Aribelle Rakes

Female 1896 - 1979  (83 years)


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  • Name Aribelle Rakes 
    Birth 22 Jul 1896  [1
    Gender Female 
    Residence Princeton, West Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Residence Peterstown, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Death 13 Sep 1979  [1
    Burial Union Cemetery, Steubenville, Jefferson County, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Person ID I43936  The Hennessee Family
    Last Modified 27 Sep 2015 

    Father David Rakes,   b. 0___ 1861   d. ~ 1904 (Age ~ 43 years) 
    Mother Martha Ellen Janney,   b. 0Apr 1863, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Apr 1921, (Virginia) Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 58 years) 
    Marriage (Virginia) Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Family ID F15993  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Harry Valentine Baker,   b. 0May 1885, Platform, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 0May 1955, (Jefferson County, Ohio) Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 70 years) 
    Marriage Y  [1
    Residence (Family) Steubenville, Jefferson County, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Children 
     1. Dorothy Mae Baker,   b. 10 Dec 1932, Steubenville, Jefferson County, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Jan 2008, Follansbee, Brooke County, West Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years)
    Family ID F15992  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 30 Apr 2023 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsResidence - - Princeton, West Virginia Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - - Peterstown, Virginia Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Union Cemetery, Steubenville, Jefferson County, Ohio Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence (Family) - - Steubenville, Jefferson County, Ohio Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • Description: Aribelle Rakes, later known as Mary Elizabeth, had a life shrouded in mystery.

      What is known is that she became pregnant with my uncle Nightie Daniel Meadows by Russie Lee Meadows of Peterstown, WV and gave birth to him in Roanoke VA in April 1916. She later married Russie Lee Meadows in November 1916. Some time prior to 1920 Russie Lee Meadows "got a couple of women down the road pregnant" and my grandmother quickly divorced him. After Martha Ellen Janney Rakes Rice [my maternal great grandmother] died on 04-21-1921 she left Peterstown and moved to Princeton, WV, then a boomtown, where she worked in a cousin's general store. [2]

  • Sources 
    1. [S7949] "David A. Moldar Pedigree" http://www.wikitree.com/genealogy/Molnar-Family-Tree-107.

    2. [S7962] David A. Molnar updates his family information, September 27, 2015, 828.277.2933, davemusic@outlook.com.