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Ben Thurman Ray 1925–1999 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 09/19/1925

Birth Location: Glouster, Athens County, Ohio, USA

Death Date: 02/17/1999

Death Location: Bonita Beach, Florida, USA

Father: Ralph Ray

Mother: Violet Dunlevy

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Ben Thurman Ray was born in 1925 in Glouster, Athens County, Ohio, USA, the child of Ralph Raymond Ray And Violet Clara Dunlevy. Ben Thurman Ray passed away in 1999 in Bonita Beach, Florida, USA.

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Biography

  • Ben Thurman Ray was born in 1925 in Glouster, Athens County, Ohio, USA, the child of Ralph Raymond Ray And Violet Clara Dunlevy.
  • Ben Thurman Ray passed away in 1999 in Bonita Beach, Florida, USA.

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Ben Ray's Ancestors

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Ben Ray
1925–1999
Birth Place: Glouster, Athens County, Ohio, USA
Parents
Ralph Raymond Ray
1902–1982
Hollister, Athens County, Ohio, USA
Violet (Clara) Dunlevy
1904–1967
Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio, USA
Grandparents
Frank (Porter) Dunlevy
1876–1959
Washington County, Ohio, USA
Althia (Olive) Keirns
1878–1946
Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio, USA
Great-Grandparents
Augustus Keirns
1840–1915
Sarah Wolfe
1840–1916
2nd-Great-Grandparents
George Sr
1809–1881
Amanda Kasler
1811–1890
Jacob Wolf
1803–1878
Sally Bryson
1806–1874

Ben Ray's Timeline

2 Records

1925
09/19/1925
Birth of Ben Thurman Ray in Glouster, Athens County, Ohio, USA
Glouster, Athens County, Ohio, USA
1999
02/17/1999
Age 74
Death of Ben Thurman Ray in Bonita Beach, Florida, USA
Bonita Beach, Florida, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 09191925
    Event Place: Glouster, Athens County, Ohio, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 02171999
    Event Place: Bonita Beach, Florida, USA

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