When Ruby L Tomlinson was born in June 1899, in New York, United States, her father, John Edward Tomlinson, was 43 and her mother, Florence Louise Coon, was 28. She married George Layboult on 11 June 1921, in St. Lawrence, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She lived in Pitcairn, St. Lawrence, New York, United States for about 10 years and Ogdensburg, Grand Traverse, Michigan, United States in 1991. She died on 16 April 1991, in Ogdensburg, St. Lawrence, New York, United States, at the age of 91, and was buried in Pitcairn, St. Lawrence, New York, United States.