Ruby Belle Hadley

Brief Life History of Ruby Belle

When Ruby Belle Hadley was born on 10 January 1899, in Barton, Missouri, United States, her father, Richard Lafayette Hadley, was 30 and her mother, Luna Belle Isaacks, was 27. She married Alvah L Freeman on 24 October 1919, in Caddo, Bryan, Oklahoma, United States. She lived in Nashville, Barton, Missouri, United States in 1900 and Mountain View, Kiowa, Oklahoma, United States for about 20 years. She died on 27 September 1983, in Contra Costa, California, United States, at the age of 84.

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Alvah L Freeman
1895–1959
Ruby Belle Hadley
1899–1983
Marriage: 24 October 1919

Sources (10)

  • Ruby Hadley in household of R L Hadley, "United States Census, 1930"
  • Ruby B Hadley, "Oklahoma, County Marriages, 1890-1995"
  • Ruby Belle Hadley Hayes, "Find a Grave Index"

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World Events (8)

1900 · Gold for Cash!

This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.

1906 · Great San Francisco Earthquake

A 7.8 magnitude earthquake shook San Francisco for approximately 60 seconds on April 18, 1906. A 1906 report by US Army Relief Operations recorded the death toll for San Francisco and surrounding areas at 664. Later reports record the number at over 3,000 deaths. An estimated 225,000 people were left homeless from the widespread destructuction as 80% of the city was destroyed.

1923 · The President Dies of a Heart Attack

Warrant G. Harding died of a heart attack in the Palace hotel in San Francisco.

Name Meaning

English (mainly West Midlands): habitational name from either of three places called Hadley, in Worcestershire and Shropshire, or from either of two places called Hadleigh, in Essex and Suffolk, or Monken Hadley in Middlesex. The first is named from the Old English personal name Hadda + lēah ‘wood, (woodland) clearing’; the others are from Old English hǣth ‘heathland, heather’ + lēah.

In some cases also Native American (Navajo): variant of Hatathlie ‘singer (i.e. medicine man)’. Compare Singer 5.

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

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