Provance Brewer
(1880-1943)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. May Travis

Provance Brewer 1

  • Born: 4 October 1880, Dunkard Township, Greene, PA 1
  • Marriage (1): May Travis about 1902 1
  • Died: 1943, Monongalia County, WV at age 63
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bullet  Noted events in his life were:

• He 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

(Living with wife, 1 son, sister-in-law, father-in-law, and mother-in-law.)
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Provance married May Travis, daughter of Rufus Alonzo Travis and Elizabeth S. Murphy, about 1902.1 (May Travis was born in May 1883 in West Virginia 2 and died on 27 April 1957 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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