Ruby Anthony

1923–2007 (Age 83)
Buckner, Louisa, Virginia, United States

The Life of Ruby

When Ruby Anthony was born on 29 January 1923, in Buckner, Louisa, Virginia, United States, her father, Samuel Wesley Anthony, was 76 and her mother, Annie Mildred Brooks, was 31. She married Francis Murray Harris on 7 January 1939, in Glen Allen, Henrico, Virginia, United States. She lived in Louisa, Virginia, United States in 1935 and Jackson Magisterial District, Louisa, Virginia, United States in 1940. She died on 2 January 2007, in Jacksonville, Duval, Florida, United States, at the age of 83.

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Family Time Line

Ruby Anthony
1923–2007
Francis Murray Harris
1918–1953
Marriage: 7 January 1939

Spouse & Children

  • Ruby Anthony

    Female1923–2007Female

  • Francis Murray Harris

    Male1918–1953Male

MARRIAGE
7 January 1939
Glen Allen, Henrico, Virginia, United States

Parents & Siblings

siblings

(6)

+1 More Child

World Events (8)

1927

Age 4

Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in his plane The Spirit of St. Louis.
1941 · Pentagon is Built in Arlington

Age 18

The Pentagon was developed as the Department of Defense had outgrown the other buildings were it was previous located.The groundbreaking for the Pentagon was on September 11, 1941. When the Pentagon was being built, it was determined that it could be no taller than four stories high. Colonel Leslie R. Groves was the supervisor of the project, he would later become known for helping on the Manhattan Project.
1945 · Peace in a Post War World

Age 22

The Yalta Conference was held in Crimea to talk about establishing peace and postwar reorganization in post-World War II Europe. The heads of government that were attending were from the United States, the United Kingdom and the Soviet Union. Later the Conference would become a subject of controversy at the start of the Cold War.

Name Meaning

1 English: from the personal name Anthony, Latin Antonius. See also Anton . This, with its variants, cognates, and derivatives, is one of the commonest European personal names. Many of the European forms have been absorbed into this spelling as American family names; for the forms, see Hanks and Hodges 1988 . Spellings with -h-, which first appear in English in the 16th century and in French (as Anthoine) at about the same time, are due to the erroneous belief that the name derives from Greek anthos ‘flower’. The popularity of the personal name in Christendom is largely due to the cult of the Egyptian hermit St. Anthony ( ad 251–356 ), who in his old age gathered a community of hermits around him, and for that reason is regarded by some as the founder of monasticism. It was further increased by the fame of St. Anthony of Padua ( 1195–1231 ), who long enjoyed a great popular cult and who is believed to help people find lost things.2 South Indian: this is only a given name in India, but has come to be used as a family name among Christians from South India in the U.S.

Possible Related Names

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

Sources (3)

  • Ruby Harris in household of Francis Harris, "United States Census, 1940"
  • Rubie Anthony in household of Annie Anthony, "United States Census, 1930"
  • Ruby Belle Harris, "Virginia, Divorce Records, 1918-1988"

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