I can only find the family that Bruce found - they aren't in the 1870 that I can find, but the older William Haney and his wife are in Monongalia County, WV in the 1880 Federal Census. No children living with them, though. My husband has some Haneys in his line, and one thing we've found over the years is that enumerators could be most creative when spelling the name and indexers even more creative in spelling it when the enumerator had bad or fancy handwriting. We've seen it as Haney, Hainey, Hainy, Hanie, and Hany to name the most common. Is there a middle initial given for Mary? Where did she die? Does the death record show where she's buried? What was her husband's name? Thanks, Cathy singhals wrote: > I have a marriage record for Mary HANVEY (or maybe it's HARVEY, > handwriting is iffy; county clerk says it's HANEY) in 1862 in Frederick > co. Virginia. The groom's father is given, not his mother, and for her > parents it says Unknown. > > In 1885 I have a death record for her under her married name, giving her > father as William HANBY, and her mother as M.; informant is her brother > William. It says she was 45 and born in VA. > > Problem is ... Using HQ and local GenWeb resources, I can't find a > William Ha* who fits the stated facts on the death certificate. I've > looked at HANVEY, HARVEY, HANEY/HANY, HANVY, HANBY, and HANLEY. I've > looked at all the William and Wm entries ... > > Could some of you have a look-see at Ancestry and see if you can spot > them? They OUGHT to be in Shenandoah, Frederick or Loudoun counties VA > or in Hampshire, Berkeley, or Jefferson counties WV. They COULD be > anywhere in the US. > > Citation only, no need to send the image. > > Many many thanks! > > Cheryl >

The record, taken from the WV Vitals site's scan of the original document. Original was one of the county record books where the entry spans both the left & right pages. Most of the questions you've raised had no column in which to record the info. Name: Mary E./Sirbaugh Sex: Female Death Date: 31 Jan 1885 Death Place: Shepherdstown, Jefferson Co., West Virginia Age at Death: 43y CAUSE : heart disease Burial Place: not asked Burial Date: " Cemetery: " Funeral Home: " Birth Date: " Birth Place: Maryland Marital Status: not asked Spouse: Geo. W./Sirbaugh Occupation: not asked Address: " Residence: " Mother: M./Hanby Mother's Birth Place: " Father: Wm./Hanby Father's Birth Place: " Informant: brother: Wm Hanby Huntersglenn wrote: > I can only find the family that Bruce found - they aren't in the 1870 > that I can find, but the older William Haney and his wife are in > Monongalia County, WV in the 1880 Federal Census. No children living > with them, though. > > My husband has some Haneys in his line, and one thing we've found over > the years is that enumerators could be most creative when spelling the > name and indexers even more creative in spelling it when the enumerator > had bad or fancy handwriting. We've seen it as Haney, Hainey, Hainy, > Hanie, and Hany to name the most common. > > Is there a middle initial given for Mary? Where did she die? Does the > death record show where she's buried? What was her husband's name? > > Thanks, > Cathy > > singhals wrote: > >> I have a marriage record for Mary HANVEY (or maybe it's HARVEY, >> handwriting is iffy; county clerk says it's HANEY) in 1862 in >> Frederick co. Virginia. The groom's father is given, not his mother, >> and for her parents it says Unknown. >> >> In 1885 I have a death record for her under her married name, giving >> her father as William HANBY, and her mother as M.; informant is her >> brother William. It says she was 45 and born in VA. >> >> Problem is ... Using HQ and local GenWeb resources, I can't find a >> William Ha* who fits the stated facts on the death certificate. >> I've looked at HANVEY, HARVEY, HANEY/HANY, HANVY, HANBY, and HANLEY. >> I've looked at all the William and Wm entries ... >> >> Could some of you have a look-see at Ancestry and see if you can spot >> them? They OUGHT to be in Shenandoah, Frederick or Loudoun counties >> VA or in Hampshire, Berkeley, or Jefferson counties WV. They COULD be >> anywhere in the US. >> >> Citation only, no need to send the image. >> >> Many many thanks! >> >> Cheryl >>