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Wallace Lewis "Lou" Ashford 1923–1979 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 23 Aug 1923

Birth Location: Joplin, Newton, Missouri, USA

Death Date: 5 Aug 1979

Death Location: North Tonawanda, New York, USA

Father: George Ashford

Mother: Bertha Ashford

Spouse(s): Anna Ashford

Children(s):

Wallace Lewis "Lou" Ashford was born in 1923 in Joplin, Newton, Missouri, USA, the child of George Wallace Ashford And Bertha Marie Anderson Ashford. In 1939, Wallace Lewis "Lou" Ashford resided in Joplin, Missouri, USA. In 1950, Wallace Lewis "Lou" Ashford resided in Joplin, Jasper, Missouri, USA. Wallace Lewis "Lou" Ashford married Anna J Taboni Ashford, and had children including George Ashford, Geraldine Opatovsky, Mary Ann Gruber, Maurice Ashford, Peter Ashford. Wallace Lewis "Lou" Ashford passed away in 1979 in North Tonawanda, New York, USA.

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Biography

  • Wallace Lewis "Lou" Ashford was born in 1923 in Joplin, Newton, Missouri, USA, the child of George Wallace Ashford And Bertha Marie Anderson Ashford.
  • In 1939, Wallace Lewis "Lou" Ashford resided in Joplin, Missouri, USA.
  • In 1950, Wallace Lewis "Lou" Ashford resided in Joplin, Jasper, Missouri, USA.
  • Wallace Lewis "Lou" Ashford married Anna J Taboni Ashford, and had children including George Ashford, Geraldine Opatovsky, Mary Ann Gruber, Maurice Ashford, Peter Ashford.
  • Wallace Lewis "Lou" Ashford passed away in 1979 in North Tonawanda, New York, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Wallace Ashford's Ancestors

Self
Wallace Ashford
1923–1979
Birth Place: Joplin, Newton, Missouri, USA
Parents
George Wallace Ashford
1896–1963
Pickering, Nodaway, Missouri, USA
Bertha (Marie Anderson,) Ashford
1905–1991
Granby, Newton, Missouri, USA
Grandparents
Zachary ((Zacha) Ort) Ashford
1870–1945
Nodaway County, Missouri, USA
Mary (Evline "Eva" Aery, Ashford, Conklin,) Reid
1882–1957
Carroll County, Arkansas, USA
Great-Grandparents
Loveless AERY
1850–1916
Betsey Scroggins
1862–1954
2nd-Great-Grandparents
John Ary
1819–1887
Mary Ary
1816–1881

Wallace Ashford's Timeline

5 Records

1923
23 Aug 1923
Birth of Wallace Lewis "Lou" Ashford in Joplin, Newton, Missouri, USA
Joplin, Newton, Missouri, USA
1939
1939
Age 16
Wallace Lewis "Lou" Ashford resided here in Joplin, Missouri, USA
Joplin, Missouri, USA
1950
1950
Age 27
Wallace Lewis "Lou" Ashford resided here in Joplin, Jasper, Missouri, USA
Joplin, Jasper, Missouri, USA
1951
Before 1951
Age 28
Wallace Lewis "Lou" Ashford resided here in Missouri
Missouri
1979
5 Aug 1979
Age 56
Death of Wallace Lewis "Lou" Ashford in Buffalo, Erie, New York, USA
Buffalo, Erie, New York, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 23 Aug 1923
    Event Place: Joplin, Newton, Missouri, USA
    Record Source:
    [1] Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Tree
    [2] Missouri, U.S., Birth Registers, 1847-2003, Missouri State Archives; Jefferson City, MO, USA; Birth Index, 1920-1999
    [3] U.S., School Yearbooks, 1900-2016, "U.S., School Yearbooks, 1880-2012"; School Name: Joplin High School; Year: 1939
    [4] U.S., Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1861-1985, National Archives at St. Louis; St. Louis, MO, USA; Applications for Headstones and Markers, 711970-9301985; NAID: 6016127; Record Group Number: 15; Record Group Title: Records of the Department of Veterans Affairs, 1773-2007
    [5] U.S., Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010
    [6] U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014, Social Security Administration; Washington D.C., USA; Social Security Death Index, Master File
    [7] 1950 United States Federal Census, National Archives at Washington, DC; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Year: 1950; Census Place: Joplin, Jasper, Missouri; Roll: 6227; Page: 24; Enumeration District: 49-56

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1939
    Event Place: Joplin, Missouri, USA
    Record Source: U.S., School Yearbooks, 1900-2016, "U.S., School Yearbooks, 1880-2012"; School Name: Joplin High School; Year: 1939

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1950
    Event Place: Joplin, Jasper, 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: Joplin, Jasper, Missouri; Roll: 6227; Page: 24; Enumeration District: 49-56

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: Before 1951
    Event Place: Missouri
    Record Source: U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014, Social Security Administration; Washington D.C., USA; Social Security Death Index, Master File

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: 246 Trenton
    Record Source: U.S., Newspapers.com™ Marriage Index, 1800s-current, Buffalo Evening News; Publication Date: 30 Nov 1955; Publication Place: Buffalo, New York, USA; ,0.22767599

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 5 Aug 1979
    Event Place: Buffalo, Erie, New York, USA
    Record Source:
    [1] U.S., Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1861-1985, National Archives at St. Louis; St. Louis, MO, USA; Applications for Headstones and Markers, 711970-9301985; NAID: 6016127; Record Group Number: 15; Record Group Title: Records of the Department of Veterans Affairs, 1773-2007
    [2] U.S., Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010
    [3] U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014, Social Security Administration; Washington D.C., USA; Social Security Death Index, Master File

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: North Tonawanda, New York, USA
    Record Source: U.S., Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1861-1985, National Archives at St. Louis; St. Louis, MO, USA; Applications for Headstones and Markers, 711970-9301985; NAID: 6016127; Record Group Number: 15; Record Group Title: Records of the Department of Veterans Affairs, 1773-2007

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