William Neal Raven
(1826-1902)
Hannah Jane Hanson
(Abt 1826-1894)
Reverend John Edward Raven
(1860-1943)
Rose Ann Farley
(1869-1942)

Herman Beecher Raven
(1906-1970)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Ava Maude Bailey

2. Zelma Louise Gardner

Herman Beecher Raven 3

  • Born: 18 Feb 1906, Wade, ME 3
  • Partnership (1): Ava Maude Bailey
  • Marriage (2): Zelma Louise Gardner on 4 Jun 1938 in Belfast, ME 1 2
  • Died: 9 Nov 1970, Fairfield, ME at age 64
  • Buried: Maple Grove Cemetery, Albion, ME

bullet   FamilySearch ID: 2C19-QVH. Find a Grave ID: 43685144.

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bullet  Events

• Census, 15 Apr 1910, Knox, ME. 4

• Census, 22 Jan 1920, Knox, ME. 5

• Census, 5 Apr 1930, Knox, ME. 6

• Census, 1 May 1940, Freedom, ME.

• Census, 8 Apr 1950, Waterville, ME. 7
Herman was a patient at Waterville Osteopathic Hospital.

• Census, 25 Apr 1950, Unity, ME. 8

• Obituary: Bangor Daily News, 11 Nov 1970, Bangor, ME.
FAIRFIELD -- Herman B. Raven, 64, died Nov. 9 after a long illness. He was born at Wade Feb. 18, 1906, the son of John and Rose (Farley) Raven.
He had formerly lived in Albion and Unity where he was a truck driver for Lee Brothers.
Survivors include a son, Kenneth of here; two daughters, Mrs. Carol Violette of Burnham and Mrs. Dorothy Trask of Fairfield; five grandchildren; a half-brother, William of Thorndike; four half-sisters, Mrs. Minnie Pooler of Presque Isle, Mrs. Lila Scott of Brewer, Mrs. Mattie Knowles of Brooks, and Mrs. Etta Abbott of Thorndike; several nephews, nieces, cousins, aunts and uncles.
Funeral services will be held Thursday at 2 p.m. at the Lawry Brothers Funeral Home, the Rev. Albert McMickle officiating.
Burial will be at Maple Grove Cemetery in Albion.
Friends may call at the funeral home Wednesday from 3-5 and 7-9 p.m.


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Herman had a relationship with Ava Maude Bailey. (Ava Maude Bailey was born on 7 Jan 1913 in Liberty, ME, died on 20 Aug 2005 in Belfast, ME and was buried in Grove Cemetery, Belfast, ME.)


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Herman next married Zelma Louise Gardner on 4 Jun 1938 in Belfast, ME.1 2 (Zelma Louise Gardner was born on 18 Nov 1919 in Ashland, ME,9 died on 14 Feb 1969 in Albion, ME and was buried in Maple Grove Cemetery, Albion, ME.)


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Sources


1 Maine State Archives, "Maine Marriages, 1892-1996," database, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 5 Oct 2011), entry for Herman B. Raven and Zelma L. Gardner.

2 Maine Maine State Archives Herman B. Raven-Zelma L. Gardner; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 13 Jan 2021).

3 Maine Maine State Archives, Maine, Birth Records, 1715-1922, Herman Beecher Raven; digital image, Ancestry.com (https://ancestry.com: 31 Aug 2011).

4 1910 U.S. census, Waldo County, Maine, population schedule, Knox, enumeration district (ED) 0251, sheet 1, p. 1A, dwelling illegible, family 9, John E. Raven; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 12 Dec 2011); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T624, roll T624_546.

5 1920 U.S. census, Waldo County, Maine, population schedule, Knox, enumeration district (ED) 135, sheet 3, p. 3B, dwelling 66, family 66, John E. Raven; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 31 Aug 2011); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T625, roll T625_649.

6 1930 U.S. census, Waldo, Maine, population schedule, Knox, enumeration district (ED) 13, sheet 8, p. 8A, dwelling 50, family 50, John Raven; digital images, Ancestry.com (https://ancestry.com : accessed 16 Apr 2012); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T626, roll 840.

7 1950 U.S. census, Kennebec, Maine, Waterville, enumeration district (ED) 6-89, sheet 20, p. 21, household V37, Gertrude M. Willey; digital images, Ancestry.com (https://ancestry.com : accessed 2 Jan 2023); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T628, roll 3821.

8 1950 U.S. census, Waldo, Maine, Unity, enumeration district (ED) 14-35, sheet 24, p. 25, household 232, Herman B. Raven; digital images, Ancestry.com (https://ancestry.com : accessed 2 Jan 2023); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T628, roll 986.

9 Maine Maine State Archives, Maine, Birth Records, 1715-1922, Zelma Louise Gardner; digital image, Ancestry.com (https://ancestry.com: 20 Oct 2020).


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