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Surnames: Caskey, Cross, Nicolai, Chenoweth
Classification: Query
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I am looking for ANY information about my grandparents: RICHARD RALPH CASKEY, and his wife
RAMONA MAE (CROSS) CASKEY.
I know very little about them, but this is what I DO know:
Richard and Ramona had two daughters: Sandra Mae Caskey (my mother) and Sharon Anne
Caskey, both were adopted out to different families - the Nicolai's and the
Harper's, respectively.
Richard was a card dealer in Las Vegas, and before that served in the US Army during WW
II, possibly under Chenault. He died in Las Vegas in 1955. His parent's names were:
Ralph James Caskey and Margaret Pearl Holloway.
There is very little information about his wife, Ramona. She had two children by Richard
before she died at age 20 during an appendectomy in Richmond, CA. It's possible she
lived in San Luis Obispo, CA. and/or Salinas, CA. for a short period of time during WW
II.
Her parents were Reverda Lester Cross and Mamie (Foate) Cross - and it is rumored that
they once owned a Greyhound station in Manteca, CA (dates unknown).
Anything would be helpful at this point.
Regards,
Jason Alan Chenoweth