Author Archives: Debora Kerr

Notification of Birth Registration, West Virginia, ca. 1938

[information typed on pre-printed form] [Front of Document] THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE BUREAU OF THE CENSUS WASHINGTON Notification of Birth Registration This certifies that the following Record of Birth is registered and preserved in the office of the State Registrar of Vital Statistics at CHARLESTON W. VA. Name: FRENCH J. WYKLE [...]

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Marriage Certificate, Ohio, 1946

Marriage Certificate This is to certify that Mr. James F. Wykle, Jr. of Akron, Ohio and Miss Rosa Lee Pietkoski of Akron, Ohio were by me United in Marriage according to the Ordinance of God, and the Laws of the State of Ohio, at Akron Ohio on the 15th day of July A.D. 1946. What, [...]

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Marriage License, Ohio, 1946

Marriage License NOT VALID After Sixty Days from Date The State of Ohio, Summit County To Any Person Legally Authorized to Solemnize Marriages in the State of Ohio: I, the undersigned, Dean F. May, [pre-printed on form] Judge of the Probate Court within and for the County and State aforesaid, have Licensed, and do hereby [...]

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Obituary, Ohio, 2011

James French Wykle, Jr, 89, passed away February 28, 2011 in Collins, MS. He was born December 29, 1921 in Sanger, W. Va., the son of James Wykle and Winona Cantley. He is survived by his daughter, Debora Kerr, of Midlothian, Va.; and his sister, Dorothy Hearn, of Collins, Ms. Donations in his memory may [...]

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Three Postcards, Texas, 1942 & 1944

Description: Color postcard folder. “Greetings From Mineral Wells and Camp Wolters Texas” Addressed to: Miss Rosa Lee Pietkoski 201 N. Broad St. Middletown, Delaware Postmark: Camp Wolters, Texas Oct 6 1942 Description: Color postcard folder. “Souvenir Folder of Texas, The Lone Star State” Addressed to: Miss Rosa Lee Pietkoski 309 N. Broad St. Middletown, Delaware [...]

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USMC Separation Report, Maryland, 1945

U.S. Marine Corps Report of Separation SS#UNK 1. Wykle (JR) James French 2. Rank: Sgt 3. Pay Grade: 4th 4. Serial Number: 425374 5. Permanent Address for Mailing Purposes: Minden, Fayette Co, W. Va. 6. Race: W 7. Sex: M 8. Citizen: X [yes] 9. Date of Birth: 29Dec21 10. Address From Which Person Will [...]

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Land Grant, Giles County, 1811

Mitchel Clay, Jr 100 acres Giles County George Wm Smith, Esquire, Lieutenant Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia, To all to whom these presents shall come Greeting: Know ye, That by virtue of Land Office Treasury warrant, number 3954, issued the 2nd day of June, 1804; there is granted by the said Commonwealth, unto Mitchel [...]

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Obituary, Raleigh County, 1895

      Mrs. Awry [Ora] Clay was born in Giles Co., Va., Jan. 30, 1812, and departed this life July 17, 1895, aged 83 years, 5 months and 19 days. She was the youngest child of a family of 24 children and daughter of Ralph and Polly Stew- art. She has only one brother surviving her, Hon. [...]

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Letter, Fayette County, 1928

Summerlee, W. Va. June 12, 1928 United States Veterans bureau Washington, D.C. Dear Sir,            Year 1918 When I was in the American Army I got the second citizen papers. When [sic] was about to go to France our papers were send [sic] to Washington, D.C. When the war was over we came back from the [...]

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Interview, James F. Wykle, 2009

Questions and Answers: James F. Wykle on his 88th birthday, 29 Dec 2009 Interviewer: Debora Kerr Q. When you were a young boy, did you like school? A. I did like school. I was on the Monroe County Honor Roll. I was a good student. Q. What do you remember about your teachers or classmates? [...]

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