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Mary Virginia Bishop 1923 – 2000 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: abt 1923

Birth Location: Virginia

Death Date: 30 Nov 2000

Death Location: Chesterfield, Virginia

Father: Scott Bishop

Mother: Eugenia Seymour

Spouse(s): Burley Farthing, Melvin Evans, Joseph Heckinger, Arthur Ripley

Children(s): William Farthing, Shirley Farthing, Sandra Evans, Debra Evans, Charles Evans

1923 marked the beginning of Mary Virginia Bishop's life in Virginia, to parents Scott Gideon Bishop and Eugenia Annie Epperley \ Seymour. Eventually, Mary Virginia Bishop married Burley William Farthing, Melvin Ralph Evans, Joseph Arthur Heckinger and Arthur Lee Ripley, and they welcomed William Bolling Farthing, Shirley Jean Farthing, Sandra Ann Evans, Debra Gayle Evans and Charles Linwood Evans. Mary Virginia Bishop passed in 2000 at Chesterfield, Virginia.

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Parents

Scott Bishop
1896 – 1981
Birth Location: Namozine, Dinwiddie, Virginia
SB
Eugenia Seymour
1891 – 1931
Birth Location: Newbern, Pulaski, Virginia
ES

Spouses(s)

Burley Farthing
1918 – 1990
Birth Location: Staunton River, Pittsylvania, Virginia
BF
Melvin Evans
1920 – 1991
Birth Location: Henrico, Virginia
ME
Joseph Heckinger
1928 – 1988
Birth Location: Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio
JH
Arthur Ripley
1923 – 1975
Birth Location: Richmond, Virginia, USA
AR

Children(s)

William Farthing
1940 –
Birth Location: Petersburg, Virginia, USA
WF
Shirley Farthing
1942 –
Birth Location: Portsmouth, Virginia, USA
SF
Sandra Evans
1956 –
Birth Location: New York, USA
SE
Debra Evans
1959 –
Birth Location: Richmond, Virginia, USA
DE
Charles Evans
1962 – 2022
Birth Location: Niagra Falls, New York, USA
CE

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 2 Jul 1922
    Event Place: Petersburg, Dinwiddie, Virginia
    Record Source: 1930 United States Federal Census, 1940 United States Federal Census, 1950 United States Federal Census, North Carolina, Marriage Records, 1741-2011, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007, Virginia, Birth Records, 1912-2016, Delayed Birth Records, 1854-1911, Virginia, Divorce Records, 1918-2014, Virginia, Marriage Records, 1936-2014, Year: 1940; Census Place: Petersburg, Petersburg City, Virginia; Roll: m-t0627-04316; Page: 1A; Enumeration District: 115-18, Year: 1930; Census Place: Petersburg, Petersburg (Independent City), Virginia; Page: 11B; Enumeration District: 0017; FHL microfilm: 2342207, Virginia Department of Health; Richmond, Virginia; Virginia, Marriages, 1936-2014; Roll: 101168679, Virginia Department of Health; Richmond, Virginia; Virginia, Marriages, 1936-2014; Roll: 101169476, Virginia Department of Health; Richmond, Virginia; Virginia, Marriages, 1936-2014; Roll: 101144250, Virginia Department of Health; Richmond, Virginia; Virginia Divorce Records, 1918-2014; Roll: 101296647, National Archives at Washington, DC; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Year: 1950; Census Place: Richmond, Richmond, Virginia; Roll: 748; Page: 4; Enumeration District: 119-382

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: abt 1923
    Event Place: Virginia

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1930
    Event Place: Petersburg, Petersburg (Independent City), Virginia, USA
    Record Source: 1930 United States Federal Census, Year: 1930; Census Place: Petersburg, Petersburg (Independent City), Virginia; Page: 11B; Enumeration District: 0017; FHL microfilm: 2342207

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1935
    Event Place: Petersburg, Petersburg City, Virginia
    Record Source: 1940 United States Federal Census, Year: 1940; Census Place: Petersburg, Petersburg City, Virginia; Roll: m-t0627-04316; Page: 1A; Enumeration District: 115-18

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1940
    Event Place: , Petersburg, Petersburg City, Virginia, USA
    Record Source: 1940 United States Federal Census, Year: 1940; Census Place: Petersburg, Petersburg City, Virginia; Roll: m-t0627-04316; Page: 1A; Enumeration District: 115-18

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1946
    Event Place: Richmond, Virginia, USA
    Record Source: U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1950
    Event Place: Richmond, Richmond, 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: Richmond, Richmond, Virginia; Roll: 748; Page: 4; Enumeration District: 119-382

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Richmond, Richmond, Virginia
    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: Richmond, Richmond, Virginia; Roll: 748; Page: 4; Enumeration District: 119-382

    Genealogy Event 9
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 30 Nov 2000
    Event Place: Chesterfield, Virginia
    Record Source: U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007

    Genealogy Event 10
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Chesterfield, Chesterfield County, Virginia, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current
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