Roy Hilyer Lukens (1897 - 1919)

Born 27 Jan 1897 in Tappan, Franklin Township, Harrison County, Ohio, United States

Ancestors

Died 20 Apr 1919 at age 22 in Uhrichsville, Tuscarawas County, Ohio, United States

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Biography

Roy Hilyer Lukens was born on 27 January 1897^{[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10]} in Tappan, Franklin Township, Harrison County, Ohio, United States^{[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8]}. He was the son of Charles Simon Lukens^{[1][2][3][4][5][7][8]} and Bertha Rachel Hillyer^{[1][2][3][4][5][7][8]}.

Roy Hillyer Lukens passed away on 20 April 1919^{[7][8][11][12][9][10]} of pneumonia^[9] in Uhrichsville, Tuscarawas County, Ohio, United States^{[7][8][11][12][9]}. His lungs had been "weakened by German gas in the Argonne fight"^[9].

Residence

• 1900 - Deersville, Franklin Township, Harrison County, Ohio, United States - Household of Simm* Lukens^[4]

• 1910 - Monroe Township, Harrison County, Ohio, United States - Household of Simon Lukens (mother shown as mother of 5 children, 5 living)^[5]

• 1917 - Uhrichsville, Tuscarawas County, Ohio, United States^[6]

• 1919 - Uhrichsville, Tuscarawas County, Ohio, United States^[10]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3} Ohio, County Births, 1841-2003", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:2:M618-34C : 8 March 2021), Entry for Roy U. Lukens, 1897.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3} Ohio, County Births, 1841-2003", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:2:9MQK-32KL : 8 March 2021), Entry for Ray U. Lukens, 1897.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3} Ohio Births and Christenings, 1821-1962", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:2:M6TF-LPL : 19 January 2020), Entry for Roy U. Lukens, .
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4} United States Census, 1900", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MM8Y-SD8 : 6 January 2022), Ray H Lukens in entry for Simm* Lukens, 1900.
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4} United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MLX4-92V : accessed 31 July 2022), Roy H Lukens in household of Simon Lukens, Monroe, Harrison, Ohio, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 82, sheet 18A, family 100, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1197; FHL microfilm 1,375,210.
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1 6.2} Ohio, World War I, Enrollment Cards, 1914-1918", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:2:QTRX-4D3Z : 22 September 2019), Entry for Roy H Lukens, 1917.
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5} Ohio, County Death Records, 1840-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F6JH-85R : 1 March 2021), Roy Lukens, 20 Apr 1919; citing Death, Uhrichsville, Mill Township, Tuscarawas, Ohio, United States, source ID v 1 p 324B, County courthouses, Ohio; FHL microfilm 890,361.
8. ↑ ^{8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 8.5} Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X82Z-46J : 8 March 2021), Roy Lukens, 20 Apr 1919; citing Uhrichsville Village, Tuscarawas, Ohio, reference fn 30213; FHL microfilm 1,984,694.
9. ↑ ^{9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4} Click to view a mini-obituary of Roy Lukens Consistent with a brief obituary of Roy Lukens from The "The Northern Summit Independent" published May 1 1919 and viewed online thru MyHeritage.com on 31 July 2022. Requires a MyHeritage subscription to view.
10. ↑ ^{10.0 10.1 10.2} United States, Veterans Administration Master Index, 1917-1940," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:2:7NKR-812M : 23 October 2019), Entry for Roy Hillyer Lukens, ; citing Military Service, NARA microfilm publication 76193916 (St. Louis: National Archives and Records Administration, 1985), various roll numbers.
11. ↑ ^{11.0 11.1} Ohio Death Index, 1908-1932, 1938-1944, and 1958-2007", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VK52-JLH : 8 June 2022), Roy Lukens, 1919.
12. ↑ ^{12.0 12.1} Ohio Deaths and Burials, 1854-1997", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F68B-WYH : 19 January 2020), Roy H. Lukens, 1919.

See Also:

• https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LYH4-295

• Find A Grave: Memorial #126023917 [No tombstone photograph. Includes a brief newspaper article regarding his death; along with links to the memorials of his parents.]

• Ohio, Grave Registrations of Soldiers, 1810-1955", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:D6R6-LYZM : 9 November 2020), Roy H. Lukens, 1919.