Roane Co., West Virginia birth register28 lists Mabel Melvina Petitt, born 8 Jan 1906 in Amma, father S. B. Petit, mother Bessie Petit. (The word “maiden” on the register form is stricken out from the phrase “mother’s maiden name” for this and many of the other births on the page.) The surname is really entered with different spelling for Mable and her parents.