Name: Sheldon Orval/McGinnis
Sex: Male
Death Date: 14 Nov 1927
Death Place: Kingwood, Preston, West Virginia
Age at Death: 24y 8m 22d
Burial Date: 17 Nov 1927
Cemetery: Pratt Cem.
Birth Date: 22 Feb 1903
Birth Place: Preston
Marital Status: M
Occupation: Coal Miner
Mother: Ella/Menear
Mother's Birth Place: Va.
Father: Sheldon/McGinnis
Father's Birth Place: Preston
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Name: Orvil Mcginnis
Event Year: 1920
Event Place: , Preston, West Virginia
Gender: Male
Age: 16
Marital Status: Married*
Race: White
Birthplace: West Virginia
Birth Year (Estimated): 1904
Relationship to Head of Household: Son
Father's Birthplace: West Virginia
Mother's Birthplace: Virginia
Household ID: 542
Sheet Number: 27
GS Film number: 1821969
Digital Folder Number: 4389746
Image Number: 00669
Household Gender Age Birthplace
SELF Sheldon S Mcginnis M 50y West Virginia
WIFE Ella Mcginnis F 38y Virginia
DAU Audra Mcginnis F 17y West Virginia
SON Orvil Mcginnis M 16y West Virginia
SON Carl Mcginnis M 14y West Virginia
DAU Florence Mcginnis F 12y West Virginia
DAU Georgia Mcginnis F 10y West Virginia
SON Clifton Mcginnis M 8y West Virginia
SON Samuel Mcginnis M 6y West Virginia
DAU Lenore Mcginnis F 3y6m West Virginia
DAU Lena Mcginnis F 9m West Virginia

*[do not have image, marital status could be transcription error].
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In June of 1924, Orville McGinnis married Maude Pratt, with the minister O. U. Marple, of the M.E. Church, at the Parsonage in Tunnelton WV.
Age of groom, 22 years - age of bride, 23 years.
Cause of death, hemorrhage.
The spelling of the names for Sheldon Orville/Orval are not consistent on these records - but the age and names of parents indicate they were probably all for the same person.
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