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Ray Harold JonesAge: 91 years19172008

Name
Ray Harold Jones
Given names
Ray Harold
Surname
Jones
Birth January 7, 1917 28 25
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918

Note: The United States enters 'The Great War' where more than nine million combatants were killed- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I
Historical Event
Spanish Influenza Epidemic
1918 (Age 11 months)

Note: Spanish Influenza killed over 500,000 people in the United States, and somewhere between 20 and 40 million in what has been cited as the most devastating epidemic in history - http://virus.stanford.edu/uda/
Birth of a sisterDoris M Jones
1919 (Age 23 months)
Census March 18, 1920 (Age 3 years)
Death of a maternal grandfatherJoseph Garrett Sissell
August 3, 1925 (Age 8 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherMary Etta Clark
December 9, 1928 (Age 11 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 12 years)

Note: The Wall Street Crash sets off the Great Depression, the most severe worldwide economic depression in the 20th century - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Depression
Census April 18, 1930 (Age 13 years)
Census April 15, 1940 (Age 23 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 24 years)

Note: The United States enters World War II after the attack at Pearl Harbor, a global war that involved the vast majority of the world's nations and including all of the great powers - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II
Death of a sisterDoris M Jones
August 1951 (Age 34 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 32 years)
Note: The Korean War was a war between the Republic of Korea (South Korea), supported by the United Nations, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea), at one time supported by the People's Republic of China and the Soviet Union - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 28 years)
Note: The Vietnam War was a long, costly armed conflict that pitted the communist regime of North Vietnam and its southern allies, known as the Viet Cong, against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States. The divisive war, increasingly unpopular at home, ended with the withdrawal of U.S. forces in 1973 and the unification of Vietnam under Communist control two years later. More than 3 million people, including 58,000 Americans, were killed in the conflict. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War
Death of a motherEdna Sissell
1978 (Age 60 years)
Death July 19, 2008 (Age 91 years)
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Ray Harold Jones
Birth: January 7, 1917 28 25Plainfield, Rooks, Kansas, United States
Death: July 19, 2008Flagler, Kit Carson, Colorado, United States
3 years
younger sister
Doris M Jones
Birth: 1919 30 27Nebraska, United States
Death: August 1951Colorado, United States
brother
Private
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Ray Harold Jones
Birth: January 7, 1917 28 25Plainfield, Rooks, Kansas, United States
Death: July 19, 2008Flagler, Kit Carson, Colorado, United States
wife
Private

Ray Harold Jones has 24 first cousins recorded

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - David H Jones - Household

Atlanta, Phelps, Nebraska, United States

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Jones, DaveheadMW32MKSKSKSteamsterrailroad
Jones, EdnawifeFW28MKSTNIA
Jones, RoysonMW4SKSKSKS
Jones, DorisdaughterFW1SNEKSKS