Bertha Ellen Hanshaw

┌── Francis Hanshaw │ c1802-1870 ┌── Francis Hanshaw ────┤ │ 1831-1914 │ │ └── Mary Ann Obrion Simmons │ c1801-? Bertha Ellen Hanshaw ──────┤ B: 1888 │ ┌── Christopher Bloomer D: 1943 │ │ └── Polly Ann Bloomer ──┤ 1845-1914 │ └── Mary Jane Williams M: George Benjamin Meadows

She married George Benjamin Meadows, Jun 16 1918, Charleston, Kanawha County, West Virginia.^4,5 George was born May 7 1875, Kanawha County, West Virginia.^5,6 (c1878).³

On Sep 12 1918 George Benjamin Meadows, age 42, registered for the World War I draft in Charleston, Kanawha County, West Virginia. He declared he was born May 7th 1875, and was then residing at 830 Walnut St., Charleston, a self-employed blacksmith. He declared his nearest relative was his wife, Bertha Meadows of the same address. He was recorded as tall, slender, brown eyes.⁶

Bertha and family were shown in the 1930 census (Apr 2 1930), Charleston District, Kanawha County, West Virginia:³

Bertha and George were shown in the 1930 city directory of Charleston, West Virginia:⁷

George died Nov 4 1933, at his home, Chandler's Branch, Kanawha County, West Virginia; age 57.⁸

George's obituary was published in "The Charleston Daily Mail" (Charleston, West Virginia) on Sunday, November 5, 1933⁸ (see scan below).

Bertha and daughter were shown in the 1940 census (Apr 5 1940), Chandlers Branch, Kanawha County, West Virginia:⁹

Bertha Ellen Hanshaw died Jan 4 1943, St. Francis Hospital, Charleston, Kanawha County, West Virginia; age 55.^4,10

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