Ray Elbert Downing 1
- Born: 15 Sep 1889, Herkimer, Marshall, Kansas 2 3
- Marriage: Ethel Unger on 17 Jan 1916 in Basehor, Leavenworth, Kansas
- Died: Sep 1962, Basehor, Leavenworth, Kansas at age 73 2
 Noted events in his life were:
• Census, 1900, Centre, Marshall, Kansas. 4
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, 1905, Franklin, Marshall, Kansas. 5
R. Downing, 49, white, male. Ada A. Downing, 44, white, female. E. R. Downing, 25, white, male. G. M. Downing, 23, white, female. R. E. Downing, 15, white, male. Abram Bennett, 86, white, male.
• Census, 1910, Newett, Chaffee, Colorado. 6
R. Downing, 54, telegraph operator on rail road, born in Indiana, married 30 years. Ada Downing, 49, born in Kansas, married 30 years, 3 children, 3 living. Ray Downing, 20, engineer, born in Kansas.
• World War 1 Draft Registration, 5 Jun 1917, Center, Marshall, Kansas. 3
Ray Elbert Downing, 27 of 'Home', Kansas, born Sept 15, 1889 in Herkimer, Kansas. Occupation: farming for self in Marshall County, Kansas. Dependants: wife and child. Tall, slender, blue eyes, light hair.
• Census, 1920, Bow Creek, Phillips, Kansas. 7
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. 8
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.
• Social Security Number: 512-14-6413. 2
Ray married Ethel Unger on 17 Jan 1916 in Basehor, Leavenworth, Kansas. (Ethel Unger was born on 14 Jun 1893 in Franklin, Marshall, Kansas 2 and died on 19 Mar 1988 in , Nemaha, Kansas 2.)
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