Brief Life History of Dorothy Ruth
When Dorothy Ruth Warnick was born on 10 August 1915, in Farmersville, Montgomery, Illinois, United States, her father, Harvey Kilburn Warnick, was 27 and her mother, Sophia Jane Hertel, was 25. She married John Oliver Hardy on 23 February 1935, in Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She lived in Mount Auburn, Christian, Illinois, United States in 1930 and Mount Auburn Cemetery, Mount Auburn Township, Christian, Illinois, United States for about 10 years. She died on 5 January 1999, in Springfield, Sangamon, Illinois, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in Mount Auburn, Christian, Illinois, United States.
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Family Time Line
Sources (10)
- Dorothy Hardy, "United States 1950 Census"
- Dorothy Ruth Warnick, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007"
- Dorothy R Hardy, "United States Social Security Death Index"
Spouse and Children
1912–1984 Male
1915–1999 Female
Children (2)
1938–2008 Male
1941–2021 Female
Parents and Siblings
1887–1967 Male
1890–1981 Female
Siblings (5)
1911–2002 Male
1913–1992 Female
1915–1999 Female
1918–2013 Female
1924–2020 Female
World Events (8)
1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress
Age 1
1925 · Woman's World's Fair
Age 10
1937 · The Neutrality Act
Age 22
Name Meaning
Scottish and Irish: variant of Warnock .
East German: habitational name from a place so named in Brandenburg (now in Poland).
Germanized or Americanized form of Polish Warnik and Jewish (from Ukraine) Varnik and Varnyk: metonymic occupational name from Polish warnik warnik ‘cooking gear’. The surname Warnik is very rare in Poland.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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