Ralph Wencil Anthony

1890 - 1956  (65 years)

• Name	Ralph Wencil Anthony
  Birth	16 Jul 1890	Cedar Rapids, Linn County, Iowa   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Census	1895	Cedar Rapids, Linn County, Iowa   [2]
  	Chas Anthony"; Age = 37, White Male, Married, Place of Birth = Ohio [sic], parents native born, Laborer, subject to military duty, entitled to vote Mary (Anthony); Age = 32, White Female, Married, Place of Birth = Bohemia, parents foreign born, Keeping House; Chas (Anthony); Age = 11, White Male, Single, Place of Birth = Linn County, father native born, mother foreign born Frank (Anthony); Age = 8, White Male, Single, Place of Birth = Linn County, father native born, mother foreign born; Clara (Anthony); Age = 7, White Female, Single, Place of Birth = Linn County, father native born, mother foreign born Ralph (Anthony); Age = 5, White Male, Single, Place of Birth = Linn County, father native born, mother foreign born Riley (Anthony); Age = 5, White Male, Single, father native born, mother foreign born, Deaf and dumb not in State School for Deaf Geo (Anthony); Age = 2, White Male, Single, Place of Birth = Linn County, father native born, mother foreign born, Deaf and dumb not in State School for Deaf not named (Anthony); Age = 0, White Male, Single, Place of Birth = Linn County
  Census	1900	Ely, Putnam Township, Linn County, Iowa   [3]
  	Anthony, Charles F; Head; White, Male, DOB - Oct 1856, Age = 43, Married 19 years; Nativity of Person & Parents = Illinois; Farmer; Months not employed = 0; Can read, write and speak English; owns mortgaged farm #88 (Anthony), Mary; Wife; White, Female, DOB - Apr 1861, Age = 39, Married 19 years, 9 children/7 living; Nativity of Person & Parents = Bohemia; Year of Immigration to United States = 1863, Number of years in the United States = 37 (Anthony), Charles J; Son; White, Male, DOB - Feb l884, Age = 16, Single; Nativity of Person = Iowa, Father = Illinois, Mother = Bohemia; Farm Laborer; Can read, write & speak English (Anthony), Frank; Son; White, Male, DOB - Jan 1886, Age = 14, Single; Nativity of Person = Iowa, Father = Illinois, Mother = Bohemia; At School 4 months; Can read, write and speak English (Anthony), Clara; Daughter; White, Female, DOB - Oct 1887, Age = 12, Single; Nativity of Person = Iowa, Father = Illinois, Mother = Bohemia; At School 7 months; Can read, write & speak English (Anthony), Ralf; Son; White, Male, DOB - Jul 1890, Age = 9, Single; Nativity of Person = Iowa, Father = Illinois, Mother = Bohemia; At School 7 months (Anthony), Riley, Son; White, Male, DOB - Jul 1890, Age = 9, Single; Nativity of Person = Iowa, Father = Illinois, Mother = Bohemia; At School 9 months (Anthony), George; Son; White, Male, DOB - Aug 1893, Age = 6, Single; Nativity of Person = Iowa, Father = Illinois, Mother = Bohemia; At School 9 months (Anthony), James; Son; White, Male, DOB - Sep 1899, Age = 8/12, Single; Nativity of Person = Iowa, Father = Illinois, Mother = Bohemia;
  Census	1905	Ely, Putnam Township, Linn County, Iowa   [4]
  	Charles Anthony; Male; Can read and write; White; Age = 47; Place of birth, Self, Mother, Father = Ohio; Own Farm, Value = $7,000; Naturalized, Years in Iowa = 46; Married; Occupation = Farming Mary A. Anthony; Female; Can read and write; White; Age = 42; Place of birth, Self, Mother, Father = Bohemia; Years in US = 39, Iowa = 39; Married; Occupation = Wife Charles J. Anthony; Male; Can read and write; White; Age = 21; Place of birth, Self = Iowa, Mother = Bohemia, Father = Ohio; Single; Occupation = Laborer Frank Anthony; Male; Can read and write; White; Age = 19; Place of birth, Self = Iowa, Mother = Bohemia, Father = Ohio; Single; Occupation = Laborer Clara Anthony; Female; Can read and write; White; Age = 17; Place of birth, Self = Iowa, Mother = Bohemia, Father = Ohio; Single Ralph Anthony; Male; Can read and write; White; Age = 14; Place of birth, Self = Iowa, Mother = Bohemia, Father = Ohio; Single; Months in school in 1904, Public = 8; Occupation = In School George Anthony"; PO Addres = Ely; Male; Can not read [?] or write; White; Age = 12; Place of birth, Self = Iowa, Mother = Bohemia, Father = Ohio; Single; Occupation = Deaf and Dumb James Anthony; Male; White; Age = 5; Place of birth, Self = Iowa, Mother = Bohemia, Father = Ohio; Single Fred Anthony; Male; White; Age = 3; Place of birth, Self = Iowa, Mother = Bohemia, Father = Ohio; Single
  Census	30 Apr 1910	Putnam Township, Linn County, Iowa   [5]
  	Anthony, Mary A.; Head; Female, White, Age = 47, Widowed, 11 children/8 living, Nativity of Person & Parents = Bohemia; Year of Immigration to US = 1864; Speaks English; Farmer, General Farm, As employer; Can read and write, Owns Mortgaged Farm #91 (Anthony), Ralph; Son; Male, White, Age = 10, Single; Nativity of Person = Iowa, Parents = Austr-Bohemia; Able to speak English; Farm Laborer, General Farm, Worker; unemployed 1910 = no, 1909 = 0; Can read and write, Did not attend school since 1 Sep 1909
  Residence	Between 1917 and 1936	Cedar Rapids, Linn County, Iowa   [6]
  	CEDAR RAPIDS CITY DIRECTORY, 1917, 37; "Anthony Ralph W, wife Bertha M, car insp C & N W, r 114 N 10th w."; copy owned by GMA CEDAR RAPIDS CITY DIRECTORY, 1919, 255; "Anthony Ralph W (Bertha) r 114 N 10th W"; copy owned by GMA CEDAR RAPIDS CITY DIRECTORY, 1923, 119; "Anthony Ralph W (Bertha M), wks C & N W, r 1120 S 16th."; copy owned by GMA 1936 MCCOY'S CEDAR RAPIDS CITY DIRECTORY; 19; "Anthony Ralph W (Bertha), (Anthony's Food Shop), r 813 3d nw.; Anthony's Food Shop (R W Anthony), 811 3d nw"; copy owned by GMA
  Anecdote	5 Jun 1917	Cedar Rapids, Linn County, Iowa   [1]
  	Ralph Wencil Anthony of 114 N 10th St West, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, born 16 Jul 1890 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, registered for the draft on 5 June 1917, at Cedar Rapids, Linn County, Iowa. He was a car inspector at the — Ry Co, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. He was married with a wife and child, short, of medium build, with blue eyes and brown hair
  Census	1920	Cedar Rapids, Linn County, Iowa   [7]
  	Anthony, Ralph; Partner [ living in same dwelling as brother George]; Male, White, Age = 29, Married; Citizenship = ---,Yes, Yes [s/b all blanks]; Can read and write; Nativity of Person & Father = Iowa, Mother = Czecho-Slovakia, Mother's Mother tongue = Bohemian; Can speak English; Farmer, General Farm, Own Account
  Reference Number	3316
  Residence	1925	608 21st Ave. W, Cedar Rapids, Linn County, Iowa   [8]
  Death	1956
  Person ID	I3294	Maybee Society
  Last Modified	7 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	Charles Fremont Anthony,   b. 27 Oct 1856, Rockford, Winnebago County, Illinois d. 17 Jan 1908, Putnam Township, Linn County, Iowa (Age 51 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Mary Ann Safranek,   b. 28 Apr 1863, Nebets, Bohemia d. 3 Feb 1926, Saint Luke's Hospital, Cedar Rapids, Linn County, Iowa (Age 62 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	17 Oct 1882	Cedar Rapids, Linn County, Iowa   [9, 10]
  	Married by D. N. Rogan, Minister. Return of Marriages notes: "Charles F. Anthony", Machinist, Age next Birthday = 25 years, Race or Color = Caucasian-White, Place of Birth = Rockford, Illinois, Father's Name = James Anthony, Mother's Maiden Name = Mabie; Bride's Name = "Mary Ann Shefroncek", Place of Residence = Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Age next Birthday = 2?, Race or Color = Caucasian-White, Place of Birth = Nebels, Bohemia, Father's Name = Josef Shefroncek, Mother's Maiden Name = Brretska, No. of Bride's Marriage = First; Where and When Married = Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Oct 17, 1882, Witnesses = John N. Andale, Kalie B. Andale, D. N.
  Family ID	F729	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S337] World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918; Url: http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/default.aspx?rt=39, Roll 1642984. [S148] G. Michael Anthony, MS 166 - G. Michael Anthony; Number: 166, 1895 Iowa, Linn, Rapids, Cedar Rapids, Ward #6; #518, lines 30-31, and page 519, lines 1-6; Dwelling #602, Family #584. [S148] G. Michael Anthony, MS 166 - G. Michael Anthony; Number: 166, 1900 US, Iowa, Linn, Putnam; ED #86, SD #5, Sheet #5; 12 Jun 1900; Dwelling #93, Family #93; lines 73-81; PO Address= Ely. [S148] G. Michael Anthony, MS 166 - G. Michael Anthony; Number: 166, 1905 Iowa, Linn, Putnam; Cards 584-589 and Cards 591-593, PO Address = Ely. [S148] G. Michael Anthony, MS 166 - G. Michael Anthony; Number: 166, 1910 US, Iowa, Linn, Putnam; SD 5, ED 97, Sheet 5A, #240; 30 Apr 1910; Dwelling #87, Family #87; lines 1-2. [S148] G. Michael Anthony, MS 166 - G. Michael Anthony; Number: 166. [S148] G. Michael Anthony, MS 166 - G. Michael Anthony; Number: 166, 1920 US, Iowa, Linn, Putnam; SD #5, ED #110, Sheet #6B; 15 Jan 1920; House #FM, Dwelling #139, Family #143; line #51; copy owned by GMA. [S148] G. Michael Anthony, MS 166 - G. Michael Anthony; Number: 166, 1925 Iowa, Linn; "Anthony, Ralph W."; .;Book 230, Line 120; Cedar Rapids; Index; ?. [S148] G. Michael Anthony, MS 166 - G. Michael Anthony; Number: 166, Record of Marriage, State of Iowa, Linn County; Vol 3, Page 8; and Return of Marriages in the County of Linn; License #57-004 [?]; For the Year Ending October 1st, A. D. 1883. [S1] Ancestry.com online; Url: http://www.ancestry.com/, Iowa, U.S., Select Marriages Index, 1758-1996.