Ruth FordAge: 86 years1894–1980
- Name
- Ruth Ford
- Given names
- Ruth
- Surname
- Ford
- Married name
- Ruth Bowlin
 Birth | January 19, 1894 39 35 |
 Death of a maternal grandfather | Willis Washington Breezeel July 1897 (Age 3 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Edgar L Ford June 27, 1898 (Age 4 years) |
 Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 4 years)Note: The Spanish-American War was a conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States, the result of American intervention in the Cuban War of Independence - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War |
| Birth of a sister | Laura Ellen Ford 1900 (Age 5 years) |
| Death of a sister | Laura Ellen Ford 1900 (Age 5 years) |
 Census | June 13, 1900 (Age 6 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Elta Ford 1902 (Age 7 years) |
| Death of a sister | Elta Ford 1902 (Age 7 years) |
| Death of a sister | Flossie Ford May 7, 1912 (Age 18 years) |
| Death of a brother | Edgar L Ford February 17, 1913 (Age 19 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 21 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 22 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 23 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 14, 1920 (Age 25 years) |
| Death of a father | Robert Franklin “Bob” Ford 1925 (Age 30 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 35 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 mother | Amanda Louvena Breezeel October 12, 1932 (Age 38 years) |
| Death of a sister | Lucy L Ford 1938 (Age 43 years) |
| Census | April 9, 1940 (Age 46 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 47 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 55 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 brother | Willis N Ford 1957 (Age 62 years) |
| Death of a husband | Duck Bowlin 1958 (Age 63 years) |
| Death of a brother | Robert Courtney Ford 1961 (Age 66 years) |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 51 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 | February 5, 1980 (Age 86 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery: Ford Cemetery |
 Last change | July 29, 2019 – 15:36:41 by: Barry Shemwell |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Robert Franklin “Bob” Ford Birth: 1855 Death: 1925 — Benton, Marshall, Kentucky, United States |
| mother |
Amanda Louvena Breezeel Birth: March 28, 1858 34 26 — Marshall, Kentucky, United States Death: October 12, 1932 — Marshall, Kentucky, United States |
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Marriage: March 4, 1880 — Marshall, Kentucky, United States |
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10 months elder sister |
Lucy L Ford Birth: 1880 25 21 — Marshall, Kentucky, United States Death: 1938 — Kentucky, United States |
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3 years elder brother |
Milburn Ford Birth: 1882 27 23 — Marshall, Kentucky, United States Death: 1882 — Marshall, Kentucky, United States |
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4 years elder brother |
Robert Courtney Ford Birth: 1885 30 26 — Marshall, Kentucky, United States Death: 1961 |
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2 years elder brother |
James Ford Birth: 1886 31 27 — Marshall, Kentucky, United States Death: 1886 — Marshall, Kentucky, United States |
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3 years elder brother |
Willis N Ford Birth: 1888 33 29 — Marshall, Kentucky, United States Death: 1957 |
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2 years elder sister |
Flossie Ford Birth: March 29, 1890 35 32 — Marshall, Kentucky, United States Death: May 7, 1912 |
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4 years herself |
Ruth Ford Birth: January 19, 1894 39 35 — Marshall, Kentucky, United States Death: February 5, 1980 — Marshall, Kentucky, United States |
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4 years younger brother |
Edgar L Ford Birth: June 27, 1898 43 40 — Marshall, Kentucky, United States Death: February 17, 1913 — Marshall, Kentucky, United States |
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3 years younger sister |
Laura Ellen Ford Birth: 1900 45 41 — Marshall, Kentucky, United States Death: 1900 — Marshall, Kentucky, United States |
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3 years younger sister |
Elta Ford Birth: 1902 47 43 — Marshall, Kentucky, United States Death: 1902 — Marshall, Kentucky, United States |
| Family with Duck Bowlin |
| husband |
Duck Bowlin Birth: 1889 — Kentucky, United States Death: 1958 — Kentucky, United States |
| herself |
Ruth Ford Birth: January 19, 1894 39 35 — Marshall, Kentucky, United States Death: February 5, 1980 — Marshall, Kentucky, United States |
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Ruth Ford has 29 first cousins recorded
Father's family (0)
Mother's family (29)
Parents David Holloway Collie + Susan Jane “Susie” Breezeel
Parents George Milas Breezeel + Martha Jane Hendrickson
Parents Henry Wilson Castleberry + Dora Laura Breezeel
Parents Henry Lee Breezeel + Ida May Howard
Parents William Pinkney Breezeel + Etta Valenta Holmes
| Census | 1900 United States - Census transcript - Robert Franklin “Bob” Ford - Household
Benton, Marshall, Kentucky
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| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - Robert Franklin “Bob” Ford - Household
North Benton Marshall Ky
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