David Edward SYKES^[1]

1852 - 1908  (56 years)

• Name	David Edward SYKES
  Birth	26 Jan 1852	Norfolk City, VA   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	1900	Norfolk Co, VA   [3]
  	The 1900 census notes that David was employed as a saw mill laborer.
  Death	5 Jun 1908	Portsmouth City, VA   [2]
  	David died of heart disease in Portsmouth, Virginia on 5 June 1908. He was 56 years old at the time of his death.
  Burial	Portsmouth City, VA   [2]
  	His remains were interred at Oak Grove Cemetery in Portsmouth, Virginia.
  Person ID	I55471	mason
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

  Father	David SYKES
  Mother	Tamar (UNKNOWN)
  Family ID	F6597	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Myrtle Helen MARSH,   b. 10 May 1878, Deep Creek, Norfolk Co, VA d. 10 Nov 1959, Portsmouth City, VA (Age 81 years)
  Marriage	30 Jul 1899	Norfolk Co, VA   [1]
  	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

  
  

• Sources

  [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. [S1245] Oak Grove Cemetery burial registers, Portsmouth, VA. [S5262] 1900 US Census / Sykes, David E.