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James Whitman "Jay" Rathbun 1891–1976 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 19 May 1891

Birth Location: Angola, Steuben Co., Indiana, USA

Death Date: 6 December 1976

Death Location: Coldwater, Branch County, Michigan, United States of America

Father: Walter Rathbun

Mother: Harriett Merrifield

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James Whitman "Jay" Rathbun was born in 1891 in Angola, Steuben Co., Indiana, USA, the child of Walter Minear Rathbun And Harriett E Hattie Merrifield. James Whitman "Jay" Rathbun passed away in 1976 in Coldwater, Branch County, Michigan, United States of America.

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Biography

  • James Whitman "Jay" Rathbun was born in 1891 in Angola, Steuben Co., Indiana, USA, the child of Walter Minear Rathbun And Harriett E Hattie Merrifield.
  • James Whitman "Jay" Rathbun passed away in 1976 in Coldwater, Branch County, Michigan, United States of America.

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James Rathbun's Ancestors

Self
James Rathbun
1891–1976
Birth Place: Angola, Steuben Co., Indiana, USA
Parents
Walter Minear Rathbun
1858–1939
Clear Lake Twp., Steuben Co., Indiana
Harriett (E 'Hattie') Merrifield
1857–1929
New London, Huron, Ohio, USA
Grandparents
James (Madison) Merrifield
1830–1904
Huron, Ohio, United States
Elizabeth Brooks
1832–1890
Huron Co., Ohio
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

James Rathbun's Timeline

2 Records

1891
19 May 1891
Birth of James Whitman "Jay" Rathbun in Angola, Steuben Co., Indiana, USA
Angola, Steuben Co., Indiana, USA
1976
6 December 1976
Age 85
Death of James Whitman "Jay" Rathbun in Coldwater, Branch Co., Michigan
Coldwater, Branch Co., Michigan

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 19 May 1891
    Event Place: Angola, Steuben Co., Indiana, USA
    Record Source:
    [1] Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Tree
    [2] U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 6 December 1976
    Event Place: Coldwater, Branch Co., Michigan
    Record Source:
    [1] Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Tree
    [2] U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Coldwater, Branch County, Michigan, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

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