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Ralph Emery Ward 1906 – 1992 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 26 Aug 1906

Birth Location: Huntington County, Indiana, United States of America

Death Date: 30 Jul 1992

Death Location: Columbia, Whitley, Indiana, USA

Father: Otto Ward

Mother: Dessie Roberts

Spouse(s): Juanita Bienz

Children(s): Bonnie Ward

According to available records, Ralph Emery Ward was born in 1906 in Huntington County, Indiana, United States of America, the child of Otto Ward and Dessie Roberts. Following those early years, Ralph Emery Ward married Juanita Georgia Bienz, and their family grew to include Bonnie Lucile Ward. In the later years of life, Ralph Emery Ward died in 1992 in Columbia, Whitley, Indiana, USA.

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Parents

Otto Ward
1876 – 1955
Birth Location: Indiana
OW
Dessie Roberts
1882 – 1953
Birth Location: Huntington County Ind
DR

Spouses(s)

Juanita Bienz
1903 – 1995
Birth Location: Mercer County, Ohio, United States of America
JB

Children(s)

Bonnie Ward
1930 – 2016
Birth Location: Fort Wayne, Allen, Indiana, USA
BW

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 26 Aug 1906
    Event Place: Huntington County, Indiana, United States of America
    Record Source: 1940 United States Federal Census, Indiana, Death Certificates, 1899-2011, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, Year: 1940; Census Place: Fort Wayne, Allen, Indiana; Roll: m-t0627-01117; Page: 9A; Enumeration District: 94-91, Indiana Archives and Records Administration; Indianapolis, IN, USA; Death Certificates; Year: 1992; Roll: 14

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1935
    Event Place: Fort Wayne, Allen, Indiana
    Record Source: 1940 United States Federal Census, Year: 1940; Census Place: Fort Wayne, Allen, Indiana; Roll: m-t0627-01117; Page: 9A; Enumeration District: 94-91

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1940
    Event Place: Fort Wayne, Allen, Indiana, USA
    Record Source: 1940 United States Federal Census, Year: 1940; Census Place: Fort Wayne, Allen, Indiana; Roll: m-t0627-01117; Page: 9A; Enumeration District: 94-91

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 30 Jul 1992
    Event Place: Columbia, Whitley, Indiana, USA
    Record Source: Indiana, Death Certificates, 1899-2011, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, Indiana Archives and Records Administration; Indianapolis, IN, USA; Death Certificates; Year: 1992; Roll: 14

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Columbia City, Whitley County, Indiana, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current

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