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Cleo Melvin Ray 1896–1965 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 25 Feb 1896

Birth Location: Kansas

Death Date: 1965

Death Location: Kansas City, Wyandotte, Kansas, United States

Father: Jacob *

Mother: Ada Stevens*

Spouse(s): Lela Sivil

Children(s): Patricia Ray

Cleo Melvin Ray was born in 1896 in Kansas, the child of Jacob L Ray And Ada Farmer Stevens. Cleo Melvin Ray married Lela Sivil, and had children including Patricia Lucille Ray. Cleo Melvin Ray passed away in 1965 in Kansas City, Wyandotte, Kansas, United States.

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Biography

  • Cleo Melvin Ray was born in 1896 in Kansas, the child of Jacob L Ray And Ada Farmer Stevens.
  • Cleo Melvin Ray married Lela Sivil, and had children including Patricia Lucille Ray.
  • Cleo Melvin Ray passed away in 1965 in Kansas City, Wyandotte, Kansas, United States.

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Children(s)

Cleo Ray's Ancestors

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Cleo Ray
1896–1965
Birth Place: Kansas
Parents
Jacob L. Ray *
1846–1938
Missouri, United States
Ada (Farmer) Stevens*
1874–1957
Arlington, Reno, Kansas, USA
Grandparents
Thomas Ray
1811–1848
Decatur, Meigs, Tennessee, USA
Mary (McNatt Ray) Cox
1822–1873
Tennessee, United States
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Cleo Ray's Descendants

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Cleo (Melvin) Ray (25 Feb 1896–1965) m. Lela Sivil (24 February 1903–14 July 1988)
  1. 1. Patricia (Lucille) Ray 1932–1996 m. Thomas (Sterling) Shoffield 1930–2016

Cleo Ray's Timeline

2 Records

1896
25 Feb 1896
Birth of Cleo Melvin Ray in Kansas
Kansas
1965
1965
Age 69
Death of Cleo Melvin Ray in Kansas City, Wyandotte, Kansas, United States
Kansas City, Wyandotte, Kansas, United States

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 25 Feb 1896
    Event Place: Kansas

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1965
    Event Place: Kansas City, Wyandotte, Kansas, United States

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