William Edgar Virts

Male 1878 - 1963  (85 years)


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  • Name William Edgar Virts 
    Born 1 Nov 1878  Waterford, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    Died 4 Nov 1963  Frederick, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Buried Leesburg Union Cemetery, Leesburg, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I508  Virts
    Last Modified 1 Aug 2017 

    Father Joseph Israel Virts,   b. 5 Sep 1847, Loudoun County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Dec 1890, Waterford, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 43 years) 
    Mother Annie Elizabeth Virts,   b. 21 Aug 1858, Loudoun County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Oct 1933, Leesburg, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 75 years) 
    Married 13 Dec 1877  Loudoun County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Family ID F299  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Susannah Vickers,   b. 27 Jul 1887, Loudoun County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 May 1956, Frederick, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 68 years) 
    Married 15 Feb 1905  Waterford, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Children 
     1. Howard Franklin Virts,   b. 20 Dec 1905, Licksville, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Mar 1985, Baltimore, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 79 years)
     2. Alice Virginia Virts,   b. 27 Jun 1907, Leesburg, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Feb 1995, Frederick, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 87 years)
     3. Lydia Ellen Virts,   b. 3 Mar 1909, Loudoun County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Jul 1952, Baltimore, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 43 years)
     4. Katherine Elizabeth Virts,   b. 7 Apr 1911, Loudoun County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Oct 2000, Frederick, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 89 years)
     5. Milton Willard Virts,   b. 23 Oct 1912, Loudoun County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Feb 1913, Loudoun County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 0 years)
     6. Charles Clifton Virts,   b. 20 Apr 1914, Leesburg, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Apr 1994, El Dorado, California Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 79 years)
     7. William Edgar Virts, Jr.,   b. 17 Apr 1917, Loudoun County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Mar 1930, Frederick, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 12 years)
     8. Benjamin Harrison Virts,   b. 7 Sep 1919, Loudoun County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Jan 1920, Loudoun County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 0 years)
     9. Frederick Virts,   b. 9 Feb 1922, Loudoun County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Feb 1922, Leesburg, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 0 years)
     10. Freda Virts,   b. 9 Feb 1922, Loudoun County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Feb 1922, Leesburg, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 0 years)
     11. Grace Marie Virts,   b. 26 Jun 1928, Frederick, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Dec 2005, Baltimore, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 77 years)
     12. Violet Rebecca Virts,   b. 31 Jan 1930, Frederick, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Feb 2000, Baltimore, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 70 years)
    Last Modified 14 Nov 2012 
    Family ID F303  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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    William Edgar Virts
    William Edgar Virts
    William Edgar Virts was born November 1, 1878 in Waterford, Virginia to Joseph Irrael and Annie Elizabeth Virts Virts. He died November 4, 1963 in Frederick, Maryland. He married Susannah Vickers on February 15, 1905. She was born July 27, 1887 in Loudoun County Virginia and died May 19, 1956 in Frederick, Maryland. Both are buried in the Union Cemetery in Leesburg, Virginia.

  • Notes 
    • The Frederick Post, November 6, 1963

      William Edgar Virts, South Market street, died Monday at 6 p.m. at Frederick Memorial Hospital where he had been a patient for three days. He was 85 years old and the widower of the Mrs. Susanna Vickers Virts.

      Born in Waterford, Va., he was the son of the late Joseph I. and Anna Virts. Mrs. Virts was employed as a night watchman at Frederick Iron and Steel for three years and delivered papers for Orrisons West Patrick street, for 20 years.

      He is survived by two sons, Howard F. Virts, this city; Charles Virts, California; four daughters, Mrs. Jess Wiles, Mrs. Raymond Speaks, Mrs. Thomas Kefauver, all of this city; Mrs. Grace Steele, Baltimore; one sisters, Mrs. George Moss, Leesburg, Va.; twenty grandchildren, 30 great-grandchildren and a number of nieces and nephews.

      The body is at the funeral home, 106 East Church street, where friends may call after 7 p.m. Funeral services will be held at the funeral home Friday at 11 a.m. Interment will be made in Leesburg Union Cemetery, Leesburg, Va. M. R. Etchison and Son, funeral directors.

  • Sources 
    1. [S714] Loudoun County Virginia Birth Register 1853-1879.

    2. [S133] The Frederick Post, Frederick, Maryland, November 6, 1963, obituary.

    3. [S743] Loudoun County Marriages, Book 2, 1865-1879, page 127, line 5.

    4. [S572] Virginia, Marriages, 1785-1940.


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