Individual Details
Raymond "Ray" Burt Kirkpatrick
(27 Dec 1890 - 3 Jun 1954)
Ray Burt (sometimes called Bertie Ray) Kirkpatrick was born 27 November 1890 in Seward County, Nebraska. On 3 July 1922 he married at Kimball, Kimball County, Nebraska, Theadora Ruff, daughter of Joseph Alonzo and Kitty Jane (Hobbs) Ruff, who was born 11 September 1903 in Sterling, Johnson County, Nebraska.
In 1917, Ray filed on a homestead of 530 acres in Hooker County, Nebraska*, but after his marriage they lived in Denver, Colorado. In 1942 he was employed on the Manhattan Project in Hanford, Washington. His work included machining and setting the carbon blocks for the atomic reactors.
Ray died 3 June 1954 in Denver, Colorado, and is buried in Crown Hill Cemetery, Jefferson County, Colorado. Theadora died 14 May 1979 in Denver, and is also buried at Crown Hill Cemetery.
There were two (2) children born of the marriage.
*Bureau of Land Management shows Ray B. Kirkpatrick issued land patent on 4/27/1917 in Hooker County, Nebraska, document number 07456, access serial 581747.
Obituary not found at genealogybank.com or newspaperarchive.com, February 12, 2018.
In 1917, Ray filed on a homestead of 530 acres in Hooker County, Nebraska*, but after his marriage they lived in Denver, Colorado. In 1942 he was employed on the Manhattan Project in Hanford, Washington. His work included machining and setting the carbon blocks for the atomic reactors.
Ray died 3 June 1954 in Denver, Colorado, and is buried in Crown Hill Cemetery, Jefferson County, Colorado. Theadora died 14 May 1979 in Denver, and is also buried at Crown Hill Cemetery.
There were two (2) children born of the marriage.
*Bureau of Land Management shows Ray B. Kirkpatrick issued land patent on 4/27/1917 in Hooker County, Nebraska, document number 07456, access serial 581747.
Obituary not found at genealogybank.com or newspaperarchive.com, February 12, 2018.
Events
Families
Spouse | Theadora Ruff (1903 - 1979) |
Child | Raymond "Jack" Kirkpatrick (1924 - 2015) |
Child | Howard Gordon Kirkpatrick (1927 - 2006) |
Father | Perry Newton Kirkpatrick (1860 - 1919) |
Mother | Elizabeth Jane Bennett (1858 - 1931) |
Sibling | Alice Belle Kirkpatrick (1882 - 1942) |
Sibling | James Monroe Kirkpatrick (1885 - 1886) |
Sibling | Clara May Kirkpatrick (1887 - 1922) |
Sibling | Louie Newton Kirkpatrick (1896 - 1979) |
Sibling | Silva Mary Kirkpatrick (1899 - 1972) |
Endnotes
1. A Kirkpatrick Genealogy; Melvin Kirkpatrick & David Hudson, 1995.
2. A Kirkpatrick Genealogy; Melvin Kirkpatrick & David Hudson, 1995, Page 214.
3. glydie@alaska.net, E-Mail from Glydie Ann Nelson (n.p: 10 Oct 1998, n.d).
4. A Kirkpatrick Genealogy; Melvin Kirkpatrick & David Hudson, 1995.
5. A Kirkpatrick Genealogy; Melvin Kirkpatrick & David Hudson, 1995.