Ratay-Johnstone Ancestors - Person Sheet
Ratay-Johnstone Ancestors - Person Sheet
NameGeorge William RAKESTRAW
Birth22 May 1919, Union County, Kentucky302,3974
Memo22 May 1919 Union GW
Death2 May 1996, Evansville, Vanderburgh County, Indiana
MemoSt. Mary’s Medical Center
BurialOak Hill Cemetery, Evansville, Indiana78
MemoMausoleum
OccupationCaster
Education8th grade78
Alias/AKAG.W.
FatherClarence RAKESTRAW (1895-1964)
MotherVera Belle SHOFNER (1900-1997)
Spouses
Birth19233976
Death19963976
BurialOak Hill Cemetery, Evansville, Indiana3976
Census notes for George William RAKESTRAW
1930 Kentucky, Union County, Uniontown Precinct, Magisterial District 2, E.D. 113-4, sheet 4A, stamped page 63 (taken 8 Apr 1930)
End of Rockford Road, dwelling 61, family 61
Rakestraw, Clarence, head, rents, male, white, age 33, married at age 21, born Kentucky, parents born Kentucky, farmer
————-, Vera, wife, female, white, age 30, married at age 18, born Kentucky, parents born Kentucky
————-, Lorene, daughter, female, white, age 14, single, born Kentucky, parents born Kentucky
————-, George W., son, male, white, age 9, single, born Kentucky, parents born Kentucky
————-, Parvin C., son, male, white, age 8, single , born Kentucky, parents born Kentucky
————-, Thelma J., daughter, female, white, age 2 11/12, single , born Kentucky, parents born Kentucky
Ashby, Adis, roomer, female, white, age 26, single , born Kentucky, parents born Kentucky, teacher
Robbins, Franze, lodger, male, white, age 50, single , born Kentucky, parents born Kentucky, farmer

1940
Wyoming, Laramie County, Fort Francis E. Warren Military Reservation, E.D. 11-24, sheet 21A, stamped page 372 (taken 8 Apr 1940)
1st Infantry listings:
Rakestraw, George W., male, white, age 20, single, 8th grade, born Kentucky, lived in Russelville, Kentucky in 1935, enlisted man, U.S. Army
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