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Raymond VanBibber


Surname Vanbibber
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Bev Gillihan (bgill2)
Date submitted Sep 29, 2004

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Raymond J. VanBibber was the son of, William Albert VanBibber and Ann Mary Sutton. William was the son of, Isaac Vanbibber and Missouri Ann Sutton. Raymond was the youngest of five children who were abandoned. The 1900 Federal Census Indiana, Warrick Co., Boon Twp. has the following person in the "Orphan's Home" at 322 Locust St.
VANBIBER, Raymon, white male, 11 years old, born, Dec. 1889, Indiana. His relation to head of household, (Matron of home) was DEP. Ten years later, on April 15, 1910 in Portsmouth, VA. at the US Navy Yard the census Enermerator recorded the following Sailor in the US Navy. VANBIBBER, Ray J., white, male, 21, "The head of household" is reported as, William F. Halsey Jr. 27 years old, who later became Fleet Admiral and famous in WW11 as, "Bull Halsey"................
Raymond was living in New Madrid Co. Missouriin the 1920 census in the home of Elza and Elizabeth Moser. He is listed as a boarder and occupation, tie maker. (Railroad Ties) It states that he and his parents were all born in Indiana. In ca. 1942 Raymond went to Evansville, Indiana to visit his family, nothing is known about him after that..........................
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