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Raymond A. "Dutch" Firestone1,2

Male
b. 20 December 1903, d. 14 March 1986


Father Amos Michael Firestone1 b. 28 May 1873, d. 14 October 1949
Mother Estella "Stella" Beard1 b. 7 November 1879, d. 9 May 1911
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Family Violet Nancy Donathan b. 26 July 1905, d. 13 July 1994
Children  1. Raymond Bernard Firestone b. 9 Mar 1926
  2. James Howard "Jim" Firestone b. 1 May 1928, d. 8 May 2011

Note*   Anna M. Firestone relates the following: "Raymond Firestone was born in the back of a covered wagon coming across Kansas to the Oklahoma panhandle. His sister, Esta, confirmed his birth in order for him to acquire a Birth Certificate."

She also states that he was not given a middle name and chose the middle intial "A" himself.

Raymond Firestone "was a redresser in the Kilgore oil boom, and also had his own plane to do crop dusting. They moved to Rodessa LA and ran a "mom & pop" grocery store during World War II."

"The family relocated to Broken Bow, OK where Raymond became a pipefitter out of the local union at Muskogee, OK. and ran a farm for over 45 years, then moved to Shreveport, LA for their final years."3 
Birth* 20 December 1903  MO1,4 
Census* 1910  1910 Federal Census, Oklahoma, Harper County, Little Township, ED: 165, Series: T624, Roll: 1249, Page: 297B, April 29
Sheet 5B
(enumerated with father, Amos M Firestone)
87, 94, 94, Firestone, Raymond S, Son, M, W, 6, S, , , , Missouri, Missouri, Indiana, , , , None, , , , , , , , , , , , , ,1 
Marriage* 1924  OK, Principal=Violet Nancy Donathan5 
SSN* March 1986  https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/JLXD-7TR
given name: R
middle name:
surname: Firestone
name suffix:
birth date: 20 December 1903
social security number: 440-12-8408
state: Oklahoma
last place of residence: Caddo, Louisiana
previous residence postal code: 71105
event date: March 1986
age: 83
Collection: R Firestone, "United States Social Security Death Index"4 
Death* 14 March 1986  Shreveport, Caddo Parish, LA4,3 

Citations
  1. [S73] 1910 U.S. Federal Census .
  2. [S323] News Bank.
  3. [S1539] Firestone, Anna.
  4. [S129] SSDI Death Index,.
  5. [S248] 1930 U.S. Federal Census .


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