Bertha Jane Riggs Draher was the 4th child born to Henry Harrison & Anna Jane (Young) Riggs in 1879.
She had 4 brothers & 1 sister: William, Benson R., Florence Rosella (Newel William) West, Arthur Roy & Russel Goff.
Sometime after the 1880 United States Census, the Riggs family moved from Springhill, Pennsylvania to Wheeling, West Virginia where Bertha met Charles W. Draher who was a boarder in their home in 1900. They were united in marriage by a Minister of the Gospel in Wheeling, West Virginia on the 23rd of January 1902. The marriage license lists his birthplace as Marietta, Ohio and hers as Marshall County, West Virginia although birth records & United States Censuses indicate she was born in Pennsylvania.
Bertha gave birth to two sons, Chester Henry (1904) & Lester Lewis (1907) & the United States Census for 1910 indicates the family, including Bertha's mother, Anna Riggs, is living in Richland, Ohio County, West Virginia where Charlie is a motorman on the street car line. Sadly, Charles passes away from interstitial nephritis in 1915 in Warwood, West Virginia leaving her a widow at the age of 35 with two young sons, ages 11 & 8.
The United States Census for 1920 lists a widowed Bertha living with her two sons in Wheeling, West Virginia. Chester marries Marguerite Kathryn Potter in 1927 & lives next door to his mother & brother. He is employed as an assistant manager of an electric company.
In the US Census for 1930 we find the widow Bertha working as a chambermaid in a hotel supporting her son Lester Lewis who has no occupation listed & remains single. In 1932, Chester & Marguerite become the proud parents of Bertha's granddaughter, Mary Lou & live in nearby Triadelphia, West Virginia.
The mother & son are also are listed in 1940 Census as continuing to live at 153 Merritt Street in Wheeling, WV. with no occupation. On August 5, 1943, Bertha's oldest son passes away from cerebral thrombosis, premature arteriosclerosis, chronic nephritis & chronic vascular heart disease.
On the 28th of October 1961, at the age of 81, Bertha Jane Riggs Draher draws her last breath at the Skyline Nursing Home in Colerain, Ohio where she has been living for 4 months. The causes of death are coronary occlusion, arteriosclerotic heart disease & senility. She is laid to rest in Greenwood Cemetery in Wheeling, West Virginia along with her husband Charles W. & son Lester Lewis.
She had 4 brothers & 1 sister: William, Benson R., Florence Rosella (Newel William) West, Arthur Roy & Russel Goff.
Sometime after the 1880 United States Census, the Riggs family moved from Springhill, Pennsylvania to Wheeling, West Virginia where Bertha met Charles W. Draher who was a boarder in their home in 1900. They were united in marriage by a Minister of the Gospel in Wheeling, West Virginia on the 23rd of January 1902. The marriage license lists his birthplace as Marietta, Ohio and hers as Marshall County, West Virginia although birth records & United States Censuses indicate she was born in Pennsylvania.
Bertha gave birth to two sons, Chester Henry (1904) & Lester Lewis (1907) & the United States Census for 1910 indicates the family, including Bertha's mother, Anna Riggs, is living in Richland, Ohio County, West Virginia where Charlie is a motorman on the street car line. Sadly, Charles passes away from interstitial nephritis in 1915 in Warwood, West Virginia leaving her a widow at the age of 35 with two young sons, ages 11 & 8.
The United States Census for 1920 lists a widowed Bertha living with her two sons in Wheeling, West Virginia. Chester marries Marguerite Kathryn Potter in 1927 & lives next door to his mother & brother. He is employed as an assistant manager of an electric company.
In the US Census for 1930 we find the widow Bertha working as a chambermaid in a hotel supporting her son Lester Lewis who has no occupation listed & remains single. In 1932, Chester & Marguerite become the proud parents of Bertha's granddaughter, Mary Lou & live in nearby Triadelphia, West Virginia.
The mother & son are also are listed in 1940 Census as continuing to live at 153 Merritt Street in Wheeling, WV. with no occupation. On August 5, 1943, Bertha's oldest son passes away from cerebral thrombosis, premature arteriosclerosis, chronic nephritis & chronic vascular heart disease.
On the 28th of October 1961, at the age of 81, Bertha Jane Riggs Draher draws her last breath at the Skyline Nursing Home in Colerain, Ohio where she has been living for 4 months. The causes of death are coronary occlusion, arteriosclerotic heart disease & senility. She is laid to rest in Greenwood Cemetery in Wheeling, West Virginia along with her husband Charles W. & son Lester Lewis.
Bertha Jane Riggs Draher was the 4th child born to Henry Harrison & Anna Jane (Young) Riggs in 1879.
She had 4 brothers & 1 sister: William, Benson R., Florence Rosella (Newel William) West, Arthur Roy & Russel Goff.
Sometime after the 1880 United States Census, the Riggs family moved from Springhill, Pennsylvania to Wheeling, West Virginia where Bertha met Charles W. Draher who was a boarder in their home in 1900. They were united in marriage by a Minister of the Gospel in Wheeling, West Virginia on the 23rd of January 1902. The marriage license lists his birthplace as Marietta, Ohio and hers as Marshall County, West Virginia although birth records & United States Censuses indicate she was born in Pennsylvania.
Bertha gave birth to two sons, Chester Henry (1904) & Lester Lewis (1907) & the United States Census for 1910 indicates the family, including Bertha's mother, Anna Riggs, is living in Richland, Ohio County, West Virginia where Charlie is a motorman on the street car line. Sadly, Charles passes away from interstitial nephritis in 1915 in Warwood, West Virginia leaving her a widow at the age of 35 with two young sons, ages 11 & 8.
The United States Census for 1920 lists a widowed Bertha living with her two sons in Wheeling, West Virginia. Chester marries Marguerite Kathryn Potter in 1927 & lives next door to his mother & brother. He is employed as an assistant manager of an electric company.
In the US Census for 1930 we find the widow Bertha working as a chambermaid in a hotel supporting her son Lester Lewis who has no occupation listed & remains single. In 1932, Chester & Marguerite become the proud parents of Bertha's granddaughter, Mary Lou & live in nearby Triadelphia, West Virginia.
The mother & son are also are listed in 1940 Census as continuing to live at 153 Merritt Street in Wheeling, WV. with no occupation. On August 5, 1943, Bertha's oldest son passes away from cerebral thrombosis, premature arteriosclerosis, chronic nephritis & chronic vascular heart disease.
On the 28th of October 1961, at the age of 81, Bertha Jane Riggs Draher draws her last breath at the Skyline Nursing Home in Colerain, Ohio where she has been living for 4 months. The causes of death are coronary occlusion, arteriosclerotic heart disease & senility. She is laid to rest in Greenwood Cemetery in Wheeling, West Virginia along with her husband Charles W. & son Lester Lewis.
She had 4 brothers & 1 sister: William, Benson R., Florence Rosella (Newel William) West, Arthur Roy & Russel Goff.
Sometime after the 1880 United States Census, the Riggs family moved from Springhill, Pennsylvania to Wheeling, West Virginia where Bertha met Charles W. Draher who was a boarder in their home in 1900. They were united in marriage by a Minister of the Gospel in Wheeling, West Virginia on the 23rd of January 1902. The marriage license lists his birthplace as Marietta, Ohio and hers as Marshall County, West Virginia although birth records & United States Censuses indicate she was born in Pennsylvania.
Bertha gave birth to two sons, Chester Henry (1904) & Lester Lewis (1907) & the United States Census for 1910 indicates the family, including Bertha's mother, Anna Riggs, is living in Richland, Ohio County, West Virginia where Charlie is a motorman on the street car line. Sadly, Charles passes away from interstitial nephritis in 1915 in Warwood, West Virginia leaving her a widow at the age of 35 with two young sons, ages 11 & 8.
The United States Census for 1920 lists a widowed Bertha living with her two sons in Wheeling, West Virginia. Chester marries Marguerite Kathryn Potter in 1927 & lives next door to his mother & brother. He is employed as an assistant manager of an electric company.
In the US Census for 1930 we find the widow Bertha working as a chambermaid in a hotel supporting her son Lester Lewis who has no occupation listed & remains single. In 1932, Chester & Marguerite become the proud parents of Bertha's granddaughter, Mary Lou & live in nearby Triadelphia, West Virginia.
The mother & son are also are listed in 1940 Census as continuing to live at 153 Merritt Street in Wheeling, WV. with no occupation. On August 5, 1943, Bertha's oldest son passes away from cerebral thrombosis, premature arteriosclerosis, chronic nephritis & chronic vascular heart disease.
On the 28th of October 1961, at the age of 81, Bertha Jane Riggs Draher draws her last breath at the Skyline Nursing Home in Colerain, Ohio where she has been living for 4 months. The causes of death are coronary occlusion, arteriosclerotic heart disease & senility. She is laid to rest in Greenwood Cemetery in Wheeling, West Virginia along with her husband Charles W. & son Lester Lewis.
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