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Frank Clayton Ralston 1861 – 1938 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 30 Oct 1861

Birth Location: Pennsylvania

Death Date: 5 Mar 1938

Death Location: Slippery Rock, Butler, Pennsylvania, United States

Father: John Ralston

Mother: Hannah McCoy

Spouse(s): Elizabeth McConnell, Emma Grossman

Children(s): John Ralston, Hannah Ralston, Frank Ralston, Robert Ralston, William Ralston, Joanna Ralston, Mary Ralston, Jessie Ralston, Alexander Ralston, George Ralston, James Ralston, Helen Ralston, Benjamin Ralston, Nelson Ralston, Jean Ralston

The story of Frank Clayton Ralston began in 1861 in Pennsylvania. In 1880, Frank Clayton Ralston resided in Slippery Rock, Butler, Pennsylvania, USA. In 1900, Frank Clayton Ralston resided in Slippery Rock, Butler, Pennsylvania, USA. Frank Clayton Ralston married Elizabeth Joanna McConnell, Emma Ardella Grossman, and had children including John Leland Ralston, Hannah Elizabeth Ralston, Frank Stanford Ralston, Robert Lynn Ralston, William Clarence Ralston, Joanna Ralston, Mary Olive Ralston, Jessie Ruth Ralston, Alexander Clayton Ralston, George Hiram Ralston, James Ernest Ralston, Helen J. Ralston, Benjamin Thomas Ralston, Nelson Lewis Ralston, Jean Ralston. Frank Clayton Ralston passed away in 1938 in Slippery Rock, Butler, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Biography

  • The story of Frank Clayton Ralston began in 1861 in Pennsylvania.
  • In 1880, Frank Clayton Ralston resided in Slippery Rock, Butler, Pennsylvania, USA.
  • In 1900, Frank Clayton Ralston resided in Slippery Rock, Butler, Pennsylvania, USA.
  • Frank Clayton Ralston married Elizabeth Joanna McConnell, Emma Ardella Grossman, and had children including John Leland Ralston, Hannah Elizabeth Ralston, Frank Stanford Ralston, Robert Lynn Ralston, William Clarence Ralston, Joanna Ralston, Mary Olive Ralston, Jessie Ruth Ralston, Alexander Clayton Ralston, George Hiram Ralston, James Ernest Ralston, Helen J. Ralston, Benjamin Thomas Ralston, Nelson Lewis Ralston, Jean Ralston.
  • Frank Clayton Ralston passed away in 1938 in Slippery Rock, Butler, Pennsylvania, United States.

Immediate Family

Parents

John Ralston
1831 – 1904
Birth Location: Pennsylvania
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Hannah McCoy
1834 – 1901
Birth Location: North Versailles Twp., Allegheny Co., PA
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Spouses(s)

Elizabeth McConnell
1865 – 1897
Birth Location: –
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Emma Grossman
1879 – 1934
Birth Location: Pennsylvania, Somerset, Pennsylvania, United States
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Children(s)

John Ralston
1885 – 1948
Birth Location: Slippery Rock, Butler Co., PA
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Hannah Ralston
1887 – 1971
Birth Location: Pennsylvania
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Frank Ralston
1889 – 1954
Birth Location: Slippery Rock, Butler Co., Pennsylvania, USA
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Robert Ralston
1892 – 1973
Birth Location: Slippery Rock, Butler, PA
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William Ralston
1894 – 1976
Birth Location: Slippery Rock, Butler Co., PA
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Joanna Ralston
1897 – 1897
Birth Location: –
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Mary Ralston
1900 – 1956
Birth Location: Pennsylvania
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Jessie Ralston
1904 – 1926
Birth Location: Pennsylvania
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Alexander Ralston
1905 – 1972
Birth Location: Slippery Rock, Butler, Pennsylvania, United States
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George Ralston
1906 – 1984
Birth Location: Pennsylvania
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James Ralston
1910 – 2004
Birth Location: Pennsylvania
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Helen Ralston
1912 – 1989
Birth Location: Slippery Rock PA
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Benjamin Ralston
1914 – 2002
Birth Location: Pennsylvania
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Nelson Ralston
1916 – 1978
Birth Location: Pennsylvania
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Jean Ralston
1922 –
Birth Location: Pennsylvania
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Frank Ralston's Ancestors

Self
Frank Ralston
1861 – 1938
Birth Place: Pennsylvania
Parents
John Ralston
1831 – 1904
Pennsylvania
Hannah (E.) McCoy
1834 – 1901
North Versailles Twp., Allegheny Co., PA
Grandparents
John Ralston
1807 – 1873
Brady, Butler County, Pennsylvania, USA
Nancy (Agnes) McLane
1814 – 1905
Beaver City, Beaver, Pennsylvania, United States
Alexander McCoy
1795 – 1869
Ireland
Mary Gilkey
1810 – 1894
Pennsylvania
Great-Grandparents
John Ralston
1776 – 1849
Elizabeth Sharp
1780 – 1847
2nd-Great-Grandparents
William Ralston
1755 –
Martha
1755 –
James Sharp
Mary

Frank Ralston's Descendants

1.
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Frank (Clayton) Ralston (30 Oct 1861 – 5 Mar 1938) m. Elizabeth (Joanna) McConnell (10 Sep 1865 – 14 Jan 1897) m. Emma (Ardella) Grossman (15 Aug 1879 – 6 Jan 1934)
  1. 1. John (Leland) Ralston (28 Feb 1885 – 10 Jun 1948) m. Esmeralda McCracken (28 May 1887 – May 1967)
  2. 2. Hannah (Elizabeth) Ralston (13 Jul 1887 – 27 May 1971) m. Thomas (Edison) Beatty (20 May 1884 – 1 Feb 1962)
    1. 1. Franklin (S) Beatty (25 Sep 1907 – 15 May 1985) m. Margaret (Iona) Steel (9 Oct 1910 – 13 Nov 2007)
      1. 1. William Beatty (27 Sep 1936 – )
      2. 2. Claire Beatty (abt 1937 – )
    2. 2. Gemima (E) Beatty (abt 1910 – )
    3. 3. Elizabeth Beatty (abt 1911 – )
    4. 4. Phyllis Beatty (abt 1913 – )
    5. 5. Lourene Beatty (abt 1915 – )
    6. 6. Donna (A) Beatty (abt 1924 – )
  3. 3. Frank (Stanford) Ralston (22 Aug 1889 – 13 Jan 1954) m. Stella (Ethel) Davis (14 May 1896 – 3 Sep 1971)
    1. 1. Elma Ralston (abt 1919 – )
    2. 2. Erma Ralston (abt 1924 – )
    3. 3. Samuel (F.) Ralston (abt 1926 – )
  4. 4. Robert (Lynn) Ralston (28 Jan 1892 – 11 Apr 1973) m. Eva (C.) Hudson (23 November 1900 – 13 April 1978)
    1. 1. George (F.) Ralston (16 June 1922 – 09 December 1968) m. Florence (M.) Hilgar (11 Apr 1919 – 16 August 1989)
      1. 1. Jerry (Lee) Ralston (1952 – 14 Dec 1988)
  5. 5. William (Clarence) Ralston (22 Jul 1894 – 4 Aug 1976) m. Margaret Kollisar (27 Feb 1898 – 21 Nov 1976)
    1. 1. Clarence (Russell) Ralston (27 Aug 1917 – 25 Jan 1996)
  6. 6. Joanna Ralston (9 Jan 1897 – 20 Jan 1897)
  7. 7. Mary (Olive) Ralston (14 Dec 1900 – 12 May 1956)
  8. 8. Jessie (Ruth) Ralston (24 Jan 1904 – 9 July 1926)
  9. 9. Alexander (Clayton) Ralston (28 Jun 1905 – 1 Aug 1972) m. Gladys (Margaret) Dickson (14 Oct 1906 – 31 Oct 1971)
    1. 1. Thelma Ralston (abt 1934 – )
  10. 10. George (Hiram) Ralston (15 Dec 1906 – 13 Feb 1984)
  11. 11. James (Ernest) Ralston (25 Jan 1910 – 29 Dec 2004) m. Helen Steindorf (abt 1914 – About 2006)
    1. 1. Geraldine Ralston (abt 1936 – )
    2. 2. Dale Ralston (abt 1937 – )
    3. 3. James Ralston (abt 1939 – )
  12. 12. Helen (J.) Ralston (12 Jul 1912 – 6 Nov 1989) m. Thomas (Richard) Fisher (June 16 1910 – February 8 1987)
    1. 1. Barbara Fisher (abt 1934 – )
    2. 2. Carol Fisher (abt 1936 – )
  13. 13. Benjamin (Thomas) Ralston (20 Jul 1914 – 23 Jul 2002)
  14. 14. Nelson (Lewis) Ralston (8 May 1916 – 12 November 1978) m. Elizabeth (Luella) Rodgers (27 Sep 1917 – 3 May 1996)
    1. 1. David (Henry) Ralston (16 Feb 1941 – 16 Feb 1941)
    2. 2. Judith Ralston m. Burton Fleming
  15. 15. Jean Ralston (abt 1922 – )

Frank Ralston's Timeline

7 Records

1861
30 Oct 1861
Birth of Frank Clayton Ralston in Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania
1880
1880
Age 19
Frank Clayton Ralston resided here in Slippery Rock, Butler, Pennsylvania, USA
Slippery Rock, Butler, Pennsylvania, USA
1900
1900
Age 39
Frank Clayton Ralston resided here in Slippery Rock, Butler, Pennsylvania, USA
Slippery Rock, Butler, Pennsylvania, USA
1910
1910
Age 49
Frank Clayton Ralston resided here in Slippery Rock, Butler, Pennsylvania, USA
Slippery Rock, Butler, Pennsylvania, USA
1920
1920
Age 59
Frank Clayton Ralston resided here in Slippery Rock, Butler, Pennsylvania, USA
Slippery Rock, Butler, Pennsylvania, USA
1930
1930
Age 69
Frank Clayton Ralston resided here in Slippery Rock, Butler, Pennsylvania, USA
Slippery Rock, Butler, Pennsylvania, USA
1938
5 Mar 1938
Age 77
Death of Frank Clayton Ralston in Slippery Rock, Butler, Pennsylvania, United States
Slippery Rock, Butler, Pennsylvania, United States

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 30 Oct 1861
    Event Place: Pennsylvania
    Record Source:
    [1] 1920 United States Federal Census, Year: 1920; Census Place: Slippery Rock, Butler, Pennsylvania; Roll: T625_1544; Page: 4A; Enumeration District: 60; Image: 922
    [2] 1930 United States Federal Census, Year: 1930; Census Place: Slippery Rock, Butler, Pennsylvania; Roll: 2010; Page: 6B; Enumeration District: 0061; Image: 334.0; FHL microfilm: 2341744
    [3] 1880 United States Federal Census, Year: 1880; Census Place: Slippery Rock, Butler, Pennsylvania; Roll: 1109; Family History Film: 1255109; Page: 446A; Enumeration District: 054; Image: 0547
    [4] 1900 United States Federal Census, Year: 1900; Census Place: Slippery Rock, Butler, Pennsylvania; Roll: 1386; Page: 10B; Enumeration District: 0062; FHL microfilm: 1241386
    [5] 1910 United States Federal Census, Year: 1910; Census Place: Slippery Rock, Butler, Pennsylvania; Roll: T624_1322; Page: 5B; Enumeration District: 0103; FHL microfilm: 1375335

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1880
    Event Place: Slippery Rock, Butler, Pennsylvania, USA
    Record Source: 1880 United States Federal Census, Year: 1880; Census Place: Slippery Rock, Butler, Pennsylvania; Roll: 1109; Family History Film: 1255109; Page: 446A; Enumeration District: 054; Image: 0547

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1900
    Event Place: Slippery Rock, Butler, Pennsylvania, USA
    Record Source: 1900 United States Federal Census, Year: 1900; Census Place: Slippery Rock, Butler, Pennsylvania; Roll: 1386; Page: 10B; Enumeration District: 0062; FHL microfilm: 1241386

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1910
    Event Place: Slippery Rock, Butler, Pennsylvania, USA
    Record Source: 1910 United States Federal Census, Year: 1910; Census Place: Slippery Rock, Butler, Pennsylvania; Roll: T624_1322; Page: 5B; Enumeration District: 0103; FHL microfilm: 1375335

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1920
    Event Place: Slippery Rock, Butler, Pennsylvania, USA
    Record Source: 1920 United States Federal Census, Year: 1920; Census Place: Slippery Rock, Butler, Pennsylvania; Roll: T625_1544; Page: 4A; Enumeration District: 60; Image: 922

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1930
    Event Place: Slippery Rock, Butler, Pennsylvania, USA
    Record Source: 1930 United States Federal Census, Year: 1930; Census Place: Slippery Rock, Butler, Pennsylvania; Roll: 2010; Page: 6B; Enumeration District: 0061; Image: 334.0; FHL microfilm: 2341744

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 5 Mar 1938
    Event Place: Slippery Rock, Butler, Pennsylvania, United States
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