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Benjamin Franklin Day 1895 – 1934 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 31 May 1895

Birth Location: Weaver, Randolph County, West Virginia, USA

Death Date: 3 April 1934

Death Location: Star City, Monongalia County, West Virginia, USA

Father: Jasper DAY

Mother: Lucy CORLEY

Spouse(s): Gladys Unknown

Children(s):

According to available records, Benjamin Franklin Day was born in 1895 in Weaver, Randolph County, West Virginia, USA, the child of Jasper G DAY and Lucy May CORLEY. Following those early years, Benjamin Franklin Day married Gladys Unknown. In the later years of life, Benjamin Franklin Day died in 1934 in Star City, Monongalia County, West Virginia, USA.

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Parents

Jasper DAY
1857 – 1937
Birth Location: Barbour, West Virginia, United States
JD
Lucy CORLEY
1864 – 1950
Birth Location: Junior, Barbour, West Virginia, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
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Spouses(s)

Gladys Unknown
Birth Location: –
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Children(s)

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 31 May 1895
    Event Place: Weaver, Randolph County, West Virginia, USA
    Record Source: 1900 United States Federal Census, 1910 United States Federal Census, 1920 United States Federal Census, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, West Virginia, Deaths Index, 1853-1973, Year: 1920; Census Place: Barker, Barbour, West Virginia; Roll: T625_1947; Page: 22B; Enumeration District: 2, Year: 1900; Census Place: Barker, Barbour, West Virginia; Roll: T623_1755; Page: 14A; Enumeration District: 1., Year: 1910; Census Place: Barker, Barbour, West Virginia; Roll: T624_1676; Page: 15B; Enumeration District: 0002; FHL microfilm: 1375689

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1900
    Event Place: Belington & Junior Towns, Barbour, West Virginia
    Record Source: 1900 United States Federal Census, Year: 1900; Census Place: Barker, Barbour, West Virginia; Roll: T623_1755; Page: 14A; Enumeration District: 1.

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1910
    Event Place: Barker, Barbour, West Virginia, USA
    Record Source: 1910 United States Federal Census, Year: 1910; Census Place: Barker, Barbour, West Virginia; Roll: T624_1676; Page: 15B; Enumeration District: 0002; FHL microfilm: 1375689

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Year: 1919
    Event Place: Newport News, Virginia
    Record Source: U.S., Army Transport Service, Passenger Lists, 1910-1939, The National Archives at College Park; College Park, Maryland; Record Group Title: Records of the Office of the Quartermaster General, 1774-1985; Record Group Number: 92; Roll or Box Number: 195

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Year: 17 May 1919
    Event Place: Brest, France
    Record Source: U.S., Army Transport Service, Passenger Lists, 1910-1939, The National Archives at College Park; College Park, Maryland; Record Group Title: Records of the Office of the Quartermaster General, 1774-1985; Record Group Number: 92; Roll or Box Number: 195

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1920
    Event Place: Barker, Barbour, West Virginia, USA
    Record Source: 1920 United States Federal Census, Year: 1920; Census Place: Barker, Barbour, West Virginia; Roll: T625_1947; Page: 22B; Enumeration District: 2

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Year: 3 Apr 1934
    Event Place: Junior, Barbour County, West Virginia, USA
    Record Source: Findagrave, Pvt Benjamin Franklin Day 3 Apr 1934

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Year: 3 Apr 1934
    Event Place: Junior, Barbour County, West Virginia, USA
    Record Source: Findagrave, Pvt Benjamin Franklin Day 3 Apr 1934

    Genealogy Event 9
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Weaver, West Virginia
    Record Source: U.S., Army Transport Service, Passenger Lists, 1910-1939, The National Archives at College Park; College Park, Maryland; Record Group Title: Records of the Office of the Quartermaster General, 1774-1985; Record Group Number: 92; Roll or Box Number: 195

    Genealogy Event 10
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 3 April 1934
    Event Place: Star City, Monongalia County, West Virginia, USA
    Record Source: U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, U.S., Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1925-1963, West Virginia, Deaths Index, 1853-1973, National Archives at Washington DC; Washington DC, USA; Applications for Headstones for U.S. Military Veterans, 1925-1941; NAID: A1, 2110-C; Record Group Number: 92; Record Group Title: Records of the Office of the Quartermaster General

    Genealogy Event 11
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Junior, Barbour County, West Virginia, USA
    Record Source: U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, U.S., Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1925-1963, West Virginia, Deaths Index, 1853-1973, National Archives at Washington DC; Washington DC, USA; Applications for Headstones for U.S. Military Veterans, 1925-1941; NAID: A1, 2110-C; Record Group Number: 92; Record Group Title: Records of the Office of the Quartermaster General
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