Ruth Opal HollandAge: 89 years1900–1989
- Name
- Ruth Opal Holland
- Given names
- Ruth Opal
- Surname
- Holland
- Married name
- Ruth Opal Ransford
 Birth | May 23, 1900 49 37 |
 Census | June 22, 1900 (Age 30 days) |
 Death of a paternal grandmother | Ann Lucas Walker “Anna” Hunter June 9, 1908 (Age 8 years) |
| Census | April 22, 1910 (Age 9 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandfather | John Wesley Holland December 29, 1910 (Age 10 years) |
| Death of a half-sister | Ida Nola Holland February 24, 1911 (Age 10 years) |
 Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 15 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 16 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 17 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/ |
 Marriage | Earl May Ransford — View this family August 11, 1919 (Age 19 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 29 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 |
| Death of a half-brother | Charles Elmer “Charlie” Holland October 21, 1930 (Age 30 years) Note: Death Certificate says parents are George Holland and Ann Hunter - Hunter is his grandmother and George(Uncle) is married with other children in 1880 |
| Death of a father | John Walker Holland January 13, 1931 (Age 30 years) |
| Death of a husband | Earl May Ransford July 17, 1931 (Age 31 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 41 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 |
| Death of a sister | Maude Nora Holland March 30, 1950 (Age 49 years) |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 49 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 mother | Mary Elizabeth “Molly” Kirby 1954 (Age 53 years) |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 45 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 sister | Pearl Etta Holland September 1978 (Age 78 years) |
| Death of a brother | Marvin Edward Holland March 8, 1984 (Age 83 years) |
 Death | October 6, 1989 (Age 89 years) |
| Family with parents |
| father |
John Walker Holland Birth: October 25, 1850 20 17 — Kentucky, United States Death: January 13, 1931 — Assumption, Christian, Illinois, United States |
| mother |
Mary Elizabeth “Molly” Kirby Birth: October 19, 1862 — Osceola, Clarke, Iowa, United States Death: 1954 — Illinois, United States |
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Marriage: February 18, 1883 — Marion, Illinois, United States |
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15 months elder sister |
Maude Nora Holland Birth: May 19, 1884 33 21 — Phelps, Lawrence, Missouri, United States Death: March 30, 1950 — Caseyville, St. Clair, Illinois, United States |
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3 years elder sister |
Pearl Etta Holland Birth: February 18, 1887 36 24 — Greene, Lawrence, Missouri, United States Death: September 1978 — Illinois, United States |
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2 years elder sister |
Effie Holland Birth: March 25, 1889 38 26 — Lawrence, Missouri, United States Death: January 1, 1994 — Los Angeles, California, United States |
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3 years elder brother |
Marvin Edward Holland Birth: November 1, 1891 41 29 — Phelps, Lawrence, Missouri, United States Death: March 8, 1984 — Christian, Illinois, United States |
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3 years elder sister |
Ora Leon Holland Birth: August 7, 1894 43 31 — Joplin, Jasper, Missouri, United States Death: January 4, 1990 — Farmer City, Dewitt, Illinois, United States |
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6 years herself |
Ruth Opal Holland Birth: May 23, 1900 49 37 — Alma, Marion, Illinois, United States Death: October 6, 1989 — Springfield, Sangamon, Illinois, United States |
| Father’s family with Ida Van Dalson |
| father |
John Walker Holland Birth: October 25, 1850 20 17 — Kentucky, United States Death: January 13, 1931 — Assumption, Christian, Illinois, United States |
| step-mother |
Ida Van Dalson Birth: Missouri, United States Death: before 1880 |
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Marriage: about 1871 — |
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22 months half-brother |
Charles Elmer “Charlie” Holland Birth: October 17, 1872 21 — Illinois, United States Death: October 21, 1930 — Lawrence, Missouri, United States |
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2 years half-sister |
Ida Nola Holland Birth: March 3, 1875 24 — Marion, Illinois, United States Death: February 24, 1911 — Franklin, Pulaski, Indiana, United States |
| Family with Earl May Ransford |
| husband |
Earl May Ransford Birth: December 20, 1883 — Shelby, Illinois, United States Death: July 17, 1931 — Galesburg, Knox, Illinois, United States |
| herself |
Ruth Opal Holland Birth: May 23, 1900 49 37 — Alma, Marion, Illinois, United States Death: October 6, 1989 — Springfield, Sangamon, Illinois, United States |
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Marriage: August 11, 1919 — |
Ruth Opal Holland has 27 first cousins recorded
Father's family (27)
Parents George Samuel Holland + Lydia Margurette Garner
Parents Thomas Jefferson Eaglin + Rebecca Elizabeth Holland
Parents Lewis Linn Black + Roxanna Rosalie Holland
Parents Michael Carr + Alpharetta C “Alpha” Holland
Parents Walter J Dungey + Hattie Belle Holland
Mother's family (0)
| Census | 1900 United States - Census transcript - John Walker Holland - Household
Foster, Marion, Illinois
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| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - John Walker Holland - Household
Patoka, Marion, Illinois, United States
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