, JOHN A., head, b. May 1835, age 65, widowed, b. VA, Fa b. PA, Mo b. VA, occ: farmer
___________, Harry A., son, b. Oct 1883, age 15, single, b. IN, Fa b. VA, Mo b. IN, occ: farm laborerNOTE: [LeAnn McRoberts, Dec 2004]
Though he is indexed as John A. "Maleon", the month, year (May 1835) and place of birth (Virginia) as well as father's place of birth (Pennsylvania) confirms this is my 2nd great-grandfather, John Alex Malson.
Further confirmation in the location and his son with Julia Boyd Carter, Harry A. Malson, living with him. Harry was born in October 1882. He at first was recorded as age 17 but this was crossed out and 16 written in. Harry would've been 16 at the time of this census taken 11 Jun 1900. He would've been 17 in October of 1900.
1910 - Flatrock Twp., Bartholomew Co., IN; Enumerated on 15th April 1910
Malson, John A., Head, male, white, 74, widower, b. WV, Fa: PA; Mo: VA, own income
1920 - Clifford, Flatrock Twp, Bartholomew Co., IN; Enumerated on 24th January 1912Malson, John, Head, Owns home, free of mortgage, male, white, 84, widower, reads yes, writes yes, b: VA, Fa: PA, Mo: PA
==============================DEATH: Source is Ranny Simmons, Malson researcher. I am in the process of verifing this. [LeAnn McRoberts, Nov 2003]
1920 Census confirms John Alex Malson was living in Clifford, IN. Sent for death certificate 8 Mar 2004 to verify date and place. [LeAnn McRoberts, Mar 2004]
NOTE: [LeAnn McRoberts, Apr 2004]
Received photo copy of death certificate 5 Apr 2004. Actual date of death is 6 July 1923. He died of heart failure due to heat prostration. Son, Harry Malson by Julia Boyd Carter, signed the death certificate. Confirmation of birthdate. Birthplace only recorded as West Virginia as is father's. Mother's maiden name and birthplace is recorded as Unknown.
BURIAL: [LeAnn McRoberts, July 2004]
Received photo of headstone at Garland Brooke Cemetery in Columbus, Indiana from cousin Ludella Pittman Ebinger, great-granddaughter of John Alex's sister, Mary Christine Malson.
NOTE: Second wife, Julia Boyd Carter Malson is not buried with John Alex.
ELIZABETH H. MERRIFIELD [Parents] 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 was born on 15 Feb 1838 in Pocahontas Co., VA. She died - 9 Jun 1919 in Spirit Lake, Kootenai Co., ID. The cause of death was stomach cancer. She was buried in Spirit Lake, Kootenai Co., ID. She married JOHN ALEX MALSON about 1856. The marriage ended in divorce. ELIZABETH was baptized on 10 Aug 1917.
Other marriages:WINESBURG, GEORGE WASHINGTON
DIRECT MERRIFIELD ANCESTRY:
Great-granddaughter of Samuel Merrifield I & Mary M.
Granddaughter of Richard Merrifield & Phoebe Tucker
Daughter of John Merrifield & Margaret HickenbothamDIRECT DESCENDANTS:
Mother of Susannah Sude Malson Bradford
Grandmother of Martha Adeline Bradford Roberts
Great-grandmother of Barbara and William Simms & Frederick Winfred Roberts
2nd Great-grandmother of LeAnn Roberts (McRoberts)
=========================FAMILY-MEMBERS: Ruth Merrifield Newhouse FGR has this family:
John Alex Malson & Elizabeth H. Merrifield;
Eliza A m. John Van Horn, d.abt 1880
Susannah S m. Wm. Henry Bradford, d. 15 Jul 1953
Margaret Jane m. Wm.Crider, d. 8 Jan 1937
Catherine C. m. Joseph Shrimp
Laura M.
Geo. B. d. young;
John R. Calhoun m. Bell Moore
Wm. Alva m. Ida May Brantner, d. 28 Aug 1946 Calpella, CA
=============================CENSUSES:
1850 - Schedule 1 - Free Inhabintants of the Western District, county of Marion in the state of Virginia
Margaret MERRIFIELD, 43, b. VA
Richard ___________, 16, laborer, b. VA
Susanna ___________, 14, b. VA
Elizabeth H. ______, 12, b. VA
John M. ___________, 10, b. VA
Mathilda __________, 8, b. VA
Zedekiah A. _______, 5, b. VA
1860 - Schedule 1 - Free Inhabitants of Sistersville in the county of Tyler in the state of Virginia Enumeration Date: 15 June 1860John Molson, 25, male, b. VA
Elizabeth ", 23, female, b. VA
Eliza A., ", 3, female, b. VA
Susan, ", 1 female, b. VA
Frances H. Michael, 16, female, house servant, b. VANOTE: [LeAnn McRoberts, Apr 2004]
"Susan" would be Susannah Sude Malson. Also, Malson is misspelled Molson (a common occurence).
1870 - Schedule 1 - Inhabitants of Magnolia Twp., county of Wetzel, state of West VirginiaMalson, John 35, farmer, b. VA
______, Elizabeth, 33, keeping house, b. VA
______, Eliza, 14, at home, b. VA
______, Susannah, 11, at home, b. VA
______, Margaret J., 8, at home, b. VA
______, Catherine R., 6, at home, b. WV
______, Laura M., 4, at home, b. WV
1880 - Schedule 1 - Inhabitants of Green District, county of Wetzel, state of West VirginiaKRIDER, Margat, Self, F, W, Wid, 73, b. VA, Occ: keep house, Fa:__. Mo:__
MOLSAN, Elizabeth, Dau, F, M, W, 42, b. VA, Occ: Wk house; Fa: PA, Mo: VA
MOLSAN, Wm. A., GSon, M, S, W, 1, b. WV, Fa:__. Mo: VANOTE: [LeAnn McRoberts, Dec 2003]
Margat Krider is Margaret Emaline Hickenbotham Merrifield Crider, widow of John Merrifield and Obediah Crider; MALSON is misspelled MOLSAN.
1910 - See Notes of son, William Alvia Malson, for details.
=========================RESIDENCE: Unknown source in Jan Hornick's database provided this information:
"Elizabeth lived with the AL MALSON family at Spirit Lake, ID at the time of her death in June 1918 and she was buried there, although there are no records of her death and burial, there, or in the state or county."
NOTE: [LeAnn McRoberts, Jan 2004]
From my conversations with her, I now know that the source of the above-referenced information is Harriet Malson, 2nd wife of John Rodger Malson.
=========================PHOTOS: Jan Hornick's database cites unknown source who claims to "have copy of two pictures."
1) Marg't Jane "Jenny" Malson Crider, Eliz. H. Merrifield Malson Winesburg, mother of Jenny & Al, Wm. Alva"Al", wife Ida May Brantner Malson, son John Rodger Malson - taken Spokane, WA 1918;
2) Eliz. H. b. 2/15/1838, m. Geo. W. Winesburg, dau. Susannah S Malson Bradford, gr dau Martha A "Addie" Bradford Simms, Barbara ? d. age 19 - four generation photo taken abt 1905 or 1906 at Wheeling, WV."
NOTE: [LeAnn McRoberts, Nov 2003]
Original photograph in my possession, given to me in 1970 by my grandmother, Martha Adeline Bradford Simms Roberts, granddaughter or Elizabeth H. Merrifield Malson.
FURTHER NOTE: [LeAnn McRoberts, Jan 2004]
From my conversations with her, I now know that the source of the above-referenced photos is Harriet Malson, 2nd wife of John Rodger Malson .
ADDITIONAL NOTE: [LeAnn McRoberts, March 2004]
Harriet has sent me a copy of the above-referenced photo #1.
====================ORIGINAL PHOTOS: [Source - Great-great granddaughter, LeAnn, given to her by Martha Adeline Bradford Simms Roberts in 1966 & 1970 (Nov 2003)]
1) Photograph (copy described above by unknown source) taken in 1905 showing 4 generations of BRADFORD/MALSON/MERRIFIELD females. Facing, Martha Adeline Bradford Simms sits on the left. In the center sits her grandmother, Elizabeth H. Merrifield Malson Winesburg with Martha's two year old daughter, Barbara, on her lap. Sitting to the right of Elizabeth is her daughter (Martha's mother) Susannah Malson Bradford.
2) Portrait photograph of Elizabeth H. taken abt 1918.
NOTE: [LeAnn McRoberts, Mar 2004]
Harriet J. Malson has confirmed that the above-referenced photo #2 is Elizabeth H. Merrifield. She has a copy of it and the photo of Elizabeth with her son, his wife and their son taken in 1918 referenced above also confirms this.
3) 3 generations of Malsons taken in Spokane, Washington in 1918 about 2 months before Elizabeth died of stomach cancer in Spirit Lake, Idaho. She died there but death was not recorded by the Dr.
FURTHER NOTE: March 2004 - Harriet has sent me a copy of this photo.
========================DIVORCE: [Information provided by LeAnn McRoberts, Dec 2003]
1) 1880 Census in Flatrock, Bartholomew Co., Indiana shows a JOHN A. MALSON, 44 years of age born in VA with wife Julia Boyd Carter (SEE John Alex Malson Notes for census details.) Need to verify & obtain copy of divorce decree for John Alex if possible.
2) SEE 1880 Census above where Elizabeth is living with her mother and 1 year old son, William Alvia Malson further indicating she & John Alex Malson were no longer together.
3) Also, another 1880 Census for West Wheeling, Belmont County, Ohio has Elizabeth's 9 year old son, John R. Calhoon living with his sister, Susannah, and her family with William Henry Bradford. SEE Susannah's Notes for details.
NOTE: Ancestral file of grandson, John R. Malson, confirms 2nd marriage of John Alex Malson.
========================MARRIAGE #2: [LeAnn McRoberts]
Elizabeth's great-grandson, Frederick Winfred Roberts, was told of second marriage to George Washington Winesburg, by his mother, Martha, and he in turn told me.
========================DEATH-BURIAL: [LeAnn McRoberts, Jan 2004]
A Greenwood Cemetery of Spirit Lake, ID transcription has an A L MALSON with date of death as 6/17/1919. This transcription, done by a Mary Garrison, is found on both Rootweb.com & Internment.net.
Given that Elizabeth's date of death, given by grandson, John R. Malson's Ancestral File as June 1918, this is too close for coincidence. Need to investisgate further.
They had the following children:
F i ELIZA A. MALSON 1, 2, 3, 4 was born about 1857 in VA. She died about 1880.
1860 & 1870 CENSUSES: See Notes of mother, Elizabeth H. Merrifield, for details.
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MARRIAGE: John VanHorn on 19 Jan 1879. There was one child, possibly named Lydia.F ii SUSANNAH SUDE MALSON was born on 20 May 1859. She died on 15 Jul 1953. F iii MARGARET JANE "JENNY" MALSON was born on 15 Mar 1862. She died on 8 Jan 1937. F iv CATHERINE C. "KATE" MALSON was born about 1864. She died after 7 May 1910. F v LAURA MATHILDA MALSON 1, 2, 3 was born on 30 Mar 1866 in Lincoln, Tyler Co., WV.
1870 CENSUS: See Notes of mother, Elizabeth H. Merrifield, for details.
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DISAPPEARANCE: [LeAnn McRoberts, Mar 2004]
Per Harriet Jane Malson, 2nd wife of John Rodgers Malson, Laura Mathilda was living in St. Clairville, Belmont County, Ohio prior to the 1880 census with a family named Wood or Woods. They went west taking her with them and she was never heard from again.
CONFLICT-NOTE: [LeAnn McRoberts, Apr 2004]
Database of Malson researcher, Ranny Simmons, has Laura having married a Fred Mook. I asked him where he got this information and in his return email to me, he said he got this information from a William Marshall Malson of North Canton, OH, whom he also said is 2nd cousin once removed of Laura Matilda Malson, and a descendant of John Malson, son of Daniel Malson.
William Marshall Malson is my 3rd cousin twice removed. I plan on contacting William Marshall Malson to ascertain how he came by this information when Laura's own mother did not even know where she was.M vi GEORGE B. MALSON 1 was born on 11 May 1871 in Wetzel Co. WV. He died in 1871/1880.
Twin of John R. Calhoon Malson.M vii JOHN R. CALHOON MALSON 1, 2 was born on 11 May 1871 in Wetzel Co., WV. He died bef or abt 1937.
Twin of George B. Malson.
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1880 CENSUS: See Notes of William Henry Bradford for details.
NOTE: Recorded as Jno C Malson, brother-in-law of William H. Bradford with sister, Susannah Bradford.
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MARRIAGE: [Harriet J. Malson]
John R. Calhoon married Bell Moore. They had 2 known children, David Malson and John Malson.M viii WILLIAM ALVIA "AL" MALSON was born on 30 Aug 1878. He died on 28 Aug 1946.
GREAT-GREAT GRANDFATHER BRADFORD 1 was born in possibly Ireland. He married GREAT-GREAT GRANDMOTHER BRADFORD.
GREAT-GREAT GRANDMOTHER BRADFORD was born in Kentucky. She married GREAT-GREAT GRANDFATHER BRADFORD.
They had the following children:
M i WILLIAM HENRY BRADFORD was born on 19 Apr 1848. He died in 1919/1920.
RONALD EARL BEAMAN 1, 2.RONALD married STARR ANN "DEMMIE" MALSON.
PARENTS: Roy Lee Beaman and Nellie Irene Cooke.
STARR ANN "DEMMIE" MALSON [Parents] 1, 2.STARR married RONALD EARL BEAMAN.
Other marriages:GRAFF, RICHARD
DIRECT MALSON/MERRIFIELD ANCESTRY:
5th Great-granddaughter of James Malson I
5th Great-granddaughter of Samuel Merrifield I & Mary M.
4th Great-granddaughter of Daniel Malson & Christenia
4th Great-granddaughter of Richard Merrifield & Phoebe Tucker
3rd Great-granddaughter of George Malson & Eliza Courtney
3rd Great-granddaughter of John Merrifield & Margaret Hickenbotham
2nd Great-granddaughter of Elizabeth H. Merrifield Malson & John Alex Malson
Great-granddaughter of William Alvia Malson & Ida May Brantner
Granddaughter of John Rodgers Malson & Fannie Jane Curtis SuddothDIRECT DESCENDANCY:
Daughter of John William Malson & Starr Suzanne Stanley
COLLATERAL KINSHIPS:
1st cousin twice removed of Marthe Adeline Bradford Roberts (deceased)
2nd cousin once removed of Frederick Winfred Roberts (deceased)
3rd cousin of LeAnn Roberts (McRoberts) (living)
They had the following children:
F i REBECCA CHEREE BEAMAN 1, 2.
DIRECT MALSON/MERRIFIELD ANCESTRY:
6th Great-granddaughter of James Malson I
6th Great-granddaughter of Samuel Merrifield I & Mary M.
5th Great-granddaughter of Daniel Malson & Christenia
5th Great-granddaughter of Richard Merrifield & Phoebe Tucker
4th Great-granddaughter of George Malson & Eliza Courtney
4th Great-granddaughter of John Merrifield & Margaret Hickenbotham
3rd Great-granddaughter of John Alex Malson & Elizabeth H. Merrifield Malson
2nd Great-granddaughter of William Alvia Malson & Ida May Brantner
Great-granddaughter of John Rodgers Malson & Fannie Jane Curtis Suddoth
Grand-daughter of John William Malson & Starr Suzanne Stanley
DIRECT DESCENDANCY:
Daughter of Starr Ann Malson & Ronald Beaman
COLLATERAL KINSHIPS:
1st cousin thrice removed of Marthe Adeline Bradford Roberts (deceased)
2nd cousin twice removed of Frederick Winfred Roberts (deceased)
3rd cousin once removed of LeAnn Roberts (McRoberts) (living)F ii JODI LeANN BEAMAN 1, 2.
DIRECT MALSON/MERRIFIELD ANCESTRY:
6th Great-granddaughter of James Malson I
6th Great-granddaughter of Samuel Merrifield I & Mary M.
5th Great-granddaughter of Daniel Malson & Christenia
5th Great-granddaughter of Richard Merrifield & Phoebe Tucker
4th Great-granddaughter of George Malson & Eliza Courtney
4th Great-granddaughter of John Merrifield & Margaret Hickenbotham
3rd Great-granddaughter of John Alex Malson & Elizabeth H. Merrifield Malson
2nd Great-granddaughter of William Alvia Malson & Ida May Brantner
Great-granddaughter of John Rodgers Malson & Fannie Jane Curtis Suddoth
Grand-daughter of John William Malson & Starr Suzanne Stanley
DIRECT DESCENDANCY:
Daughter of Starr Ann Malson & Ronald Beaman
COLLATERAL KINSHIPS:
1st cousin thrice removed of Marthe Adeline Bradford Roberts (deceased)
2nd cousin twice removed of Frederick Winfred Roberts (deceased)
3rd cousin once removed of LeAnn Roberts (McRoberts) (living)M iii RONALD LEE BEAMAN 1, 2.
DIRECT MALSON/MERRIFIELD ANCESTRY:
6th Great-grandson of James Malson I
6th Great-grandson of Samuel Merrifield I & Mary M.
5th Great-grandson of Daniel Malson & Christenia
5th Great-grandson of Richard Merrifield & Phoebe Tucker
4th Great-grandson of George Malson & Eliza Courtney
4th Great-grandson of John Merrifield & Margaret Hickenbotham
3rd Great-grandson of John Alex Malson & Elizabeth H. Merrifield Malson
2nd Great-grandson of William Alvia Malson & Ida May Brantner
Great-grandson of John Rodgers Malson & Fannie Jane Curtis Suddoth
Grandson of John William Malson & Starr Suzanne Stanley
DIRECT DESCENDANCY:
Son of Starr Ann Malson & Ronald Beaman
COLLATERAL KINSHIPS:
1st cousin thrice removed of Marthe Adeline Bradford Roberts (deceased)
2nd cousin twice removed of Frederick Winfred Roberts (deceased)
3rd cousin once removed of LeAnn Roberts (McRoberts) (living)
CLARK SPENCER BRADFORD [Parents] 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 was born on 7 Jun 1895 in Triadelphia, Ohio Co., WV. He died on 24 Aug 1975 in San Antonio, Bexar Co., San Antonio, Bexar Co., TX. He was buried on 27 Aug 1975 in Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, San Antonio, Bexar Co., TX. He married DOROTHY RUBY RACHEL PATTON on 7 Jun 1929 in San Antonio, Bexar Co., TX. CLARK served in the military World War I medic in 1918 in France.
PHOTO:
Clark in the early 1970's. Original photo in possession of his daughter, Nancy Lee Bradford Ragan.
=====================BIRTH-DEATH DATES: [LeAnn McRoberts, Nov 2003]
Social Security Death Index lists a Clark Bradford Sr. born June 7, 1895, died August 1975 and shows place of death as San Antonio, Texas.
In letter to me in April of 1971, Gramma (Martha Adeline Bradford Simms Roberts) wrote of her brother that she had "received an Easter card from Clark Bradford's wife, he is still alive, living somewhere in Texas." Gramma further wrote that there were "still three of us alive and me, I am the oldest."
========================CENSUSES:
1900 & 1910 - See Notes of sister, Martha Adeline Bradford, for details.
1920 - See Notes of sister, Anna Mae Bradford, for details.
1930 - Population for San Antonio City, Bexar County, Texas
Dwelling #512 on West Mistletoe Avenue
BRADFORD, Clark S., head, rent, $10, w, 30, married @ 30, b. WV, Fa: U.S., Mo: Ohio, occ: office assistant at hospital
_________, Dorothy R., wife, w, 23, married @ 21, b. AR, Fa: AR, Mo. Ireland, occ: none========================
KINSHIP DISCOVERY: [LeAnn McRoberts, Dec 2003]
In seeking information on a the 2nd wife of my fist cousin, John Rodger Malson, I found a notation in Jan Hornick's gedcom by a "NANCY". It was through contacting this Nancy via email about this Malson relation that I discovered she and I are cousins. Her father, Clark, was my grand uncle, brother of my grandmother, Martha Adeline Bradford Roberts.
ADDENDUM: Clark Spencer Bradford birth and death dates confirmed by daughter, Nancy Bradford Ragan of San Antonio, Texas in email to me December 5, 2003.
=========================MILITARY SERVICE: [Source - Nancy Lee Bradford Ragan, Dec 2003]
World War I. U.S. Army PFC, medic. Later stationed at Fort Sam Houston Army Hospital in San Antonio, Texas.
=========================MARRIAGE-CHILDREN:
In email to me December 5, 2003, Nancy Lee Bradford Ragan, daughter of Clark Bradford, wrote that her parents met at Fort Sam Houston Army Hospital where Clark was stationed. They married in June of 1929 and had 6 children.
DOROTHY RUBY RACHEL PATTON 1, 2 was born on 26 Jun 1903 in Little Rock, AR. She died on 11 Aug 1995 in San Antonio, Bexar Co., TX. She was buried on 14 Aug 1995 in Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery. She married CLARK SPENCER BRADFORD on 7 Jun 1929 in San Antonio, Bexar Co., TX.
They had the following children:
F i DOROTHY DIANE BRADFORD 1 was born on 6 Dec 1930 in San Antonio, Bexar Co.,TX. She died on 31 Jan 1999.
DIRECT ANCESTRY:
MERRIFIELD
4th great-granddaughter of Samuel Merrifield I & Mary M.
3rd great-granddaughter of Richard Merrifield & Phoebe Tucker
2nd great-granddaughter of John Merrifield & Margaret Hickenbotham
Great-granddaughter of Elizabeth H. Merrifield Malson & John Alex Malson
MALSON
4th Great-granddaughter of James Malson
3rd Great-granddaughter of Daniel Malson & Christenia
2nd Great-granddaughter of George Malson & Elizabeth Courtney
Great-granddaughter of John Alex Malson & Elizabeth H. Merrifield
Granddaughter of Susannah S. Malson Bradford & William Henry Bradford
DIRECT DESCENDANCY:
Daughter of Clark Spencer Bradford & Dorothy Ruby Rachel Patton
COLLATERAL KINSHIPS:
Niece of Martha Adeline Bradford Roberts, John Thomas Bradford, Lewis Bradford, Anna Bradford Hoffman, Ella Bradford Westfall, Charles Howard Bradford (all deceased)
1st Cousin of William Simms & Frederick Winfred Roberts (deceased)
1st Cousin once removed of LeAnn Roberts (McRoberts) (living)
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MARRIAGE-CHILDREN: Married to Calvin Dunn of Michigan. Child, Brenda Joyce.
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MEETINGS: [LeAnn McRoberts, Jan 2004]
In the 1950's "Diane", her father, Clark, husband and daughter travelled to Pennsylvania to visit Clark's mother, Susannah, then to Michigan to visit Clark's sister, Martha, and may have visited my parents after I was born. This meeting which my mother told me about was confirmed by Nancy Lee Bradford.F ii ZERNA PATRICIA BRADFORD 1.
DIRECT ANCESTRY:
MERRIFIELD
4th great-granddaughter of Samuel Merrifield I & Mary M.
3rd great-granddaughter of Richard Merrifield & Phoebe Tucker
2nd great-granddaughter of John Merrifield & Margaret Hickenbotham
Great-granddaughter of Elizabeth H. Merrifield Malson & John Alex Malson
MALSON
4th Great-granddaughter of James Malson
3rd Great-granddaughter of Daniel Malson & Christenia
2nd Great-granddaughter of George Malson & Elizabeth Courtney
Great-granddaughter of John Alex Malson & Elizabeth H. Merrifield
Granddaughter of Susannah S. Malson Bradford & William Henry Bradford
DIRECT DESCENDANCY:
Daughter of Clark Spencer Bradford & Dorothy Ruby Rachel Patton
COLLATERAL KINSHIPS:
Niece of Martha Adeline Bradford Roberts, John Thomas Bradford, Lewis Bradford, Anna Bradford Hoffman, Ella Bradford Westfall, Charles Howard Bradford (all deceased)
1st Cousin of William Simms & Frederick Winfred Roberts (deceased)
1st Cousin once removed of LeAnn Roberts (McRoberts) (living)M iii CLARK SPENCER BRADFORD JR. was born on 7 Nov 1937. He died on 9 Jun 2004. F iv NANCY LEE BRADFORD. M v CHARLES FREDERICK BRADFORD 1.
DIRECT ANCESTRY:
MERRIFIELD
4th great-grandson of Samuel Merrifield I & Mary M.
3rd great-grandson of Richard Merrifield & Phoebe Tucker
2nd great-grandson of John Merrifield & Margaret Hickenbotham
Great-grandson of Elizabeth H. Merrifield Malson & John Alex Malson
MALSON
4th Great-grandson of James Malson
3rd Great-grandson of Daniel Malson & Christenia
2nd Great-grandson of George Malson & Elizabeth Courtney
Great-grandson of John Alex Malson & Elizabeth H. Merrifield
Grandson of Susannah S. Malson Bradford & William Henry Bradford
DIRECT DESCENDANCY:
Son of Clark Spencer Bradford & Dorothy Ruby Rachel Patton
COLLATERAL KINSHIPS:
Nephew of Martha Adeline Bradford Roberts, John Thomas Bradford, Lewis Bradford, Anna Bradford Hoffman, Ella Bradford Westfall, Charles Howard Bradford (all deceased)
1st Cousin of William Simms & Frederick Winfred Roberts (deceased)
1st Cousin once removed of LeAnn Roberts (McRoberts) (living)M vi HOWARD THOMAS BRADFORD 1 was born on 30 Oct 1945 in San Antonio, Bexar Co., TX. He died on 14 Jul 2003.
DIRECT ANCESTRY:
MERRIFIELD
4th great-grandson of Samuel Merrifield I & Mary M.
3rd great-grandson of Richard Merrifield & Phoebe Tucker
2nd great-grandson of John Merrifield & Margaret Hickenbotham
Great-grandson of Elizabeth H. Merrifield Malson & John Alex Malson
MALSON
4th Great-grandson of James Malson
3rd Great-grandson of Daniel Malson & Christenia
2nd Great-grandson of George Malson & Elizabeth Courtney
Great-grandson of John Alex Malson & Elizabeth H. Merrifield
Grandson of Susannah S. Malson Bradford & William Henry Bradford
DIRECT DESCENDANCY:
Son of Clark Spencer Bradford & Dorothy Ruby Rachel Patton
COLLATERAL KINSHIPS:
Nephew of Martha Adeline Bradford Roberts, John Thomas Bradford, Lewis Bradford, Anna Bradford Hoffman, Ella Bradford Westfall, Charles Howard Bradford (all deceased)
1st Cousin of William Simms & Frederick Winfred Roberts (deceased)
1st Cousin once removed of LeAnn Roberts (McRoberts) (living)
GEORGE WASHINGTON WINESBURG was born in 1834 in Marion Co., VA. He died in Dec 1908. He married ELIZABETH H. MERRIFIELD on 27 Jan 1889 in Belmont Co., OH.
MILITARY SERVICE: [Source - Historical Data Systems, comp. "Military Records of Individual Civil War Soldiers" listed on Ancestry.com - provided by LeAnn McRobets, Feb 2004]
Civil War - Union Army. Enlisted as a Private on May 27, 1964, Company G, 138th Infantry Regiment Indiana. Mustered out September 21, 1864 in Indianapolis, IN.
==================CIVIL WAR PENSION: [Source - Ancestry.com - provided by LeAnn McRoberts, Feb 2004]
George is listed on the Civil War Pension Index, having filed on what looks like Dec 4, 1891, possibly 1898. His claim is listed as "Invalid".
NOTE: [LeAnn McRoberts, Mar 2004]
I have discovered another George W. Winesburg in an 1880 Census. This one was aged 54 and born in West Virginia. The above-referenced George W. Winesburg is found in an 1880 Census in Indiana which ties in with his enrollment with the 138th Indiana Infantry. Now trying to discern which George W. Winesburg married my great-great grandmother.
==================DEATH: [Source - Ancestry.com - provided by LeAnn McRoberts, Feb 2004]
George Winesburg's first wife, Mary E. Winesburg, filed for Civil War death pension on what looks like Dec 12, 1908.
NOTE: [LeAnn McRoberts, Mar 2004]
Given the notation above calls into question that this Mary Winesburg is the first wife of the George Washington Wineburg who married my great-great grandmother. Further investigation warranted.
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ELIZABETH H. MERRIFIELD [Parents] 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 was born on 15 Feb 1838 in Pocahontas Co., VA. She died - 9 Jun 1919 in Spirit Lake, Kootenai Co., ID. The cause of death was stomach cancer. She was buried in Spirit Lake, Kootenai Co., ID. She married GEORGE WASHINGTON WINESBURG on 27 Jan 1889 in Belmont Co., OH. ELIZABETH was baptized on 10 Aug 1917.
Other marriages:MALSON, JOHN ALEX
DIRECT MERRIFIELD ANCESTRY:
Great-granddaughter of Samuel Merrifield I & Mary M.
Granddaughter of Richard Merrifield & Phoebe Tucker
Daughter of John Merrifield & Margaret HickenbothamDIRECT DESCENDANTS:
Mother of Susannah Sude Malson Bradford
Grandmother of Martha Adeline Bradford Roberts
Great-grandmother of Barbara and William Simms & Frederick Winfred Roberts
2nd Great-grandmother of LeAnn Roberts (McRoberts)
=========================FAMILY-MEMBERS: Ruth Merrifield Newhouse FGR has this family:
John Alex Malson & Elizabeth H. Merrifield;
Eliza A m. John Van Horn, d.abt 1880
Susannah S m. Wm. Henry Bradford, d. 15 Jul 1953
Margaret Jane m. Wm.Crider, d. 8 Jan 1937
Catherine C. m. Joseph Shrimp
Laura M.
Geo. B. d. young;
John R. Calhoun m. Bell Moore
Wm. Alva m. Ida May Brantner, d. 28 Aug 1946 Calpella, CA
=============================CENSUSES:
1850 - Schedule 1 - Free Inhabintants of the Western District, county of Marion in the state of Virginia
Margaret MERRIFIELD, 43, b. VA
Richard ___________, 16, laborer, b. VA
Susanna ___________, 14, b. VA
Elizabeth H. ______, 12, b. VA
John M. ___________, 10, b. VA
Mathilda __________, 8, b. VA
Zedekiah A. _______, 5, b. VA
1860 - Schedule 1 - Free Inhabitants of Sistersville in the county of Tyler in the state of Virginia Enumeration Date: 15 June 1860John Molson, 25, male, b. VA
Elizabeth ", 23, female, b. VA
Eliza A., ", 3, female, b. VA
Susan, ", 1 female, b. VA
Frances H. Michael, 16, female, house servant, b. VANOTE: [LeAnn McRoberts, Apr 2004]
"Susan" would be Susannah Sude Malson. Also, Malson is misspelled Molson (a common occurence).
1870 - Schedule 1 - Inhabitants of Magnolia Twp., county of Wetzel, state of West VirginiaMalson, John 35, farmer, b. VA
______, Elizabeth, 33, keeping house, b. VA
______, Eliza, 14, at home, b. VA
______, Susannah, 11, at home, b. VA
______, Margaret J., 8, at home, b. VA
______, Catherine R., 6, at home, b. WV
______, Laura M., 4, at home, b. WV
1880 - Schedule 1 - Inhabitants of Green District, county of Wetzel, state of West VirginiaKRIDER, Margat, Self, F, W, Wid, 73, b. VA, Occ: keep house, Fa:__. Mo:__
MOLSAN, Elizabeth, Dau, F, M, W, 42, b. VA, Occ: Wk house; Fa: PA, Mo: VA
MOLSAN, Wm. A., GSon, M, S, W, 1, b. WV, Fa:__. Mo: VANOTE: [LeAnn McRoberts, Dec 2003]
Margat Krider is Margaret Emaline Hickenbotham Merrifield Crider, widow of John Merrifield and Obediah Crider; MALSON is misspelled MOLSAN.
1910 - See Notes of son, William Alvia Malson, for details.
=========================RESIDENCE: Unknown source in Jan Hornick's database provided this information:
"Elizabeth lived with the AL MALSON family at Spirit Lake, ID at the time of her death in June 1918 and she was buried there, although there are no records of her death and burial, there, or in the state or county."
NOTE: [LeAnn McRoberts, Jan 2004]
From my conversations with her, I now know that the source of the above-referenced information is Harriet Malson, 2nd wife of John Rodger Malson.
=========================PHOTOS: Jan Hornick's database cites unknown source who claims to "have copy of two pictures."
1) Marg't Jane "Jenny" Malson Crider, Eliz. H. Merrifield Malson Winesburg, mother of Jenny & Al, Wm. Alva"Al", wife Ida May Brantner Malson, son John Rodger Malson - taken Spokane, WA 1918;
2) Eliz. H. b. 2/15/1838, m. Geo. W. Winesburg, dau. Susannah S Malson Bradford, gr dau Martha A "Addie" Bradford Simms, Barbara ? d. age 19 - four generation photo taken abt 1905 or 1906 at Wheeling, WV."
NOTE: [LeAnn McRoberts, Nov 2003]
Original photograph in my possession, given to me in 1970 by my grandmother, Martha Adeline Bradford Simms Roberts, granddaughter or Elizabeth H. Merrifield Malson.
FURTHER NOTE: [LeAnn McRoberts, Jan 2004]
From my conversations with her, I now know that the source of the above-referenced photos is Harriet Malson, 2nd wife of John Rodger Malson .
ADDITIONAL NOTE: [LeAnn McRoberts, March 2004]
Harriet has sent me a copy of the above-referenced photo #1.
====================ORIGINAL PHOTOS: [Source - Great-great granddaughter, LeAnn, given to her by Martha Adeline Bradford Simms Roberts in 1966 & 1970 (Nov 2003)]
1) Photograph (copy described above by unknown source) taken in 1905 showing 4 generations of BRADFORD/MALSON/MERRIFIELD females. Facing, Martha Adeline Bradford Simms sits on the left. In the center sits her grandmother, Elizabeth H. Merrifield Malson Winesburg with Martha's two year old daughter, Barbara, on her lap. Sitting to the right of Elizabeth is her daughter (Martha's mother) Susannah Malson Bradford.
2) Portrait photograph of Elizabeth H. taken abt 1918.
NOTE: [LeAnn McRoberts, Mar 2004]
Harriet J. Malson has confirmed that the above-referenced photo #2 is Elizabeth H. Merrifield. She has a copy of it and the photo of Elizabeth with her son, his wife and their son taken in 1918 referenced above also confirms this.
3) 3 generations of Malsons taken in Spokane, Washington in 1918 about 2 months before Elizabeth died of stomach cancer in Spirit Lake, Idaho. She died there but death was not recorded by the Dr.
FURTHER NOTE: March 2004 - Harriet has sent me a copy of this photo.
========================DIVORCE: [Information provided by LeAnn McRoberts, Dec 2003]
1) 1880 Census in Flatrock, Bartholomew Co., Indiana shows a JOHN A. MALSON, 44 years of age born in VA with wife Julia Boyd Carter (SEE John Alex Malson Notes for census details.) Need to verify & obtain copy of divorce decree for John Alex if possible.
2) SEE 1880 Census above where Elizabeth is living with her mother and 1 year old son, William Alvia Malson further indicating she & John Alex Malson were no longer together.
3) Also, another 1880 Census for West Wheeling, Belmont County, Ohio has Elizabeth's 9 year old son, John R. Calhoon living with his sister, Susannah, and her family with William Henry Bradford. SEE Susannah's Notes for details.
NOTE: Ancestral file of grandson, John R. Malson, confirms 2nd marriage of John Alex Malson.
========================MARRIAGE #2: [LeAnn McRoberts]
Elizabeth's great-grandson, Frederick Winfred Roberts, was told of second marriage to George Washington Winesburg, by his mother, Martha, and he in turn told me.
========================DEATH-BURIAL: [LeAnn McRoberts, Jan 2004]
A Greenwood Cemetery of Spirit Lake, ID transcription has an A L MALSON with date of death as 6/17/1919. This transcription, done by a Mary Garrison, is found on both Rootweb.com & Internment.net.
Given that Elizabeth's date of death, given by grandson, John R. Malson's Ancestral File as June 1918, this is too close for coincidence. Need to investisgate further.
JOHN ALEX MALSON [Parents] 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 was born on 8 May 1835 in Pocahontas Co., VA. He died on 6 Jul 1923 in Clifford, Bartholomew Co., IN. He was buried on 9 Jul 1923 in Garland Brooke Cemetery, Columbus, Bartholomew Co., IN. He married JULIA ANN BOYD CARTER about 1880 in IN. JOHN resided in Cliff ord, TOF, BC, IN at the time of his death. He was employed as farmer. He served in the military during the Civil War, Union Army, 15th Regiment West Virginia Infantry 1861 - 1864.
Other marriages:MERRIFIELD, ELIZABETH H.
DIRECT ANCESTRY & DESCENDANTS:
Great-grandson of James Malson I
Grandson of Daniel Malson & Christenia
Son of George Malson & Elizabeth Courtney
Father of Susannah S. Malson Bradford
Grandfather of Martha Adeline Bradford Roberts
Great-grandfather of Barbara and William Simms & Frederick Winfred Roberts
2nd Great-grandfather of LeAnn Roberts (McRoberts)
===============================LAND PATENTS: [Source - U.S. Genweb Archives, LeAnn McRoberts, Dec. 2003]
Listed on the Ohio River Survey for the Bureau of Land Management for Marietta Township, Monroe County, sign date November 1, 1846. John Malson owned a plot of 40.14 acres. This land is next to a plot owned by father, George Malson.
COMMENT: [Notation by LeAnn McRoberts, Feb 2004]
While I initially thought John Malson was George's son, it is unlikely since John Alex Malson was born in 1835 & would've been only 11 years old. More likely the John Malson recorded in this land patent is George's brother.
==============================MILITARY SERVICE: [Source - Extract from the National Park Servive Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System website provided by LeAnn McRoberts, Dec 2003]
Civil War. Union Army. John Alex Malson was a Private with the 15th Regiment of the West Virginia Infantry. 53 men of the regiment were killed or mortally wounded. 100 men died from disease.
===============================MARRIAGE: [LeAnn McRoberts, Nov. 2003]
Second marriage to Mrs. JULIA A. BOYD CARTER in Indiana abt 1880. [SEE 1880 Census below. Also SEE 1880 Census in Grant, Wetzel Co., WV in Elizabeth's Notes where she is without John Alex.] Ancestral file of grandson, John R. Malson, confirms 2nd marriage.
===============================CENSUSES:
1840 - See Notes of father, George Malson, for details.
1860 - See Notes of wife, Elizabeth H. Merrifield, for details.
1870 - See Notes of wife, Elizabeth H. Merrifield, for details.
1880 - Flatrock Twp., Bartholomew County, INMALSON, John A., Self, M, Male, White, 44, b. VA, Occ: farmer, Fa: PA, Mo: WV
________, Julia A, Wife, M, Female, White, 37, b. IN. Occ: keeps house, Fa: PA, Mo: NJ
________, Martha B., Dau, S, Female, White, 17, b. IN, Fa: IN, Mo: IN
________, Alice, Dau, S, Female, White, 11, b. IN, Fa: IN, Mo: IN
________, Gertrude, Dau, S, Female, White, 9, b. IN, Fa: IN, Mo: IN
________, Levi J., Son, M, Male, White, 4, b. IN, Fa: VA, Mo: INNOTE: [By LeAnn McRoberts, Nov 2003]
The 3 daughters are NOT John Alex Malson's biological children. Their father's birthplace is recorded as IN as is their mother's. John Alex's birthplace is recorded correctly as VA. Only the boy, Levi J.'s, father's birthplace is recorded as VA.
Malson researcher, Ranny Simmons, concurs that these girls are not the children of John Alex but of Julia's previous marriage to Carter and the girls assumed the Malson surname without benefit of legal adoption.
1900 - Flatrock Twp., Bartholomew Co., IN
MALEON<sic>, JOHN A., head, b. May 1835, age 65, widowed, b. VA, Fa b. PA, Mo b. VA, occ: farmer
___________, Harry A., son, b. Oct 1883, age 15, single, b. IN, Fa b. VA, Mo b. IN, occ: farm laborerNOTE: [LeAnn McRoberts, Dec 2004]
Though he is indexed as John A. "Maleon", the month, year (May 1835) and place of birth (Virginia) as well as father's place of birth (Pennsylvania) confirms this is my 2nd great-grandfather, John Alex Malson.
Further confirmation in the location and his son with Julia Boyd Carter, Harry A. Malson, living with him. Harry was born in October 1882. He at first was recorded as age 17 but this was crossed out and 16 written in. Harry would've been 16 at the time of this census taken 11 Jun 1900. He would've been 17 in October of 1900.
1910 - Flatrock Twp., Bartholomew Co., IN; Enumerated on 15th April 1910
Malson, John A., Head, male, white, 74, widower, b. WV, Fa: PA; Mo: VA, own income
1920 - Clifford, Flatrock Twp, Bartholomew Co., IN; Enumerated on 24th January 1912Malson, John, Head, Owns home, free of mortgage, male, white, 84, widower, reads yes, writes yes, b: VA, Fa: PA, Mo: PA
==============================DEATH: Source is Ranny Simmons, Malson researcher. I am in the process of verifing this. [LeAnn McRoberts, Nov 2003]
1920 Census confirms John Alex Malson was living in Clifford, IN. Sent for death certificate 8 Mar 2004 to verify date and place. [LeAnn McRoberts, Mar 2004]
NOTE: [LeAnn McRoberts, Apr 2004]
Received photo copy of death certificate 5 Apr 2004. Actual date of death is 6 July 1923. He died of heart failure due to heat prostration. Son, Harry Malson by Julia Boyd Carter, signed the death certificate. Confirmation of birthdate. Birthplace only recorded as West Virginia as is father's. Mother's maiden name and birthplace is recorded as Unknown.
BURIAL: [LeAnn McRoberts, July 2004]
Received photo of headstone at Garland Brooke Cemetery in Columbus, Indiana from cousin Ludella Pittman Ebinger, great-granddaughter of John Alex's sister, Mary Christine Malson.
NOTE: Second wife, Julia Boyd Carter Malson is not buried with John Alex.
JULIA ANN BOYD CARTER 1, 2 was born about 1839 in Pocahontas Co., VA. She died after 1882 in presumably IN. She was buried in ?. She married JOHN ALEX MALSON about 1880 in IN.
[Information provided by LeAnn Roberts, Dec 2003, Feb 2004]
MARRIAGE #1-CHILDREN:
Marriage to ? Carter. Children with Carter 1) Martha B, b. abt 1863, 2) Alice, b. abt 1869, and 3) Gertrude, b. 1871.
=====================MARRIAGE RECORD:
September 11, 1876 on the Index to Marriage Records 1850 - 1920. Julia A. Carter to John A. Malson, Bartholonew County, IN. Book C-10, original source page 39.
CONFLICT: Record has them married a full 2 years before William Alvia Malson was born to John and Elizabeth H. Merrifield Malson.
QUESTION: Is there a divorce decree to verify this date?
=====================1880 CENSUS: See Notes of husband, John Alex Malson, for details.
=====================BURIAL: [LeAnn McRoberts,July 2004]
Malson cousin, Ludella Pittman Ebinger, great-granddaughter of John Alex Malson's sister, Mary Christine Malson Pittman, visited Garland Brooke Cemetery in Columbus, IN where John Alex, his sons with Julia, Levi J. and Harry A. Malson and their wives are buried and could find no grave there for Julia.
They had the following children:
M i LEVI JACKSON MALSON was born on 9 Jan 1879. He died in 1950. M ii HARRY ACKERSON MALSON was born on 16 Oct 1882. He died on 7 Mar 1950.