Christina Elizabeth Roush ¹

  General Notes:

Some researchers use the death record from Luray, Virginia (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6ZL8-12LY) to give the death date and location for Christina Elizabeth Roush. But I have my doubts that this death record is for the correct person. The actual death record gives the name as Christianana instead of Christina, albeit a minor difference. Also, the death location of Luray, Virginia seems to be out of place for the husband, wife, and children all of whom were born in Mason County, Virginia and all others who died in Mason County, (West) Virginia. And finally, the death record gives the name of the husband as J. W. Weaver instead of James A. or James Andrew Weaver.

There is an 1880 US Census record for Luray, Virginia which shows Christina and James W. Weaver living together at the home of their apparent married daughter, Annie and her husband, James Paxton along with 5 of their children. This document probably represents the Christianna Weaver who was shown on the above referenced death record from Luray, Virginia. Unless Christina Elizabeth Roush was divorced from James Andrew Weaver and was remarried to a James W. Weaver and lived in Luray, Virginia, then the Christina Weaver mention in both this 1880 US Census record and the 1883 death record are not for the correct Christina Elizabeth Roush.

The death dates for both John and Christina are given on these FamilySearch Family Tree pages as 23 May 1883 for both of them, which would be very unusual. The actual death record for the Christianna Weaver who died in Luray, Virginia gives that death date as 23 March 1883 with an age at death which would give a birth year of about 1811, the same as Christina Elizabeth Roush.

There is no visible gravestone for her at the same cemetery as her husband's, Rickard-Roush Cemetery in Upper Flats, Mason County, West Virginia. If the husband and wife's death dates were the same or very close to each other, why would there be a gravestone for only the husband?
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Christina married John Andrew Weaver, son of Nicholas Weaver and Margaret Ann Roush, in August 1839 in , Meigs County, OH.¹ (John Andrew Weaver was born on 26 June 1813 in , Mason County, VA,² died on 23 May 1883 in , Mason, West Virginia, United States ² and was buried after 23 May 1883 in Rickard-Roush Cemetery, Upper Flats, WV ².)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Marriage Image: August 1839, in , Meigs County, OH.

  Marriage Notes:

Name: John Weaver
Sex: Male
Spouse's Name: Elizabeth Roush
Spouse's Sex: Female
Marriage Date: Aug 1839
Marriage Place: Meigs, Ohio, United States
Marriage Place (Original): Meigs, Ohio, United States
Source County: Meigs

Citing this Record
"Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XZ2V-8Y3 : 29 September 2021), John Weaver and Elizabeth Roush, 1839.
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