Geary or Gary Family Genealogy

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  • ID: I8
  • Name: Iva Lewellen JEWEL
  • Surname: Jewel
  • Given Name: Iva Lewellen
  • Sex: F
  • Birth: 9 May 1880 in , Montgomery, Virginia 1
  • Death: 24 Oct 1980 in Bridgewater, Rockingham, Virginia 2
  • Burial: Sunset Cmtry, Christiansburg, Montgomery County, Virginia
  • _UID: D5B86670EC8C82419AE4CB88909FAD2C77E6
  • Note:
    !MARRIAGE: Certificate of Marriage No. 6620 Series I; 1912; Issued by the Orphans Court of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania; ;Original in poss of James Geary, Harrisonburg, VA; NOTE: Wedding Invitation also in his poss. Separated in 1918 but never divorced.

    She was called Vivi by her family (nickname given her by son, JJG, attempting as a baby to say Iva).

    !BIRTH-PARENTS-CHILDREN: Jewel Family Bibles; 1880-11980; Bible publ various dates; ; In poss of James Geary, Harrisonburg, VA.

    !EDUCATION: - Grade school, Christiansburg, VA; taught herself typing and shorthand.

    !PROFESSION: - Worked as a secretary; went to Pittsburgh and became society editor of the fashionable Pittsburgh Bulletin; later wrote free-lance articles and was employed on several newspapers; 1945-1967 self-employed as a professional genealogist in Washington, D. C.
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  • Change Date: 13 Jan 2004 at 08:01:41



    Father: William Hank JEWEL
    Mother: Sarah Jane DAVIS

    Marriage 1 James Madison GEARY b: 28 Mar 1887 in Pittsburgh, Alleghany, Pennsylvania
    • Married: 4 Dec 1912 in Pittsburgh, Alleghany, Pennsylvania
    Children
    1. Has Children James Jewel GEARY b: 14 May 1914 in Pittsburgh, Alleghany, Pennsylvania
    2. Has No Children Iva (Tissie) GEARY b: 4 Aug 1916 in Pittsburgh, Alleghany, Pennsylvania

    Sources:
    1. Title: Social Security Death Index
      Author: US Social Security Administration
      Publication: Internet Web Site
    2. Title: Social Security Death Index
      Author: US Social Security Administration
      Publication: Internet Web Site
      Note: IVA GEARY SSN 229-24-9147
      Residence: 22801 Harrisonburg, Harrisonburg City, VA
      Born 9 May 1880 Last Benefit:
      Died Oct 1980 Issued: VA (Before 1951)
    3. Title: 1930 United States Federal Census. [database on-line]
      Author: Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2001-.
      Publication: Internet Web Site
      Note: Image Source: Year: 1930; Census Place: Roanoke, Roanoke (Independent City), Virginia; Roll: T626_2483; Page: 9A; Enumeration District: 36; Image: 0084. Name: Iva L Geary Age: 49 Estimated birth year: 1880 Birthplace: Virginia Relation to Head-of-house: Sister Race: White Home in 1930: Roanoke, Roanoke (Independent City), Virginia.
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    Documentation has been included when available. I am adding information from the Social Security Death Records, as well as obituaries as I have time. Corrections, additions and comments welcome.
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