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Ralph S Hays 1898 – 1985 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 28 January 1898

Birth Location: Mount Vernon, Jefferson, Illinois, USA

Death Date: 16 September 1985

Death Location: Centralia, Marion, Illinois, USA

Father: Willard Hays

Mother: Mary Hays

Spouse(s): Golden Owns, Inez Hays, Inez Shaw

Children(s): Earnest Hays, Neoma Hays, Bessie Hays, Bessie Haye, Francis Hays, Williard Hays, Norman Hays, Norman Hays, Bessie Hays, Alma Reeves, Norman Hays, Ronnie Hays, Ronnie Hays

The birth of Ralph S Hays took place in 1898 in Mount Vernon, Jefferson, Illinois, USA, to Willard H. Hays and Mary E. E. Hays. Ralph S Hays married Golden Jessie Owns, Inez Bell Hays and Inez Bell Shaw, and together they had Earnest Harvey Hays, Neoma Bessie Hays, Bessie Neoma Hays, Bessie M Haye, Francis Wesley Hays, Williard Richard Hays, Norman N. Hays, Norman Narthal Hays, Bessie Neoma Hays, Alma Reeves, Norman Narthal Hays, Ronnie David Hays and Ronnie David Hays. Ralph S Hays's death occurred in 1985 in Centralia, Marion, Illinois, USA.

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Parents

Willard Hays
1874 – 1944
Birth Location: Bicknell, Knox, Indiana, USA
WH
Mary Hays
1878 – 1918
Birth Location: Illinois
MH

Spouses(s)

Golden Owns
1906 – 1940
Birth Location: Union, Illinois
GO
Inez Hays
1903 – 1970
Birth Location: Illinois
IH
Inez Shaw
1903 – 1970
Birth Location: Casner, Jefferson, Illinois, USA
IS

Children(s)

Earnest Hays
1925 – 1970
Birth Location: Illinois
EH
Neoma Hays
1927 – 2021
Birth Location: Centralia, Marion County, Illinois, USA
NH
Bessie Hays
1927 – 2022
Birth Location: Illinois
BH
Bessie Haye
1928 –
Birth Location: Illinois
BH
Francis Hays
1929 – 1931
Birth Location: Wamac, Marion, Illinois, USA
FH
Williard Hays
1933 – 2000
Birth Location: Illinois
WH
Norman Hays
1938 – 2012
Birth Location: Wamac, Marion, Illinois, USA
NH
Norman Hays
1939 –
Birth Location: Illinois
NH
Bessie Hays
1927 – 2022
Birth Location: Illinois
BH
Alma Reeves
1939 –
Birth Location: Illinois
AR
Norman Hays
1939 –
Birth Location: Illinois
NH
Ronnie Hays
1946 – 1977
Birth Location: Centralia, Marion, Illinois, USA
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Ronnie Hays
1946 – 1977
Birth Location: Centralia, Marion, Illinois, USA
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Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: abt 1898
    Event Place: Illinois
    Record Source: 1910 United States Federal Census, 1940 United States Federal Census, 1950 United States Federal Census, U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947, National Archives at St. Louis; St. Louis, Missouri; Wwii Draft Registration Cards For Illinois, 10/16/1940-03/31/1947; Record Group: Records of the Selective Service System, 147; Box: 733, Year: 1940; Census Place: Wamac, Marion, Illinois; Roll: T627_852; Page: 3A; Enumeration District: 61-16, Year: 1910; Census Place: Shiloh, Jefferson, Illinois; Roll: T624_294; Page: 1B; Enumeration District: 0112; FHL microfilm: 1374307, United States of America, Bureau of the Census; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: Wamac, Mario

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: abt 1899
    Event Place: Illinois
    Record Source: 1920 United States Federal Census, Year: 1920; Census Place: Shiloh, Jefferson, Illinois; Roll: T625_376; Page: 4B; Enumeration District: 139; Image: 496

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 28 January 1898
    Event Place: Mount Vernon, Jefferson, Illinois, USA
    Record Source: 1900 United States Federal Census, 1910 United States Federal Census, 1920 United States Federal Census, 1930 United States Federal Census, 1940 United States Federal Census, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, Year: 1940; Census Place: Wamac, Marion, Illinois; Roll: T627_852; Page: 3A; Enumeration District: 61-16, Year: 1920; Census Place: Shiloh, Jefferson, Illinois; Roll: T625_376; Page: 4B; Enumeration District: 139; Image: 496, Year: 1930; Census Place: Wamac, Marion, Illinois; Roll: 543; Page: 4B; Enumeration District: 0012; Image: 831.0; FHL microfilm: 2340278, Registration State: Illinois; Registration County: Jefferson; Roll: 1613526, Year: 1900; Census Place: Rome, Jefferson, Illinois; Roll: 309; Page: 14B; Enumeration District: 0080; FHL microfilm: 1240309, Year: 1910; Census Place: Shiloh, Jefferson, Illinois; Roll: T624_294; Page: 1B; Enumeration District: 0112; FHL microfilm: 1374307

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1900
    Event Place: Rome, Jefferson, Illinois, USA
    Record Source: 1900 United States Federal Census, Year: 1900; Census Place: Rome, Jefferson, Illinois; Roll: 309; Page: 14B; Enumeration District: 0080; FHL microfilm: 1240309

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1910
    Event Place: Shiloh, Jefferson, Illinois, USA
    Record Source: 1910 United States Federal Census, Year: 1910; Census Place: Shiloh, Jefferson, Illinois; Roll: T624_294; Page: 1B; Enumeration District: 0112; FHL microfilm: 1374307

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1917-1918
    Event Place: Jefferson, Illinois
    Record Source: U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, Registration State: Illinois; Registration County: Jefferson; Roll: 1613526

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1920
    Event Place: Shiloh, Jefferson, Illinois, USA
    Record Source: 1920 United States Federal Census, Year: 1920; Census Place: Shiloh, Jefferson, Illinois; Roll: T625_376; Page: 4B; Enumeration District: 139; Image: 496

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1930
    Event Place: Wamac, Marion, Illinois, USA
    Record Source: 1930 United States Federal Census, Year: 1930; Census Place: Wamac, Marion, Illinois; Roll: 543; Page: 4B; Enumeration District: 0012; Image: 831.0; FHL microfilm: 2340278

    Genealogy Event 9
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1935
    Event Place: Centralia, Marion, Illinois
    Record Source: 1940 United States Federal Census, Year: 1940; Census Place: Wamac, Marion, Illinois; Roll: T627_852; Page: 3A; Enumeration District: 61-16

    Genealogy Event 10
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1 Apr 1940
    Event Place: Wamac, Marion, Illinois, USA
    Record Source: 1940 United States Federal Census, Year: 1940; Census Place: Wamac, Marion, Illinois; Roll: T627_852; Page: 3A; Enumeration District: 61-16

    Genealogy Event 11
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1950
    Event Place: Wamac, Marion, Illinois, USA
    Record Source: 1950 United States Federal Census, United States of America, Bureau of the Census; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: Wamac, Mario

    Genealogy Event 12
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 16 September 1985
    Event Place: Centralia, Marion, Illinois, USA
    Record Source: U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 13
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Boyd, Jefferson County, Illinois, USA
    Record Source: U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current

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