Ray Elwood Glann (1893 - 1982)

Born 20 Sep 1893 in Kirkwood, Charles Mix County, South Dakota [uncertain]

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Died Feb 1982 at age 88 in Sioux City, Iowa

Biography

He sailed via the Port of Fort Frances to Port Arthur, Ontario in April of 1914. He is listed as a railroad man at that point.^[1]

In 1915, Ray was working as a bookkeeper in Floyd, Woodbury, Iowa.^[2]

Ray is listed as a farmer on his World War I Draft Registration card. He is described as being of medium height, stout build, blue eyes, dark hair, and slightly bald. He was living in Floyd, Woodbury County, Iowa at the time.^[3]

Ray and Julie were foster parents to at least one daughter, Doris Christina Rasmussen Funck. She and Leonard William Funck, son of William Funck, were married July 7, 1955 at the Bronson Presbyterian Church, Bronson, Woodbury, Iowa.^[4]

Ray was one of the first elected councilmen in Bronson, Iowa, after it was incorporated in 1967.^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ Border Crossings from US to Canada, April 1914 on Ancestry
2. ↑ 1915 Iowa Census on Ancestry
3. ↑ Draft Card Ancestry.com. U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005. Source Citation Registration State: Iowa; Registration County: Woodbury; Roll: 1643417
4. ↑ Moville Record, June 29, 1995 40 Years Ago article
5. ↑ Bronson History

• "United States Census, 1930," index and images, FamilySearch: accessed 07 Nov 2013, Ray Glann, Floyd, Woodbury, Iowa, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 0006, sheet , family 197, NARA microfilm publication .

• 1925 Iowa Census on Ancestry

• "United States Census, 1920," index and images, FamilySearch: accessed 07 Nov 2013, Ray E Glann, Floyd, Woodbury, Iowa, United States; citing sheet , family 161, NARA microfilm publication T625, FHL microfilm 1820519.

• "United States Census, 1900," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M9G3-FKX : accessed 23 January 2015), Earl E Glann in household of Francis W Glann, WillowTownship Hornick town, Woodbury, Iowa, United States; citing sheet 5B, family 85, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,240,467.

• 1895 Iowa Census on Ancestry

• "United States Census, 1910," index and images, FamilySearch: accessed 07 Nov 2013, Ray E Glann in household of F W Glann, Camas, Fremont, Idaho, United States; citing sheet ,

family 56, NARA microfilm publication T624, FHL microfilm 1374237.

• Original data: South Dakota Department of Health. South Dakota Birth Records With Birth Dates Over 100 Years. South Dakota Department of Health. on Ancestry

• Ancestry.com. U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-Current [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2011.

• 1915 Iowa Census on Ancestry.com. Iowa, State Census Collection, 1836-1925 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007.

Original data: Microfilm of Iowa State Censuses, 1856, 1885, 1895, 1905, 1915, 1925 as well various special censuses from 1836-1897 obtained from the State Historical Society of Iowa via Heritage Quest.