Ralph Waldo Patterson (1895 - 1958)

Born 15 May 1895 in Albertville, Marshall County, Alabama, USA

Ancestors

Died 18 Mar 1958 at age 62 in Highland Park, Dallas County, Texas, USA

Biography

Ralph Waldo Patterson was born May 15, 1895 in Alabama to father S W Patterson and mother Sarah Means.^[1]

Ralph Waldo Patterson was listed as the father of Baby Means Patterson who was born September 26, 1918 in Dallas, Dallas County, Texas. The mother was listed as Louise Mildred Means.^[2]

Ralph Patterson was enumerated as son-in-law of the head of household at 4222 Roseland Avenue, Dallas Precinct 8, Dallas County, Texas for the January 16, United States Census, 1920. He was noted as born 1897 in Texas and married. He was a bookkeeper (packing company) as seen in the image of the original census. Also included in the household are head Robert M Means, wife Eugenia Means, son-in-law Walter Clark, daughter Leta Clark, daughter Louise Patterson and granddaughter Genie Patterson.^[3]

Ralph W Patterson was listed as the father of Linda Lou Patterson who was born May 27, 1927 in Dallas, Dallas County, Texas. The mother was listed as Louise Mildred Means.^[4]

Ralph Waldo Patterson registered for active duty as shown in this United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942. His birth is listed as May 15, 1895 and he was born in Albertville, Marshall County, Alabama. He registered from Dallas, Dallas, Texas. His address was 5816 McComas Dallas, Dallas, Texas. He was working for Wichita Packing Company at 5110 Second Avenue, Dallas, Dallas, Texas. The person listed that "Will always know your address" is E. L. Patterson of Pittsburg, Texas as seen in this image of the original form.^[5]

Ralph Waldo Patterson died March 18, in Highland Park, Dallas County, Texas. He was married.^[1]

As listed in the Find A Grave Index,^[6] Ralph Waldo Patterson is buried at Restland Memorial Park in Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, USA, Plot: Sec: Garden of Mt. Vernon.^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K3Q9-TX6 : 5 December 2014), Ralph Waldo Patterson, 18 Mar 1958; citing certificate number 14653, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,115,346.
2. ↑ "Texas Birth Certificates, 1903-1935," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X2NY-FWG : 4 December 2014), Ralph Waldo Patterson in entry for Baby Means Patterson, 26 Sep 1918; citing Dallas, Dallas, Texas, United States, certificate 45747, Bureau of Vital Statistics. State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 4,490,642.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCM7-XFZ : 14 December 2015), Ralph Patterson in household of Robert M Means, Dallas Precinct 8, Dallas, Texas, United States; citing sheet 15A, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,821,791.
4. ↑ "Texas Birth Certificates, 1903-1935," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VHZ1-YY5 : 4 December 2014), Ralph W Patterson in entry for Linda Lou Patterson, 27 May 1927; citing Dallas, Dallas, Texas, United States, certificate 31148, Bureau of Vital Statistics. State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,240,316.
5. ↑ "United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XPK3-L59 : 8 April 2016), Ralph Waldo Patterson, 1942; citing NARA microfilm publication M1936, M1937, M1939, M1951, M1962, M1964, M1986, M2090, and M2097 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
6. ↑ "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV2V-Z9H2 : 13 December 2015), Ralph Waldo Patterson, ; Burial, Dallas, Dallas, Texas, United States of America, Restland Memorial Park; citing record ID 71640140.
7. ↑ Find A Grave website

See also:

• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3LD-3NH : 6 March 2015), Ralph Patterson in household of Samuel Patterson, Justice Precinct 2, Camp, Texas, United States; citing sheet 15B, family 290, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,241,618.

• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M29N-7XD : 29 October 2015), Ralph Patterson in household of S W Patterson, Justice Precinct 2, Camp, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 22, sheet A, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,375,550.

• "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZX3-BL9 : 12 December 2014), Ralph Waldo Patterson, 1917-1918; citing Dallas County no 3, Texas, United States, NARA microfilm publication M1509 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,953,181.

• "Texas, World War I Records, 1917-1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV18-FKZS : 3 April 2015), Ralph W Patterson, 09 Jul 1917; citing Military Service, Dallas, , Texas, United States, Texas Military Forces Museum, Austin.

• "United States Census, 1930", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:CW58-RPZ : 8 December 2015), Ralph W Patterson, 1930. District ED 15 Sheet Number and Letter 13A Household ID 219 Line Number 32 Affiliate Name The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) Affiliate Publication Number T626 Affiliate Film Number 2313 GS Film Number 2342047 Digital Folder Number 004955169 Image Number 00746.

• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K4Q5-W1R : accessed 5 October 2016), Ralph W Patterson, Tract 2, Dallas, Justice Precinct 1, Dallas, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 255-4, sheet 7B, family 168, 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 4172.

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