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Benjamin Franklin Ray 1833 – 1910 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 15 Jan 1833

Birth Location: Bangor, Penobscot, Maine, United States

Death Date: 7 Oct 1910

Death Location: Bay City, Bay, Michigan, USA

Father: Mathew Ray

Mother: Harriett Hinckley

Spouse(s): Vesta Ray

Children(s): Jessie Stout

Born in 1833 in Bangor, Penobscot, Maine, United States, Benjamin Franklin Ray was the child of Mathew Ray and Harriett Horton Hinckley. In time, Benjamin Franklin Ray married Vesta L. Ray, and they raised a family that included Jessie Burnett Stout. Benjamin Franklin Ray died in Bay City, Bay, Michigan, USA in 1910.

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Parents

Mathew Ray
1784 – 1866
Birth Location: Surry, Hancock, Maine, USA
MR
Harriett Hinckley
1803 – 1847
Birth Location: Blue Hill, Hancock, Maine, United States
HH

Spouses(s)

Vesta Ray
1839 – 1908
Birth Location: Maine, USA
VR

Children(s)

Jessie Stout
1870 – 1932
Birth Location: Maine, USA
JS

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 15 Jan 1833
    Event Place: Bangor, Penobscot, Maine, United States
    Record Source: 1870 United States Federal Census, Michigan, Death Records, 1867-1950, Michigan, Death Records, 1897-1920, U.S., Civil War Draft Registrations Records, 1863-1865, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, The Library of Michigan; Michigan Death Records, 1897-1920; Rolls: 1-302; Archive Barcode/Item Number: 30000008532420; Roll Number: 138; Certificate Number: 548, National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Washington, D.C.; Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records (Provost Marshal General's Bureau; Consolidated Enrollment Lists, 1863-1865); Record Group: 110, Records of the Provos, Year: 1870; Census Place: Bay City, Bay, Michigan; Roll: M593_662; Page: 428B; Family History Library Film: 552161

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1 July 1863
    Event Place: Hampden, Maine, United States
    Record Source: U.S., Civil War Draft Registrations Records, 1863-1865, National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Washington, D.C.; Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records (Provost Marshal General's Bureau; Consolidated Enrollment Lists, 1863-1865); Record Group: 110, Records of the Provos

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1870
    Event Place: Bay City, Bay, Michigan, USA
    Record Source: 1870 United States Federal Census, Year: 1870; Census Place: Bay City, Bay, Michigan; Roll: M593_662; Page: 428B; Family History Library Film: 552161

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 7 Oct 1910
    Event Place: Bay City, Bay, Michigan, USA
    Record Source: Michigan, Death Records, 1867-1950, Michigan, Death Records, 1897-1920, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, The Library of Michigan; Michigan Death Records, 1897-1920; Rolls: 1-302; Archive Barcode/Item Number: 30000008532420; Roll Number: 138; Certificate Number: 548

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Bay City, Bay County, Michigan, USA
    Record Source: U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current
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