Ralph Leslie Avery Jr.

Ralph Leslie Avery Jr.
(1930-1966)

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Spouses/Children:
1. Alfreda Alice "Freda" Raven

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Ralph Leslie Avery Jr.

Born: 18 Feb 1930, Bangor, ME ² ³
Marriage (1): Alfreda Alice "Freda" Raven on 1 Oct 1961 in Thorndike, ME ¹
Died: 2 Jul 1966, Holden, ME at age 36 ²
Buried: Hart's Corner Cemetery, Holden, ME

bullet FamilySearch ID: 2C19-QPV. Find a Grave ID: 202783475.

bullet Events

• Census, 8 Apr 1930, Brewer, ME. ⁴

• Census, 24 Apr 1940, Holden, ME. ³

• Graduation: Brewer High School, Jun 1947, Brewer, ME.

• Census, 8 May 1950, Holden, ME.

• Obituary: Bangor Daily News, 5 Jul 1966, Bangor, ME.
HOLDEN -- The death of Ralph L. Avery Jr., 36, occurred Saturday of a self-inflicted gun-shot wound.
He was born in Bangor, son of Ralph L. and Josephine (Eaton) Avery Sr., now of Verona, who survive.
He attended the Holden Congregational Church. A carpenter by trade, he was a member of Local 621 of the Carpenters and Joiners Union of America. He was formerly a member of the Maine National Guard.
Besides his parents, he is survived by: his widow, Alfreda A. Avery, and a son, Ralph L. Avery III, both of Holden; a sister, Mrs. Arthur Lear, Holden, and one uncle.
Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 2 p.m. in the Holden Congregational Church. Friends may call at the Clark Mitchell Funeral Home, 299 Union Street, Bangor this evening between 7 and 9 p.m.

Ralph married Alfreda Alice "Freda" Raven, daughter of William Henry Raven and Naomi Pearl Carmichael, on 1 Oct 1961 in Thorndike, ME.¹ (Alfreda Alice "Freda" Raven was born on 12 Nov 1934 in Knox, ME ⁵ and died on 20 Aug 1995 in Bangor, ME ⁶.). The cause of her death was colon cancer.

1 Maine State Archives, "Maine Marriages, 1892-1996," database, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 8 Jul 2012), entry for Ralph L. Avery and Alfreda A. Raven.

2 Social Security Administration, "Social Security Death Index," database, Ancestry.com (https://ancestry.com : accessed 17 Jul 2012), entry for Ralph Avery Jr., 1966, SS no. 007-26-2508.

3 1940 U.S. census, Penobscot County, Maine, population schedule, Holden, enumeration district (ED) 10-71, sheet 2, p. 2B, household 35, Ralph L. Avery; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 15 May 2013); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T627, roll T627_1487.

4 1930 U.S. census, Penobscot, Maine, population schedule, Brewer, enumeration district (ED) 0026, sheet 7B, p. 14, dwelling 166, family 178, Ralph Avery; digital images, Ancestry.com (https://ancestry.com : accessed 3 Dec 2020); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T626, roll T626.

5 Maine Maine State Archives, Maine, Birth Records, 1715-1922, Alfreda Alice Raven; digital image, Ancestry.com (https://ancestry.com: 13 Jan 2021).

6 State of Maine Department of Human Services, "Maine Death Index, 1960-1997," database, Ancestry.com (https://ancestry.com : accessed 26 Apr 2012), entry for Alfreda Moore 1995 death.

Ralph Leslie Avery Jr.

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