Ray E. WATKINS^[1]

1887 - 1957  (70 years)

• Name	Ray E. WATKINS
  Birth	4 Aug 1887	Huntsville, Logan, Ohio, United States   [2, 3, 4]
  	Ohio County Births says his birth was May 4 1887.
  Gender	Male
  Residence	22 Jun 1900	Huntsville, Logan, Ohio, United States   [5]
  Milit-Beg	12 Dec 1917	Fort Thomas, Campbell County, Kentucky
  	Private Regular Army
  Milit-End	1 Jul 1919  [3]
  	Sergeant
  	Motor Mechanic Regiment Signal Corps to Discharge Sergeant 1 Jan 1918 American Expeditionary Forces 10 Feb 1918 to 18 Jun 1919. Honorable discharge 1 Jul 1919.
  Drft	1942	Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio, United States   [6]
  	Address: 707 Faulkner Av.
  Death	28 Dec 1957	Knox County, Ohio, United States   [2, 4, 7]
  Burial	Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio, United States   [4]
  	Address: Woodland Cemetery and Arboretum
  	Plot: Sec: 122 Lot: 349
  Person ID	I94	Watkins
  Last Modified	1 Apr 2019

  
  

  Father	William Jasper WATKINS,   b. 10 Apr 1848, Jefferson Township, Logan, Ohio, United States d. 4 May 1930, Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio, United States (Age 82 years)
  Mother	Sarah Sophia KELLY,   b. 22 Jul 1852, Bellefontaine, Logan, Ohio, United States d. 12 Jan 1920, Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio, United States (Age 67 years)
  Marriage	28 Jul 1875	Logan County, Ohio, United States   [8, 9]
  	Marriage performed by S. L. Roberts
  Residence	19 Jun 1880	Huntsville, Logan, Ohio, United States   [10]
  	Carpenter
  Residence	22 Jun 1900	Huntsville, Logan, Ohio, United States   [11]
  	Wagon repair shop operator
  Residence	15 Apr 1910	21 Allen St, Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio   [12]
  	Carpenter for wagon works
  Family ID	F31	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Faye Opal RASER,   b. Dec 1886, Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio, United States d. 13 Sep 1943, Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio, United States (Age ~ 56 years)
  Marriage	3 Oct 1908	Montgomery County, Ohio, United States   [13]
  Residence	19 Apr 1910	Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio, United States   [14, 15]
  	Assembler at Register Co.
  Family ID	F952	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	10 Oct 2023

  
  

  Family 2	Catherine Gertrude RAFFENSPARGER,   b. 14 Sep 1880, Altoona, Blair, Pennsylvania, United States d. 23 Apr 1944, Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio, United States (Age 63 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1919	Ohio   [16]
  	The 1930 Census says that they were first married at the ages of 32 and 38 respectively. For each of them this would mean that they had been married for nineteen years. This suggests that the information was based solely on their own marriage and did not include Ray's previous marriage. So this would put their marriage about 1919.
  Residence	14 Jun 1920	Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio, United States   [17]
  	Machinist automobile starter company
  	Address: 242 McDaniel St
  	Listed as Ray E. and Catherine Gertrude Watkins
  Residence	7 Apr 1930	Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio, United States   [16]
  	Assembler, cash registers
  	Address: 21 Hess Street
  	Listed as Ray E. and Catherine G. Watkins
  Residence	17 Apr 1940	Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio, United States   [18]
  	Assembler at register plant
  	Listed as Ray and Catherine D. Watkins
  Family ID	F953	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	10 Oct 2023

  
  

  Family 3	LaVerna Mae KENYON,   b. 16 Apr 1891, Ohio d. 18 Dec 1982, Delaware County, Ohio, United States (Age 91 years)
  Marriage	14 Feb 1945	Ohio   [19]
  Residence	1956	Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio, United States   [20]
  	Assembler, NCR Corporation
  	Address: 2300 E. Stroop Road
  	Listed as Ray E. and E. LaVerna Watkins
  Family ID	F3479	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	10 Oct 2023

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 4 Aug 1887 - Huntsville, Logan, Ohio, United States Residence - 22 Jun 1900 - Huntsville, Logan, Ohio, United States Marriage - 3 Oct 1908 - Montgomery County, Ohio, United States Residence - Assembler at Register Co. - 19 Apr 1910 - Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio, United States Milit-Beg - Private Regular Army - 12 Dec 1917 - Fort Thomas, Campbell County, Kentucky Residence - Machinist automobile starter company,Address: 242 McDaniel St - 14 Jun 1920 - Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio, United States Residence - Assembler, cash registers,Address: 21 Hess Street - 7 Apr 1930 - Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio, United States Residence - Assembler at register plant - 17 Apr 1940 - Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio, United States Drft - Address: 707 Faulkner Av. - 1942 - Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio, United States Residence - Assembler, NCR Corporation,Address: 2300 E. Stroop Road - 1956 - Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio, United States Burial - Address: Woodland Cemetery and Arboretum - - Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio, United States  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos

  Family of William Jasper Watkins Part of a larger picture taken at the Watkins Reunion, August 1894 The labeling of this picture is not 100% correct. The girl labeled as Olive Rebecca Watkins could not have been as Olive died in 1873. Probably this was Mary Elizabeth Watkins.

  
  

• Sources

  [S1] Imported GEDCOM file. [S27] Watkins family genealogy, Page 3. [S229] Ohio Military Men 1917-1918. [S331] Find-A-Grave, Memorial# 108901491. [S414] T, McArthur Township, Huntsville Village, OH E.D. 115. [S86] ua, United States, World War ... Registration Cards, 1942004151112. [S86] ua, Ohio Department of Health. Ohio, Deaths, 1908-1932, 1938-2007 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA. [S27] Watkins family genealogy. [S93] Marriage Certificate, Marriage Record, Logan County Book E, Page 191. [S416] 1880 United States Federal Census, McArthur Twn, Logan, OH ED 118 Page 28 Dwelling 259. [S414] T. McArthur Township, Huntsville Village, Ohio, E.D. 115 [S417] 1910 United States Federal Census, Dayton, Montgomery, OH ED 113 Page 1B Dwelling 25. [S86] ua, Judy-Downs Family Tree. [S417] 1910 United States Federal Census, Dayton, Montgomery, OH, ED 98 Sheet 5B Dwelling 111. [S96] 1910 Miracode Census, National Archives and Records Administration. T1272, 418 rolls. [S86] ua, Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio ED 97 Pg 6A Dwelling 73. [S415] A, Dwe, Dayton, Montgomery, OH ED 277 Page 3A Dwelling 53. [S449] Find a Grave, Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio ED 94-74, Page 9B, Dwelling 221, 1940 United States Census. [S24] Miscellaneous, Information provided by Elizabeth Joan Watkins Deardurff, July, 2014. [S86] ua, US City Directories, Dayton, Ohio, 1956, Page 636.