Sidney Clay Ray, Sr.

Notes:

Birth:
Sidney's delayed (1901) birth certificate (filed later than his 1922 marriage) shows him as born in Elmwood, Mason Co, WV. His marriage record shows him as born in Cabell Co, WV. Sidney lived in St. Albans when his delayed birth certificate was filed i 1942, and signed the certificate. However, a compilation of transcriptions of birth records for Mason Co, WV gives "sketchy record fragments showing him as Sidney L. Ray, born */*/1902 in Elmwood, indicating his mother Alice signed the transcribed record in 1902.

Sidney married Clyda Mary Kirk on 1 Apr 1922 in Kanawha Co, WV. Clyda (daughter of William Henry Kirk and Edna Thacker) was born on 4 Dec 1902 in St. Albans, Kanawha Co, WV; died on 24 Oct 1966 in St. Albans, Kanawha Co, WV; was buried in Cunningham Memorial Park, St. Albans, Kanawha Co, WV. [Group Sheet]

1. Reba Dean Ray was born on 21 May 1922 in Kanawha Co, WV; died on 12 Feb 1965 in Charleston, Kanawha Co, WV; was buried on 15 Feb 1965 in Graceland Memorial Park, South Charleston, Kanawha Co, WV.
2. Sidney C. Ray, Jr. was born on 26 Jan 1923 in Kanawha Co, WV.
3. Virginia Maxine Ray was born on 26 Jan 1923 in St. Albans, Kanawha Co, WV; died on 9 Aug 1963 in Poca, Putnam Co, WV; was buried in Midkiff Cemetery, Sumerco, Lincoln Co, WV.
4. Ruth Geraldine Ray was born est 1926 in WV.
5. Grace O. Ray was born in 1929 in WV.

Notes:

Birth:
Perry Ray is shown in his son, Sidney's delayed birth certificate as born in ripley, WV (Jackson Co). However, Sidney's death certificate shows his father as Perry Webster Ray, born in Mason Co, WV (and his mother only born in Jackson Co, WV).

Perry married Alice Josephine Woods. Alice was born in in Ravenswood, Jackson Co, WV. [Group Sheet]