Ray Emerson Pepper was born 6/19/1915 in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County OH. Ray lived in Cleveland until about age 10 when his parents were divorced. He then lived with his grand or great grand Mother Roe in Lima for a while (year or two) Mr. Roe was a picture on the wall; Ray never met him. Ray then left for California with his Father who was an accountant.
He lived with his father in California until his Dad’s death in 1932. They lived in a room and mostly ate out. In fact they were eating in a restaurant when his Dad dropped over on the table dead from a stroke. At age 17 he got on a bus back to Ohio. He then lived one year with Charles Pepper (William’s brother) for his junior year of high school but they didn’t get along at all. Ray then lived with the Ailes (a teacher) family who befriended him for his senior year. The Ailes family, Mother, Father, and children were life long friends of Ray’s. (Joe Todd)
This image from the 1940 census shows Ray living with the Ailes family in Pemberton, Ohio - Sidney & Lina with their sons Wayne, Ned & John. They had three lodgers - Ray Pepper, Frances Newhouse & Nettie Mendel. Ray was working as a nickel plater.
See the PepperRay label on the right for more information & photos of Ray Pepper
census image - familysearch.org
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