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I am trying to find where my ancestor Hugh McMahon Clark born 1872 in Glasgow Scotland to David Clark and iron turner and his wife Isabella Stewart. Hugh was an engine finisher and an auger finisher, and married Agnes Shield in 1893 in Glasgow aged 20. She was 17. According to a distant cousin he emigrated to the USA from Glasgow to Boston on the the ship SS Peruvian in 1895. His wife followed in 1896. Did he have any children in the USA? Did he stay in Massachusetts or go elsewhere? Any help would be great to see where he went and when he died.
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Here is a burial record - 5th November 1946 on the document. The date on the record is confusing. It will help you search for him in US censuses
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F8DF-FF4
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FIND A GRAVE
Hugh 1872 - 1946
Springvale Cemetery
East Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/147058810/hugh-clark
Agnes 1875 - 1865
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/147058823/agnes-clark
son Robert S Clark 1898 - 1986 (partial obit attched)
Highland Memorial Park
Johnston, Providence County, Rhode Island
PLOT Garden of Peace, # 194
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/154474028/robert-s.-clark
Sandra
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U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index
Agnes Janet Clark - Agnes Janet Burns - Agnes Burns
Birth Date: 21 Aug 1913 Providence, Rhode Island
Death Date 9 Sep 2007
Father Hugh Clark - Mother Agnes Shields
Sandra
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Daughter Isabella S Ralph - 1902 - 1990 Amesbury, Essex County, Massachusetts,
FIND A GRAVE
Pine Grove Cemetery Lynn, Essex County, Massachusetts.
PLOT Oriole Section-4 Lot-336,Gr.-1
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/20671994/isabelle-s.-ralph
Sandra
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Obituary Isabella S Ralph
The Boston Globe Boston, Massachusetts
15 May 1990, Tue Page 62
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/82170504/obituary-for-isabelle-s-ralph/
Sandra
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son David Clark - 1896 - 1972
FIND A GRAVE
Quidnessett Memorial Cemetery North Kingstown, Washington County, Rhode Island
PLOT Section 49
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/186800184/david-clark
Sandra
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daughter Isabelle's birth in Whitinsville, MA
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FX45-G2G
1900, Hugh in Northbridge, Whitinsville
https://www.familysearch.org/search/ark:/61903/1:1:M9BW-MXZ
1920 in Providence RI
https://www.familysearch.org/search/ark:/61903/1:1:MJV5-8GB
1930
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XM86-6VN
1935
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MPR3-ZQ6
1940
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KSJR-8NP
edited, added
1910 Northbridge
https://www.familysearch.org/search/ark:/61903/1:1:M222-8NX
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son Robert's death says he was born in Whitinsville in 1898
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FXNN-W5L
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arrived Boston 19 September 1896
arrived Boston 30 September 1896 on the Steamship Norwegian, left Glasgow 19 September 1896
on the Steamship Norwegian, from Glasgow
2nd class cabin
Agnes Clark, 20, occupation: No [space] Wife
David Clark, infant, occupation: Child
destination: Whitinsville
last residence: Scotland, nationality Scotch
edited to correct the dates.
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Hugh Clark
Providence Journal
Tuesday, Nov 05, 1946
Providence, RI
Page: 14
Obit: https://www.rootschat.com/links/01qsa/
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Their son Robert S Clark died in 1986.
Providence Journal
Wednesday, October 29, 1986
Providence, RI
Obit: https://www.rootschat.com/links/01qsb/
Robert's wife Stefina died in 1984
Providence Journal
Monday, August 27, 1984
Providence, RI
obit: https://www.rootschat.com/links/01qsc/
Robert Clark & Stefina Kosikoski were married in 19 December 1919.
Image 535-page 289
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS1K-6D2R?i=534&cat=866506178
Evening Bulletin
Saturday, Dec 20, 1919
Providence, RI
Page: 4
Marriage Licenses issued Friday Dec 19, 1919
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1906 Northbridge City Directory
Hugh Clark, machinist, W. M. W., home 15 High, Whitinsville
7 other Clarks in Whitinsville, including 2 that work at the same place: John J and Robert
1911
Hugh, machinist, W M W, home 10 D St, Whitinsville
next book at ancestry is 1926 and we know he is in Providence by then.
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W M W could be Whitin Machine Works, a cotton machinery manufacturer listed in the front of the directory
if so, google "whitin machine works, whitinsville ma" for lots of results, including
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitin_Machine_Works
the building is still there. the picture looks familiar. I know I have been past it, but I wasn't paying a lot of attention to anything but how to get where I was going.
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1915 census, Providence
at 553 Harris Ave
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMM4-3D6
working backward in Providence:
1914 Providence City Directory
Hugh Clark, toolmaker home 553 Harris Ave
1913 - a cross reference directory
at 553 Harris Ave: Hugh Clark, laborer
1912
Hugh Clark, toolmaker, 553 Harris Ave
1911 not listed
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1940 census showed Isabella, husband and two children.
Fred G Ralph 37 Head
Isabelle S Ralph 37 Wife
Fred G Ralph Jr 11 Son
Stewart J Ralph 5 Son
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K4V1-S7F
Obituary for Stewart James Ralph - March 24, 1935 - May 30, 2018
https://www.tributearchive.com/obituaries/3103005/Stewart-James-Ralph
Sandra
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Daughter Janet Isabella Ralph
Janet Isabelle Ralph - Birth Date 1944 Lynn, Massachusetts.
Volume Number 85 - Page Number 177 - Index Volume Number 147
Reference Number F63.M362 v.147
Janet Isabelle Ralph - Age 19
Birth Date abt 1941 Lynn, Massachusetts
Marriage Date 15 Nov 1960 Salem, New Hampshire
Father Fred Ralph - Mother Isabel Ralph - Spouse H. A. T.
Box Number Box 27.
SSDI - - Birth Date 2 Mar 1944 - 23 April 2010
Last Residence 34951, Fort Pierce, Saint Lucie, Florida.
Sandra
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Fred Gordon Ralph Jnr - Age 83
Birth Date 3 Apr 1929 Lynn, Massachusetts.
Death Date 25 Jul 2012 New Jersey.
Obit Index - Fred G. Ralph 1929 Lynn Ma - 25 July 2012 Freehold Township New Jersey
Aged 83 years. Sibling Stewart. Three children named.
FIND A GRAVE
Fred Gordon Ralph Snr. 1903 - 1967
Pine Grove Cemetery Lynn, Essex County, Massachusetts.
PLOT Oriole Section-4 Lot-643,Gr.-1
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/20884185/fred-gordon-ralph
Sandra
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U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index
Agnes Janet Clark - Agnes Janet Burns - Agnes Burns
Birth Date: 21 Aug 1913 Providence, Rhode Island
Death Date 9 Sep 2007
Father Hugh Clark - Mother Agnes Shields
SSDI - Agnes J. Burns - Birth Date 21 Aug 1913 - 9 September 2007
Last Residence: 12184, Valatie, Columbia, New York.
Sandra
FIND A GRAVE
Agnes J Burns - 21 August 1913 - 9 September 2007
North Chatham Cemetery North Chatham, Columbia County, New York.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/160513176/agnes-j-burns
John M Burns - 1 October 1915 - 6 April 2001
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/160513143/john-m-burns
Sandra
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FIND A GRAVE
Robert W Clark - 1923 - 2018 (obit attached)
Mount Saint Marys Cemetery Pawtucket, Providence County, Rhode Island.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/187299340/robert-w.-clark
https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/providence/name/robert-clark-obituary?pid=188155906 (with photograph)
spouse Clare A Brennan Clark - 1922 - 2006 (with photograph)
Mount Saint Marys Cemetery Pawtucket, Providence County, Rhode Island.
PLOT Section 12, Lot 466, Grave 1
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/145036843/clare-a.-clark
obit - https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/providence/name/clare-clark-obituary?n=clare-clark&pid=17941147
Sandra
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Thanks for all that. I didn't realize he moved to Rhode Island. I also like the information on his descendants too. Are there any living descendants still living in Providence Rhode Island?
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I am trying to find where my ancestor Hugh McMahon Clark born 1872 in Glasgow Scotland to David Clark and iron turner and his wife Isabella Stewart. Hugh was an engine finisher and an auger finisher, and married Agnes Shield in 1893 in Glasgow aged 20. She was 17. According to a distant cousin he emigrated to the USA from Glasgow to Boston on the the ship SS Peruvian in 1895. His wife followed in 1896. Did he have any children in the USA? Did he stay in Massachusetts or go elsewhere? Any help would be great to see where he went and when he died.
Hugh Clark was Naturalized 5 Oct 1904.
Naturalization Index: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VXRS-JMX
Here is Hugh's petition of intent for Naturalization, dated 4 Oct 1902.
Images 155-157
https://www.rootschat.com/links/01qsf/
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1915 census Providence Ward 09, E.D. 363, Providence, Rhode Island showed brother-in-law Robert Shields with Hugh and Agnes. Robert a teamster at a lumber mill.
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMM4-367
1930 census 204 Tract - 22 Providence, Rhode Island showed brother in law Robert Shields - married who immigrated in 1913 - alien - store clerk .
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XM86-6VK
1940 census Robert (clerk - hardware) with his wife Nancy m(waitress - restaurant - Brown Univ)
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89M1-LCST?personaUrl=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AKSJR-XSH
Naturalization 9 th September 1942 - 380 Orms Street, Providence, Rhode Island.
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G98R-BSQR?i=4151&cc=2141014&personaUrl=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AQK6K-PLQZ
Sandra
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Naturalization address for Robert Shields same as WW2 Draft.
Sandra
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FIND A GRAVE
Nancy Shields - 26 February 1978
Gate of Heaven Cemetery East Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island
PLOT Section 11, Lot 1160, Grave 1
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/142934431/nancy-shields
Sandra
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Providence Rhode Island City Directory 1953 - Robt (Nancy) clerk. h 21 Burnett Street, Providence, Rhode Island.
Providence Rhode Island, City Directory, 1956/1957/1958/1959 - Nancy Shields (wid of Robt M) - maid - h 21 Burnett Street, Providence, Rhode Island.
Providence, Rhode Island, City Directory, 1964 - Nancy Shields (wid of Robt M) Aide Saint Joseph Hospital, H21, Burnett Street, Providence Rhode Island.
This could be Robert M Shields wife of Nan -
FIND A GRAVE
Locust Grove Cemetery Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/17826049/robert-m.-shields
Robert M Shields - Death Date 1954
Burial Place Rhode Island.
Cemetery: LOCUST GROVE CEMETERY
Cemetery Number PV004 - Lot 0311 - Map 00006
Number of Graves on Stone 0
http://rihistoriccemeteries.org/newgravedetails.aspx?ID=254007
Sandra
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Thanks for all that. I didn't realize he moved to Rhode Island. I also like the information on his descendants too. Are there any living descendants still living in Providence Rhode Island?
The obituaries mentioned earlier in this thread do mention people who are still living in Rhode Island. You may find details by googling those names and checking out social media, whitepages, people finder, spokeo and sites like those.
https://www.tributearchive.com/obituaries/3103005/Stewart-James-Ralph
https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/providence/name/clare-clark-obituary?n=clare-clark&pid=17941147
Good Luck
Sandra
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Well done, Sandra. Such a lot of hard work there. :)
Added - and RJ137 :)
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married Agnes Shield in 1893 in Glasgow aged 20. She was 17.
Hugh's wife Agnes had a brother Robert Shields who lived in Providence, Rhode Island and died in 1954.
Providence Journal
Tuesday, Nov 16, 1954
Providence, RI
Page: 23
Obit: https://www.rootschat.com/links/01qsh/
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Well done, Sandra. Such a lot of hard work there. :)
Added - and RJ137 :)
Thanks Heywood, that's very kind. - always good to have a thread where there are a few "chatters" contributing.
Take Care
Regards
Sandra :)
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U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index - Robert Warren Shields
Robert W Shields - Birth Date 15 Jul 1916 Providence, Rhode Island
Death Date 24 Jan 2005
Father Robert Shields - Mother Elizabeth Warren.
Robert Warren Shields - Marriage Date 29 Nov 1947
Marriage Place Florida, - Spouse Florence L Mannelli
Obituary- Florence L. Shields - Death Age 95 years
Birth Date 12 Oct 1912 Youngstown - died 2007 Lyndhurst
Marriage Date 27 Nov 1947
Residence Place Youngstown
Obituary Date: 18 Nov 2007 Youngstown, Mahoning, Ohio
Spouse Robert W. Shields
Child "R"
Child "R" - https://my.clevelandclinic.org/staff/505-robert-shields (with photograph)
FIND A GRAVE
Florence 1912 - 2007
Calvary Cemetery Youngstown, Mahoning County, Ohio.
PLOT Section 8 - Lot 323
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/201108827/florence-l.-shields
Sandra
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Obituary - Eliza W Nuta (mother of Robert Warren Shields Jnr and first wife of Robert Shields Snr)
The Miami Herald Miami, Florida
7 Dec 1977, Wed Page 57
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/82226149/elizabeth-w-nuta-7-december-1977/
Sandra
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1920 census Madison Avenue Central Falls, Providence, Rhode Island.
Robert Shields 30 Head, born Scotland. Teamster. Machine Shop. Papers submitted. Imm 1910.
Elizabeth Shields 23 Wife, born England. Imm 1914. Spooler at cotton mill.
Robert W Shields 3 Son.
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MJKM-NK6
Sandra
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Eliz Warren - Spouse's Name Robert Monroe Shields
Divorce Date 1937 Dade, Florida.
Certificate Number 3756
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VK44-6H6
Florida Marriage Record - Elizabeth Warren - Marriage Date 10 Apr 1942
Marriage Place Florida,
Spouse Luigi Nota.
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:234L-VPR
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-8B2L-LLH?i=1251&cc=1803936&personaUrl=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3A234L-VPR
Name Louis Nuta - Spouse's Name Elizabeth Nuta
Divorce Date Apr 1957 - Divorce Place Dade, Florida.
Certificate Number 5328
Sandra
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1930 census NW 32nd St Miami Dade Florida
Louis Nuta 32 Head
Bettie Nuta 32 Wife. Born England. Imm 1914.
Robert Shields 13 Stepson (Step Son) born Rhode Island.
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:S5W6-C6Z
1940 census Miami-Dade, Florida,
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VTZD-KYS
SSDI - Louis Nuta - Birth Date 22 Feb 1897 - May 1972
Last Residence: 33125, Miami, Miami-Dade, Florida.
FIND A GRAVE
Louis Nuta - 1897 - 1972
Woodlawn Park North Cemetery and Mausoleum Miami, Miami-Dade County, Florida.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/198504569/louis-nuta
The Miami Herald Miami, Florida
29 May 1972, Mon Page 135
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/82228774/obituary-for-nuta-mr-louis/
Sandra
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Quite interesting read.
Louis Nuta (second husband of Elizabeth Warren Shields/Nuta) tests his speed-boat the Miami Queen in 1936.
The Evening Times Sayre, Pennsylvania
24 Oct 1936, Sat Page 5
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/24186208/louis-nuta-tests-his-speed-boat-the/
http://hydroplanehistory.com/races/1938_washingtons_birthday_regatta_gold_cup_class_participation_statistics.html
Sandra
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married Agnes Shield in 1893 in Glasgow aged 20. She was 17.
Hugh's wife Agnes had a brother, Robert Shields, who lived in Providence, Rhode Island and died in 1954.
Providence Journal
Tuesday, Nov 16, 1954
Providence, RI
Page: 23
Obit: https://www.rootschat.com/links/01qsh/
Robert Shield's son, Robert W Shields, mentioned in his obit, died in 2005 Ohio.
Death: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VKT3-1KM
SSDI: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JBV1-NN5
The Plain Dealer
Cleveland, OH
Thursday, January 27, 2005
Obit: https://www.rootschat.com/links/01qsi/
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Robert Shield's son, Robert W Shields, mentioned in his obit, died in 2005 Ohio.
Death: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VKT3-1KM
SSDI: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JBV1-NN5
The Plain Dealer
Cleveland, OH
Thursday, January 27, 2005
Obit: https://www.rootschat.com/links/01qsi/
Robert W's wife Florence died in 2007
SSDI: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JTN2-3ZC
OHDI: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VKTC-HPQ
The Vindicator
Nov 18, 2007
Obit: https://www.rootschat.com/links/01qsj/
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1915 census Providence Ward 09, E.D. 363, Providence, Rhode Island showed brother-in-law Robert Shields with Hugh and Agnes. Robert a teamster at a lumber mill.
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMM4-367
1930 census 204 Tract - 22 Providence, Rhode Island showed brother in law Robert Shields - married who immigrated in 1913 - alien - store clerk .
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XM86-6VK
1940 census Robert (clerk - hardware) with his wife Nancy m(waitress - restaurant - Brown Univ)
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89M1-LCST?personaUrl=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AKSJR-XSH
Naturalization 9 th September 1942 - 380 Orms Street, Providence, Rhode Island.
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G98R-BSQR?i=4151&cc=2141014&personaUrl=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AQK6K-PLQZ
Sandra
Massachusetts Passenger List - Robert Shields - born 1888 Glasgow Scotland - aged 22 years -
arrival Boston Massachusetts 28 August 1910 on the Parisian - coachman - naturalized 24/7/1942 -
mother Mrs Agnes Shields - 74 Kirk Street, Calton, Glasgow.
Going to brother-in-law Hugh Clark, 10 Day Street,
Rhode Island, U.S., State and Federal Naturalization Records - Robert Shields
Record Type Declaration
Birth Date 23 Jul 1888 Glasgow, Scotland
Arrival Date 28 Aug 1910 - Arrival Place Boston, Mass.
Spouse Nancy - Declaration Number: 65986
Married 15 July 1937 Providence Rhode Island.
Sandra
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Elizabeth Shields married Dade Florida 1944
Spouse Randolph Britt - Volume 880 Certificate 3952
Obituary for the son Randolph Britt II born 18 January, 1955 and died 8 April 2008 California.
Last Residence California.
Married King Washington 1982 -
https://www.brusiefh.com/obituaries/Randolf-Britt-52-2/#!/Obituary
U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index - Father - Cdr Randolph Britt
Birth Date 20 Sep 1921 Milwaukee No, North Carolina
Death Date 10 Oct 2002
Father Ernest E Britt - Mother Nora Sumner.
FIND A GRAVE
CDR Randolph Britt 1921 - 2002 (with photograph)
Arlington National Cemetery Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia.
PLOT Section 54 Site 4756
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/8792824/randolph-britt
Sandra