Raymond Arthur Spurling

1925 - 2020  (94 years)

• Name	Raymond Arthur Spurling  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
  Birth	7 Oct 1925	Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, USA   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
  Gender	Male
  Census	1940	Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts, USA   [2]
  	Age: 14; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head: Son
  Military Service	11 Jun 1945  [6]
  	US Navy - World War II; Cox (Cockswain) USS Ray K Edwards (APD-96)
  Military Draft Registration	1946	Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts, USA   [4]
  	Draft Registration - World War II; Discharged from US Navy
  Census	1950	Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts, USA   [3]
  	Relation to Head: Head; Marital Status: Married to Ruth
  FSID	L52L-S41  [7]
  Death	1 Jun 2020
  Person ID	I31684	A Tree Called Smith
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

  Father	Kenneth Taylor Spurling,   b. 15 Feb 1900, Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA d. 20 Sep 1966 (Age 66 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Etta May Maker,   b. 1904, Massachusetts, USA d. 20 Feb 1993 (Age 89 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	19 Dec 1921	Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts, USA   [8]
  Family ID	F13515	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Ruth Winifred Perley,   b. 24 Sep 1922, Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts, USA d. 14 Oct 2014, Epsom, Merrimack, New Hampshire, USA (Age 92 years)
  Marriage	6 Feb 1950	Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts, USA   [1, 9, 10]
  Children	1. Living   2. Raymond Arthur Spurling, Jr,   b. Nov 1957   d. 31 May 2002 (Age 44 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F15223	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 7 Oct 1925 - Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, USA Census - Age: 14; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head: Son - 1940 - Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts, USA Military Draft Registration - Draft Registration - World War II; Discharged from US Navy - 1946 - Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts, USA Census - Relation to Head: Head; Marital Status: Married to Ruth - 1950 - Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts, USA Marriage - 6 Feb 1950 - Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• DNA Matches

  At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.

  
  

• Sources

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