Ralph Waldo Emerson Dunham Sr (1894 - 1970)

Born 25 Dec 1894 in Argonia, Sumner, Kansas, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Ruth Lucille (Armour) Dunham — married 3 Oct 1915 in Wichita, Kansas

Descendants

Died 4 Oct 1970 at age 75 in Wichita, Sedgwick, Kansas, United States

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Biography

Ralph Waldo Emerson Dunham is the son of Jacob Dunham and Mary Kearney.

1894 dec 25 born in Argonia, Sumner County, Kansas, USA^[1]

1910 resident in Wichita Ward 4, Sedgwick, Kansas^[2]

Ralph E Dunham

United States Census, 1910

Name Ralph E Dunham

Event Type Census

Event Date 1910

Event Place Wichita Ward 4, Sedgwick, Kansas, United States

Gender Male

Age 16

Marital Status Single

Race White

Race (Original) White

Relationship to Head of Household Son

Relationship to Head of Household (Original) Son

Birth Year (Estimated) 1894

Birthplace Kansas

Father's Birthplace Indiana

Mother's Birthplace Indiana

Sheet Letter B

Sheet Number 3

Jacob W Dunham Head M 46 Indiana

Mary A Dunham Wife F 40 Indiana

Hattie J Dunham Daughter F 21 Kansas

Mable C Dunham Daughter F 20 Kansas

Frank V Dunham Son M 17 Kansas

Ralph E Dunham Son M 16 Kansas

Christobel B Dunham Daughter F 12 Kansas

Pearl M Dunham Daughter F 10 Kansas

Earl D Dunham Son M 8 Kansas.

1915 oct 3 marriage Wichita, Sedgwick Co., KS^{[citation needed]}

1920 Wichita Ward 5, Sedgwick, Kansas

Age 26--Marital Status Married

Birth Year (Estimated) 1894

Birthplace Kansas

Father's Birthplace Kansas---Mother's Birthplace Illinois

Sheet Letter B--Sheet Number 10

Harry Armour Head M 46 Illinois

Gabriella Armour Wife F 43 Missouri

Doris Armour Daughter F 13 Illinois

Ralph Dunham Son-in-law M 26 Kansas Mechanic-Automobile

Ruth Dunham Daughter F 19 Illinois

Ralph Dunham Grandson M 3 Kansas

Stanly Dunham Grandson M 1 Kansas

Christopher C Clark Father M 74 Missouri

Citing this Record

1926 nov 25 his wife Ruth Lucille Armour Dunham passed away in Wichita^[3]

1970 jul 17 his second wife Marthamae Stonehouse passed away^[4]

1970 oct 4 passed away in Wichita Sedgwick County Kansas, USA^{[citation needed]}. Burried at Resthaven Gardens of Memory at plot space: 3-C-2 Section: Garden of the Good Shepherd ^[5]

Burial: Resthaven Gardens of Memory

Wichita

Sedgwick County

Kansas, USA

Plot: Space: 3-C-2 Section: Garden of the Good Shepherd

^{[6] [1]}

Grave picture from FindAGrave added by: Joe Gibbens

cafe owner; auto mechanic; tooling dept. of Boeing Aircraft^{[citation needed]}

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J1T9-S22 : 20 May 2014), Ralph Dunham, Oct 1970; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M2ZX-HY2 : 29 October 2015), Ralph E Dunham in household of Jacob W Dunham, Wichita Ward 4, Sedgwick, Kansas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 128, sheet 3B, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,374,469.
3. ↑ Ruth Lucille Armour Dunham on Find A Grave: Memorial #32315290 retrieved Sälgö-1 20:52, 1 November 2016 (EDT)
4. ↑ Marthamae Stonehouse Dunham Find A Grave: Memorial #34382669 retrieved Sälgö-1 20:55, 1 November 2016 (EDT)
5. ↑ Ralph Waldo Emerson Dunham on Find A Grave: Memorial #32649741 retrieved Sälgö-1 20:45, 1 November 2016 (EDT)
6. ↑ "Find A Grave Index," FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVKQ-6WVD : 13 December 2015), Ralph Waldo Emerson Dunham, 1970; Burial, Wichita, Sedgwick, Kansas, United States of America, Resthaven Gardens of Memory; citing record ID 32649741, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.

• United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFX9-MQW : accessed 8 January 2018), Stanly Dunham in household of Harry Armour, Wichita Ward 5, Sedgwick, Kansas, United States; citing ED 150, sheet 10B, line 89, family 281, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 550; FHL microfilm 1,820,550.

See also:

• New England Historic and Genealogical Society
• Genealogics Ralph Waldo Emerson Dunham
• Ancestry to Obama
• dgmweb.net good sourced family tree

Research Notes

• Picture of the grave

Sälgö-1 05:06, 2 November 2016 (EDT) Has asked to use it on WikiTree see FAG

[Reply] Re: Picture grave Emerson Dunham

Hi Magnus - I would be delighted if you would use my grave picture of Ralph Waldo Emerson Dunham. Enjoy your day.

Joe Gibbens

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