Individual Details

Raymond Frank Kitchingman

(6 Jun 1898 - 1 Sep 1971)



Married twice before he married Margaret Higgins.

The Akron Beacon Journal, Akron, OH, 20 Apr 1929, Sat. p.11
AIR PILOT BRINGS SUIT FOR DIVORCE
Lieut. Raymond Kitchingman Files Petition Saying Wife Deserted Him
Lieut. Raymond F. Kitchingman, 166 Marvin Av, chief pilot of Akron Air Services, Inc., brought suit in common pleas court here Saturday morning for divorce from Mrs. Katherine Kitchingham whom he charged with wilful absence for more than three years.
Kitchingman says in his petition that he and his wife were married in New Haven, Conn., on May 19, 1924 and that they have no children.
Shortly after their marriage, Kitchingman says in his petition, his wife deserted him and has never lived with him since. He says that she has refused to live with him as his wife.
Lieut. Kitchingman who was formerly chief instruction pilot at Curtiss Field, New York, came to Akron several months ago and is making his home with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Kitchingman.

1930 Census. Akron, Summit Co, OH, Hh 133
Raymond Kitchingman, 31, married at age 31, b. WI, Pilot, Air services
Elinore, wife, 22, married at 22, b. NY

1940 Census.
Westport, Dane Co, WI, Hh 52
Raymond F. Kitchingman, 41, b. WI, Aviation Instructor, Aviation School
lived in Akron, Summit Co, Ohio in 1935
Elinore H., wife, 31, b. NY
Jane E., dau, 9, b. Ohio
Carol A., dau, 7, b. Ohio

Montana Death Certificate #4521
Raymond F. Kitchingman died 1 Sep 1971, at Great Falls, Cascade Co, Montana of pneumonia and carcinoma of the esophagus. Born 6 Jun 1898, Wiconsin. He was married, his spouse, Ruth Kitchingman. He was Retired from the US Air Force. His father was Adrian Kitchingman; his mother Cassandra Phelps. Mrs. Ruth Kitchingman of Cascade was the informant. Buried Hillcrest Lawn Memorial, Great Falls, Sept 2nd.

Events

Birth6 Jun 1898Mount Pleasant, Racine County, Wisconsin
MarriageAbt 1942Margaret Ruth Higgins
Death1 Sep 1971Cascade, Cascade County, Montana

Families

SpouseMargaret Ruth Higgins (1910 - 1998)
ChildLiving
ChildLiving
FatherAdrian Rufus Kitchingman (1877 - 1971)
MotherCassandra M "Cassie" Phelps (1880 - 1959)
SiblingFeryll Lugene Kitchingman (1905 - 1981)