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Ecil Floreine (Bradford) Ray (1917 - 2010)

Ecil Floreine Ray formerly Bradford
Born in Kansas, USAmap
Ancestors ancestors
Sister of , , and [private sister (1930s - unknown)]
Wife of — married 20 Apr 1935 in St Joseph, Buchanan Co., Missouri, USAmap
Mother of [private daughter (1930s - unknown)] and
Died at age 93 in St Joseph, Buchanan Co., Missouri, USAmap
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Biography

Ecil Bradford was born 15 March 1917 in Kansas. She is the daughter of Hermie Bradford and Ecil Conaway.

1920 census -- St Joseph, Buchanan Co., Missouri, USA

Hermie L Bradford, head, rent, white, male, age 22, married, born Missouri, father born Missouri, mother born Missouri, butcher packing house; Ecil O Bradford, wife, white, female, age 21, married, born Missouri, father born Missouri, mother born Missouri; Ecil F Bradford, daughter, white, female, age 2 9/12, single, born Missouri, father born Missouri, mother born Missouri; Lee I Bradford, daughter, white, female, age 1 8/12, single, born Missouri, father born Missouri, mother born Missouri; Cordelia M Bradford, daughter, white, female, age 1/12, single, born Missouri, father born Missouri, mother born Missouri; William P Tunnel, boarder, white, male, age 27, single, born Missouri, father born Missouri, mother born Missouri, butcher packing house[1]

1930 census -- St Joseph, Buchanan Co., Missouri, USA

Hermie L Bradford, head, rent $15, white, male, age 33, married, first married @ 19, born Missouri, father born Missouri, mother born Missouri, laborer odd jobs; Ecil O Bradford, wife, white, female, age 31, married, first married @ 17, born Missouri, father born Missouri, mother born Missouri; Ecil F Bradford, daughter, white, female, age 13, single, born Kansas, father born Missouri, mother born Missouri, attended school; Lee I Bradford, daughter, white, female, age 12, single, born Missouri, father born Missouri, mother born Missouri, attended school; Cordelia M Bradford, daughter, white, female, age 10, single, born Missouri, father born Missouri, mother born Missouri, attended school; Hermie L Bradford, son, white, male, age 3 5/12, single, born Missouri, father born Missouri, mother born Missouri;[2]

She married Clarence Ray 20 April 1935 in St Joseph, Missouri.[3]

1940 census -- St Joseph, Buchanan Co., Missouri, USA

Clarence F Gray, head, white, male, age 28, married, 2 years high school education, born Missouri, same place 1935, bacon puller meat packing plant; Ecil Floreine Gray, wife, informant, white, female, age 23, married, 1 year high school education, born Kansas, same place 1935; Ecil Rowena Gray, daughter, white, female, age 4, single, born Missouri; Elizabeth Opal Gray, daughter, white, female, age 2, single, born Missouri[4]

1950 census -- St Joseph, Buchanan Co., Missouri, USA

Clarence F Ray, head, white, male, age 38, married, born Missouri, WK 40 hrs plasterer own business; Ecil F Ray, wife, white, female, age 33, married, born Kansas, H; Ecil R Gray, daughter, white, female, age 13, single, born Missouri; Elizabeth O Gray, daughter, white, female, age 12, single, born Missouri[5]

She died 4 June 2010 in St Joseph, Missouri.[6] She is buried in Saint Joseph Memorial Park in St Joseph, Missouri.[7]

Sources

  1. "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M843-3PB : 2 February 2021), Ecil F Bradford in entry for Hermie L Bradford, 1920.
  2. "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHXH-4VJ : accessed 14 May 2023), Ecil F Bradford in household of Hermie L Bradford, St Joseph, Buchanan, Missouri, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 39, sheet 19A, line 23, family 489, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1178; FHL microfilm 2,340,913.
  3. "Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6D1T-9P61 : 21 May 2022), Floreine Bradford in entry for Clarence Ray, 20 Apr 1935; citing Marriage, Missouri, United States, Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City; FHL microfilm 007255191.
  4. "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K73K-JLH : 8 January 2021), Ecil Floreine Gray in household of Clarence F Gray, Saint Joseph, Buchanan, Missouri, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 11-67, sheet 17A, line 33, family 354, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 2089.
  5. "United States 1950 Census", database, FamilySearch (ark:/61903/1:1:6FM2-78K5 : Sun Jan 29 22:00:25 UTC 2023), Entry for Clarence F Ray and Ecil F Ray, 8 April 1950.
  6. "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VSWL-5Y4 : 12 January 2021), Ecil F Ray, 04 Jun 2010; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
  7. Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/53377826/ecil-floreine-ray: accessed 13 May 2023), memorial page for Ecil Floreine “Flo” Bradford Ray (15 Mar 1917–4 Jun 2010),Find A Grave: Memorial #53377826, citing Saint Joseph Memorial Park, Saint Joseph, Buchanan County, Missouri, USA; Maintained by Sue (contributor 46523555).




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