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Get to Know Gay Spiker |
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| Full Name: | Lillie Missouri Gay Zinn |
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| Also Known As: | Gay | ||
| Date of Birth: | June 23, 1884 | ||
| Date of Death: | May 20, 1967 | ||
| Spouse: | Jacob Spiker | ||
| Children: | Bradford Zinn Spiker Geneva Dera Spiker Marjory Fay Spiker Jacob Verlynne Spiker Dorothy Alice Spiker Catherine Gay Spiker Robert Spiker Delane Wines Delene Wines |
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| DID YOU KNOW? | |||
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Family knew her as "Gay" but also knew that her first name was "Missouri". This was just accepted throughout the years until Melanie Fouse went looking for her birth record. In the birth record book located at www.wvculture.org she found Gay listed with three of her sisters on the same page. At first Melanie thought she had found an unknown sister that must have died early in life because Gay was listed as "Lillie G. Zinn" with Marion Bukey and Alice as her parents. Then she noticed that Lillie had the same birthday as Gay! Where was the Missouri name? Melanie then went back to the US Federal Census records to see again what name Gay was using. On the 1910 Fed Census, Gay is listed as "Missouria G.". Then in 1920, she is listed as "Gae M.". Never is she listed as "Lillie Gay" except in the Record of Births. With no birth certificate and no social security card, she could call herself anything she liked. Melanie did find a "Missouri Zinn" in Preston County on the 1860 Census. She was daughter of a George D. Zinn. Then we found a "Lillie G. Zinn" in Sinking Creek, Lewis County in 1920. She was the wife of Thomas C. Zinn. Perhaps our Gay knew one of these women but her names and how she got them remains a mystery to her descendants. |
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