Ruth Jane GinnAge: 91 years1907–1999
- Name
- Ruth Jane Ginn
- Given names
- Ruth Jane
- Surname
- Ginn
- Married name
- Ruth Jane Sutton
- Married name
- Ruth Jane Ayres
 Birth | April 17, 1907 26 19 |
 Birth of a brother | Earvil Leslie “Irvy” Ginn September 26, 1909 (Age 2 years) |
 Census | April 15, 1910 (Age 2 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Nina Gertrude Ginn June 1, 1912 (Age 5 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Launa Evelyn Ginn February 3, 1915 (Age 7 years) |
 Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 8 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 brother | Lawrence Elbert Ginn August 1, 1917 (Age 10 years) |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 9 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 10 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 | February 3, 1920 (Age 12 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Ila Beatrice Ginn April 16, 1921 (Age 13 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandfather | John Edward Megehee April 27, 1923 (Age 16 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Flora Jean Ginn November 6, 1923 (Age 16 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandmother | Evaline Harriet Bell November 25, 1928 (Age 21 years) |
 Marriage | Otho Sutton — View this family April 7, 1929 (Age 21 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 22 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 15, 1930 (Age 22 years) |
 Divorce | Otho Sutton — View this family before 1940 (Age 32 years) |
| Census | April 12, 1940 (Age 32 years) |
| Marriage | William Henry Ayres — View this family after 1940 (Age 32 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 34 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 42 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 | Ira Theadore “Oder” Ginn February 15, 1954 (Age 46 years) |
| Death of a mother | Harriet Evelyn “Hattie” McGehee May 20, 1961 (Age 54 years) |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 38 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 | William Henry Ayres September 14, 1990 (Age 83 years) |
| Death of a sister | LaNora Izora Ginn January 14, 1993 (Age 85 years) |
| Death of a sister | Launa Evelyn Ginn November 14, 1995 (Age 88 years) |
| Death of a husband | Otho Sutton December 2, 1995 (Age 88 years) |
| Death of a sister | Nina Gertrude Ginn March 14, 1997 (Age 89 years) |
 Death | February 7, 1999 (Age 91 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Turlock Memorial Park |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Ira Theadore “Oder” Ginn Birth: February 17, 1881 30 30 — Arkansas, United States Death: February 15, 1954 |
| mother |
Harriet Evelyn “Hattie” McGehee Birth: August 10, 1887 43 36 — Bonham, Fannin, Texas, United States Death: May 20, 1961 — Eureka, Humboldt, California, United States |
| elder sister |
LaNora Izora Ginn Birth: April 17, 1904 23 16 — Burnett, Pottawatomie, Oklahoma, United States Death: January 14, 1993 — Auburn, Placer, California, United States |
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3 years herself |
Ruth Jane Ginn Birth: April 17, 1907 26 19 — Pottawatomie, Oklahoma, United States Death: February 7, 1999 — Stanislaus, California, United States |
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2 years younger brother |
Earvil Leslie “Irvy” Ginn Birth: September 26, 1909 28 22 — Tribbey, Pottawatomie, Oklahoma, United States Death: August 3, 2000 — Houston, Harris, Texas, United States |
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3 years younger sister |
Nina Gertrude Ginn Birth: June 1, 1912 31 24 — Oklahoma, United States Death: March 14, 1997 — Placer, California, United States |
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3 years younger sister |
Launa Evelyn Ginn Birth: February 3, 1915 33 27 — Tribbey, Pottawatomie, Oklahoma, United States Death: November 14, 1995 — Merced, California, United States |
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3 years younger brother |
Lawrence Elbert Ginn Birth: August 1, 1917 36 29 — Tribbey, Pottawatomie, Oklahoma, United States Death: April 21, 2002 — Berryville, Carroll, Arkansas, United States |
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4 years younger sister |
Ila Beatrice Ginn Birth: April 16, 1921 40 33 — Tribbey, Pottawatomie, Oklahoma, United States Death: October 20, 2008 — Oregon City, Clackamas, Oregon, United States |
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3 years younger sister |
Flora Jean Ginn Birth: November 6, 1923 42 36 — Tribbey, Pottawatomie, Oklahoma, United States Death: April 9, 2005 — Rio Dell, Humboldt, California, United States |
| brother |
Private |
| Family with Otho Sutton |
| ex-husband |
Otho Sutton Birth: January 8, 1907 — Oklahoma, United States Death: December 2, 1995 — Oklahoma, United States |
| herself |
Ruth Jane Ginn Birth: April 17, 1907 26 19 — Pottawatomie, Oklahoma, United States Death: February 7, 1999 — Stanislaus, California, United States |
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Marriage: April 7, 1929 — Tribbey, Pottawatomie, Oklahoma, United States |
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Divorce: before 1940 — |
| Family with William Henry Ayres |
| husband |
William Henry Ayres Birth: November 22, 1898 — Auburn, Placer, California, United States Death: September 14, 1990 — Stanislaus, California, United States |
| herself |
Ruth Jane Ginn Birth: April 17, 1907 26 19 — Pottawatomie, Oklahoma, United States Death: February 7, 1999 — Stanislaus, California, United States |
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Marriage: after 1940 — |
Ruth Jane Ginn has 16 first cousins recorded
Father's family (4)
Parents James Lulard “Linnie” Ginn + Florence Izorah McGehee
Mother's family (12)
Parents William Obadiah “Obe” Megehee + Amy Bell Ward
Parents William Edward Hopkins + Luna Elizabeth “Lizzie” McGehee
Parents James Lulard “Linnie” Ginn + Florence Izorah McGehee
| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - Ira Theadore “Oder” Ginn - Household
Burnett, Pottawatomie, Oklahoma
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| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - Ira Theadore “Oder” Ginn - Household
Burnett, Pottawatomie, Oklahoma
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| Census | 1930 United States - Census transcript - Otho Sutton - Household
Eason, Pottawatomie, Oklahoma
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