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Dorothy Josephine Johnson 1912 – 1979 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 21 August 1912

Birth Location: Grantsville, Calhoun County, West Virginia, USA

Death Date: 21 March 1979

Death Location: Clarksburg, Harrison County, West Virginia, USA

Father: ELZA Johnson

Mother: Clara Wyer

Spouse(s): George Ashcraft

Children(s): Stanley Ashcraft, Jesse Ashcraft, Clarence Ashcraft, Gloria Ashcraft, Barbara Ashcraft, George Ashcraft, Norma Ashcraft, Nelson Ashcraft, Linda Ashcraft, Rodney Ashcraft, James Ashcraft, Cathy Ashcraft

It was in 1912 that Dorothy Josephine Johnson was born in Grantsville, Calhoun County, West Virginia, USA, a child of ELZA LOURANSY Johnson and Clara E Wyer. Dorothy Josephine Johnson went on to marry George Thomas Ashcraft and had children such as Stanley Lewis Ashcraft, Jesse Lee Ashcraft, Clarence 'Maurice" Ashcraft, Gloria Diane "Ann" Ashcraft, Barbara June Ashcraft, George Michael Ashcraft, Norma Jean Ashcraft, Nelson Clark Ashcraft, Linda Ruth Ashcraft, Rodney Lynn Ashcraft, James Allen Ashcraft and Cathy Ashcraft. Dorothy Josephine Johnson was deceased by 1979 in Clarksburg, Harrison County, West Virginia, USA.

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Parents

ELZA Johnson
1886 – 1930
Birth Location: Monongalia County,West Virginia
EJ
Clara Wyer
– 1927
Birth Location: Gilmer County, West Virginia
CW

Spouses(s)

George Ashcraft
1911 – 1978
Birth Location: Clarksburg, Harrison County, West Virginia, USA
GA

Children(s)

Stanley Ashcraft
1931 – 1989
Birth Location: West Virginia, USA
SA
Jesse Ashcraft
1933 – 2000
Birth Location: Despard, Harrison County, West Virginia, USA
JA
Clarence Ashcraft
1935 – 2018
Birth Location: Clarksburg, Harrison County, West Virginia, USA
CA
Gloria Ashcraft
1937 – 2018
Birth Location: Summit Park, Harrison County, West Virginia, USA
GA
Barbara Ashcraft
1940 – 2013
Birth Location: Clarksburg, Harrison County, West Virginia, USA
BA
George Ashcraft
1942 – 1974
Birth Location: West Virginia
GA
Norma Ashcraft
1944 – 2017
Birth Location: Clarksburg, Harrison County, West Virginia, USA
NA
Nelson Ashcraft
1945 – 2002
Birth Location: Clarksburg, Harrison County, West Virginia, USA
NA
Linda Ashcraft
1950 –
Birth Location: West Virginia
LA
Rodney Ashcraft
1958 – 1978
Birth Location: –
RA
James Ashcraft
Birth Location: –
JA
Cathy Ashcraft
Birth Location: –
CA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 21 August 1912
    Event Place: Grantsville, Calhoun County, West Virginia, USA
    Record Source: 1950 United States Federal Census, Geneanet Community Trees Index, U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current, National Archives at Washington, DC; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Year: 1950; Census Place: Despard, Harrison, West Virginia; Roll: 276; Page: 28; Enumeration District: 17-76

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1950
    Event Place: Despard, Harrison, West Virginia, USA
    Record Source: 1950 United States Federal Census, National Archives at Washington, DC; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Year: 1950; Census Place: Despard, Harrison, West Virginia; Roll: 276; Page: 28; Enumeration District: 17-76

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 21 March 1979
    Event Place: Clarksburg, Harrison County, West Virginia, USA
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index, U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Clarksburg, Harrison County, West Virginia, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

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