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Robert Banks Ray 1903 – 1975 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 2 Nov 1903

Birth Location: Pennsylvania

Death Date: 16 October 1975

Death Location: Altoona, Blair County, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Father: James Ray

Mother: Emma Lear

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Robert Banks Ray was born in 1903 in Pennsylvania, the child of James Moore Ray and Emma Samantha Lear. Robert Banks Ray passed away in 1975 in Altoona, Blair County, Pennsylvania, United States of America.

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Biography

  • Robert Banks Ray was born in 1903 in Pennsylvania, the child of James Moore Ray and Emma Samantha Lear.
  • Robert Banks Ray passed away in 1975 in Altoona, Blair County, Pennsylvania, United States of America.

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Robert Ray's Ancestors

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Robert Ray
1903 – 1975
Birth Place: Pennsylvania
Parents
James Moore Ray
1855 – 1932
Cherryhill Twp., Indiana Co., PA
Emma (Samantha) Lear
1869 – 1937
Blairsville, Indiana, Pennsylvania, USA
Grandparents
George (Washington) Ray
1823 – 1888
Green, Indiana, Pennsylvania, USA
Anna Lydick
1826 – 1907
West Mahoning Twp., Indiana Co., PA
Peter (Isaac) Lear
1826 – 1904
Bairdstown, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, United States
Nancy (Jane) Nixon*
1825 – 1910
Torrance, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, USA
Great-Grandparents
John Ray
1781 – 1865
Mary (Ray)
1785 – 1855
Isaac Lydick
1800 – 1838
Anna Turner
1805 –
Heinrich Lear
1767 – 1832
Maria Seyboth
1783 – 1850
Simon Nixon
1786 – 1855
Margaret Caldwell
1795 – 1840
2nd-Great-Grandparents
John RAE
1738 – 1790
Eleanor Hatton
1740 – 1817
Thomas Moore
1760 – 1850
Agnes Cunningham
1760 – 1850
Patrick Sr
1772 – 1844
Mary Lydick
1777 – 1839
John Lear
1739 – 1793
Maria Tritsch
1736 – 1816
Tobias Seyboth
1748 – 1819
Christina (Seyboth)
1765 – 1819
George Nixon
1760 – 1807
James Caldwell
1759 – 1836
Frances Neilson
1764 – 1813

Robert Ray's Timeline

2 Records

1903
2 Nov 1903
Birth of Robert Banks Ray in Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania
1975
16 October 1975
Age 72
Death of Robert Banks Ray in Altoona, Blair County, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Altoona, Blair County, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 2 Nov 1903
    Event Place: Pennsylvania

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 16 October 1975
    Event Place: Altoona, Blair County, Pennsylvania, United States of America

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