West Virginia Pioneers

Orena Jane Houchen

Female 1888 - 1962  (73 years)


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  • Name Orena Jane Houchen  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
    Born 19 Jul 1888  Gay, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 6, 9
    Gender Female 
    Died 24 Feb 1962  Parkersburg, Wood County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 6, 8, 13
    • Age at Death: 73
    Buried 1 Mar 1962  Gay, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 6, 14
    • Mount Olive Cemetery
    Notes 
    • Died in Camden-Clark Memorial Hospital

      Services by Leavitt Funeral Home
      Parkersburg, Wood County, West Virginia

      1900 census, Ripley dist. 34, Jackson Co., WV, page 4b, anc. 22
      Houtchen, George W., 40, b: May 1860 WV, m: 14 yrs @ age 26, father b: WV, mother b: VA, owns farm
      Martha E., 30, b: Nov. 1869 WV, m: 14 yrs @ age 16, parents b: WV, (Casto)
      Eva. L., 13, b: July 1886 WV
      Oreana, 11, b: July 1888 WV
      Vincent M., 8, b: May 1892 WV
      Nelson C., 6, b: Dec. 1893 WV
      Orva M., 3, b: Sept 1896 WV, (dau)
      Goldie M., 2, b: Feb. 1898 WV
      Harley O., 3/12, b: Feb. 1900 WV

      1920 census, Ripley dist., Jackson Co., WV, page 1a, anc 1, 5 families neighbors
      Houchen, H. O., 19, b: WV, (Harley)
      Mella?, 20, b: WV
      Paul, 3/12, b: WV
      Houchen, G. W., 59, b: VA, (George)
      Martha Ellen, b: WV, (Casto)
      C. C., 13, b: WV (son)(Charles)
      T. Earl, 10, b: WV
      Conner, H. W., 33, b: WV, (Homer)
      Oreana, 31, b: WV, (Houchen)
      R. C., 7, b: WV (son)
      Clifford, 1, b: WV
      Houchen, N. C., 26, b: WV, (Nelson Corbett)
      Mary, 21, b: WV, (Harmon)
      Cloraus?, 2, twin (dau)
      Cloraus?, 2, twin (dau)
      Houchen, V. M., 27, b: WV, (Vincent)
      Rose, 30, b: WV, (Conner)
      Chester, 5, b: WV
      Opal, 5, b: WV
      George, 1, b: WV

      1930 census, Ripley dist. 9, Jackson Co., WV, pag 10b, anc 20
      Houchen, George W., 69, b: WV, parents b: VA
      Martha E., 60
      Conner, Homer W., 45, son in law
      Orena, 41
      Rolley C., 18, gr son
      Clifford C., 11, gr son
    Person ID I31623  Conner Family

    Father George Willis Houchen,   b. 30 May 1861, Rockbridge County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Nov 1933, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 72 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Martha Ellen Casto,   b. 18 Nov 1869, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Jul 1954, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 84 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Married 12 Sep 1885  Ripley, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [15, 16, 17
    Family ID F11842  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Homer Worthington Conner,   b. 18 Mar 1886, Lockhart, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Jan 1964, Parkersburg, Wood County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 77 years) 
    Married 1 Nov 1908  Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [10, 18
    Children 
    +1. Rollie Connis Conner,   b. 4 Feb 1912, Ripley, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Feb 1988, Parkersburg, Wood County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 76 years)  [natural]
    +2. Clifford Ralph Conner,   b. 22 Aug 1918, Gay, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Aug 2000, Marietta, Washington County, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 81 years)  [natural]
    Family ID F14423  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 19 Jul 1888 - Gay, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 1 Nov 1908 - Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 24 Feb 1962 - Parkersburg, Wood County, West Virginia, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - 1 Mar 1962 - Gay, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Photos
    Homer W. & Orena J. (Houchen) Conner - Headstone
    Homer W. & Orena J. (Houchen) Conner - Headstone
    Homer W. & Orena J. (Houchen) Conner
    Homer W. & Orena J. (Houchen) Conner
    Orena Jane (Houchen) Conner - Obituary
    Orena Jane (Houchen) Conner - Obituary
    Homer Worthington and Orena Jane (Houchen) Conner - Marriage License
    Homer Worthington and Orena Jane (Houchen) Conner - Marriage License
    Grandma Conner & Connie
    Grandma Conner & Connie
    Orena Jane (Houchen) Conner - Death Certificate
    Orena Jane (Houchen) Conner - Death Certificate

  • Sources 
    1. [S5013] Web: West Virginia, Find A Grave Index, 1780-2012, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;).

    2. [S1681] Jackson County, West Virginia Census 1910, 253-257.
      Black, Homer 24 M-1 m. 1 Nov 1908 Orenia (Houtchen) 21 wife M-1 0/0 Bertha 15 cousin

    3. [S1709] Jackson County, West Virginia Census 1930, 20.

    4. [S1680] Jackson County, West Virginia Census 1900, 22.

    5. [S47] U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2015;).
      Record for Clifford Ralph Conner

    6. [S7] U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;).
      Record for Orena J. Conner

    7. [S79] 1920 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;), Database online. Ripley, Jackson, West Virginia, ED , roll , page , image 693.
      Record for Orina Conner
      1920 United States Federal Census
      1920 United States Federal Census


    8. [S173] West Virginia, Deaths Index, 1853-1973, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2011;).
      Death date: 24 Feb 1962 Death place: Wood, West Virginia

    9. [S634] 1940 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;), Year: 1940; Census Place: Lubeck, Wood, West Virginia; Roll: T627_4453; Page: 21A; Enumeration District: 54-4.
      Birth date: abt 1889 Birth place: West Virginia Residence date: 1 Apr 1940 Residence place: Lubeck, Wood, West Virginia, United States
      1940 United States Federal Census
      1940 United States Federal Census


    10. [S735] West Virginia, Marriages Index, 1785-1971, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2011;).

    11. [S1153] Jackson County, West Virginia: Past and Present - 1990, Jackson County Historical Society, (Name: Walsworth Publishing, Third Printing 1997;), LC#90-71347., 174.

    12. [S1749] Jackson County, West Virginia Census 1920, 1A.

    13. [S674] Clifford R. Conner Family Bible, Clifford and Beulah Conner.

    14. [S7] U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;).
      Record for Homer Worthington Conner

    15. [S287] West Virginia Marriage Records, 1863-1900, Dodd, Jordan, comp., (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2000;).

    16. [S4526] Copy of Houchen Marriage License, T.H.B. Smiley, (Name: Clerk of Court, Jackson County, WV;), T.H. Rymer, Minister of the Gospel.

    17. [S2202] West Virginia, Marriages Index, 1785-1971, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2011;).

    18. [S5012] Jackson County, West Virginia Marriage Records 1908, http://www.rootsweb.com/~wvjackso/marriage/1908mr.htm.
      01 Nov 1908 - G. W. HOUTCHEN name on license BLACK, Homer [Worthington] 22 born Jackson Co./residing Jackson Co. HOUTCHEN, Orena [Jane] 20 born Jackson Co./residing Jackson Co.