[M] #69508 Ralph Howard Mechling ( Ralph L. Mechling • Leslie R. Mechling • Levi Mechling • John Michael "Michael" Mechling • Samuel Mechling • Michael Mechling • John Theobald "Dewalt" Mechling◊ • Diebold "Theobald" Mechling◊ • Diebold Mechling◊ • Martin Mechling◊ )
Ralph was born 25 Aug 1926. He died 4 Nov 1977 in Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania from heart attack.
Some sources spell his first name as Ralf.
Ralph married #50990 Ruth Ellen Ensminger.
Relationship notes |
They married 5 Aug 1951. |
Other names for Ruth: Ruth Mechling.
Ruth was born 3 Jul 1924 in Pennsylvania. She died 17 Dec 2018 in Crafton, Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania.
The names of her children are taken from her obituary, which doesn't distinguish which husband was the father. I've assumed that they are listed in age order and split them after Robert Arbuckle. At the time of her death, she had sixteen grandchildren, twenty-four great-grandchildren, and three great-great-grandchildren.
Children of this relationship:
| #69523 | M | i | Ralph Mechling | (11 Dec 1954–16 Jan 1955) |
| #69514 | F | ii | Living | |
| #69517 | M | iii | Living | |
| #69519 | M | iv | Living | |
| #69521 | F | v | Living |
"Ralph H. Mechling", obituary, unsourced clipping.
"Ruth Mechling", obituary, Pittsburgh Cremation and Funeral Care, https://www.pittsburghcremation.com/obituaries/ruth-mechling/.
1930 U.S. Census, Crafton, Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania, Ancestry.com. 1930 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2002., Roll: 1962; Page: 20B; Enumeration District: 0558; Image: 564.0; FHL microfilm: 2341696.
1940 U.S. Census, Crafton, Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania, Ancestry.com. 1940 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012, Roll: m-t0627-03401; Page: 10A; Enumeration District: 2-115.
Caral Mechling Bennett, email to Tad Deffler, dated: 19 Oct 2019.
Pennsylvania Marriages, 1852-1968, Ancestry.com. [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016, Application for Marriage License #20932, Docket: 148, Page: 156.
Line Generation: 11
Relationship: Sixth Cousins through John Theobald "Dewalt" Mechling◊