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Clara Rosanna Brandon Moorehouse

Birth
Ohio, USA
Death
28 Oct 1965 (aged 50)
Parkersburg, Wood County, West Virginia, USA
Burial
Pultney Township, Belmont County, Ohio, USA Add to Map
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Clara is daughter of Evan Louis 'Fred' Brandon and Ethel Estella HOPKINS.

There is a descrepancy on records regarding her place of birth, West Virginia or Ohio.

She first married Neil/Neal Riley in 1931, Wood County, West Virginia.(Neal married Pearle Mae TREMBLY in 1944.)

Divorced, Clara married Comodore Helma Starcher, June 4, 1943 by Capt. Needham of Salvation Army, Parkersburg, West Virginia.
The marriage record indicates Starcher was born February 2, 1899, Roane County, WV. Clara birthdate listed as December 15, 1914, Belmont, Ohio.

A third marriage application for Clara to Joseph Milton Knight is recorded February 11, 1947, Wood County, WV. He is listed as age 66, born 1881, Big Springs, Calhoun County and residing in Vienna WV. Clara is listed as age 33 residing in Parkersburg. However this marriage record is incomplete, not showing license or minister's return.

Another marriage application record for Clara R. Starcher to Edgar Ignatz Dimmerling, October 19, 1953, Wood County, WV. He was born 1906 in Noble County, Ohio and was previously married to Lucy Bernice Thompson and then Ruby D Jackson.

Lawrence Brandon was informant on her death certificate which indicates she was widowed, however do not know her Moorehouse husband's name & dates.
Clara is daughter of Evan Louis 'Fred' Brandon and Ethel Estella HOPKINS.

There is a descrepancy on records regarding her place of birth, West Virginia or Ohio.

She first married Neil/Neal Riley in 1931, Wood County, West Virginia.(Neal married Pearle Mae TREMBLY in 1944.)

Divorced, Clara married Comodore Helma Starcher, June 4, 1943 by Capt. Needham of Salvation Army, Parkersburg, West Virginia.
The marriage record indicates Starcher was born February 2, 1899, Roane County, WV. Clara birthdate listed as December 15, 1914, Belmont, Ohio.

A third marriage application for Clara to Joseph Milton Knight is recorded February 11, 1947, Wood County, WV. He is listed as age 66, born 1881, Big Springs, Calhoun County and residing in Vienna WV. Clara is listed as age 33 residing in Parkersburg. However this marriage record is incomplete, not showing license or minister's return.

Another marriage application record for Clara R. Starcher to Edgar Ignatz Dimmerling, October 19, 1953, Wood County, WV. He was born 1906 in Noble County, Ohio and was previously married to Lucy Bernice Thompson and then Ruby D Jackson.

Lawrence Brandon was informant on her death certificate which indicates she was widowed, however do not know her Moorehouse husband's name & dates.

Gravesite Details

Photo contributor was unable to locate her grave in this cemetery in Oct 2019.



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