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Ralph A. Woodhurst was born in Michigan on August 27th 1893 to parents Daniel Esaias Woodhurst and his wife Louise.
The US 1900 Census finds him at age 6 living with his parents at 2315, Ganson Street, Blackman Township in Jackson County, Michigan, and attending school.
The US 1910 Census finds him at age 16 living with his parents in the household of his grandparents in Summit township, Jackson County, Michigan. He was working in a shop.
He first married to a woman whose name is not yet known, and produced by her a son Graydon born in 1915.
The US 1920 Census finds him at age 26 and divorced, listed as an inmate of Michigan State Prison in Jackson City and described as (having been) employed as a waiter. His former wife has not yet been located in this census.
He subsequently married Mary Agnes Lynch. A relative reports the following: Mary Agnes was born on February 19th 1897 to parents Peter Lynch and his wife Mary Morrissey, who had married in Jackson on November 15th 1892; Mary Morrissey came from Moveen, County Clare in Ireland; the 1930 US Census finds Mary Agnes unmarried and living with her mother in Gorham Avenue, Michigan where she was occupied as an office clerk in a wheel factory; by 1944 she was married to Ralph; she and Ralph were occupied in retail sales and they produced no children.
It appears that this marriage also ended in divorce. Ralph subsequently married Lyla Beatham.
The American Social Security Death Index (SSDI) states that he died in January 1977. He had been residing at 49203 Jackson [City] and his SSN was 367-03-8809. The Michigan Deaths Index (MDI) states that he died on January 14th and that he had resided also in Summit Township.
The SSDI and MDI state that Lyla was born on April 30th 1906 and died on February 2nd 1983. Her SSN was 374-03-5226 and she too had resided at both 49203 Jackson and at Summit Township.
The SSDI and MDI state that Mary Agnes died on October 27th 1980. Her SSN was 386-07-4054 and she too had resided at 49203 Jackson. She had last received benefit at 49201 Jackson. The SSDI mistakenly gives her year of birth as 1898, but the MDI and her death certificate agree upon 1897. She was buried among her parents and siblings at St. John's Cemetery in Jackson. Her tombstone inscription reads simply "M. Agnes Woodhurst 1897-1980".