NameThomas H. Filbin
Birthabt 1910, Fayette Co., West Virginia
Death4 Nov 1938, Montgomery, Fayette Co., West Virginia
SpouseAlice Rebecca Petry, 5C3R
Birth21 Jun 1910, Deepwater, Fayette Co., West Virginia
DeathSep 1989, Charleston, Kanawha Co., West Virginia
BurialMontgomery Memorial Park, London, Kanawha Co., WV
Children
Notes for Thomas H. Filbin
His death certificate records Thomas H. Filbin, age 28, birth date blank, born in W. Va., died 4 Nov 1938 at Laird Memorial Hospital, Montgomery, Fayette Co., West Virginia, residence Deepwater, Kanawha district, Fayette Co., W. Va., married, occupation truck driver, father John Filbin, mother’s maiden name Addie Reynolds, both born in W.Va., cause of death fractured skull and cerebral entusion, car wreck ran over a bank, accident occurred in Deepwater, informant Alice Filbin, Deepwater, W.Va., burial in Deepwater.
Census
1930 census of Fayette Co., West Virginia, Kanawha district, enumerated 3 April, lists on p. 3B as household #45/48:
Williams, Catherine, 67, boarding house keeper; Earnest, grandson, 20, brakeman at coal mine. Berry, Memory, servant, 28, widowed; Jno William, boarder, 4 1/12. Filbern, Thomas, boarder, 20, single, laborer at coal mine.
Notes for Alice Rebecca Petry
A delayed certificate of birth
28 was granted on 21 Jan 1947 for Rebecca Alice Petry, born 21 June 1910 in Deepwater, Fayette Co., West Virginia, father James Bud Petry, born in Eagle, Fayette Co., W.Va., mother’s maiden name Della Darlington, born in Ingram Branch, Fayette Co., West Virginia, supporting documents listed as affidavit of mother, Della Petry, dated 18 Jan 1947, birth certificate of applicant’s child WV Dept of Vital Statistics #26212 dated 26 Sep 1931, and family bible record.
The SSDI lists Alice Dent, born 21 July 1910, died Sep 1989, last residence Deep Water, Fayette Co., West Virginia.
Notes for Thomas H. & Alice Rebecca (Family)
I cannot find a marriage record in the WV vital stats site; marriage date is estimated based on the facts that Thomas and Alice were still single in the 1930 census (taken in April), and Alice’s delayed birth certificate (filed in 1947) listed as supporting documentation the birth certificate of a child born 26 Sep 1931
Census
1940 census of Fayette Co., West Virginia, Kanawha district, Deepwater precinct, enumerated 13 April, lists on p. 10B as family #146:
Rodgers, Ewell, 23, coal loader; Martha, wife, 20; Janet O., dau, 3/12; Filpin, Alice, sister-in-law, 29, widowed; John H., nephew, 8. All born in West Virginia, living in same place in 1935.