R. R. LAWTHER DIES AT HOME
Raymond R. Lawther, 74, for many years a representative of the Southwestern Title Insurance Company in Dallas, died Friday at his home, 1810 Prairie.
Lawther was born in Brenham, but moved to Dallas as a child with his parents, the late Col. and Mrs. R. R. Lawther, early Dallas settlers who moved to Texas shortly after the Civil War from Iowa.
Lawther served with the YMCA during World War I in France. He had been an employee of the Southwestern Life Insurance Company for more than thirty years before going into semiretirement a few years ago. He was a long-time member of the Church of the Incarnation and had held several church offices there. He was a Mason and a Shriner.
Surviving besides his wife are two daughters, Mrs. T. P. Axelson of Germany and Mrs. Carney Dowlen of Houston; and a brother, Paul Lawther of Dallas.
Funeral services will be held at 4 p.m. Saturday at the Church of the Incarnation, 3966 McKinney, with the Rev. Donald M. Smith officiating. Burial will be in Restland Memorial Park.
Pallbearers will be Robert A. Bowles, Harry Lockett, Irion Worsham, M. L. Canfield, Robert N. Watkin, and Mitchell Langdon.
Dallas Morning News
March 6, 1954
Transcribed by Carol Moore
Dallas, Texas
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Son of Robert Ralston Lawther and Ellen E. (Hoopes) Lawther.
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1900
1900 Dallas City Ward 10, Dallas, Texas
June 4, 1900
R. R. Lawther Head, 64, Pennsylvania
E. E. Lawther, Wife, 61, Ohio
Annie Lawther, Daughter, 39 Alabama
Wm Lawther, Son, 21, Texas
Raymond Lawther, Son, 20, Texas
Henry Dixon, Boarder, 27, Tennessee
Bessie Dixon, Boarder, 26, Kentucky
Elizabeth Dixon, Boarder, 1, Texas
Rosa Kelly, Cook, 26, Texas
Moses Ford, Servant, 21, Texas
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WORLD WAR II DRAFT REGISTRATION CARD:
Raymond signed a WWI draft registration card giving his date of birth as September 23, 1880. Born at Brenham, Texas. Description: married, white, 6' 1" tall, weight 192, blue eyes, gray hair, ruddy complexion. Employer: Southwestern Life Ins. Co., Main & Akard, 300 Southwestern Life Bldg., Dallas, Texas. Residence: 1810 Prairie, Dallas.
Signed Raymond R. Lawther
Transcribed by Carol Moore
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UNITED STATES YMCA WORLD WAR I SERVICE CARD:
Raymond Ralston Lawther, born '80, 1810 Prairie Ave., Dallas, Tex.
EVENT: Military Service
MALE
MARRIED
FRANCE 9-2-18
GERMANY 11-1-18
ROMANIA 6-25-20
RET. 9-15-19
RET. 8-12-21
Released 6-30-21
Occupation: Shipping Clk: Mgr. Store.
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PASSPORT APPLICATION
RAYMOND RALSTON LAWTHER
(Photo of Raymond Ralston Lawther is included.)
1ST PAGE IS STAMPED:
"UNDER SECRETARY DEPARTMENT OF STATE, MAY 24, 1920"
Number 44042
Name Raymond Ralston Lawther
Event Type: Passport Application
Event Date: 1920
Event Place: Texas, United States
Age: 40
Birth Date: 23 Sep 1880
Birthplace: Texas
Certificate Number: 44042
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
STATE OF NEW YORK
COUNTY OF NEW YORK
I, Raymond Ralston Lawther, a NATIVE AND LOYAL CITIZEN OF THE UNITED STATES, hereby apply to the Department of State, at Washington for a passport.
I solemnly swear that I was born at Washington County in the state of Texas on or about the 23rd day of September 1880 and my father Robert Ralston Lawther was born in Sugar Run, Penn. and is now dead, that I am now domiciled in the United States, my permanent residence being at Dallas in the state of Texas where I follow the occupation of salesman, that I am about to go abroad temporarily; that I intend to return to the United States within [blank] months or years with the purpose of residing and performing the duties of citizenship therein; and that I desire a passport for use in visiting the countries herein after named for the following purpose:
County: France
Object of visit: Y.M.C.A. work
I intend to leave the United States from the port of New York sailing on board the [blank] name of vessel date of departure [blank].
OATH OF ALLEGIANCE
Further, I do solemnly swear that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; and that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion: So help me God.
Signed: Raymond Ralston Lawther.
Sworn to before me this 8th day of July 1918.
Louis C. Maynard
Clerk, U.S.Dept. Court
WAR DEPARTMENT
OFFICE OF THE CHIEF OF STAFF
WASHINGTON
August 17th, 1918
The War Department has no objection to Lawther, Raymond R. of 1810 Prairie Ave., Dallas, Texas being sent for duty with the A.E.F., in connection with YMCA.
M. Churchill
Colonel
General Staff
Chief, Military Intelligence Branch
NATIONAL WAR WORK COUNCIL OF THE YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATIONS OF THE UNITED STATES. Headquarters: 347 Madison Avenue, New York.
July 19, 1918
Sirs:
This is to certify that Mr. Raymond R. Lawther has been appointed a secretary of the National War Work Council of the Y.M.C.A. of the United States for service with the troops of the American Expeditionary Force in France. We hereby endorse his application for a passport to visit France and Great Britain. Mr. Lawther is under contract with us for the duration of the war.
Very respectfully yours,
A. A. Ebersol
Bureau of Citizenship
Department of State
Washington, D.C.
STATE OF TEXAS
COUNTY OF DALLAS
Before me, the undersigned authority, on this day personally appeared Harry P. Lawther, who being by me duly sworn sayeth:
That he is 59 years of age and the oldest brother of Raymond R. Lawther; that the said Raymond R. Lawther was born on the 23rd day of September 1880 in the family homestead upon a farm in the County of Washington, State of Texas; that affiant was a member of the family and present at the time and birth of the said Raymond R. Lawther; that the father of the said Raymond R. Lawther and of this affiant, namely Robert R. Lawther, departed this life on the 1st day of October, 1910 in the City and County of Dallas, and State of Texas; that the mother of the said Raymond R. Lawther and of this affiant, namely Ellen E. Lawther, departed this life on the [blank] day of April 1913, in said City and County of Dallas, and State of Texas.
And further deponent sayeth not.
Signed: Harry P. Lawther
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 6th Day of July, 1918. Solon Goode, Notary Public, Dallas County, Texas.
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Transcribed by Carol Moore
Dallas, Texas
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Raymond R. Lawther, 74, for many years a representative of the Southwestern Title Insurance Company in Dallas, died Friday at his home, 1810 Prairie.
Lawther was born in Brenham, but moved to Dallas as a child with his parents, the late Col. and Mrs. R. R. Lawther, early Dallas settlers who moved to Texas shortly after the Civil War from Iowa.
Lawther served with the YMCA during World War I in France. He had been an employee of the Southwestern Life Insurance Company for more than thirty years before going into semiretirement a few years ago. He was a long-time member of the Church of the Incarnation and had held several church offices there. He was a Mason and a Shriner.
Surviving besides his wife are two daughters, Mrs. T. P. Axelson of Germany and Mrs. Carney Dowlen of Houston; and a brother, Paul Lawther of Dallas.
Funeral services will be held at 4 p.m. Saturday at the Church of the Incarnation, 3966 McKinney, with the Rev. Donald M. Smith officiating. Burial will be in Restland Memorial Park.
Pallbearers will be Robert A. Bowles, Harry Lockett, Irion Worsham, M. L. Canfield, Robert N. Watkin, and Mitchell Langdon.
Dallas Morning News
March 6, 1954
Transcribed by Carol Moore
Dallas, Texas
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Son of Robert Ralston Lawther and Ellen E. (Hoopes) Lawther.
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1900
1900 Dallas City Ward 10, Dallas, Texas
June 4, 1900
R. R. Lawther Head, 64, Pennsylvania
E. E. Lawther, Wife, 61, Ohio
Annie Lawther, Daughter, 39 Alabama
Wm Lawther, Son, 21, Texas
Raymond Lawther, Son, 20, Texas
Henry Dixon, Boarder, 27, Tennessee
Bessie Dixon, Boarder, 26, Kentucky
Elizabeth Dixon, Boarder, 1, Texas
Rosa Kelly, Cook, 26, Texas
Moses Ford, Servant, 21, Texas
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WORLD WAR II DRAFT REGISTRATION CARD:
Raymond signed a WWI draft registration card giving his date of birth as September 23, 1880. Born at Brenham, Texas. Description: married, white, 6' 1" tall, weight 192, blue eyes, gray hair, ruddy complexion. Employer: Southwestern Life Ins. Co., Main & Akard, 300 Southwestern Life Bldg., Dallas, Texas. Residence: 1810 Prairie, Dallas.
Signed Raymond R. Lawther
Transcribed by Carol Moore
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UNITED STATES YMCA WORLD WAR I SERVICE CARD:
Raymond Ralston Lawther, born '80, 1810 Prairie Ave., Dallas, Tex.
EVENT: Military Service
MALE
MARRIED
FRANCE 9-2-18
GERMANY 11-1-18
ROMANIA 6-25-20
RET. 9-15-19
RET. 8-12-21
Released 6-30-21
Occupation: Shipping Clk: Mgr. Store.
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PASSPORT APPLICATION
RAYMOND RALSTON LAWTHER
(Photo of Raymond Ralston Lawther is included.)
1ST PAGE IS STAMPED:
"UNDER SECRETARY DEPARTMENT OF STATE, MAY 24, 1920"
Number 44042
Name Raymond Ralston Lawther
Event Type: Passport Application
Event Date: 1920
Event Place: Texas, United States
Age: 40
Birth Date: 23 Sep 1880
Birthplace: Texas
Certificate Number: 44042
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
STATE OF NEW YORK
COUNTY OF NEW YORK
I, Raymond Ralston Lawther, a NATIVE AND LOYAL CITIZEN OF THE UNITED STATES, hereby apply to the Department of State, at Washington for a passport.
I solemnly swear that I was born at Washington County in the state of Texas on or about the 23rd day of September 1880 and my father Robert Ralston Lawther was born in Sugar Run, Penn. and is now dead, that I am now domiciled in the United States, my permanent residence being at Dallas in the state of Texas where I follow the occupation of salesman, that I am about to go abroad temporarily; that I intend to return to the United States within [blank] months or years with the purpose of residing and performing the duties of citizenship therein; and that I desire a passport for use in visiting the countries herein after named for the following purpose:
County: France
Object of visit: Y.M.C.A. work
I intend to leave the United States from the port of New York sailing on board the [blank] name of vessel date of departure [blank].
OATH OF ALLEGIANCE
Further, I do solemnly swear that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; and that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion: So help me God.
Signed: Raymond Ralston Lawther.
Sworn to before me this 8th day of July 1918.
Louis C. Maynard
Clerk, U.S.Dept. Court
WAR DEPARTMENT
OFFICE OF THE CHIEF OF STAFF
WASHINGTON
August 17th, 1918
The War Department has no objection to Lawther, Raymond R. of 1810 Prairie Ave., Dallas, Texas being sent for duty with the A.E.F., in connection with YMCA.
M. Churchill
Colonel
General Staff
Chief, Military Intelligence Branch
NATIONAL WAR WORK COUNCIL OF THE YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATIONS OF THE UNITED STATES. Headquarters: 347 Madison Avenue, New York.
July 19, 1918
Sirs:
This is to certify that Mr. Raymond R. Lawther has been appointed a secretary of the National War Work Council of the Y.M.C.A. of the United States for service with the troops of the American Expeditionary Force in France. We hereby endorse his application for a passport to visit France and Great Britain. Mr. Lawther is under contract with us for the duration of the war.
Very respectfully yours,
A. A. Ebersol
Bureau of Citizenship
Department of State
Washington, D.C.
STATE OF TEXAS
COUNTY OF DALLAS
Before me, the undersigned authority, on this day personally appeared Harry P. Lawther, who being by me duly sworn sayeth:
That he is 59 years of age and the oldest brother of Raymond R. Lawther; that the said Raymond R. Lawther was born on the 23rd day of September 1880 in the family homestead upon a farm in the County of Washington, State of Texas; that affiant was a member of the family and present at the time and birth of the said Raymond R. Lawther; that the father of the said Raymond R. Lawther and of this affiant, namely Robert R. Lawther, departed this life on the 1st day of October, 1910 in the City and County of Dallas, and State of Texas; that the mother of the said Raymond R. Lawther and of this affiant, namely Ellen E. Lawther, departed this life on the [blank] day of April 1913, in said City and County of Dallas, and State of Texas.
And further deponent sayeth not.
Signed: Harry P. Lawther
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 6th Day of July, 1918. Solon Goode, Notary Public, Dallas County, Texas.
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Transcribed by Carol Moore
Dallas, Texas
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R. R. LAWTHER DIES AT HOME
Raymond R. Lawther, 74, for many years a representative of the Southwestern Title Insurance Company in Dallas, died Friday at his home, 1810 Prairie.
Lawther was born in Brenham, but moved to Dallas as a child with his parents, the late Col. and Mrs. R. R. Lawther, early Dallas settlers who moved to Texas shortly after the Civil War from Iowa.
Lawther served with the YMCA during World War I in France. He had been an employee of the Southwestern Life Insurance Company for more than thirty years before going into semiretirement a few years ago. He was a long-time member of the Church of the Incarnation and had held several church offices there. He was a Mason and a Shriner.
Surviving besides his wife are two daughters, Mrs. T. P. Axelson of Germany and Mrs. Carney Dowlen of Houston; and a brother, Paul Lawther of Dallas.
Funeral services will be held at 4 p.m. Saturday at the Church of the Incarnation, 3966 McKinney, with the Rev. Donald M. Smith officiating. Burial will be in Restland Memorial Park.
Pallbearers will be Robert A. Bowles, Harry Lockett, Irion Worsham, M. L. Canfield, Robert N. Watkin, and Mitchell Langdon.
Dallas Morning News
March 6, 1954
Transcribed by Carol Moore
Dallas, Texas
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Son of Robert Ralston Lawther and Ellen E. (Hoopes) Lawther.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
1900
1900 Dallas City Ward 10, Dallas, Texas
June 4, 1900
R. R. Lawther Head, 64, Pennsylvania
E. E. Lawther, Wife, 61, Ohio
Annie Lawther, Daughter, 39 Alabama
Wm Lawther, Son, 21, Texas
Raymond Lawther, Son, 20, Texas
Henry Dixon, Boarder, 27, Tennessee
Bessie Dixon, Boarder, 26, Kentucky
Elizabeth Dixon, Boarder, 1, Texas
Rosa Kelly, Cook, 26, Texas
Moses Ford, Servant, 21, Texas
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WORLD WAR II DRAFT REGISTRATION CARD:
Raymond signed a WWI draft registration card giving his date of birth as September 23, 1880. Born at Brenham, Texas. Description: married, white, 6' 1" tall, weight 192, blue eyes, gray hair, ruddy complexion. Employer: Southwestern Life Ins. Co., Main & Akard, 300 Southwestern Life Bldg., Dallas, Texas. Residence: 1810 Prairie, Dallas.
Signed Raymond R. Lawther
Transcribed by Carol Moore
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UNITED STATES YMCA WORLD WAR I SERVICE CARD:
Raymond Ralston Lawther, born '80, 1810 Prairie Ave., Dallas, Tex.
EVENT: Military Service
MALE
MARRIED
FRANCE 9-2-18
GERMANY 11-1-18
ROMANIA 6-25-20
RET. 9-15-19
RET. 8-12-21
Released 6-30-21
Occupation: Shipping Clk: Mgr. Store.
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PASSPORT APPLICATION
RAYMOND RALSTON LAWTHER
(Photo of Raymond Ralston Lawther is included.)
1ST PAGE IS STAMPED:
"UNDER SECRETARY DEPARTMENT OF STATE, MAY 24, 1920"
Number 44042
Name Raymond Ralston Lawther
Event Type: Passport Application
Event Date: 1920
Event Place: Texas, United States
Age: 40
Birth Date: 23 Sep 1880
Birthplace: Texas
Certificate Number: 44042
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
STATE OF NEW YORK
COUNTY OF NEW YORK
I, Raymond Ralston Lawther, a NATIVE AND LOYAL CITIZEN OF THE UNITED STATES, hereby apply to the Department of State, at Washington for a passport.
I solemnly swear that I was born at Washington County in the state of Texas on or about the 23rd day of September 1880 and my father Robert Ralston Lawther was born in Sugar Run, Penn. and is now dead, that I am now domiciled in the United States, my permanent residence being at Dallas in the state of Texas where I follow the occupation of salesman, that I am about to go abroad temporarily; that I intend to return to the United States within [blank] months or years with the purpose of residing and performing the duties of citizenship therein; and that I desire a passport for use in visiting the countries herein after named for the following purpose:
County: France
Object of visit: Y.M.C.A. work
I intend to leave the United States from the port of New York sailing on board the [blank] name of vessel date of departure [blank].
OATH OF ALLEGIANCE
Further, I do solemnly swear that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; and that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion: So help me God.
Signed: Raymond Ralston Lawther.
Sworn to before me this 8th day of July 1918.
Louis C. Maynard
Clerk, U.S.Dept. Court
WAR DEPARTMENT
OFFICE OF THE CHIEF OF STAFF
WASHINGTON
August 17th, 1918
The War Department has no objection to Lawther, Raymond R. of 1810 Prairie Ave., Dallas, Texas being sent for duty with the A.E.F., in connection with YMCA.
M. Churchill
Colonel
General Staff
Chief, Military Intelligence Branch
NATIONAL WAR WORK COUNCIL OF THE YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATIONS OF THE UNITED STATES. Headquarters: 347 Madison Avenue, New York.
July 19, 1918
Sirs:
This is to certify that Mr. Raymond R. Lawther has been appointed a secretary of the National War Work Council of the Y.M.C.A. of the United States for service with the troops of the American Expeditionary Force in France. We hereby endorse his application for a passport to visit France and Great Britain. Mr. Lawther is under contract with us for the duration of the war.
Very respectfully yours,
A. A. Ebersol
Bureau of Citizenship
Department of State
Washington, D.C.
STATE OF TEXAS
COUNTY OF DALLAS
Before me, the undersigned authority, on this day personally appeared Harry P. Lawther, who being by me duly sworn sayeth:
That he is 59 years of age and the oldest brother of Raymond R. Lawther; that the said Raymond R. Lawther was born on the 23rd day of September 1880 in the family homestead upon a farm in the County of Washington, State of Texas; that affiant was a member of the family and present at the time and birth of the said Raymond R. Lawther; that the father of the said Raymond R. Lawther and of this affiant, namely Robert R. Lawther, departed this life on the 1st day of October, 1910 in the City and County of Dallas, and State of Texas; that the mother of the said Raymond R. Lawther and of this affiant, namely Ellen E. Lawther, departed this life on the [blank] day of April 1913, in said City and County of Dallas, and State of Texas.
And further deponent sayeth not.
Signed: Harry P. Lawther
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 6th Day of July, 1918. Solon Goode, Notary Public, Dallas County, Texas.
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Transcribed by Carol Moore
Dallas, Texas
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Raymond R. Lawther, 74, for many years a representative of the Southwestern Title Insurance Company in Dallas, died Friday at his home, 1810 Prairie.
Lawther was born in Brenham, but moved to Dallas as a child with his parents, the late Col. and Mrs. R. R. Lawther, early Dallas settlers who moved to Texas shortly after the Civil War from Iowa.
Lawther served with the YMCA during World War I in France. He had been an employee of the Southwestern Life Insurance Company for more than thirty years before going into semiretirement a few years ago. He was a long-time member of the Church of the Incarnation and had held several church offices there. He was a Mason and a Shriner.
Surviving besides his wife are two daughters, Mrs. T. P. Axelson of Germany and Mrs. Carney Dowlen of Houston; and a brother, Paul Lawther of Dallas.
Funeral services will be held at 4 p.m. Saturday at the Church of the Incarnation, 3966 McKinney, with the Rev. Donald M. Smith officiating. Burial will be in Restland Memorial Park.
Pallbearers will be Robert A. Bowles, Harry Lockett, Irion Worsham, M. L. Canfield, Robert N. Watkin, and Mitchell Langdon.
Dallas Morning News
March 6, 1954
Transcribed by Carol Moore
Dallas, Texas
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Son of Robert Ralston Lawther and Ellen E. (Hoopes) Lawther.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
1900
1900 Dallas City Ward 10, Dallas, Texas
June 4, 1900
R. R. Lawther Head, 64, Pennsylvania
E. E. Lawther, Wife, 61, Ohio
Annie Lawther, Daughter, 39 Alabama
Wm Lawther, Son, 21, Texas
Raymond Lawther, Son, 20, Texas
Henry Dixon, Boarder, 27, Tennessee
Bessie Dixon, Boarder, 26, Kentucky
Elizabeth Dixon, Boarder, 1, Texas
Rosa Kelly, Cook, 26, Texas
Moses Ford, Servant, 21, Texas
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WORLD WAR II DRAFT REGISTRATION CARD:
Raymond signed a WWI draft registration card giving his date of birth as September 23, 1880. Born at Brenham, Texas. Description: married, white, 6' 1" tall, weight 192, blue eyes, gray hair, ruddy complexion. Employer: Southwestern Life Ins. Co., Main & Akard, 300 Southwestern Life Bldg., Dallas, Texas. Residence: 1810 Prairie, Dallas.
Signed Raymond R. Lawther
Transcribed by Carol Moore
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UNITED STATES YMCA WORLD WAR I SERVICE CARD:
Raymond Ralston Lawther, born '80, 1810 Prairie Ave., Dallas, Tex.
EVENT: Military Service
MALE
MARRIED
FRANCE 9-2-18
GERMANY 11-1-18
ROMANIA 6-25-20
RET. 9-15-19
RET. 8-12-21
Released 6-30-21
Occupation: Shipping Clk: Mgr. Store.
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PASSPORT APPLICATION
RAYMOND RALSTON LAWTHER
(Photo of Raymond Ralston Lawther is included.)
1ST PAGE IS STAMPED:
"UNDER SECRETARY DEPARTMENT OF STATE, MAY 24, 1920"
Number 44042
Name Raymond Ralston Lawther
Event Type: Passport Application
Event Date: 1920
Event Place: Texas, United States
Age: 40
Birth Date: 23 Sep 1880
Birthplace: Texas
Certificate Number: 44042
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
STATE OF NEW YORK
COUNTY OF NEW YORK
I, Raymond Ralston Lawther, a NATIVE AND LOYAL CITIZEN OF THE UNITED STATES, hereby apply to the Department of State, at Washington for a passport.
I solemnly swear that I was born at Washington County in the state of Texas on or about the 23rd day of September 1880 and my father Robert Ralston Lawther was born in Sugar Run, Penn. and is now dead, that I am now domiciled in the United States, my permanent residence being at Dallas in the state of Texas where I follow the occupation of salesman, that I am about to go abroad temporarily; that I intend to return to the United States within [blank] months or years with the purpose of residing and performing the duties of citizenship therein; and that I desire a passport for use in visiting the countries herein after named for the following purpose:
County: France
Object of visit: Y.M.C.A. work
I intend to leave the United States from the port of New York sailing on board the [blank] name of vessel date of departure [blank].
OATH OF ALLEGIANCE
Further, I do solemnly swear that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; and that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion: So help me God.
Signed: Raymond Ralston Lawther.
Sworn to before me this 8th day of July 1918.
Louis C. Maynard
Clerk, U.S.Dept. Court
WAR DEPARTMENT
OFFICE OF THE CHIEF OF STAFF
WASHINGTON
August 17th, 1918
The War Department has no objection to Lawther, Raymond R. of 1810 Prairie Ave., Dallas, Texas being sent for duty with the A.E.F., in connection with YMCA.
M. Churchill
Colonel
General Staff
Chief, Military Intelligence Branch
NATIONAL WAR WORK COUNCIL OF THE YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATIONS OF THE UNITED STATES. Headquarters: 347 Madison Avenue, New York.
July 19, 1918
Sirs:
This is to certify that Mr. Raymond R. Lawther has been appointed a secretary of the National War Work Council of the Y.M.C.A. of the United States for service with the troops of the American Expeditionary Force in France. We hereby endorse his application for a passport to visit France and Great Britain. Mr. Lawther is under contract with us for the duration of the war.
Very respectfully yours,
A. A. Ebersol
Bureau of Citizenship
Department of State
Washington, D.C.
STATE OF TEXAS
COUNTY OF DALLAS
Before me, the undersigned authority, on this day personally appeared Harry P. Lawther, who being by me duly sworn sayeth:
That he is 59 years of age and the oldest brother of Raymond R. Lawther; that the said Raymond R. Lawther was born on the 23rd day of September 1880 in the family homestead upon a farm in the County of Washington, State of Texas; that affiant was a member of the family and present at the time and birth of the said Raymond R. Lawther; that the father of the said Raymond R. Lawther and of this affiant, namely Robert R. Lawther, departed this life on the 1st day of October, 1910 in the City and County of Dallas, and State of Texas; that the mother of the said Raymond R. Lawther and of this affiant, namely Ellen E. Lawther, departed this life on the [blank] day of April 1913, in said City and County of Dallas, and State of Texas.
And further deponent sayeth not.
Signed: Harry P. Lawther
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 6th Day of July, 1918. Solon Goode, Notary Public, Dallas County, Texas.
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Transcribed by Carol Moore
Dallas, Texas
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