Ralph Waldo Talbot ¹

  General Notes:

Ralph and his family were living in the North Platte farm house that originally belonged to his parents, Absolom Jr. & Margaret Burrows Talbot, at the time of Alex Johnson's death there when he and his wife Lula Mae were visiting with Lula Mae's family in North Platte in 1930. According to DeWayne B. Johnson 8/17/1986: "Son Ralph was something of the farm foreman and the rest of the siblings battled over the smallish estate, contending it was unfair of Ralph to have taken advantage of the situation to assume control of the ranch."

D. B. Johnson further writes: "The forks of the Platte River come together at North Platte, Nebraska, and part of the bottom land of the Talbot Ranch was divided by the river. My vague recollection, substantiated by I know not what, is that on one occasion when my family was visiting the ranch Grandmother Talbot and I got mired in quick sand and she held me aloft as we sank into the gooey substance. needless to say, we were rescued, or I wouldn't be able to write this way to you today."

  Noted events in his life were:

• Census, 12 Jun 1900, Pleasant Home Precinct, Polk, Nebraska, United States. ² Ralph W. Talbot Son W M b. Sept 1895 Nebraska 4 Single

• Moved: Moved to North Platte, Nebraska, Unknown, North Platte, Lincoln, Nebraska, United States. Was living in North Platte, Nebraska, at the time of his sister Lula Mae's death on 6/28/1942.

• Residence, 1917, Gibbon, Buffalo, Nebraska, United States.

• Registration: U.S. Draft World War I, 5 Jun 1917, Gibbon, Buffalo, Nebraska, United States. ³ Occupation: Farming, Self-employed, Gibbon, Nebraska
Single, Caucasian
Tall, medium build, light blue eyes, dark brown hair

• Occupation: farmer, 1930, Osgood, Lincoln, Nebraska, United States.

• Census: U.S, 23 Apr 1930, Osgood, Lincoln, Nebraska, United States. Ralph Talbot, Head, M, W, 35, M, 25, b. Nebraska, Fa. Ohio, Mo. Illinois, Farmer
Marie Talbot, Wife, F, W, 35, M, 25, Nebraska, Illinois, New York
Jack Talbot, Son, M, W, 7, S, Nebraska, Nebraska, Nebraska
Betty Talbot, Daughter, F, W, 6, S, Nebraska, Nebraska, Nebraska
Marguereta J. Talbot, Daughter, F, W, 36/12, S, Nebraska, Nebraska, Nebraska
Marguerelle Talbot, Mother, F, W, 71, Wd, Illinois, Ireland, Ireland
Helen Wellener, Servant, F, W, 17, S, Nebraska, Nebraska, Iowa This event was shared with John Ralph Talbot, Margaret Jeanne Talbot, Marie Margaret Stack, and Mary Elizabeth Talbot.

• Registration: U.S. Draft World War II, 1942, Long Beach, Los Angeles, California, United States. ⁴ Residence:
2416 Fashion Avenue, Long Beach, Los Angeles, California

Person who will always know your address:
Fred Johnston, Dalton, Nebraska

Employer:
R. E. Campbell, contractor
Naval Hospital, 7th & Bellflower, Long Beach, Calif.

• Residence, 1942, North Platte, Lincoln, Nebraska, United States.

• Residence: 2416 Fashion Avenue, 1942, Long Beach, Los Angeles, California, United States. Address at time of draft registration.

Ralph married Marie Margaret Stack. (Marie Margaret Stack was born about 1935 in Nebraska, United States.)