Ralph Jester (1915 - 1979)

Born 25 Dec 1915 in Canfield, Lafayette, Arkansas

Ancestors

Husband of Lela Iralee (Davis) Jester — married 3 Jun 1939 (to 1967) in Miller County, Arkansas

Descendants

Died 22 May 1979 at age 63 in Galveston, Galveston, Texas

Problems/Questions Profile managers: Lynette Jester [send private message] and Greg Wood [send private message]

This profile is part of the Jester Name Study.

Biography

Worked during the Great Depression in the CCC and WPA. A welder by trade, which he probably learned in the CCC.

An enlarged heart kept him out of military service, during WWII, so he drove truck for Red River Arsenal, moving bombs and other ammunition.

Fishing was his greatest hobby, other then drinking.

Ralph was married twice more, after the divorce, no issue.

"United States Census, 1920," Roane, Lafayette, Arkansas ^[1]

Jenie Loyd Head F 23 Arkansas

Cleao Jester Daughter F 6 Arkansas

Ralph Jester Son M 4 Arkansas

J C Jester Son M 0 Arkansas (actually Loyd, not Jester)

"United States Census, 1930," Beech, Miller, Arkansas^[2]

Arch Shephend Head Male 46 Alabama

Angie Shephend Wife Female 59 Arkansas

Cleo E Gester Daughter Female 16 Arkansas

Ralf Gester Grandson Male 14 Arkansas

J C Gester Grandson Male 10 Arkansas

"Arkansas, County Marriages, 1837-1957," Ralph Jester and Lela Ira Davis, 03 Jun 1939; Miller, Arkansas, ^[3]

"Texas, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1947", ^[4]

"California Divorce Index, 1966-1984," , Lela I Davis and Ralph Jester, May 1967^[5]

• First hand knowledge with back up.

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/105734224 Granny Shepherds Bible

Research Notes

Regardless of ALL the trees on other sites that have my father as Ralph Benjamin, HE WAS NEVER NAMED BENJAMIN. That was my mother's doing. She filled out our birth certificates as Ralph Benjamn Jester as father.

Its not on any of his 3 marriages. Its not on his divorce papers. Its not on his Draft Registration. Not on his Social Security. Not on his Death Certificate. Not on his headstone. Its not in Granny's Bible. Nor his Delayed Certificate of Birth. And its not on the Census, except for the one time in 1950 when Mama gave the info.

Sources

1. ↑ FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDJ3-X3X : accessed 6 August 2017), Ralph Jester in household of Jenie Loyd, Roane, Lafayette, Arkansas, United States; citing ED 120, sheet 22A, line 47, family , NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 68; FHL microfilm 1,820,068.
2. ↑ FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XMLG-MN8 : accessed 23 June 2018), Ralf Gester in household of Arch Shephend, Beech, Miller, Arkansas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 2, sheet 12A, line 10, family 209, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 84; FHL microfilm 2,339,819.
3. ↑ FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N9Q8-YXZ : 22 December 2016), Ralph Jester and Lela Ira Davis, 03 Jun 1939; citing , Miller, Arkansas, United States, county offices, Arkansas; FHL microfilm 1,977,089.
4. ↑ FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QL3N-GYRV : 3 March 2020), Ralph Jester, 1940.
5. ↑ Family Search (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VPRW-PR2 : accessed 15 August 2015), Lela I Davis and Ralph Jester, May 1967; from "California Divorce Index, 1966-1984," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2007); citing Kern, California, Health Statistics, California Department of Health Services, Sacramento.

This person is the same as

https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LKHT-PB5

https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:Ralph_Jester_%281%29

https://www.ourfamtree.org/browse.php/Ralph-Jester/p627985

https://www.geni.com/people/Ralph-Jester/6000000036231460785