Ruth HarringtonAge: 93 years1910–2004
- Name
- Ruth Harrington
- Given names
- Ruth
- Surname
- Harrington
 Birth | December 7, 1910 31 30 |
 Birth of a brother | Russell Harrington 1911 (Age 25 days) |
| Birth of a brother | John Patrick Harrington December 4, 1912 (Age 23 months) |
| Birth of a sister | Mary Harrington December 25, 1913 (Age 3 years) |
| Death of a brother | Russell Harrington 1914 (Age 3 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Nettie Blanche Harrington May 1, 1916 (Age 5 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 |
| 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 1, 1920 (Age 9 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Florence Marie Harrington July 15, 1921 (Age 10 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 18 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 1930 (Age 19 years) |
| Death of a sister | Margaret Ella Harrington 1935 (Age 24 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandfather | John F Wilson February 1, 1937 (Age 26 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandmother | Emma Rose Althea Carter November 28, 1938 (Age 27 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 30 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 | George Harrington February 11, 1960 (Age 49 years) |
| Death of a brother | Ralph Francis Harrington May 5, 1969 (Age 58 years) |
| Death of a sister | Mary Harrington April 26, 1970 (Age 59 years) |
| Death of a mother | Margaret Elizabeth Wilson June 1970 (Age 59 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 brother | John Patrick Harrington July 2, 1996 (Age 85 years) |
| Death of a sister | Grace Harrington 1997 (Age 86 years) |
| Death of a sister | Nettie Blanche Harrington March 26, 2003 (Age 92 years) |
 Death | October 26, 2004 (Age 93 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Mishawaka City Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
George Harrington Birth: December 16, 1878 38 37 — Fulton, Indiana, United States Death: February 11, 1960 — Mishawaka, St. Joseph, Indiana, United States |
| mother |
Margaret Elizabeth Wilson Birth: August 1880 34 22 — Fulton, Indiana, United States Death: June 1970 — Mishawaka, St. Joseph, Indiana, United States |
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Marriage: December 11, 1902 — Fulton, Indiana, United States |
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6 months elder brother |
Ralph Francis Harrington Birth: June 1, 1903 24 22 — Kewanna, Union, Fulton, Indiana, United States Death: May 5, 1969 — Mishawaka, St. Joseph, Indiana, United States |
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2 years elder sister |
Grace Harrington Birth: June 14, 1905 26 24 — Union, Fulton, Indiana, United States Death: 1997 — Arizona, United States |
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4 years elder sister |
Margaret Ella Harrington Birth: 1908 29 27 — Indiana, United States Death: 1935 — Indiana, United States |
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3 years herself |
Ruth Harrington Birth: December 7, 1910 31 30 — Culver, Marshall, Indiana, United States Death: October 26, 2004 — South Bend, Indiana, United States |
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13 months younger brother |
Russell Harrington Birth: 1911 32 30 — Indiana, United States Death: 1914 — Indiana, United States |
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23 months younger brother |
John Patrick Harrington Birth: December 4, 1912 33 32 — Culver, Marshall, Indiana, United States Death: July 2, 1996 — Mishawaka, Saint Joseph, Indiana, United States |
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13 months younger sister |
Mary Harrington Birth: December 25, 1913 35 33 — Indiana, United States Death: April 26, 1970 — Indiana, United States |
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2 years younger sister |
Nettie Blanche Harrington Birth: May 1, 1916 37 35 — Kewanna, Fulton, Indiana, United States Death: March 26, 2003 — Monticello, White, Indiana, United States |
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5 years younger sister |
Florence Marie Harrington Birth: July 15, 1921 42 40 — Mishawaka, St. Joseph, Indiana, United States Death: April 30, 2014 — Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United States |
| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - George Harrington - Household
Union, Fulton, Indiana, United States
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| Census | 1930 United States - Census transcript - George Harrington - Household
Mishawaka, St. Joseph, Indiana, United States
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