Ruth Agnes ApplebyAge: 88 years1910–1998
- Name
- Ruth Agnes Appleby
- Given names
- Ruth Agnes
- Surname
- Appleby
- Married name
- Ruth Agnes Rich
 Birth | April 16, 1910 27 20 |
 Census | May 12, 1910 (Age 26 days) |
 Birth of a brother | Buford M Appleby December 21, 1911 (Age 20 months) |
| Birth of a brother | Melvin Victor Appleby April 4, 1913 (Age 2 years) |
 Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 5 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Birth of a sister | Edna Mae Appleby January 17, 1917 (Age 6 years) |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 6 years)Note: The United States enters 'The Great War' where more than nine million combatants were killed- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I |
| Historical Event | Spanish Influenza Epidemic 1918 (Age 7 years)Note: Spanish Influenza killed over 500,000 people in the United States, and somewhere between 20 and 40 million in what has been cited as the most devastating epidemic in history - http://virus.stanford.edu/uda/ |
| Census | January 10, 1920 (Age 9 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandfather | James Solomon Hancock December 18, 1923 (Age 13 years) |
| Birth of a brother | James Carrol Appleby February 10, 1926 (Age 15 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 19 years)Note: The Wall Street Crash sets off the Great Depression, the most severe worldwide economic depression in the 20th century - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Depression |
| Census | April 7, 1930 (Age 19 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandmother | Martha “Mattie” McGehee February 26, 1934 (Age 23 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandfather | Robert Albert Appleby May 29, 1934 (Age 24 years) |
| Census | April 22, 1940 (Age 30 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandmother | Tabitha Clementine McGehee August 9, 1942 (Age 32 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 31 years)Note: The United States enters World War II after the attack at Pearl Harbor, a global war that involved the vast majority of the world's nations and including all of the great powers - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 39 years)Note: The Korean War was a war between the Republic of Korea (South Korea), supported by the United Nations, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea), at one time supported by the People's Republic of China and the Soviet Union - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War |
| Death of a father | Claude Elberta Appleby May 7, 1962 (Age 52 years) |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 35 years)Note: The Vietnam War was a long, costly armed conflict that pitted the communist regime of North Vietnam and its southern allies, known as the Viet Cong, against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States. The divisive war, increasingly unpopular at home, ended with the withdrawal of U.S. forces in 1973 and the unification of Vietnam under Communist control two years later. More than 3 million people, including 58,000 Americans, were killed in the conflict. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War |
| Death of a husband | Doyle Choice Rich February 11, 1976 (Age 65 years) |
| Death of a brother | Melvin Victor Appleby February 12, 1978 (Age 67 years) |
| Death of a mother | Sarah Alice Hancock March 23, 1978 (Age 67 years) |
| Death of a brother | Buford M Appleby June 19, 1983 (Age 73 years) |
| Death of a brother | James Carrol Appleby September 2, 1989 (Age 79 years) |
 Death | October 12, 1998 (Age 88 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: San Jacinto Memorial Park |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Claude Elberta Appleby Birth: May 10, 1882 29 25 — Tennessee, United States Death: May 7, 1962 — Pasadena, Harris, Texas, United States |
| mother |
Sarah Alice Hancock Birth: November 1, 1889 25 20 — Eureka Springs, Carroll, Arkansas, United States Death: March 23, 1978 — Pasadena, Harris, Texas, United States |
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Marriage: January 3, 1909 — Craig, Oklahoma, United States |
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15 months herself |
Ruth Agnes Appleby Birth: April 16, 1910 27 20 — Craig, Oklahoma, United States Death: October 12, 1998 — Harris, Texas, United States |
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20 months younger brother |
Buford M Appleby Birth: December 21, 1911 29 22 — Collin, Texas, United States Death: June 19, 1983 — Harris, Texas, United States |
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15 months younger brother |
Melvin Victor Appleby Birth: April 4, 1913 30 23 — Collin, Texas, United States Death: February 12, 1978 — Harris, Texas, United States |
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4 years younger sister |
Edna Mae Appleby Birth: January 17, 1917 34 27 — Collin, Texas, United States Death: January 13, 2009 — Harris, Texas, United States |
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9 years younger brother |
James Carrol Appleby Birth: February 10, 1926 43 36 — Collin, Texas, United States Death: September 2, 1989 — Harris, Texas, United States |
| Family with Doyle Choice Rich |
| husband |
Doyle Choice Rich Birth: October 9, 1909 — Texas, United States Death: February 11, 1976 — Houston, Harris, Texas, United States |
| herself |
Ruth Agnes Appleby Birth: April 16, 1910 27 20 — Craig, Oklahoma, United States Death: October 12, 1998 — Harris, Texas, United States |
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Private |
Ruth Agnes Appleby has 15 first cousins recorded
Father's family (9)
Parents Cecil Theodore Hunt + Mary Frances “Mollie” Appleby
Parents James Henry Hassey + Minnie May Appleby
Mother's family (6)
Parents Charles Edward Hancock + Veda Ethel Largent
Parents Robert E Key + Laura Beth Hancock
| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - James Solomon Hancock - Household
314 N. 3rd. Street Vinita, Craig, Oklahoma
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| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - Claude Elberta Appleby - Household
Collin, Texas
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| Census | 1930 United States - Census transcript - Doyle Choice Rich - Household
Collin, Texas, United States
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