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Ray Lawrence Kensler

Male 1888 - 1955  (67 years)


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  • Name Ray Lawrence Kensler  [1, 2, 3, 4
    Born 22 May 1888  Ridge Township, Van Wert County, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4
    Gender Male 
    Died 16 Dec 1955  Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Dayton National Cemetery, Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • His FindAGrave memorial page, created by "corgilover" notes that he was a "Pvt, US Army" and buried in the Dayton National Cemetery.
    • (Research):
      Census Listings:

      1940 Census
      Indiana, Allen County, Wayne Township, Fort Wayne, Block 611-618
      Enumerated April 7, 1940
      SD 4 ED 94-104 Sheet # B
      Anthony
      3716-61-O-5500
      Kensler, Ray L Head M W 51 M No H-4 Ind (sic) Same House Laborer Road Construction
      Kensler, Alma Wf F W 52 M No X Ind Same House
      Kensler, Leanor Dtr F W 16 S Yes H-2 Ind Same House
      Kensler, Neil Son M W 14 S Yes 8 Ind Same House
    Person ID I42635  Strong Family Tree
    Last Modified 25 Jan 2014 

    Father John Wesley Kensler,   b. 8 Aug 1859, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Apr 1929  (Age 69 years) 
    Mother Irene Henrietta Cramer,   b. 23 May 1857, Bloomville, Seneca County, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Jan 1948, Richwood, Union County, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 90 years) 
    Married 28 Dec 1884  Van Wert County, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Family ID F3333  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Alma Orpha Maxwell,   b. 7 Oct 1887, Indiana Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Mar 1973, Tempe, Maricopa County, Arizona Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 85 years) 
    Married 31 May 1920  Whitley County, Indiana Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    • https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XFN6-LZQ
      groom's name: Ray L. Kensler
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      bride's name: Alma Orpha Maxwell
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      marriage date: 31 May 1920
      marriage place: Whitley, Indiana
      groom's father's name: John W. Kensler
      groom's mother's name: Irene N. Cramer
      bride's father's name: John Maxwell
      bride's mother's name: Anna B. Eberhard
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      indexing project (batch) number: I05965-5
      system origin: Indiana-EASy
      source film number: 1710719
      reference number: p 290/291
      Collection: Ray L. Kensler, "Indiana, Marriages, 1780-1992"
    Children 
     1. John Thomas Kensler,   b. 11 Dec 1922, Whitley County, Indiana Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Dec 1922, Whitley County, Indiana Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 0 years)
     2. Living
     3. E. Neil Kensler,   b. Abt 1925, Indiana Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt 1945, Lost At Sea Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 20 years)
    Last Modified 25 Jan 2014 
    Family ID F12736  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsDied - 16 Dec 1955 - Ohio Link to Google Earth
     = Link to Google Earth 

  • Sources 
    1. [S384] 1900 United States Federal Census [Ancestry.com database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2004, (Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1900. T623, 1854 rolls. This database is an index to individuals enumerated in the 1900 United States Federal Census, the Twelfth Census of the United States. Census takers recorded many details including each person's name, address, relationship to the head of household, color or race, sex, month and year of birth, age at last birthday, marital status, number of years married, the total number of children born of the mother, the number of those children living, birthplace, birthplace of father and mother, if the individual was foreign born, the year of immigration and the number of years in the United States, the citizenship status of foreign-born individuals over age twenty-one, occupation, and more. Additionally, the names of those listed on the population schedule are linked to actual images of the 1900 Federal Census.), Ohio, Van Wert County, Ridge Township Enumerated 27 Jun 1900 SD 4 ED 30 Sheet 14B 285-287 (Reliability: 3).

    2. [S1495] Ancestry.com - Ohio, Births and Christenings Index, 1800-1962.

    3. [S1299] 1940 United States Federal Census [Ancestry.com. database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012, (Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1940. T627, 4,643 rolls.), Indiana, Allen County, Wayne Township, Fort Wayne, Block 611-618 Enumerated April 7, 1940 SD 4 ED 94-104 Sheet # B Anthony 3716-61 (Reliability: 3).

    4. [S873] Find A Grave [database online]; http://www.findagrave.com/, (Thousands of contributors submit new listings, updates, corrections, photographs and virtual flowers every hour to the FIND A GRAVE website. When it comes to administrating, building and maintaining the site, Find A Grave is largely operated by its founder, Jim Tipton.), # 870659 (Reliability: 3).

    5. [S547] Cramer, Dean-Family Researcher (dcramer@primus.al.net).

    6. [S1340] FamilySearch.org, Indiana, Marriages, 1780-1992.