Floyd Ray Gleason

Floyd Ray Gleason
(1901-1974)

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Spouses/Children:
1. Ruby Olive Lightfoot

Rodney Delane Gleason+

Floyd Ray Gleason ² ³ ⁴

Born: 15 January 1901, Vinita, Indian Territory ² ³ ⁴
Marriage (1): Ruby Olive Lightfoot about 1926 ¹ ² ³
Died: 15 August 1974, Vinita, OK at age 73 ⁴
Buried: After 15 August 1974, Vinita, OK ⁴

bullet Noted events in his life were:

• He appeared on the 1930 US Census in , Saint Louis County, MO on April 1930. ²

Sheet 8B, Household 195, Roll 1226, District 0131
Central, Saint Louis County, Missouri
Head..Floyd R. Gleason..29..OK
(Living with wife and 2 sons.)
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• He appeared on the 1940 US Census in Township 9, Craig County, OK on 14 April 1940. ³

Sheet 4A, Family 75, District 18-19, Roll 3287
Township 9, Craig County, Oklahoma
Last Place of Residence:Same House
home owned, $1100
Head..Floyd R. Gleason..39..OK..12th grade..Manager of Dairy Farm..earned $930 in 1939
(Living with wife and 2 sons.)
.

• He was buried after 15 August 1974 in the Fairview Cemetery in Vinita, OK.

Find A Grave Memorial #9108375
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Floyd married Ruby Olive Lightfoot, daughter of Robert Herman Lightfoot and Maud Eleanor Kelly, about 1926.¹ ² ³ The marriage ended in divorce. (Ruby Olive Lightfoot was born on 21 December 1903 in Indian Territory, US,¹ ² ³ ⁵ ⁶ ⁷ ⁸ died on 10 February 1967 ⁷ ⁸ and was buried on 12 February 1967 in Vinita, OK ⁷.)

bullet Noted events in their marriage were:

• They appeared on the 1930 US Census in , Saint Louis County, MO on April 1930. ²

Sheet 8B, Household 195, Roll 1226, District 0131
Central, Saint Louis County, Missouri
Head..Floyd R. Gleason..29..OK
Wife..Ruby O. Gleason..26..OK
Son..Rodney D. Gleason..3..OK
Son..Robert R. Gleason..0..MO
.

• Divorced: After 1 April 1940, Craig County, OK.

• They appeared on the 1940 US Census in Township 9, Craig County, OK on 14 April 1940. ³

Sheet 4A, Family 75, District 18-19, Roll 3287
Township 9, Craig County, Oklahoma
Last Place of Residence:Same House
home owned, $1100
Head..Floyd R. Gleason..39..OK..12th grade..Manager of Dairy Farm..earned $930 in 1939
Wife..Ruby O. Gleason..36..OK..11th grade..Housekeeper
Son..Rodney D. Gleason..13..OK..7th grade
Son..Robert R. Gleason..10..MO..3rd grade
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bullet Marriage Notes:

After Floyd and Ruby Olive were divorced in 1940, Floyd was remarried to Marquerite Edmonds in Sep 1942. Ruby Olive was remarried to someone named Bero on an unknown date. She was buried under the name of Olive Bero in the Fairview Cemetery in Vinita, OK.
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1 Eddene Hightower to Brian Lightfoot, e-mail; privately held by Lightfoot, [(E-ADDRESS) & MAILING ADDRESS FOR PRIVATE USE,] Ceres, California.

2 1930 U.S. census, population schedule, Saint Louis County, Missouri, enumeration district (ED) 0131, sheet 8B, family 195, Floyd Ray Gleason and Ruby Olive Lightfoot; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 19 Nov 2013); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T626, roll 1226.

3 1940 U.S. census, population schedule, Township 9, Craig County, Oklahoma, enumeration district (ED) 18-19, sheet 4A, household 75, Floyd Ray Gleason and Ruby Olive Lightfoot; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 19 Nov 2013); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T627, roll 3287.

4 Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/ : accessed 18 Nov 2013), http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=9108375.

5 1910 U.S. census, population schedule, Township 4, Craig County, Oklahoma, enumeration district (ED) 30, sheet 5A, family 79, Robert Herman Lightfoot and Maud Eleanor Kelly; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 14 Nov 2013); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T624.

6 1920 U.S. census, population schedule, Township 4, Craig County, Oklahoma, p. 7B, family 125, Robert Herman Lightfoot and Maud Eleanor Kelly; index and images (accessed 18 May 2013); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T625.

7 Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/ : accessed 18 Nov 2013), http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=92776849.

8 "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (accessed 19 Nov 2013), Name: Olive Bero; Event Date: February 1967.

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