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Ralph Bruce French 1908 – 1981 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 19 July 1908

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

Death Date: August 1981

Death Location: Independence, Jackson, Missouri, United States

Father: Robert French

Mother: Nellie Bruce

Spouse(s): Aletha McKINSEY

Children(s): Donald French, David French

The birth of Ralph Bruce French took place in 1908 in Kansas City, Wyandotte, Kansas, United States, to Robert Emmett French and Nellie Mae Bruce. Ralph Bruce French married Aletha Fern McKINSEY, and together they had Donald B French and David A French. Ralph Bruce French's death occurred in 1981 in Independence, Jackson, Missouri, United States.

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Parents

Robert French
1878 – 1965
Birth Location: Pottawattamie, Jasper, Iowa, United States
RF
Nellie Bruce
1885 – 1958
Birth Location: Kansas City, Wyandotte County, Kansas, USA
NB

Spouses(s)

Aletha McKINSEY
1910 – 2000
Birth Location: Kansas, USA
AM

Children(s)

Donald French
1938 –
Birth Location: Kansas
DF
David French
Birth Location: –
DF

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 19 July 1908
    Event Place: Kansas City, Wyandotte, Kansas, United States
    Record Source: 1910 United States Federal Census, 1920 United States Federal Census, 1930 United States Federal Census, 1940 United States Federal Census, 1950 United States Federal Census, Kansas, U.S., State Census Collection, 1855-1925, U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current, U.S., Newspapers.com™ Obituary Index, 1800s-current, Year: 1940; Census Place: Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri; Roll: m-t0627-02179; Page: 7B; Enumeration District: 116-325, The Kansas City Times; Publication Date: 7 Aug 1981; Publication Place: Kansas City, Missouri, USA; ,0.17402233,0.65329283,0.2758824&xid=33, National Archives at Washington, DC; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Year: 1950; Census Place: Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri; Roll: 5065; Page: 22; Enumeration District: 116-593

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1910
    Event Place: Kansas City Ward 7, Wyandotte, Kansas, USA
    Record Source: 1910 United States Federal Census

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1920
    Event Place: Kansas City Ward 5, Wyandotte, Kansas, USA
    Record Source: 1920 United States Federal Census

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1925
    Event Place: Kansas City, Wyandotte, Kansas, USA
    Record Source: Kansas, U.S., State Census Collection, 1855-1925

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1930
    Event Place: Kansas City, Kansas City, Wyandotte, Kansas, USA
    Record Source: 1930 United States Federal Census

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1935
    Event Place: Kansas City, Wyandotte, Kansas
    Record Source: 1940 United States Federal Census, Year: 1940; Census Place: Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri; Roll: m-t0627-02179; Page: 7B; Enumeration District: 116-325

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1938
    Event Place: 6007 Park Avenue
    Record Source: U.S., Newspapers.com™ Birth Index, 1800s-2003, The Kansas City Star; Publication Date: 20/ Feb/ 1938; Publication Place: Kansas City, Missouri, USA

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1940
    Event Place: , Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, USA
    Record Source: 1940 United States Federal Census, Year: 1940; Census Place: Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri; Roll: m-t0627-02179; Page: 7B; Enumeration District: 116-325

    Genealogy Event 9
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1950
    Event Place: Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, USA
    Record Source: 1950 United States Federal Census, National Archives at Washington, DC; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Year: 1950; Census Place: Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri; Roll: 5065; Page: 22; Enumeration District: 116-593

    Genealogy Event 10
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Independence, Jackson, Missouri, USA
    Record Source: U.S., Newspapers.com™ Obituary Index, 1800s-current, The Kansas City Times; Publication Date: 7 Aug 1981; Publication Place: Kansas City, Missouri, USA; ,0.17402233,0.65329283,0.2758824&xid=33

    Genealogy Event 11
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 6 August 1981
    Event Place: Independence, Jackson, Missouri, United States
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current, U.S., Newspapers.com™ Obituary Index, 1800s-current, The Kansas City Times; Publication Date: 7 Aug 1981; Publication Place: Kansas City, Missouri, USA; ,0.17402233,0.65329283,0.2758824&xid=33

    Genealogy Event 12
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: August 1981
    Event Place: Independence, Jackson, Missouri, United States

    Genealogy Event 13
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

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