Brief Life History of Ruth Ina Della
When Ruth Ina Della Kerr was born on 25 June 1860, in Jefferson Township, Adams, Ohio, United States, her father, Hiram G Kerr, was 21 and her mother, Sousanna Serepta Lewis, was 20. She married John William Redman on 27 November 1879, in Green Township, Adams, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Stockland, Iroquois, Illinois, United States in 1910 and Middleport Township, Iroquois, Illinois, United States for about 10 years. She died on 23 May 1931, in Watseka, Iroquois, Illinois, United States, at the age of 70.
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Family Time Line
Sources (21)
- Dela Redman in household of Louis Holt, "United States Census, 1930"
- Della Regina Redman, "Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947"
- Della Kerr in entry for Chester Redman and Vida Jenkins, "Montana, County Marriages, 1865-1950"
Spouse and Children
1860–1927 Male
1860–1931 Female
Children (10)
1879–1909 Male
1880–1880 Male
1884–1943 Female
1887–1959 Male
1889–1957 Male
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Parents and Siblings
1839–1919 Male
1840–1919 Female
Siblings (8)
1860–1931 Female
1868–1949 Female
1870–1953 Male
1871–1921 Male
1872– Male
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World Events (8)
1863
Age 3
1864
Age 4
1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Age 21
Name Meaning
English and Scottish: topographic name for someone who lived by a marsh or swampy woodland, Middle English kerr ‘brushwood, wet ground’ (Old Norse kjarr). A legend grew up that the Kerrs were left-handed, on theory that the name is derived from Gaelic cearr ‘wrong-handed, left-handed’.
Irish: variant of Carr .
Americanized form of German Kehr or of some other similar (like-sounding) surname.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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