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Busy_Bitch5050 t1_iyb9iwi wrote

I found this in the 1900 census from Grant, WV:

John T Evans - 57 - Head of Household

Jane Evans - 51 - Wife

Walter Evans - 22 - Son

Fanny Evans - 17 - Daughter

Ocie S Evans - 13 - Daughter

Henry H Evans - 11 - Son

John E Evans - 5 - Son

According to wvgenweb.org. he was 26 when he married in 1922, so this could be accurate.

EDIT: In 1930, he and Gertrude lived in New York, NY with five children (Hazel - 16, James - 14. Eva - 12 [this may be a typo by the census taker--2 seems possible, but Im not sure], Elizabeth - 5, and Jeneva - 1). From 1930 Federal Census.

EDIT 2: The 1940 Census has four additional children. (Virginia May - 10, Frank - 8, Dorothy - 5, and Walter - 3). They lived in Babylon, Suffolk, NY in 1935 and at 259 Main St., Fishkill, Dutchess, NY in 1940.

Remember, these are 10 years apart from the previous census.

EDIT 3: WWI service records seem to indicate his serial number was 5,831,951. He may have served overseas from Feb. 26, 1916 - Apr. 5, 1919. Honorably discharged Apr. 21, 1919.

EDIT 4: WWII Draft Registration shows serial number 2970 and a birth date of Dec. 8, 1895.

EDIT 5: Youngest child, Walter W. (1937-1998), born and died in Fishkill, Dutchess, NY. Buried in Fishkill Rural Cemetery. Married to Nancy Jane Evans (Oct. 27, 1938-Dec. 5, 2019).

EDIT 6: John E. Evans' Gravesite and his daughter, Dorothy Louise Evans Carr (obituary at bottom of page). Dorothy was born Sept. 2, 1934 and passed away peacefully in her sleep on Nov. 11, 2020.

That's all I've got for now, but OP did say this:

>The previous owner of the house passed away before we bought it. I don’t know her maiden name, but I assume this was her parents’ marriage certificate, and was perhaps brought in when her father came to live with them (presumably after his wife passed away). As I mentioned in another comment, the wall itself was a partition partially built out of moving crates, with John Evans’ name and address stamped on them.

And this:

>I live in Vermont, not West Virginia.

I suspect it may have been Dorothy Louise Evans' home as she resided in Burlington, Chittenden County, Vermont, at the time of her death.

Sadly, every family member I have listed thus far had passed away prior to Dorothy.

FINAL UPDATE: OP has confirmed that the house belonged to Dorothy.

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