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Ben Ray Meyer 1933–2014 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 11 July 1933

Birth Location: Brown County, South Dakota, USA

Death Date: 27 October 2014

Death Location: LaMoure, LaMoure County, North Dakota, USA

Father: John Meyer

Mother: Lillian Pfutzenreuter

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Ben Ray Meyer was born in 1933 in Brown County, South Dakota, USA, the child of John H Meyer And Lillian E Pfutzenreuter. In 1935, Ben Ray Meyer resided in Hecla. In 1940, Ben Ray Meyer resided in Port Emma, Dickey, North Dakota, USA. Ben Ray Meyer passed away in 2014 in LaMoure, LaMoure County, North Dakota, USA.

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Biography

  • Ben Ray Meyer was born in 1933 in Brown County, South Dakota, USA, the child of John H Meyer And Lillian E Pfutzenreuter.
  • In 1935, Ben Ray Meyer resided in Hecla.
  • In 1940, Ben Ray Meyer resided in Port Emma, Dickey, North Dakota, USA.
  • Ben Ray Meyer passed away in 2014 in LaMoure, LaMoure County, North Dakota, USA.

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Ben Meyer's Ancestors

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Ben Meyer
1933–2014
Birth Place: Brown County, South Dakota, USA
Parents
John H Meyer
1898–1984
Columbus, Platte, Nebraska, USA
Lillian (E) Pfutzenreuter
1909–1990
Hecla, Brown, South Dakota, USA
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Ben Meyer's Timeline

4 Records

1933
11 July 1933
Birth of Ben Ray Meyer in Brown County, South Dakota, USA
Brown County, South Dakota, USA
1935
1935
Age 2
Ben Ray Meyer resided here in Hecla
Hecla
1940
1940
Age 7
Ben Ray Meyer resided here in Port Emma, Dickey, North Dakota, USA
Port Emma, Dickey, North Dakota, USA
2014
27 October 2014
Age 81
Death of Ben Ray Meyer in LaMoure, LaMoure County, North Dakota, USA
LaMoure, LaMoure County, North Dakota, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 11 July 1933
    Event Place: Brown County, South Dakota, USA
    Record Source: 1940 United States Federal Census, Year: 1940; Census Place: Port Emma, Dickey, North Dakota; Roll: m-t0627-02999; Page: 2A; Enumeration District: 11-29

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1935
    Event Place: Hecla
    Record Source: 1940 United States Federal Census, Year: 1940; Census Place: Port Emma, Dickey, North Dakota; Roll: m-t0627-02999; Page: 2A; Enumeration District: 11-29

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1940
    Event Place: Port Emma, Dickey, North Dakota, USA
    Record Source: 1940 United States Federal Census, Year: 1940; Census Place: Port Emma, Dickey, North Dakota; Roll: m-t0627-02999; Page: 2A; Enumeration District: 11-29

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 27 October 2014
    Event Place: LaMoure, LaMoure County, North Dakota, USA

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