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Ralph Ringold Thompson

1890 — 1944 · ♂

Born

29 December 1890inferredCovington, Kenton, Kentucky, USA

Lived

1900inferredMadisonville, Hamilton, Ohio, USA

Lived

1910inferredColumbia, Hamilton, Ohio, USA

Lived

June 1917 (at enlistment)verified4241 31st St., Oakley, Cincinnati, OhioPer Ralph's WWI service record (artifact first-deer): "4241 31st St., Oakley, O." was his listed home address at the time of his June 1917 enlistment. Oakley is a neighborhood of Cincinnati.

Served

enlisted 4 June 1917verifiedUS Navy Recruiting Station, Cincinnati, OhioPer service record (artifact first-deer): "USN Rctg Sta Cincinnati, O. June 4/17." Service number 104-07-97.

Served

aboard USS Carola, 1917–1919verifiedUSS Carola (4th), commissioned 9 Jun 1917, decommissioned 27 Dec 1919 at Brest, FrancePer War Service Certificate spring-glade and USS Carola muster-roll tin-sled. "see Carola Training Barracks #510."

Served

19 November 1917 – 11 November 1918verifiedNaval Air Station Île Tudy, Brittany, FrancePer service record (artifact first-deer): "Naval Air Sta Ile Tudey France to Nov 11/18." Stationed there from November 19, 1917 through **Armistice Day**. Duty: **Carpenter** (per ID card, artifact wise-grass). His Naval Aviation identity card (No. C-55) was issued at headquarters at the Hotel d'Iéna, Place d'Iéna, Paris. Rating progression while at Île Tudy: Shipfitter 2c (331 days) → Shipfitter 1c (153 days) → Chief Carpenter's Mate (41 days).

Lived

1918verified4241 31st Avenue, Cincinnati, OhioPer 1918 Williams Cincinnati Directory (artifact solid-signal). Listing: "Thompson Ralph R. U S N h 4241 31st Av". The "h" prefix denotes "home" — i.e., the family/established residence, not a rooming or boarding arrangement. Ralph was 27, on active Navy service abroad (Île Tudy, France) at the time the directory was compiled.

Lived

1918inferredCincinnati, Ohio, USA

Served

11 April – 25 November 1919verifiedUSS Cap Finisterre, transport service, decommissioned 25 Nov 1919Per War Service Certificate spring-glade and Cap Finisterre muster-roll tin-spire. Post-Armistice troop-return period.

Served

discharged 19 May 1919verifiedUS Navy Recruiting Station, Pittsburgh, PennsylvaniaPer service record (artifact first-deer): "Ordinary disch May 19/19. Demob. Navy Rctg Sta Pittsburgh Pa. CCM." Final rating: Chief Carpenter's Mate. Total Navy service: 1 year 11 months 15 days.

Lived

20 December 1920 (at marriage)verified767 Madisonville Ave., Cincinnati area, Hamilton County, OhioPer his 1920 marriage record (artifact dawn-water / seabound-acorn).

Worked as

December 1920verifiedSalesmanPer his 1920 marriage license (artifact dawn-water).

Lived

1930inferredSaint Bernard, Saint Bernard, Hamilton, Ohio, USA

Lived

1932inferredDayton, Montgomery, Ohio, USA

Died

11 Apr 1944verified15 DeWitt St, Greenhills, Ohio (died at residence per Graves Registration Card, artifact clever-pier)Place of death refined from Graves Registration Card (artifact clever-pier): died at his residence, 15 DeWitt St, Greenhills, Ohio.

Buried

12 APR 1944inferred

Buried

April 15, 1944verifiedVine Street Hill Cemetery, 3703 Vine St, Covington, Kentucky — Section 16, Lot 402, flat markerPer official Graves Registration Card (artifact clever-pier). Find A Grave memorial #9265776. Buried four days after death; next of kin recorded as wife Hazel.

Lived

1909 - 1910inferredHamilton, Ohio, United States

Worked as

inferredPlumber

Lived

inferredOakley, Ohio

Person ID: ea1cd037-4828-5462-9cdc-f9235457db56 · GEDCOM xref: @I312334895432@

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