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Ruby Gordon HillAge: 64 years19191984

Name
Ruby Gordon Hill
Given names
Ruby Gordon
Surname
Hill
Also known as
Ruby G Graham
Married name
Ruby Gordon Woodruff
Birth April 6, 1919 21
Census January 7, 1920 (Age 9 months)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 10 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
Birth of a half-brotherCharles Ray Hill
September 3, 1930 (Age 11 years)
Birth of a son
#1
Ronnie Eugene Woodruff
October 31, 1937 (Age 18 years)
Death of a motherRuth Mable Graham
July 15, 1940 (Age 21 years)
Birth of a daughter
#2
Brenda Ruth Woodruff
July 31, 1940 (Age 21 years)
Birth of a son
#3
Jeffrey Gordon Woodruff
August 1, 1944 (Age 25 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 22 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
Birth of a son
#4
Thomas Keith “Tommy” Woodruff
February 28, 1952 (Age 32 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 30 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 maternal grandfatherThomas Henry Graham
July 17, 1954 (Age 35 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherMartha Bell “Mattie” Tomerlin
May 19, 1960 (Age 41 years)
Birth of a grandson
#1
Jeffrey Dewayne Woodruff
July 19, 1965 (Age 46 years)

Death of a sonJeffrey Gordon Woodruff
April 18, 1969 (Age 50 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 26 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 husbandGeorge E Woodruff
January 2, 1976 (Age 56 years)

Death of a grandsonJeffrey Dewayne Woodruff
May 25, 1982 (Age 63 years)

Death January 30, 1984 (Age 64 years)
Note: obit says Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Ebenezer Cemetery
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mother
Ruth Mable Graham
Birth: April 18, 1897 24 17Ohio, Kentucky, United States
Death: July 15, 1940Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
herself
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step-father
mother
Ruth Mable Graham
Birth: April 18, 1897 24 17Ohio, Kentucky, United States
Death: July 15, 1940Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
Marriage:
half-brother
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husband
herself
son
Ronnie Eugene Woodruff
Birth: October 31, 1937 21 18Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
Death: December 4, 2010Greenville, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
3 years
daughter
Brenda Ruth Woodruff
Birth: July 31, 1940 23 21Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
Death: March 20, 2016Beech Creek, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
4 years
son
Jeffrey Gordon Woodruff
Birth: August 1, 1944 27 25Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
Death: April 18, 1969Henderson, Kentucky, United States
8 years
son
Thomas Keith “Tommy” Woodruff
Birth: February 28, 1952 35 32Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
Death: March 24, 2025Bowling Green, Warren, Kentucky, United States
son
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Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Thomas Henry Graham - Household

Rockport & Cromwell Road Rockport, Ohio, Kentucky

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Graham, Thomas HheadMW47MMSMSIrelandMiningCoal Mine
Graham, Martha BwifeFW40MKYKYKY
Graham, Mable RdaughterFW22SKYKYKY
Graham, Bessie BdaughterFW17SKYKYKY
Graham, MariedaughterFW15SKYKYKY
Graham, JessiedaughterFW11SKYKYKY
Graham, Ruby Ggrand daughterFW9mSKYKYKY

Death
obit says Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee
Note
Listed as grand daughter Possible mothers Mable 22 Bessie 17 Marie 15 Mable marries George Hill before 1930. Ruby changes maiden name to Hill after 1920. Ruby is 9m old Jan 1920 birth date about Apr. 1919.