Lydia Penelope Hays
(1831-1916)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Philip Rinker

Lydia Penelope Hays 1 2

  • Born: 1 May 1831, Virginia 1
  • Marriage (1): Philip Rinker on 19 August 1852 1 2
  • Died: 4 May 1916 at age 85 1
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bullet  Noted events in her life were:

• She has alternate birth date of 1830 and a birth location of Virginia.

This birth year was referenced by her age of 50 on the 1880 US Census.
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• She appeared on the 1880 US Census in Union District, Grant County, WV on 22 June 1880. 2

1880 US Census
Page 232B, District 41, Dwelling 208, Family 210, Roll 1402
Union District, Grant County, West Virginia
Lyda P. Rinker..Wife..50..VA..Keeping House
(Living with husband and 8 children.)

NOTE - If her birth date was 1 May 1831, then her age should have been 49 instead of 50.
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Lydia married Philip Rinker, son of John Rinker and Maria Elizabeth Biser, on 19 August 1852.1 2 (Philip Rinker was born on 1 December 1822 in , Hampshire County, VA 1 2 and died on 3 February 1913 in , Hampshire County, WV 1.)

bullet  Noted events in their marriage were:

• They appeared on the 1880 US Census in Union District, Grant County, WV on 22 June 1880. 2

1880 US Census
Page 232B, District 41, Dwelling 208, Family 210, Roll 1402
Union District, Grant County, West Virginia
Philip Rinker..Self..57..VA..Farmer
Lyda P. Rinker..Wife..50..VA..Keeping House
Ann G. Rinker..Dau..26..VA..At Home
Lyda J. Rinker..Dau..22..VA..At Home
Margarete Rinker..Dau..21..VA..At Home
Isaac N. Rinker..Son..19..VA..Farm Labor
David Rinker..Son..14..VA..Farm Labor
Mary C. Rinker..Dau..11..WV
Edward Rinker..Son..8..WV
Noro F. Rinker..Dau..6..WV
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Sources


1 Hilton T. Smith, World Family Tree Vol. 048, Ed. 1, Tree #1455 (Genealogy.com, LLC, Release date: December 1999).

2 1880 U.S. census, population schedule, Union District, Grant County, West Virginia, enumeration district (ED) 41, p. 232B, dwelling 208, family 210, Phillip Rinker and Lydia Penelope Hays; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 10 Dec 2018); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T9, roll 1402.


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