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Historical Records from Bolivar

120 records 1832–1976

  Place of Death County Jefferson District 1922 Town or City Bakerton Full Name Anna G. Welsh Personal and Statistical…

Death Certificate: Annie G. Welsh

1922
Bolivar District, Jefferson County, West Virginia as enumerated by William B. Chambers House Number: 203   Name Sex Age Relationship Martial…

1880 Census: Dennis M. Daniels

1880
List of the Taxable Town Lots in Jefferson County for the Year 1844. Name of Owner Walsh, Michael, Heirs Residence…

Land Book, 1844 – Michael Walsh Heirs

1844
List of the Taxable Land in Jefferson County for the Year 1875. Name of Owner Flanagan, Jas. heirs Residence Bolivar…

Land Book, 1875 – James Flanagan, heirs

1875
The population of Harper’s Ferry is 952 and Bolivar 804, making a total of 1,756. Of this number, 426 are…

Harpers Ferry Population

1891
In Bolivar, this county, April 20th, 1888, of typhoid fever, EDWARD, aged 15 years, oldest son of Lock and Ellen…

Death: Edward Sloane

1888
Name of Deceased Walter Lee Manuel Date of Death October 8, 1948, 9:30 A.M. Place of Death County Jefferson City…

Death Certificate: Walter Lee Manuel

1948
Double funeral services for Terry Lee Gifft, 10, and his cousin, Wallace Eugene Gray, 14, of near Bakerton, who drowned…

Two Youthful Fisherman Die As One Tries to Save Other

1965
Bolivar Township, Jefferson County, West Virginia as enumerated by Warner [W. Shiley?] House Number: 524   Name Age Sex Profession Birthplace…

1870 Census: Thomas Welsh Household

1870
THE CHOLERA NEAR HARPER’S FERRY.– The Charlestown Spirit of Jefferson, of yesterday, has the following in reference to the re-appearance…

Cholera in South Bolivar

1850
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Families in Bolivar

People and surnames most strongly associated with Bolivar.

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Flanagan 32 Walsh 24 Welsh 23 Daniels 17 Moler 11 Kidwiler 10 Hopper 7 Moore 7 Hackley 6 Jones 5 McGlone 5 Smallwood 5 Badger 4 Brown 4 Eackles 4
Annie Gertrude Ingram 1869–1945
John Martin Welsh 1859–1928
Annie Gertrude Welsh 1840–1922
Margaret Virginia Welsh 1873–1925
Thomas Buchanon Walsh, Sr. 1834–1875
Mary Catherine Welsh 1850–1940
Christopher William Slavin 1820–1858
Frances Magdalena Flanagan 1808–1896

St. Peter’s Catholic Church of Harpers Ferry: An Irish Parish on American Soil

Without the Irish, there would be no Catholic congregation in Harpers Ferry. Although St. Peter's…

A Short History of The U.S. Armory and Arsenal at Harpers Ferry

River Boyne. County Louth Ireland LCCN2002717437

The unveiling of Elizabeth Slavin

By the 1860 census, a young Irish girl had taken residence with Thomas and Annie Walsh in Bolivar, [West] Virginia. Who is she and why did she live with Tommy…

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