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Silas Ratliff

PLEASE HELP....I HAVE BEEN LOOKING FOR SILAS RATLIFF FOR A LONG TIME NOW AND JUST CANNOT MAKE THE CONNECTION.  THIS IS WHAT I DO KNOW *FOR SURE*....

SILAS BORN ABT 1872 (ACCORDING TO 1910,20,30 CENSUS)

          DIED ABT 1930 (CANNOT FIND HIM AFTER 1930)

          MARRIED 1905 CLERINDA COLLIER

          CHILDREN...JOHN H, EMMA E, MARYBELLE, ARVILLE, RICHARD, WOODROW 

ANY HELP WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED....I DO NOT KNOW WHO HIS PARENTS WERE OR ANY OTHER INFORMATION ABOUT HIS LIFE PRIOR TO THIS MARRIAGE OR AFTER 1930...IT'S LIKE HE JUST DISAPPEARED.

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Permalink Reply by Janet Audra Sinnett on March 4, 2012 at 5:38am

Hi, I'd love to take a peek - but where is this for? What census did you find him in? For what location? You may want to look in the census to see who his neighbors are, or who possibly lived with him if they were older than him. Then look up those folks in the age range of parents for Silas and see if they are in an earlier census and can give you more clues perhaps.

Good luck! 

Permalink Reply by Lisa on March 4, 2012 at 6:30am

Where was he living?

Where do you think he was born?

Permalink Reply by Lisa on March 4, 2012 at 6:32am
Permalink Reply by Lisa on March 4, 2012 at 6:34am

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F4MD-T5T

 

They were actually married on 4-14-04 in Letcharky, Ky

Permalink Reply by Lisa on March 4, 2012 at 6:43am

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MCZP-MJP

 

His parents were John and Elizabeth  - above is the 1880's census

Permalink Reply by Lisa on March 4, 2012 at 6:46am

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/NSHV-9XS

John's death states his father - Silas ( yes another Silas) and  mother = Peggy Dalton

 

Name: John S. Ratliff                             
Titles & Terms:
Event: Death                           
Event Date: 12 Oct 1927                           
Event Place: Pike, Kentucky                           
Residence:
Street Address:
Gender: Male                           
Age: 86                           
Marital Status:
Race:
Occupation:
Estimated Birth Year: 1841                           
Burial Date:
Burial Place:
Cemetery:
Father: Silas Ratliff                           
Father's Titles & Terms:
Father's Birthplace:
Mother: Peggy Dalton                           
Mother's Titles & Terms:
Mother's Birthplace:
Additional Relatives:
Spouse: Elisabeth Ratliff                           
Spouse's Titles & Terms:
Volume/Page/Certificate Number: 23995                           
Film Number: 1912918                           
Permalink Reply by Lisa on March 4, 2012 at 6:50am

remember - Peggy is/can be short for Margaret

Permalink Reply by Lisa on March 4, 2012 at 6:53am

John's death..  https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/NSHV-9XQ

 

Name: John S. Ratliff                           
Titles & Terms:
Event: Death                           
Event Date: 12 Oct 1927                           
Event Place: Pike, Kentucky                           
Residence:
Street Address:
Gender: Male                           
Age: 86                           
Marital Status:
Race:
Occupation:
Estimated Birth Year: 1841                           
Burial Date:
Burial Place:
Cemetery:
Father: Silas Ratliff                           
Father's Titles & Terms:
Father's Birthplace:
Mother: Peggy Dalton                             
Mother's Titles & Terms:
Mother's Birthplace:
Additional Relatives:
Spouse: Elisabeth Ratliff                           
Spouse's Titles & Terms:
Volume/Page/Certificate Number: 23995                           
Film Number: 1912918
Permalink Reply by Lisa on March 4, 2012 at 6:55am

How is that for a start???!!!

 

Make sure you change the names of spellling....ie - Clerinda is/may be Clarenda....

Silas may be Salis............I have a Silas in my family too....spelled many different ways.

Permalink Reply by Lisa on March 4, 2012 at 6:59am

 

1920 Census....they actually had more children

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Household Gender Age
                                                          Silas Ratliff                                                     M 48y
                              Spouse                          Clerinda Ratliff F 33y
                              Child                          Henry Ratliff M 16y
                              Child                          John M Ratliff M 14y
                              Child                          Mary B Ratliff F 13y
                              Child                          Emma E Ratliff F 10y
                              Child                          Arville R Ratliff M 9y
                              Child                          Andrew J Ratliff M 6y
                              Child                          Letha M Ratliff F 5y
                              Child                          Edward L Ratliff M 2y10m
Permalink Reply by Lisa on March 4, 2012 at 7:00am

1930 census.  https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XMFM-W57

 

        
Name: Silas Ratlif                             
Event: Census                           
Event Date: 1930                           
Event Place: Neon, Letcher, Kentucky                           
Gender: Male                           
Age: 58                           
Marital Status: Married                           
Race: White                           
Birthplace: Kentucky                           
Estimated Birth Year: 1872                           
Immigration Year:
Relationship to Head of Household: Head                           
Father's Birthplace: Kentucky                           
Mother's Birthplace: Virginia                           
Enumeration District Number: 0023                           
Family Number: 115                           
Sheet Number and Letter: 6B                           
Line Number: 62                           
NARA Publication: T626, roll 766                           
Film Number: 2340501                           
Digital Folder Number: 4584850                           
Image Number: 00047                           
Household Gender Age
                                                                                       Silas Ratlif                          M 58
                              Spouse                          Clarinda Ratlif F 42
                              Child                          John Ratlif M 24
                              Child                          Arvil Ratlif M 19
                              Child                          Andrew Ratlif M 18
                              Child                          Edward Ratlif M 13
                              Child                          Woodrow Ratlif M 10
                              Child                          Richard Ratlif M 8
Permalink Reply by carla on March 5, 2012 at 10:44pm

There is a lot of info  on Silas Ratliff on the free site Mundia run by Ancestry, you just need to register, says his parents are John S. Ratliff 1840-1927 and Mary Elizabeth Carter 1846-1922. Good luck http://www.mundia.com/gb

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