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George A. Kerns
(1836-1921)
Florenda Fast
(1833-1898)
John William Swisher
(1832-)
Elizabeth U. Miller
(1837-)
Jacob Calvin Kerns
(1859-1925)
Margaret Delphia Swisher
(1864-1944)
Darla Kerns
(1898-1966)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Willis Hugh Murphy

Darla Kerns 1 2 3 4

  • Born: May 1898, West Virginia 2 3 4
  • Marriage (1): Willis Hugh Murphy about 1920 1
  • Died: 16 June 1966, Fairmont, WV at age 68
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bullet  Noted events in her life were:

• She appeared on the 1900 US Census in Fairmont, WV on 1 June 1900. 2

1900 US Census
Sheet 1A, District 51, Family 9
Fairmont, Marion, West Virginia, United States
New Street; Home owned, with mortgage
Darla Kerns..Daughter..May 1898..2..West Virginia

(Living with parents.)

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• She appeared on the 1910 US Census in Fairmont, WV on 16 April 1910. 3

1910 US Census
Sheet 3B, District 61, Family 53, Roll 1687
Fairmont, Marion, West Virginia, United States
609 Walnut Avenue; Home owned, no mortgage
Darlie Kerns..Daughter..11..West Virginia

(Living with parents.)
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• She appeared on the 1920 US Census in Fairmont, WV on 5 January 1920. 4

1920 US Census
Sheet 3B, District 24, Family 78, Roll 1961
Fairmont, Marion, West Virginia, United States
609 Walnut Street
Darlie Kerns..Daughter..21..West Virginia..Operator, Telephone

(Living with parents.)
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• She appeared on the 1930 US Census in Union District, Marion County, WV on 19 April 1930. 1

1930 US Census
Sheet 20B, District 25-36, Family 426, Roll 2541
Union Magisterial District, Marion, West Virginia, United States
Home owned, $2500
Darlie Murphy..Wife..29..West Virginia..married at age 19

(Living with husband, 2 daughters, and widowed mother.)

NOTE - If her birth date was in May 1898, then her age should have been 31 instead of 29.
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Darla married Willis Hugh Murphy about 1920.1 (Willis Hugh Murphy was born in 1894 in West Virginia 1 and died after 1 April 1930.)

bullet  Noted events in their marriage were:

• They appeared on the 1930 US Census in Union District, Marion County, WV on 19 April 1930. 1

1930 US Census
Sheet 20B, District 25-36, Family 426, Roll 2541
Union Magisterial District, Marion, West Virginia, United States
Home owned, $2500
Willis H. Murphy..Head..36..West Virginia..married at age 26..Fireman, Steam Railroad
Darlie Murphy..Wife..29..West Virginia..married at age 19
Marjorie E. Murphy..Daughter..9..West Virginia
Autonm L. Murphy..Daughter..6..West Virginia
Margaret D. Kerns..Mother-in-law..66..West Virginia..Widowed
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Sources

1 1930 U.S. census, population schedule, Union Magisterial District, Marion, West Virginia, United States, enumeration district (ED) 25-36, sheet 20B, family 426, Willis H. Murphy and Dala Kerns; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 19 February 2021); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T626, roll 2541.

2 1900 U.S. census, population schedule, Fairmont, Marion, West Virginia, United States, enumeration district (ED) 51, sheet 1A, family 9, Jacob Calvin Kerns and Margaret Delphia Swisher; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 18 February 2021); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T623.

3 1910 U.S. census, population schedule, Fairmont, Marion, West Virginia, United States, enumeration district (ED) 61, sheet 3B, family 53, Jacob Calvin Kerns and Margaret Delphia Swisher; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 19 February 2021); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T624, roll 1687.

4 1920 U.S. census, population schedule, Fairmont, Marion, West Virginia, United States, enumeration district (ED) 24, sheet 3B, family 78; index and images (accessed 19 February 2021); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T625, roll 1961.

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