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James Raymond Proper

Male 1890 - 1957  (66 years)

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  • Name James Raymond Proper  [1, 2]
    Birth 10 Nov 1890  Fauncetown, Crawford, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4, 5, 6] 
    Gender Male
    Census 11 May 1910  Amity Township, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Census 3 Jan 1920  Amity Township, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Death 25 Sep 1957  Union City, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6, 8] 
    • Stem Memorial Hospital, Union City, Pa.
      Occupation: Thompson Maple Products.
      Usual Residence: RFD 4, Union City, Pa. [6]
    James R Proper Pennsylvania Certificate of Death    		 James R Proper Pennsylvania Certificate of Death
    Erie county file 80478 (1957)
    Burial 28 Sep 1957  Wattsburg Cemetery, Wattsburg, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6, 8] 
    J. Ray Proper    		 J. Ray Proper
    Photograph by William F. Bisbee
    James Ray Proper Memorial with Gravestone Photo, Obituary and Family Links    		 James Ray Proper Memorial with Gravestone Photo, Obituary and Family Links
    created at Find A Grave by Ted K
    Person ID I196  Bisbee
    Last Modified 15 Jul 2017

    Father Ruben Proper
    Mother Georgia
    Family ID F7789  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Lola Belle Bisbee,   b. 25 Nov 1890, Wattsburg, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Apr 1937, Corry, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 46 years)
    Marriage Abt 1908  [5] 
    Children 
    +1. Clifford Lawrence Proper,   b. 23 Dec 1908, Amity Township, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Dec 1983, Corry, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 74 years)
     2. Clarence R. Proper,   b. 3 Mar 1911, , , Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Sep 1984, , , Florida, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 73 years)
     3. Milton T. Proper,   b. 10 Oct 1913, , , Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Oct 1979, Corry, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 66 years)
     4. Dorothy R. Proper,   b. Abt Jul 1916, , , Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     5. M.A. Proper
     6. Russell Proper   d. Yes, date unknown
     7. Bernice Proper   d. Yes, date unknown
    +8. S.L. Proper
     9. James Lee Proper,   b. 15 Aug 1929, Corry, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 May 1931, Corry, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 1 year)
    Family ID F97  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 15 Jul 2017

    Family 2 Gertrude Marie Williams,   b. 22 Apr 1920, New Castle, Lawrence, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 Dec 1996, Corry, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 76 years)
    Family ID F7784  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 15 Jul 2017

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 10 Nov 1890 - Fauncetown, Crawford, Pennsylvania, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 11 May 1910 - Amity Township, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 3 Jan 1920 - Amity Township, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 25 Sep 1957 - Union City, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - 28 Sep 1957 - Wattsburg Cemetery, Wattsburg, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA Link to Google Earth
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    Pin Legend  : Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  • Sources 
    1. [S2309] Viola Drake Bisbee, compiler, Geneology of The Bisbee Family (I) - Viola Drake Bisbee, (June 2000, Bisbee Family Connection, Decatur, MI), p. 130.

    2. [S1225] Margaret Jane Dunnihoo, Two Brothers in the Pennsylvania Triangle, (Erie, Pennsylvania: self published, 1974.), p. 24.

    3. [S2476] Proper, James Ray: WW1 Draft Card, (Online , Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2002. JAMES RAY PROPER, Erie County Pa., Draft Board 1, Roll 2022697, Ancestry.com image 2022697-5164.).

    4. [S1579] WW1 Draft Registration Cards, (www.ancestry.com, 2005: NARA micropublication M1509, 4582 rolls), Erie County, Pennsylvania, Draft Board 1, Roll 2022697.
      June 5, 1917, at Wattsburg Boro, Erie, PA.
      JAMES RAY PROPER, age 26, address Wattsburg, PA, born Nov 10, 1890 in Fauncetown, Crawford County, PA.
      Occupation: farmer, employed by Alfred H. Austin in Wattsburg.
      Married with wife & 4 children.
      Description: tall, stout of build, blue eyes, brown hair.

    5. [S2079] Dey, William James (I2557): 1910 US Census, (www.ancestry.com (2006): National Archives and Records Administration micropublication T624, roll 1341; enumeration district (ED) 57, sheet 8B, page 107B, line 61, dwelling 185, family 190; image downloaded 11/4/208.), 1910-Amity.57.16.jpg.

    6. [S2885] Pennsylvania Certificate of Death, James R Proper, Erie county file 80478 (1957).

    7. [S2475] Proper, James Ray (I196): 1920 US Census, (www.ancestry.com (2005): National Archives and Records Administration micropublication T625, roll 1565, enumeration district (ED) 60, sheet 1A, page 17A, line 32, dwelling 8, family 8; image accessed 1/6/2009.), 1920.PA.Erie.Amity.60.1.

    8. [S1666] Proper, James Ray: Gravestone, (Wattsburg Cemetery, Wattsburg, Erie, PA).