Myrtle Helen MARSH^[1]

1878 - 1959  (81 years)

• Name	Myrtle Helen MARSH
  Nickname	Mertie
  Birth	10 May 1878	Deep Creek, Norfolk Co, VA   [1, 2]
  Gender	Female
  Death	10 Nov 1959	Portsmouth City, VA   [2]
  	Mertie died on 10 November 1959 in Portsmouth, Virginia. Cause of death was noted as "accident". She was 81 years old at the time of her death.
  Burial	12 Nov 1959	Portsmouth City, VA   [2]
  	Her remains were interred at Oak Grove Cemetery in Portsmouth, Virginia on 12 November 1959.
  Person ID	I2024	mason
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

  Father	William MARSH,   b. c. 1834, Deep Creek, Norfolk Co, VA d. 18 Jan 1888, Deep Creek, Norfolk Co, VA (Age 54 years)
  Mother	Mary Hester CRAGIN,   b. 29 Apr 1842, Norfolk Co, VA d. 19 Feb 1928, Portsmouth City, VA (Age 85 years)
  Marriage	3 Jul 1867	Portsmouth City, VA   [3]
  	The couple was married in Portsmouth, Virginia by the Rev. Thomas Hume, Baptist minister, on 3 July 1867.
  Family ID	F136	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Julius CHARLTON,   b. 23 Mar 1879, Moyock, Currituck Co, NC d. 25 Apr 1936, Portsmouth City, VA (Age 57 years)
  Marriage	10 April 1912	Norfolk Co, VA   [4]
  	The couple was married in Norfolk County, Virginia on 10 April 1912.
  Children	1. Mildred Virginia CHARLTON,   b. 1 Feb 1913, Gilmerton, Norfolk Co, VA d. 30 Jan 1999, Chesapeake City, VA (Age 85 years)   2. Myrtle Louise CHARLTON,   b. 14 Aug 1919, Portsmouth City, VA d. 20 Jun 1993, Portsmouth City, VA (Age 73 years)
  Family ID	F144	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

  Family 2	David Edward SYKES,   b. 26 Jan 1852, Norfolk City, VA d. 5 Jun 1908, Portsmouth City, VA (Age 56 years)
  Marriage	30 Jul 1899	Norfolk Co, VA   [5]
  	The couple was married in Norfolk County, Virginia on 30 July 1899. David was a widower at the time of this marriage.
  Children	1. Herbert Whitfield SYKES,   b. 15 Mar 1905, Virginia d. 3 Mar 1954, Worcester, Worcester Co, MA (Age 48 years)
  Family ID	F4110	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

• Notes

  Resided: 17 Jun 1880, Deep Creek, Norfolk Co, VA [S1013] Resided: April 1910, Portsmouth, VA Resided: January 1920, Portsmouth City, VA [S5263] Resided: April 1930, Portsmouth City, VA Resided: April 1940, Deep Creek, Norfolk Co, VA [S5258]

  
  

• Sources

  [S1013] 1880 US Census / Marsh, William. [S1245] Oak Grove Cemetery burial registers, Portsmouth, VA. [S3831] William Marsh - Mary Hester Ferebee, Norfolk Co, VA marriage license & minister's return no. 14203 (1867). [S1868] Sharon Rea Gable & Truitt M. Bonney, Gable & Bonney, Norfolk County Virginia Marriage Licenses 1900 - 1935., ((Suffolk, VA: privately published, 2007)). p. 53: Julius Charlton - Myrtle Sykes marriage (1912), file no. 3882. [S1346] Sharon Rea Gable & Truitt M. Bonney, abstractors, Gable & Bonney, Norfolk County Virginia Marriage Licenses 1850 - 1899, ((Suffolk, VA: privately published, 2007)). p. 187: David Edward Sykes - Myrtle Helen Marsh marriage (1899), file no. 21443.