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Ray Wesley Root 1925–2002 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 28 May 1925

Birth Location: Stroud OK

Death Date: 09 Jul 2002

Death Location: Watsonville, Santa Cruz County, California, United States of America

Father: Burl Root

Mother: Mathilde Khulmann

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Ray Wesley Root was born in 1925 in Stroud OK, the child of Burl Wesley Root And Mathilde Tillie Khulmann. Ray Wesley Root passed away in 2002 in Watsonville, Santa Cruz County, California, United States of America.

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Biography

  • Ray Wesley Root was born in 1925 in Stroud OK, the child of Burl Wesley Root And Mathilde Tillie Khulmann.
  • Ray Wesley Root passed away in 2002 in Watsonville, Santa Cruz County, California, United States of America.

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Ray Root's Ancestors

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Ray Root
1925–2002
Birth Place: Stroud OK
Parents
Burl Wesley Root
1895–1954
Oklahoma, USA
Mathilde (Tillie) Khulmann
1899–1989
Pawnee City, Sarpy, Nebraska, USA
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Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Ray Root's Timeline

2 Records

1925
28 May 1925
Birth of Ray Wesley Root in Stroud OK
Stroud OK
2002
09 Jul 2002
Age 77
Death of Ray Wesley Root in Freedom, Santa Cruz, California, USA
Freedom, Santa Cruz, California, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 28 May 1925
    Event Place: Stroud OK
    Record Source:
    [1] U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
    [2] U.S., Newspapers.com™ Obituary Index, 1800s-current, Santa Cruz Sentinel; Publication Date: 10 Jul 2002; Publication Place: Santa Cruz, California, USA; ,0.58166957,0.18812087,0.6429449&xid=3355
    [3] Web: Obituary Daily Times Index, 1995-2016

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Watsonville
    Record Source: U.S., Newspapers.com™ Obituary Index, 1800s-current, Santa Cruz Sentinel; Publication Date: 10 Jul 2002; Publication Place: Santa Cruz, California, USA; ,0.58166957,0.18812087,0.6429449&xid=3355

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 09 Jul 2002
    Event Place: Freedom, Santa Cruz, California, USA
    Record Source:
    [1] U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
    [2] U.S., Newspapers.com™ Obituary Index, 1800s-current, Santa Cruz Sentinel; Publication Date: 10 Jul 2002; Publication Place: Santa Cruz, California, USA; ,0.58166957,0.18812087,0.6429449&xid=3355
    [3] Web: Obituary Daily Times Index, 1995-2016

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Watsonville, Santa Cruz County, California, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

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