Columbus Watts VIRNELSON^[1]

1880 - 1965  (85 years)

• Name	Columbus Watts VIRNELSON
  birth2 (conflicting)	24 Feb 1879	Portsmouth City, VA   [2, 3]
  Birth	24 Feb 1880	Portsmouth City, VA   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	Apr 1910 & 1942	Portsmouth, VA   [2, 4]
  	Columbus was employed as a clerk at a sash [window] and door company in April 1910. April 1942: Portsmouth Lumber Coporation.
  Will	14 Jun 1957	Portsmouth City, VA   [5]
  Death	Nov 1965	Portsmouth City, VA   [3, 6]
  	Columbus died in Portsmouth, Virginia during November 1965.
  will probated	6 Dec 1965	Portsmouth City, VA   [5]
  Burial	Portsmouth City, VA   [6]
  	His body was interred in the Virnelson family plot at Oak Grove Cemetery in Portsmouth, Virginia.
  Person ID	I1696	mason
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

  Father	Columbus Clinton VIRNELSON,   b. 6 Mar 1848, Portsmouth, Norfolk Co, VA d. 26 Feb 1918 (Age 69 years)
  Mother	Margaret Virginia HOWELL,   b. Jun 1850, Virginia d. 23 Mar 1919 (Age 68 years)
  Marriage	16 Nov 1875	Portsmouth City, VA   [7]
  	The couple was married later the same day in Portsmouth by H.P. Mitchell.
  Family ID	F112	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Mary Elizabeth ARMISTEAD,   b. 28 Sep 1890, Portsmouth City, VA d. 1 Sep 1951, Portsmouth City, VA (Age 60 years)
  Marriage	7 Jul 1936	Portsmouth City, VA   [8]
  	The couple was married later the same day in Portsmouth by Rev. C.H. Holwead, Rector of Trinity Episcopal Church.
  Family ID	F122	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

  Family 2	Flora Lena KOETH,   b. 31 Nov 1873, Maryland d. 28 Jan 1929, Portsmouth City, VA
  Marriage	12 Jan 1914  [9]
  	The couple was married on 12 January 1914.
  Children	1. Columbus Koeth VIRNELSON,   b. 9 May 1915, Portsmouth City, VA d. 11 Jun 2001, Portsmouth City, VA (Age 86 years)   2. William Eugene VIRNELSON, Sr.,   b. 1 Aug 1916, Portsmouth City, VA d. 19 Sep 1995, Portsmouth City, VA (Age 79 years)
  Family ID	F3869	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		1900 US Census / Virnelson, Columbus 311 Effingham Street, Portsmouth, Virginia
  		1910 US Census / Virnelson, Columbus C. 317 Effingham Street, Portsmouth, Virginia
  		1920 US Census / Virnelson, Columbus 741 Emmet Street, Portsmouth, Virginia.
  		1930 US Census / Virnelson, Columbus 1046 B Street, Portsmouth, Virginia.
  		Columbus Watts Virnelson. SSN 225-09-3835. Application for Social Security Account Number (1936). 1046 B. Street, Portsmouth, VA.
  		Columbus Watts Virnelson. U.S. WWII draft registration card, 1942. 1046 B Street, Portsmouth, Virginia.

  
  

• Notes

  work info on SSN app and censuses

  
  

• Sources

  [S4235] Columbus Watts Virnelson. SSN 225-09-3835. Application for Social Security Account Number (1936). [S1861] Columbus Watts Virnelson. U.S. WWII draft registration card, 1942. [S849] Columbus Virnelson. SSN 225-09-3835. SSDI. . [S1841] 1910 US Census / Virnelson, Columbus C. [S2961] Columbus Watts Virnelson will (1965), Portsmouth, VA Will Book 17, p. 508. [S1245] Oak Grove Cemetery burial registers, Portsmouth, VA. [S3895] Columbus C. Virnelson - Maggie V. Howell, Portsmouth, VA marriage license & minister’s return no. 1827 (1875). . [S3901] Columbus Watts Virnelson - Mary Elizabeth Armistead, Portsmouth, VA certificate of marriage no. 19524 (1936). . [S4280] Yerby, "Virnelson family data, 1839 - 1973".