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Ralph LeRoy HUMMEL

Male 1876 - 1946  (70 years)


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  • Name Ralph LeRoy HUMMEL  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
    Birth 10 Sep 1876  Shiloh, Cumberland, New Jersey, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
    Gender Male 
    Occupation travelling salesman (Shrine Club)  [2
    Reference Number 320 
    Death 13 Sep 1946  Topeka, Shawnee, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 9
    Person ID I320  scruggshovis
    Last Modified 21 Sep 2020 

    Family Buena Vista SCRUGGS,   b. 22 Feb 1876, Atchison, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Jan 1959, Topeka, Shawnee, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 82 years) 
    Marriage 12 Sep 1901  Atchison, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3, 10
    • Family Tree: juliana_russell_Family_Tree, accessed on Ancestry July 22, 2015.
    Family ID F113  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 21 Sep 2020 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 10 Sep 1876 - Shiloh, Cumberland, New Jersey, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 12 Sep 1901 - Atchison, Kansas, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 13 Sep 1946 - Topeka, Shawnee, Kansas, USA Link to Google Earth
     = Link to Google Earth 

  • Notes 
    • CENSUS 1880: on familysearch.org. Ralph, 3, b. in New Jersey, living with parents:Walter29/Priscilla21. location: La Prairie, Marshall County, Kansas

      CENSUS 1900: on familysearch.org. Ralph, 23, b. 1876 in New Jersey, occupation: harness maker, living with parents:Walker L.49.PrescillaF.41 and siblings: OscarL18, CharlesW15, Harriet13, AlbertW10. location: Norton township, Jefferson County, Kansas

      CENSUS (Kansas) 1905: on ancestry.com. Ralph, 28, living with parents54/46 and 4 siblings: OscarL.23, ChasW.20, Harriet18, AlbertW.15. location: Topeka Township, Kansas

      CENSUS 1910: on familysearch.org. Ralph, 33, b. in New Jersey, married 8 years, occupation: telephone, living with his wife34. location: Oakland City, Topeka Township, Shawnesse County, Kansas.
      (note: not sure why Ralph was living with his parents in 1905 if he and Buena Vista were married c. 1902 (married 8 years.))

      CENSUS (Kansas) 1915: missing

      MILITARY 1918: ancestry.com. Ralph Le Roy Hummel was drafted for WWI.
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      CENSUS 1920: on familysearch.org. Leroy L., 43, b. in New Jersey, occupation: travelling salesman merchanise, living with wife BuenaVista43 and ErnestE.Crchley44. location: Topeka Township, Shawnee County, Kansas

      CENSUS 1930: on familysearch.org. Ralph L., 53, b. in New Jersey, age 25 at first marriage, occupation: traveling salesman, Shrine Club, living with wife53 and EarnestE.Chrichley44. location: Topeka Township, Shawnee County, Kansas
      (age of Ernest Chrichley does not change from 1920 to 1930).

      CENSUS 1940: on familysearch.org. Ralph, 63, b. in New Jersey, living with Ernst Chrichley64 and wife63. location: Topeka Township, Shawnee County, Kansas

      BURIAL 1946: Ralph Leroy, d. Sept 12, 1946. Buried in Rochester Cemetery, Topeka, Kansas. Findagrave Memorial# 67785227.

  • Sources 
    1. [S6] Pedigree Resource File.
      Found on familysearch.com. "Pedigree Resource File", database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.2.1/SYMK-WLG : accessed 2013-09-28),

    2. [S39] 1920 USA Federal Census, Location: Topeka Ward 6, Shawnee, Kansas; Roll: T625_551; Page: 9B; Enumeration District: 181; Image: 950. Found on Ancestry.com.
      NARA microfilm publication T625, 2076 rolls. Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29.

    3. [S41] 1940 USA Federal Census, Location: Ward 6, Topeka, Topeka City, Shawnee, Kansas, United States. NARA digital publication of T627, roll 1261. Found on familysearch.org.
      citing enumeration district (ED) 89-49A, sheet 11A, family 252 // / pal:/MM9.1.1/VR2D-RJV : accessed 18 Mar 2014) (https://familysearch.org/ pal:/MM9.1.1/VR2D-RJV : accessed 18 Mar 2014).

    4. [S43] New Jersey, Births and Christenings, 1660-1980, Found on familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCYY-JHV : accessed 29 June 2015, reference v c-m p 251; FHL microfilm 494,181.

    5. [S38] 1910 USA Federal Census, Location: Topeka, Shawnee, Kansas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 189, sheet 5B, NARA microfilm publication T624; FHL microfilm 1,374,470. Found on familysearch.com.

    6. [S36] 1880 US Federal Census, Location: La Prairie, Marshall, Illinois; Roll: 234; Family History Film: 1254234; Page: 262C; Enumeration District: 140; Image: 0708. Found on Ancestry.com.

    7. [S37] 1900 US Federal Census, Location: Norton, Jefferson, Kansas; Roll: 483; Page: 3A; Enumeration District: 0074; FHL microfilm: 1240483. Found on ancestry.com.

    8. [S40] 1930 USA Federal Census, Location: Topeka, Shawnee, Kansas; Roll: 722; Page: 12A; Enumeration District: 0030; Image: 997.0; FHL microfilm: 2340457. Found on ancestry.com.

    9. [S32] Find a Grave Index, 1600s-Current, Found on findagrave.com and ancestry.com.
      Kansas, Find a grave, 1854-2012.

    10. [S40] 1930 USA Federal Census, Location: Topeka, Shawnee, Kansas; Roll: 722; Page: 12A; Enumeration District: 30; Image: 997.0; FHL microfilm: 2340457. Found on Ancestry.com.
      T626, 2,667 rolls.


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