Raymond Francis Gorman (1893 - 1979)

Born 21 Feb 1893 in Anamosa, Iowa

Husband of Mary Elizabeth Clementine (Nolan) Gorman — married 24 Jul 1918 in Davenport, Iowa

Died 5 Nov 1979 at age 86 in Minneapolis, Minnesota

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Biography

Raymond was the son of John and Margaret Curran Gorman.^[1] His family moved to Davenport, Iowa in 1909,^[2] and in 1910, Raymond was a student at St. Ambrose College in Davenport.^[3]

Raymond served in the Medical Detachment of the Army 88th Division in World War I.^[4] The Division was organized in 1917 in Fort Dodge, Iowa, of men drafted from Iowa, Minnesota, the Dakotas, and Illinois.

He married Bess Nolan when he was 25.^[5] He soon got a job as a high school principal in Iowa City.^[6]

Before 1930, they had moved to Cedar Rapids, Iowa^[7] and remained there through 1940.^[8] They were living in Charleston, South Carolina in 1946.^[9]

He died in Minneapolis at age 86.^[10] He is buried in Resurrection Cemetery, Shorewood, Minnesota.^[11]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M926-RSQ : accessed 18 February 2016), Raymond F Gormam in household of John Gormam Jr., Fairview Township (excl. Anamose city) Starwberry Hill town, Jones, Iowa, United States; citing sheet 3B, family 61, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,240,440.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MG9D-MXS : accessed 18 February 2016), Raymond Gorman in household of John Gorman, Davenport Ward 5, Scott, Iowa, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 144, sheet 20B, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,374,436.
3. ↑ A History of Jones County, Iowa:Past and Present, Vol 2, p. 133 on Google Books.
4. ↑ Google Books
5. ↑ "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XJ8W-3CT : accessed 08 Nov 2014), Raymond F. Gorman and Elizabeth Clementine Nolan, 24 Jul 1918; citing Davenport, Scott County, Iowa, United States, county courthouses, Iowa.
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1920," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M81C-KZ8 : accessed 08 Nov 2014), Elizabeth M Gorman in household of Harry H Ziskovsky, Jefferson, Johnson, Iowa, United States; citing sheet 8A, family 200, NARA microfilm publication T625, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington D.C.; FHL microfilm 1820496.
7. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XMJ1-S5B : accessed 08 Nov 2014), Elizabeth Gorman in household of Raymond Gorman, Cedar Rapids, Linn, Iowa, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 0064, sheet 6A, family 146, NARA microfilm publication T626, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington D.C.; FHL microfilm 2340400.
8. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1971-27886-3251-86?cc=2000219 : accessed 12 Aug 2014), Iowa > Linn > Rapids Township, Cedar Rapids, Area B > 57-72 Rapids Township, Cedar Rapids City (Area B - part), Cedar Rapids Jail > image 4 of 37; citing NARA digital publication of T627.
9. ↑ Obituary of John B. Nolan posted on Find A Grave
10. ↑ "Minnesota, Death Index, 1908-2002," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/V4CT-JZB : accessed 19 February 2015), Raymond F. Gorman, 05 Nov 1979; from "Minnesota, Death Index, 1908-2002," Ancestry; citing Hennepin, Minnesota, record 1995594, certificate number 026893, Minnesota Department of Health, Minneapolis.
11. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #30004366 Raymond Francis Gorman.