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Ray, Juanita Stout, 1891-1954

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1891 - 1954

Biographical History

Juanita Stout Ray (1891-1954) was an elementary school teacher, farmer, and mother in Utah and Arizona.

Juanita Stout Ray was born on July 4, 1891, in Rockville, Utah, to David and Julia Cox Stout, a polygamous family of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Juanita began her education in Hinckley, Utah, then moved to Mexico with her family. She completed high school at the Juarez Stake Academy, where she met her future husband, John Ray. After leaving Mexico during the 1912 Revolution, Juanita taught elementary school in Hinckley, Utah and continued to write to John. They married in 1914 in Salt Lake City and had nine children: John Alexander Ray (1915-1918); Verda Ray Eyring; (1918-2003); Winona Ray Millet (1920-2005); Irving J Ray (1924-2005); Kathleen Ray Palmer (1926-2013); Ila Valeria Ray Fenn (1928-2011); Kennard Dewey Ray (1931-2018); and Donetta Pearl Ray (1933-1941). The family lived on a farm in rural Chandler, Arizona, raising dairy cows. They lost two children, John Alexander Ray Jr. at age three to influenza, Donnie Pearl Ray at age 8. The family later moved to Mesa, Arizona. John died in 1952 in Mesa, Arizona, and Juanita died January 28, 1954, in Mesa, Arizona.

Citation:
Juanita Stout Ray papers, 1908-1953 (Juanita Stout Ray)

FamilySearch, via WWW, September 20, 2022 (Juanita Stout Ray; born July 4, 1891, in Rockville, Utah, to David and Julia Cox Stout, a polygamous family of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints; began education in Hinckley, Utah; moved to Mexico with her family; completed high school at the Juarez Stake Academy, where she met her future husband, John Ray; left Mexico during the 1912 Revolution; taught elementary school in Hinckley, Utah and continued to write to John; married in 1914 in Salt Lake City and had nine children: John Alexander Ray (1915-1918), Verda Ray Eyring, (1918-2003), Winona Ray Millet (1920-2005), Irving J Ray (1924-2005), Kathleen Ray Palmer (1926-2013), Ila Valeria Ray Fenn (1928-2011), Kennard Dewey Ray (1931-2018), and Donetta Pearl Ray (1933-1941); Family lived on a farm in rural Chandler, Arizona, raising dairy cows; lost two children, John Alexander Ray Jr. at age three to influenza, Donnie Pearl Ray at age 8. Family later moved to Mesa, Arizona; John died in 1952 in Mesa, Arizona, and Juanita died January 28, 1954, in Mesa, Arizona)

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Juanita Stout Ray papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 9261
Scope and Contents Contains a class song and note belonging to Juanita Stout Ray, dated 1908 to 1914, and letters written by Juanita Stout Ray to John Ray while she was teaching elementary school in Hinckley, Utah, dated 1912 to 1914. Also contains the diaries of Juanita Stout Ray, dated 1913 to 1953, and other documents from her life, such as clippings, receipts, and letters and poems of sympathy to Juanita and her husband John upon the death of their oldest son to the flu epidemic in 1918. In her diaries,...
Dates: 1908-1953
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

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