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Wesley Travis
(1832-1868)
Huldah Frances Malott
(1833-1904)
William Murphy
(1819-1874)
Keziah Davis
(1824-1915)
Rufus Alonzo Travis
(1859-1951)
Elizabeth S. Murphy
(1858-1931)
May Travis
(1883-1957)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Provance Brewer

May Travis 1 2

  • Born: May 1883, West Virginia 2
  • Marriage (1): Provance Brewer about 1902 1
  • Died: 27 April 1957, Monongalia County, WV at age 73
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bullet  Noted events in her life were:

• She appeared on the 1900 US Census in Dunkard Township, Greene, PA on 6 June 1900. 2

1900 US Census
Sheet 3A, District 82, Family 59
Dunkard Township, Greene, Pennsylvania, United States
Home rented
May Travis..Daughter..May 1883..17..West Virginia

(Living with parents.)
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• She appeared on the 1920 US Census in Morgantown, WV on 2 January 1920. 1

1920 US Census
Sheet 1B, District 107, Family 20, Roll 1964
Morgantown, Monongalia, West Virginia, United States
522 University Driveway; Home rented
May Brewer..Daughter..35..West Virginia

(Living with husband, 1 son, sister, father, and mother.)

NOTE - If her birth date was in May 1883, then her age should have been 36 instead of 35.
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May married Provance Brewer about 1902.1 (Provance Brewer was born on 4 October 1880 in Dunkard Township, Greene, PA 1 and died in 1943 in Monongalia County, WV.)

bullet  Noted events in their marriage were:

• They appeared on the 1920 US Census in Morgantown, WV on 2 January 1920. 1

1920 US Census
Sheet 1B, District 107, Family 20, Roll 1964
Morgantown, Monongalia, West Virginia, United States
522 University Driveway; Home rented
Provance Brewer..Head..39..Pennsylvania..Laborer, Glass Factory
May Brewer..Daughter..35..West Virginia
Charles Brewer..Son..16..Pennsylvania..Gathering Boy, Factory
Ruth Travis..Sister-in-law..22..Pennsylvania..Clerk, Dry Goods Store
R. A. Travis..Father-in-law..61..Missouri..Laborer, General Work
Elizabeth Travis..Mother-in-law..62..West Virginia
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Sources


1 1920 U.S. census, population schedule, Morgantown, Monongalia, West Virginia, United States, enumeration district (ED) 107, sheet 1B, family 20, Provance Brewer and May Travis; index and images (accessed 13 August 2021); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T625, roll 1964.

2 1900 U.S. census, population schedule, Dunkard Township, Greene, Pennsylvania, United States, enumeration district (ED) 82, sheet 3A, family 59, Rufus Alonzo Travis and Elizabeth S. Murphy; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 12 August 2021); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T623.


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