Brief Life History of Ruth Irene
When Ruth Irene Whitehead was born on 23 April 1906, in Prentiss, Jefferson Davis, Mississippi, United States, her father, Riley Johnson Whitehead, was 25 and her mother, Sarah Elizabeth Whitehead, was 23. She had at least 2 sons and 1 daughter with Buford Larkin Wilson. She lived in Beat 3, Jefferson Davis, Mississippi, United States for about 10 years. She died on 14 September 1976, in Prentiss, Jefferson Davis, Mississippi, United States, at the age of 70.
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Sources (10)
- Ruth Wilson, "United States Census, 1940"
- U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
- Ruth I Whitehead in entry for Harold Wilson, "United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007"
Spouse and Children
1904–1978 Male
1906–1976 Female
Children (3)
1927–1978 Male
1927–1978 Male
1937–2009 Female
Parents and Siblings
1881–1961 Male
1882– Female
Siblings (8)
1906–1976 Female
1910– Female
1913– Male
1915– Male
1917– Male
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World Events (8)
1907 · Not for profit elections
Age 1
1907 · Boll Weevil Destroys Most the Cotton Crop
Age 1
1925 · B.B. King is Born
Age 19
Name Meaning
English: nickname from Middle English whit ‘white’ + hed ‘head’ (Old English hwīt + hēafod), denoting a person with white or fair hair. Occasionally perhaps from Middle English whīt ‘white’ + hod ‘hood’ (Old English hwīt + hōd).
Irish: adopted by erroneous translation of Ó Ceanndubháin ‘descendant of the little black-headed one’ (see Canavan ), as if from Gaelic ceann ‘head’ + bán ‘white’.
Americanized form (translation into English) of German Weisshaupt (see Weishaupt ) or Weisskopf (see Weiskopf ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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