Ray Elbert Downing^[1]

1889 - 1962

• Born	15 Sep 1889	Herkimer, Marshall, Kansas   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Census	1900	Centre, Marshall, Kansas   [3]
  	Romulus Downing, 44, farmer, born in Indiana. Ada Downing, 39, born in Kansas. Edward Downing, 19, laborer, born in Kansas. Gertie Downing, 17, born in Kansas. Ray Downing, 10, born in Kansas. Abram Bennett, 81, widowed, born in Ohio.
  Census	1920	Bow Creek, Phillips, Kansas   [4]
  	Ray E. Downing, 30, farmer, born in Kansas. Ethel L. Downing, 26, born in Kansas. Ray A. Downing, 3, born in Kansas. Ferdinand J. Unger, 23, brother-in-law, farm labor, born in Kansas.
  Census	1930	Kirwin, Phillips, Kansas   [5]
  	Ray E. Downing, 40, carpenter, real estate $2800, born in Kansas, married at age 26. Ethel L. Downing, 36, born in Kansas, married at age 21. Ray E. Downing, 13, born in Kansas. Carol M. Downing, 8, born in Kansas.
  Buried	Aug 1962	Marysville Cemetery, Marysville, Marshall, Kansas
  Died	17 Aug 1962	, , Kansas   [2]
  Person ID	I1584	7_families
  Last Modified	9 Dec 2011

  
  

  Father	Romulus Downing,   b. 28 Dec 1855, , Boone, Illinois ,   d. 9 Jan 1918, Colorado Springs, El Paso, Colorado
  Mother	Ada Adelaid Bennett,   b. 12 Oct 1860, , Doniphan, Kansas ,   d. 18 Aug 1943, Colorado Springs, El Paso, Colorado
  Married	24 Jul 1879	Kirwin, Phillips, Kansas
  Family ID	F524	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Ethel Unger,   b. 14 Jun 1893, , , Kansas ,   d. 19 Mar 1988, , Nemaha, Kansas
  Married	17 Jan 1916	, , Kansas
  Children	1. Ray E. Downing,   b. 15 Sep 1916, , Phillips, Kansas ,   d. 31 Oct 1990   2. Living
  Last Modified	21 Feb 2005
  Family ID	F369	Group Sheet

  
  

• Event Map		Married - 17 Jan 1916 - , , Kansas Census - 1920 - Bow Creek, Phillips, Kansas Census - 1930 - Kirwin, Phillips, Kansas Buried - Aug 1962 - Marysville Cemetery, Marysville, Marshall, Kansas Died - 17 Aug 1962 - , , Kansas  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth
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• Sources

  [S161] Bennett Family, Elsie Bennett Essex, (Lebanon, Ind. : Pioneer Press, 1912). [S163] Social Security Death Index - Roots Web, Rootsweb.com, (Online ). [S202] Kansas, Marshall, Centre - 1900 - Federal Census, Kansas, Marshall, Centre, (www.ancestry.com). [S46] Kansas, Phillips, Bow Creek - 1920 - Federal Census, Kansas, Phillips, Bow Creek, (www.ancestry.com). [S45] Kansas, Phillips, Kirwin - 1930 - Federal Census, Kansas, Phillips, Kirwin, (www.ancestry.com).