Person:Raymond Marshall (2)

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Raymond Francis Marshall
b.26 Dec 1910 Knife River, Lake, Minnesota, United States
d.1 Oct 1978 Duluth, St. Louis, Minnesota, United States
Parents and Siblings
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m. 24 Jan 1904
  1. Edward John Marshall1907 - 1934
  2. Raymond Francis Marshall1910 - 1978
  3. Richard Joseph Marshall1912 - 1979
  4. Marian Cordelia Marshall1918 - 1995
Spouse and Children
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  • H.  Raymond Francis Marshall1910 - 1978
m. 29 Aug 1939
  1. Mary Jeanne Marshall1948 - 1973
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▼Facts and Events
Name[1] Raymond Francis Marshall
Gender Male
Birth[2][3] 26 Dec 1910 Knife River, Lake, Minnesota, United States
Christening[4] 5 Feb 1911 Duluth, St. Louis, Minnesota, United StatesSt. Mary Star/Sea
Other? 11 Nov 1918 Two Harbors, Lake, Minnesota, United StatesArmistice Day
Residence[1][13] Abt 1923 Duluth, St. Louis, Minnesota, United States
Education? Bet 1923 and 1924 Sacred Heart Cathedral Grade School, His first five years of school were in the Knife River School which had four rooms for 12 grades. He would not have attended St. Mary's Grade School because the Franciscan nuns there taught many of the classes in the Polish language. Apparently, his parents only spoke Polish with each other when they didn't want the kids to understand what they were saying. According to Joanne, Dad did know a few words of Polish, could count to 10, etc.
Residence? 1924 105 E. 8th St., Duluth, St. Louis, Minnesota, United States
Other? Aug 1925 Altar Boy, Knights of Columbus International Convention, Duluth
Graduation? Abt 1927 Duluth, St. Louis, Minnesota, United StatesCentral High School
Residence? 1928 21 E. 8th St., Duluth, St. Louis, Minnesota, United States
Occupation[7] Abt 1931 Duluth, St. Louis, Minnesota, United StatesFloorman, Prest-O-Lite, Co. (Acetylene Gas mfgr.)
Occupation[7] Abt 1932 Duluth, St. Louis, Minnesota, United StatesNeil Bort Pies, 125 N. 1st Ave. W., Wholesale Baker
Occupation[1] Abt 1933 Duluth, St. Louis, Minnesota, United StatesHalvorsen Trees
Other 28 Jun 1933 "Met Ray Marshall, Duluth product."Anecdote
with Unknown
Occupation[8] Abt 1934 Ely, St. Louis, Minnesota, United StatesCamp "C" Stony District, N.I.R.A.,
Residence? 1935 1009 N. 6th Ave. E., Duluth, St. Louis, Minnesota, United States
Occupation[7][9] Abt Dec 1935 Duluth, St. Louis, Minnesota, United StatesJ.J. LeBorious (Greenhouse), 2505 Woodland Ave., Driver,
Occupation[1] Abt 1936 Duluth, St. Louis, Minnesota, United StatesPeterson Anderson Florists
Occupation[7] Abt 1937 Duluth, St. Louis, Minnesota, United StatesE.F. Burg, Restaurant Supplies, 20 W. First St, Driver
Residence? 1938 612 E. 8th St., Duluth, St. Louis, Minnesota, United States
Residence? 1939 1021 N. 9th Ave. E., Duluth, St. Louis, Minnesota, United States
Marriage 29 Aug 1939 St. Rose of Lima, Proctor, St. Louis, Minnesotato Unknown
Residence? 1 Sep 1939 1010 1/2 E. Sixth Street (Upper Duplex), Duluth, St. Louis, Minnesota, United States
Occupation[7] Abt 1942 Duluth, St. Louis, Minnesota, United StatesBarnes Duluth Shipyard, Fitter, "Foot of Spring", Riverside ; He had to quit his job at E.F. Berg Restaurant Supplies and get a job in a Defense Industry to keep his exempt draft status (High number and 1 child). He was at Barnes-Duluth when I was born in May of 1942. He was re-classified 1A in June of 1943, at age 32. When his number came up again in 1944, Mom was pregnant with Rick and they decided to let him keep his deferrment as it was obvious that the War would be won. He described his job as "boilermaker", which implies that he worked in the engine rooms of the ships Marian in one of her letters suggested to him that he go work on the Construction of the Alaskan Highway which was being done as a defense measure during the war to stop a possible Japanese invasion there. The construction money was quite good. But he built ships, instead. When it was apparent that the war would be over soon, and that the shipbuilding would end in Duluth, he quit the shipyards and first tried the Duluth Fire Department (he didn't like it) and then the Post Office.
Occupation? Bet 1942 and 1945 Duluth, St. Louis, Minnesota, United StatesCivil Defense Air Raid Warden
Occupation[7] 1944 Duluth, St. Louis, Minnesota, United StatesU.S. Post Office
Occupation? Abt 1944 Duluth, St. Louis, Minnesota, United StatesFire Department
Occupation[10] Abt 1945 Duluth, St. Louis, Minnesota, United StatesTaxi Driver, part time
Property[11] 29 Jun 1945 Duluth, St. Louis, Minnesota, United StatesPurchase of Home at 1024 E. 11th Street,
Occupation? Bet 1953 and 1955 (?) St. Louis, Minnesota, United StatesDM&IR Railroad, "Steamed" ore, Proctor
Other[14] Abt 1954 Trip to Port Arthur/Fort William, Ontario
Other[15] Abt 1955 Cook Lake
Other[16] Abt 1957 Aitken, MinnesotaFarm Island Lake,
Other[17] 1958 Built Deer Shack up by Comstock Lake
Retirement? Feb 1973 Retired from the Post Office on a Disability
Death[5] 1 Oct 1978 Duluth, St. Louis, Minnesota, United StatesSt. Mary's Hospital
Burial[6] 4 Oct 1978 Duluth, St. Louis, Minnesota, United StatesPolish Church Cemetery
Religion? 16 Oct 1978 Cardinal Karol Wojtyla elected Pope John Paul II ; St. Hedwig's Feast Day - Dad would have burst his buttons and died anyway had he lived to see that.
▼References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Raymond Edward Marshall. Close and Contemporary Relatives of Raymond E. Marshall, Compiler of this Genealogy:ParentsGrandparentsSiblingsUncles and AuntsFirst CousinsN.
  2. ↑ Courthouse records of Lake County, Two Harbors, Minnesota
    Birth Certificate.
  3. ↑ Minnesota Birth Record Index
    26 December 1910 Horzewska Cert ID# DC-36125.

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  4. ↑ St. Mary Star of the Sea Roman Catholic Church, Duluth, Minnesota (Polish parish)
    Baptism Certificate.
  5. ↑ Death Records, Minnesota State Department of HealthMinneapolis, Mn
    Death Certificate.
  6. ↑ Polish Cemetery, Duluth, Minnesota, on Howard Gnesen Road, adjacent to Calvary Cemetery. Calvary is owned by the Catholic Diocese. Polish is
    Tombstone.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 Duluth City Directory.
  8. ↑ Scanlon, Clarice
    Letter to Ray, dated March 13, 1934 in possession of Raymond E. Marshall.
  9. ↑ Scanlon, Clarice
    Letter, 11 December 1935.
  10. ↑ Heresay/Assumptions/Oral Trad..
  11. ↑ Heresay/Assumptions/Oral Trad.
    Date of move mentioned in my "Baby Book".
  12.   Social Security Death Index
    Social Security Death Index Name:Raymond Marshall Date of Birth:Monday December 26, 1910 Date of Death:October 1978 Est. Age at death:67 years, 9 months Last known residence: City: Duluth County: Saint Louis State: Minnesota ZIP Code: 55805 Latitude: 46.8004 Longitude: -92.0957 Location of Last Benefit Paid: City: Duluth County: Saint Louis State: Minnesota ZIP Code: 55805 Social Security details: State of Issue: Minnesota Number: 470-07-2198.
  13. ↑ Moved to Duluth when Alger Smith Lumber shut down

    --Eleanor Wilson loved to tell the story about how she and her sister Dolores, "Dolly", and "city slickers" both, got such a kick of 11 year old Ray and his brothers and how they became so fascinated by electricity and light switches (Marian was only 3). They would push the buttons "on" and "off" (that's the way it was in those days) for seemingly endless periods until parents, uncles or aunts laid down the law and stopped the kids from having their fun.

    Being that Ray and Richie had been in a public school (the one-roomed Knife River School), they did not speak much Polish so their parents did not enroll them in the St. Stanislaus Polish Grade School operated by St. Mary Star of the Sea Catholic Parish. Eddie, probably already demonstrating his learning problems, no doubt did not attend school after it became apparent that he would not be successful there.
  14. ↑ Family Vacation, Kakabeka Falls, Zoo, Meal in a Restaurant (only time all seven of us ate out together), smuggled pocket watch across the border to evade customs, Players Please, Women couldn't go into bar-rooms,
  15. ↑ Summer Vacation: Rented houskeeping cabin for a week
  16. ↑ Summer Vacation: Rented Housekeeping cabin for couple of weeks; pontoon boats
  17. ↑ Used Ed Lepak's barn for the raw materials. Dad and I were partners with Ed and his brother, Mike. They had another brother, Romie (Roman). Ed lived with his mom on the homestead in Gnesen Township. She would cook great meals for us on our return from hunting. None of us ever got a deer.

    I used the 12 guage with slugs as my "weapon." Dad had the 30-30. I was allowed to unload it. One time, as Dad, Mike and Ed were chatting at the end of the day, I began unloading it using the lever action and then pulled the trigger, firing the next shell. Fortunately it was pointed at the wood pile just outside the front door of the shack. To my dying day I remain grateful to them for not saying one word to me. For Polacks, that may have been their supreme lifetime achievement.

    As I was a caddie and had income, I was expected to be an equal financial partner. I was. Probably cost me less than $100 all told. The shack was built on 40 acres of land leased from St. Louis County. Ed and Mike were both older than Dad, so I expect that the lease ran out for non-payment soon after 1960 or so.
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