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Ruth Jane KNOX

Female 1927 - 2014  (86 years)


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  • Name Ruth Jane KNOX  [1, 2
    Birth 3 Aug 1927  Bruin, Butler, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3
    Gender Female 
    Reference Number 2123 
    Death 19 Feb 2014  Friendswood, Galveston, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Person ID I2123  scruggshovis
    Last Modified 21 Sep 2020 

    Father Hugh Clarence KNOX,   b. 18 Sep 1900, Butler, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Apr 1953, Graford, Palo Pinto, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 52 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Ruth Jane HANKS,   b. 26 Sep 1903, Butler, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Jul 1993, Graham, Young, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 89 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage 3 Oct 1921  Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Family ID F795  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Herman Ray DOWNEY,   b. 25 Mar 1927   d. 10 Jan 2005 (Age 77 years) 
    Marriage 1 Jun 1948  Young, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Family ID F798  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 21 Sep 2020 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 3 Aug 1927 - Bruin, Butler, Pennsylvania, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 1 Jun 1948 - Young, Texas, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 19 Feb 2014 - Friendswood, Galveston, Texas, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • NOTE: Findagrave obit: "Ruth is survived by her daughter, Janyth Rinaca and husband, Mike of Friendswood; granddaughters, Kristen Dietrich and husband, James of Friendswood and Carrie Rinaca of Katy; great granddaughter, Riley Dietrich; sister, Kathleen Walker of Clute; brothers, H.C. Knox and wife, Fern of Graham and Jim Knox and wife Betty of Granbury; sister-in-law, Sammye Knox of Graham and brother-in-law, Bob Oatman of Merced, CA. Ruth is preceded in death by two sisters and four brothers."

  • Sources 
    1. [S96] 1930 US Federal Census, Location: Graham, Young, Texas; Page: 8A; Enumeration District: 0016; FHL microfilm: 2342147. Found on ancestry.com.

    2. [S100] 1940 US Federal Census, Location: Graham, Young, Texas; Roll: m-t0627-04170; Page: 8B; Enumeration District: 252-1. Found on ancestry.com.

    3. [S32] Find a Grave Index, 1600s-Current.

    4. [S250] Texas, County Marriage Records, 1817-1965.


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