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Birth
1 January 1926 • Alberta, Canada
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People
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- child: Gordon Francis Ponceby
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- Birth details remain secondary self-reported evidence from naturalization records rather than a birth certificate.
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- Full-resolution reread of source-census-ponceby-household-1926 on 23 April 2026 confirmed that the age still appears to be "5"; the reread did not reveal a clear fraction or month notation.
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Naturalization Record
Naturalization Petition File for Gordon Francis Ponceby
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Naturalization petition file for Gordon Francis Ponceby in the U.S. District Court at Toledo, Ohio, showing his petition in May 1950, oath and certificate issuance on 22 November 1950, and a later INS letter dated 26 January 1959 directing the court to note that he had lost U.S. citizenship after naturalization.
Gordon Francis Ponceby, Shirley Jean Armstrong 2 files
Naturalization Record
1962 Naturalization Petition for Gordon Francis Ponceby
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1962 naturalization petition for Gordon Francis Ponceby in the U.S. District Court at Toledo, Ohio, filed under section 319(a), with supporting witness forms and an oath signed on 17 May 1962 when certificate no. 7911563 was issued.
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Naturalization Record
Naturalization Card for Gordon Francis Ponceby
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Handwritten naturalization card for Gordon Francis Ponceby, recorded in 1952 in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, stating that he was born in Alberta, Canada on 1 January 1926 and was naturalized on 22 November 1950.
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Military Service Index
Army Serial Number Merged File Entry for Gordon F Ponceby
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Imported Army Serial Number Merged File entry for Gordon F Ponceby showing military service enrollment on 14 February 1944 at Ft Thomas, Newport, Kentucky, with serial number 15127392 and rank PVT.
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BGSU Key Yearbook Pages for Gordon F Ponceby, 1950
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Extracted pages from the 1950 BGSU Key yearbook showing G. Ponceby in a Delta Upsilon caption, Gordon Ponceby in a Phi Alpha Chi caption, and a senior listing for PONCEBY, GORDON F. of Cleveland, Ohio, with Delta Upsilon and Phi Alpha Chi affiliations.
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BGSU Key Yearbook Pages for Gordon Ponceby, 1948
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Extracted pages from the 1948 BGSU Key yearbook showing Gordon Ponceby in a sophomore group photograph caption and G. Ponceby in a Student Christian Fellowship group photograph caption.
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BGSU Key Yearbook Pages for Gordon Ponceby, 1949
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Extracted pages from the 1949 BGSU Key yearbook showing Gordon Ponceby in Phi Alpha Chi and Pi Theta captions, and identifying him as Pi Theta treasurer for the 1948-1949 year.
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Birth Certificate
Ohio Birth Certification for Gayle Louise Ponceby
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Ohio certification of birth for Gayle Louise Ponceby, born female in Ohio on 10 September 1950, naming mother Shirley Jean Ponceby with surname Armstrong and father Gordon Francis Ponceby.
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Census Record
1926 Census Page for Donald Edwin Ponceby Household
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1926 Alberta census page for Peace River South showing Donald Edwin Ponceby, wife Catharine McKay, and sons Donald Stuart and Gordon Francis in the same household.
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