Ralph Rodney Zweeres (1913 - 1958)

Born 25 Jun 1913 in St. Albans, Franklin, Vermont, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Dorothy Evelyn (Greene) Brophy-Hamilton — married 9 May 1938 (to about 1940) in St. Albans, Franklin, Vermont, United States

Died 12 Feb 1958 at age 44 in Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey, United States

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Biography

Ralph Zweeres served in the United States Army in World War II
Service started: 29 Jul 1942
Unit(s): 4608 QM Truck Co. QMC
Service ended: 14 Jan 1946

TSGT US ARMY WORLD WAR II ^[1]
Ralph was born in St. Albans, Vermont to Washington and Ida (Jacques) Zweeres ^[2].

He married Dorothy (Greene) Brophy-Hamilton on May 9, 1938 in St Albans ^[3]. He was 24 and she was 22. It was the first marriage for them both. There were no children from this marriage. He and Dorothy were married for just a few years. Dorothy went on to marry two more times and she died in 2004.

Documented in the US Army records for interments of the military in national cemeteries, Ralph married a second time to Rose Margaret Kazsmer ^{[4] [5]}. They had one son named Thomas Zweeres who survives both of them.

Ralph died in Fords, New Jersey and is buried in the Beverly National Cemetery in Beverly, New Jersey. Rose died in 1988 and is buried next to him. ^{[6] [7]}

Sources

1. ↑ U.S. National Cemetery Interment Control Forms, 1928-1962
2. ↑ "Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2V7N-FLC : 6 November 2017), Ralph Rodney Zweeres, 25 Jun 1913, Birth; State Capitol Building, Montpelier; FHL microfilm 2,073,502.
3. ↑ "Vermont Vital Records, 1760-2008," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KNSG-XFL : 6 December 2014), Ralph Rodney Zweeres and Dorothy Evelyn Green, Marriage, 09 May 1938, St Albans, Franklin, Vermont, United States; from "Vermont, Birth Records, 1909-2008," "Vermont, Death Records, 1909-2008," "Vermont, Marriage Records, 1909-2008," and "Vermont, Vital Records, 1720-1908." Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2010); citing Vital Records Office, Vermont Department of Health, Burlington and New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston.
4. ↑ Interment Control Forms: This database contains cards recording details for members of the U.S. Army interred in national cemeteries. Interment Control Forms, 1928–1962. Interment Control Forms, A1 2110-B. Records of the Office of the Quartermaster General, 1774–1985, Record Group 92. The National Archives at College Park, College Park, Maryland. Accessed on ancestry.com, November 2019
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5. ↑ Newspapers.com Obituary Index, 1800s-current The Central New Jersey Home News; Publication Date: 14/ Feb/ 1958; Publication Place: New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States of America Accessed on ancestry.com, November 2019
6. ↑ Obituary
7. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #1363413