Seventh Generation

852. Thelma Lorraine DURHAM was born on 17 Mar 1920 in Bluefield, Tazewell County, Virginia.^145,239 She died Cancer on 29 Jun 1979 in Bluefield, Tazewell County, Virginia.

Thelma Lorraine DURHAM and John Gilmore ELDRIDGE were married on 16 Aug 1940 in Bluefield, Tazewell County, Virginia. John Gilmore ELDRIDGE (son of Jackson Chandler GILMORE Jr. and Viola Garnet LINKENHOKER) was born on 10 Oct 1916 in Tennessee.^129,291 He died Cancer on 10 Mar 1973 in Bluefield, Tazewell County, Virginia. In the 1920 Census for Mercer County, West Virginia (Beaver Pond - District 75), John B. (Gilmore) Eldridge, age 3 years & 3 months old is listed as "Adopted Son" in the household of Jackson C. Gilmore and wife, Viola G. James Moore, age 16, and Marie Gilmore, age 14, are also listed as "Adopted" in this same household.

In the 1930 Census for Mercer County, West Virginia (Beaver Pond - District 12), John E. Gilmore (Eldridge), age 13, born Tennessee, is listed as "son" in the household of Jackson C. Gilmore and wife, Viola G. Also, Minerva J. Linkenhoker, age 73 and "widowed" is listed as "mother-in-law" with this family. Thelma Lorraine DURHAM and John Gilmore ELDRIDGE had the following children:

+1125	i.	John Randall ELDRIDGE.
+1126	ii.	Carolyn ELDRIDGE.