RALPH WILLIAM BARTHELEMY

Born: October 27, 1911    Mt. Vernon, New York
Died: August 6, 1986    St. Cloud Hospital, St. Cloud, Stearns, Minnesota
Buried: August 9, 1986    St. Patrick's Cemetery, Minden Township, Benton, Minnesota


Parents:
 
 
Occupation:
 
 
Marriage:
 
 
 
 
Joseph Barthelemy
Catherine Carlin
 
Farmer in Minden Township, MN
Employee at Chmielewski Jack and Jill Store
 
Bertha Martha Kampa
April 29, 1941
St. Lawrence Parish Church
Duelm, Benton, Minnesota


 
Children: Mary Joan "Mary Jo" Sept. 9, 1941 † Feb. 1, 2015
  Patricia Catherine Aug. 22, 1944  
  Diane Bertha Sept. 23, 1946  
  Roger Ralph Mar. 4, 1949  
  Janice Marie Oct. 25, 1953  

Notes: Ralph came to Benton County, Minnesota from the New York Foundling Home on the "Orphan Train" in 1913
  when he was just 1-1/2 years old. He was adopted into the Barthelemy family in the St. Patrick's area.

Ralph lived and farmed in Minden Township until moving to the Foley area in 1944 where he was employed at Chmielewski Jack and Jill Store for 25 years, retiring in 1976. He was an honorary member of Bishop Marty Knights of Columbus Council.

Ancestry: The Franz Kampa Line [through marriage]
   
Ralph and Bertha Barthelemy (née Kampa) Wedding Party, 1941
 
Obituary of Bertha Barthelemy

"Orphan Trains": how children were railroaded into servitude, San Jose Mercury, about 1990

Diane Thorsten, Foley Area - 2013 Women in History

Standing left to right : Patricia, Roger, Diane.  Front row: Mary Jo, Bertha, Ralph, Janice.
Standing, left to right: Patricia, Roger and Diane
Seated, left to right: Mary Jo, Bertha, Ralph and Janice
1966

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