When Ruth R Ridge was born on 16 May 1839, in Longton, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, William Ridge, was 20 and her mother, Elizabeth Smallwood, was 21. She married Julian Musser Moses on 18 March 1857, in Endowment House, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters. She lived in Stoke upon Trent, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom in 1841. She died on 26 January 1910, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 70, and was buried in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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Historical Boundaries: 1848: Mexican Cession, United States 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States 1868: Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Salt Lake, Utah, United States
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English:
topographic name for someone who lived on or by a ridge, Middle English rigge (Old English hrycg) ‘ridge’, or a habitational name from any of the minor places so named. It is synonymous with West Midlands Rudge and northern Rigg . The surname is also fairly common in Ireland, in County Galway, having been taken to Connacht in the early 17th century. The name is sometimes Gaelicized as Mac Iomaire; iomaire being modern Irish for ‘ridge’. Compare Attridge .
sometimes perhaps a variant of Rich with voicing of the formerly medial consonant.
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Possible Related NamesRuth Ridge Moses was the daughter of William Ridge and Elizabeth Smallwood. She was born in Staffordshire, England, May 16,1839. With her parents she came to America, settling at Nauvoo a short time …
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