Hij is getrouwd met Virginia Ruth Watts.
Zij zijn getrouwd op 11 april 1946 te Decatur, Macon Co., IL, hij was toen 44 jaar oud.
SOURCES: Ralph Sylvester Jordan and (Virginia) Ruth Watts Jordan.
Kind(eren):
Ralph was a switchman on the Wabash Railroad. Ralph and Ruth were Baptist.
1910 U.S. Census, Okaw Township, Findlay Village, Shelby County, Illinois, 18 April 1910:
Dwelling No. 67, Family No. 67:
Jordan, Joe, Head, m, w, age 39, m/1 9yrs, born Illinois, father b. Illinois (s/b KY)
; mother b. Illinois (s/b IN), speaks English; Hostler, Engine R.R.; w;
; not out of work, reads/writes; rents home, farm
; Dosha (Ledosia), wife, female, white, age 36, m/2 9yrs, 7 children, 7 living;
; born Illinois, father b. Illinois (s/b Ohio), mother b. Indiana,
; speaks English, reads/writes
; Ralph, son, m, w, age 8, s, born Illinois, father b. Illinois, mother b. Illinois
; speaks English, reads/writes, attends school
; Hazel, daughter, female, white, age 4, single, born Illinois, father b. Illinois,
; mother b. Illinois; speaks English
; Claude, son, m, w, age 2, s, born Illinois, father b. Illinois, mother b. Illinois
; speaks English
; Paul, son, m, w, 1 month, s, born Illinois, father b. Illinois, mother b. Illinois
Gordon, Virgil, foster-son (step-son), male, white, age 16, single, born Illinois,
; father b. Illinois, mother b. Illinois; speaks English,Laborer; farm,
; reads/writes, attended school-no
; Cora, foster-daughter (step-daughter), female, white, age 14, single,
; born Illinois, father b. Illinois, mother b. Illinois; speaks English;
; reads/writes, attends school
; Jennie (Jane), foster-daughter (step-daughter), female, white, age 12, single,
; born Illinois, father b. Illinois, mother b. Illinois; speaks English;
; reads/writes, attends school
SOURCES: For birth and death dates: "Brandon-Willis-Gordon-Jordan-Hill Bible," of Ledosia (Dochia) Willis Gordon Jordan, nee Willis; transcribed by hand, on manila sheets of paper, by Hazel Myrtle Jordan Hill, nee Jordan, daughter of Ledosia; records were found in the Bible of Hazel Myrtle Jordan Hill, nee Jordan, by her daughter, Catherine J. Hill. Ralph Sylvester Jordan and (Virginia) Ruth Watts Jordan. "Obituary of Ralph Sylvester Jordan, died Tuesday February 21, 1978, Decatur, Macon County, Illinois; The Decatur Daily Review Newspaper, date unknown"; Ralph Sylvester Jordan, born January 22 1902, son of Joseph Andrew Jordan & Ledosia Alice "Dochia" Willis Gordon Jordan, nee Willis); Services: J.J. Moran & Sons Funeral Home, Findlay, IL, Friday (February 24, 1978); Burial: Wright Cemetery. Tombstone, "Wright Cemetery," Sullivan Township, Moultrie County, Illinois, Wright Cemetery is just outside, and a little NE of Findlay, Shelby County, Illinois, Catherine, Richard, and mother, Hazel Myrtle Jordan Hill, nee Jordan, have gathered dates and information from many tombstones of their families, who are buried there, long before the cemetery books were published. ; Volume X, "Inscriptions of Shelby & Moultrie Counties, Illinois Cemeteries," Wright Cemetery, Sullivan Township, Moultrie County, Illinois, just on the outskirts (NE) of Findlay, Shelby County, Illinois; there are many late citizens of Findlay buried at Wright's Cemetery; pgs. 76, 128; by Edward H. Boedecker, 718 W. N. 3rd St., Shelbyville, Ill., 62565, 1985. 1910 U.S. Census, Okaw Township, Findlay Village, Shelby County, Illinois. Sandra Kay Jordan, daughter of Ralph and Ruth. Received from Terri Jordan, 1910 U.S. Census, Shelby County, Illinois (Microfilm copy), Okaw Township, Findlay Village, Shelby County, Illinois, 18 April 1910: Dwelling No. 67, Family No. 67, Household of Joe Jordan; Ralph is listed as a son of Joe. Tombstone, "Wright Cemetery," Sullivan Township, Moultrie County, Illinois, Wright Cemetery is just outside, and a little NE of Findlay, Shelby County, Illinois, Catherine, Richard, and mother, Hazel Myrtle Jordan Hill, nee Jordan, have gathered dates and information from many tombstones of their families, who are buried there, long before the cemetery books were published. Hazel was the sister of Ralph. Compiled by Decatur Genealogical Society Members & Moultrie County Historical Society Members, "Moultrie County, Illinois Cemetery Inscriptions", Printed March 1972; Reprinted 1979; published by Decatur Genealogical Society, P.O. Box 2205, Decatur, IL 62526; Wright Cemetery, Sullivan Township, Moultrie County, Illinois, just on outskirts (NE) of Findlay, Shelby County, Illinois.
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