Ruth Christie Carpenter

FemaleJune 1896–

Brief Life History of Ruth Christie

When Ruth Christie Carpenter was born in June 1896, in Grundy, Missouri, United States, her father, Walter B Carpenter, was 27 and her mother, Laura E Huffman, was 24. She married Arthur B Campbell on 4 July 1917, in Belleville, St. Clair, Illinois, United States. She lived in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, United States in 1940 and Monmouth, Warren, Illinois, United States in 1960.

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David L. Wilkinson
1897–1960
Ruth Christie Carpenter
1896–
Marriage: 2 December 1920

Sources (12)

  • Ruth Wilkinson, "United States Census, 1940"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Ruth Carpenter - Government record: Census record: birth-name: Ruth Carpenter
  • Ruth C Carpenter, "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    2 December 1920Warren, Illinois, United States

    • Parents and Siblings

    Siblings (2)

    World Events (8)

    1898 · War with the Spanish

    Age 2

    After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.

    1910 · Boy Scouts of America

    Age 14

    When W. D. Boyce was visiting London, he encountered a boy that helped him find his destination. The boy refused the tip that Boyce offered to him and told him that he was just doing his daily good turn. Being inspired, Boyce incorporated the Boy Scouts of America to help teach young men how to have an attitude of service always. Since its foundation, The Boy Scouts of America has become one of the largest Scouting organizations in the United States. Around 110 million people have been participants at some time in their life. The BSA was established to help young people make better choices in life and showing selflessness by serving the community.

    1927

    Age 31

    Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in his plane The Spirit of St. Louis.

    Name Meaning

    English (southern): occupational name for a worker in wood, Norman French carpentier (from Late Latin carpentarius ‘cartwright’).

    Americanized form (translation into English) of German Zimmermann , French Charpentier , Italian Carpentieri , or cognates and equivalents in various other languages.

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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