Brief Life History of Ruth Ellen
When Ruth Ellen Reid was born on 2 July 1875, in Whitt, Parker, Texas, United States, her father, James Peyton Reid, was 39 and her mother, Ruth Finch, was 36. She married Sewell Colfax Hawes on 5 July 1894, in Parker, Texas, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 6 daughters. She lived in Haskell, Texas, United States in 1930 and Justice Precinct 2, Haskell, Texas, United States in 1940. She died on 10 February 1958, at the age of 82, and was buried in Johnson Memorial Cemetery, Munday, Knox, Texas, United States.
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- C Hawes in household of L C Hawes, "United States Census, 1920"
- Ellen Reid, "Texas, County Marriage Records, 1837-1965"
- Ruth Ellen Reid Hawes in entry for Edna L Lebeouf, "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, Births, and Marriages 1980-2014"
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World Events (8)
1876 · The First Worlds Fair in the U.S.
The First official World's Fair, was held to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence in Philadelphia. 37 Countries provided venues for all to see.
1879
Historical Boundaries: 1879: Haskell, Texas, United States
1898 · War with the Spanish
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.
Name Meaning
Scottish: variant of Reed , of which Reid is the common modern Scots spelling.
History: Samuel Chester Reid (1783–1861), the sea captain who designed the stars and stripes form of the present the American flag, was born at Norwich, CT. His father, Lt. John Reid, a former British naval officer of a distinguished Glasgow family, had resigned his commission and joined the cause of the American Revolution.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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