Born in Smyth, Virginia, United States
Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of
James Harvey Rector
— married
24 Dec 1909 in Smyth, Virginia, United States
Mother of
Hilton C. Rector and James Roy Rector
Died
at age 102
in Smyth, Virginia, United States
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Biography
Native Virginian
Ocie Leona (Bales) Rector was a centenarian, living to age 102.
- The Life Summary of Ocie Leona (Bales) Rector:
When Ocie Leona Bales was born on 8 October 1888, in Smyth, Virginia, United States,[1] her father, Samuel David Bales, was 39 and her mother, Mary Elizabeth Umbarger, was 31.
In 1900, Ocie was twelve (12) years old living with her parents in Marion District, Smyth, Virginia, United States.[2]
She married James Harvey Rector on 24 December 1909, in Smyth, Virginia, United States.[3] They were the parents of at least 2 sons.[4]
In 1920, Ocie & James lived in Smyth, Virginia, United States with their two sons.[5]
She lived in Marion, Smyth, Virginia, United States in 1930[6] and Marion District, Smyth, Virginia, United States in 1940.[7]
On May 10, 1970, Ocie's husband, James, died.[8]
She died on 31 January 1991, in Chilhowie, Smyth, Virginia, United States, at the age of 102,[9] and was buried in Chilhowie, Smyth, Virginia, United States.[10]
Sources
- ↑ "Virginia, Birth Certificates, 1912-1913," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVBJ-72N9 : 1 March 2021), Ocie Leona Bales, 08 Oct 1888; from Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : n.d.); citing , Smyth, Virginia, United States, certificate 4538, Library of Virginia, Richmond.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMJ4-9NS : accessed 16 September 2021), Ocie L Bales in household of Samuel Bales, Marion District (Atkins Precinct), Smyth, Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 78, sheet 1B, family 19, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,728.
- ↑ "Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XRNK-55Q : 29 January 2020), Osie L. Bales in entry for Jas. H. Rector, 1909.
- ↑ https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/9JQJ-8P5/ocie-leona-bales-1888-1991
- ↑ "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MJJJ-NL2 : 4 February 2021), Ocie Rector in entry for James H Rector, 1920.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:CJM1-5N2 : accessed 28 March 2022), Ocie L Rector in household of James H Rector, Marion, Smyth, Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 7, sheet 14B, line 51, family 182, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2461; FHL microfilm 2,342,195.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VR1H-T23 : 29 January 2020), Ocie Rector in household of James H Rector, Marion Magisterial District, Smyth, Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 87-8, sheet 11B, line 42, family 242, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 4295.
- ↑ "Virginia, Death Certificates, 1912-1987," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVY2-PC11 : 16 August 2019), Ocie Leena Bales Rector in entry for James Harvey Rector, 10 May 1970; from "Virginia, Marriage Records, 1700-1850," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2012); citing Marion, Smyth, Virginia, United States, entry #, Virginia Department of Health, Richmond.
- ↑ "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVSB-XK5S : accessed 16 September 2021), Mrs. Ocie Leona Bales Rector, Middle Atlantic, Virginia, United States, 03 Feb 1991; from "Recent Newspaper Obituaries (1977 - Today)," database, GenealogyBank.com (http://www.genealogybank.com : 2014); citing Roanoke Times, The, born-digital text.
- ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/70615250/ocie-rector
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