Gertrude Cockayne
1867 - 1932 (~ 64 years)-
Name Gertrude Cockayne Born 0Oct 1867 West Virginia, USA 
[1, 2, 3, 4, 5] Gender Female Died 30 Sep 1932 Moundsville, Marshall County, West Virginia, USA [6] Buried Y [7] Person ID I75901 Suedpfalz Last Modified 15 Jun 2014
Father Samuel L. Cockayne Mother Hannah J. Alexander Family ID F34584 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Charles Clement Schwob, b. 23 Mar 1869, Miltonsburg, Monroe County, Ohio, USA , d. 8 Jul 1956, Moundsville, Marshall County, West Virginia, USA (Age 87 years) Married 13 Dec 1893 Moundsville, Marshall County, West Virginia, USA Last Modified 1 May 2018 Family ID F34571 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Moundsville Daily Echo, Monday, August 2, 1948
MRS. IRENA SHAW DIED THIS MORNING
Mrs. Irena Cockayne Shaw, 75, passed away at 5:07 o'clock this morning at her home at 510 Fifth street, following four years serious illness.
Wife of the publisher of the Echo, she was the youngest daughter of the late Samuel A. J. and Hannah Jane Alexander Cockayne, and was born at the old family homestead in Glendale on Oct. 6, 1872.
Mrs. Shaw was a member of the First Presbyterian church and of its Industrial Circle. She was very accomplished in handicrafts and in music, having played first violin with I. B. Wison's Symphony Circle orchestra and mandolin with a ladies' Oriole string music club, and having been also a member of the Woman's Musical club, a vocal organization. More recently, she was an officer of the Tuesday Arts club. She had done considerable painting in oils, furniture wood?carving, etc.
She was married Oct. 3, 1906, to Samuel Craig Shaw, and they have two children, Samuel Cockayne and Alexandra Craig Shaw, both at home. A brother, S. A. Cockayne, survives at the old home in Glendale, and the following sisters preceded her in death: Sallie, wife of C. A. Showcare; Gertrude, wife of C. C. Schwob, Birdie, wife of Dr. T. H. Meighen, and Miss Dora Cockayne. In addition there survive two nephews, Samuel and John Cockayne of Glendale; a cousin, Mrs. Wm. Martin Riggs of Moundsville, and several other cousins in the West Alexander vicinity, Ohio and Massachusetts.
The body is at Grisell's, 805 Fifth street, where services will be held Tuesday evening at eight o'clock. Rev. R. W. Piper of the United Presbyterian church will conduct the services in the absence of her pastor who is on vacation in the Middle West. Interment in Greenlawn Wednesday morning.
Kindly omit flowers.
Moundsville Daily Echo, Tuesday, August 3, 1948
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Sources - [S4] 1870 US Federal Census, (www.ancestry.com).
- [S38] 1880 US Federal Census.
- [S19] 1900 US Federal Census, (www.ancestry.com).
Name: Gertrude Schwab [Gertrude Schwob] Home in 1900: Clay, Marshall, West Virginia Age: 32 Birth Date: Oct 1867 Birthplace: West Virginia Race: White Ethnicity: American Relationship to head-of-house: Wife Father's Birthplace: West Virginia Mother's Birthplace: Pennsylvania Mother: number of living children: 0 Mother: How many children: 0 Spouse's Name: Charles Marriage Year: 1894 Marital Status: Married Years Married: 6 Residence : Moundsville City, Marshall, West Virginia Occupation: - [S30] 1910 US Federal Census, (www.ancestry.com).
- [S24] 1920 US Federal Census, (www.ancestry.com).
Name: Gertrude Schwob Home in 1920: Mounsville Ward 4, Marshall, West Virginia Age: 52 years Estimated Birth Year: abt 1868 Birthplace: West Virginia Relation to Head of House: Wife Spouse's Name: Charles C Father's Birth Place: West Virginia Mother's Birth Place: Pennsylvania Marital Status: Married Race: White Sex: Female Able to read: Yes Able to Write: Yes Image: 553 - [S329] West Virginia Deaths.
Name: Gertrude Schwob
Death date: 30 Sep 1932
Death place: Marshall, West Virginia
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Spouse name: Charles C. Schwob
Father name: Samuel L. Cockayne
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Mother name: Hannah J. Alexander
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Film number: 1953686
Digital GS number: 4256563
Image number: 1679
Reference number: 13645
Source: Statewide
Collection: West Virginia Deaths 1853-1970
Name: Gertrude Schwob
Death date: 30 Sep 1932
Death place: Moundsville, Marshall County, West Virginia
Gender: Female
Age at death: 63 years 11 months 3 days
Birth date: 1869
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Marital status: Married
Spouse name: Charles C. Schwob
Father name: Samuel L. Cockayne
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Mother name: Hannah J. Alexander
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Film number: 853801
Digital GS number: 4130823
Image number: 189
Reference number: v 3 p 229
Source: County Records
Collection: West Virginia Deaths 1853-1970 - [S927] Obituary.
?Moundsville Echo?, October 1, 1932. Date of death: September 30, 1932.
Mrs. Gertrude Schwob passed away at 7:20 o?clock Friday evening at the home on western Seventh street.
The funeral service will be held at 2:30 o?clock Monday afternoon and entombment will be in Riverview mausoleum.
Mrs. Schwob was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. S. A. Cockayne and lived on the homestead farm at Glendale until marrying Charles C. Schwob, at that time a grain cradle manufacturer, but who after disposing of his interest in that business became an active banker. Mr. and Mrs. Schwob have resided in Moundsville except while wintering in Florida. Sixteen years ago Mrs. Schwob suffered severe illness but after several months she improved very much until near sixteen months ago a relapse occurred. During her long invalidism she exhibited remarkable good nature.
Mrs. Schwob?s parents departed life several years ago. A sister Sallie, wife of Charles A. Showacre, also preceded her. Members of her family surviving are Miss Dora Cockayne and Mrs. Irena Shaw of Moundsville, S. A. Cockayne of Glendale and Mrs. Birdie Meighen of Wheeling.
She was a member of the Presbyterian church.
Kindly omit flowers.
Laurel (Kern) Meyer
- [S4] 1870 US Federal Census, (www.ancestry.com).