Ruth Irene Whitehead

Female23 April 1906–14 September 1976

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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Family Time Line

Buford Larkin Wilson
1904–1978
Ruth Irene Whitehead
1906–1976
Harold Buford Wilson
1927–1978
Harold Buford Wilson
1927–1978
Doris Vivian Wilson
1937–2009

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"

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World Events (8)

1907 · Not for profit elections

Age 1

The first act prohibiting monetary contributions to political campaigns by major corporations.

1907 · Boll Weevil Destroys Most the Cotton Crop

Age 1

When the boll weevil threatened most the Mississippi Delta, it put the state’s cotton crop in peril. By the time the boll weevil reached Mississippi it had already destroyed four million bales of cotton. This added up to $238 million at the time or about 6 billion in present day. The boll weevil depends on cotton for every stage of its life.

1925 · B.B. King is Born

Age 19

B.B. King was born on September 16, 1925, in Itta Bean, Mississippi. He was a famous American blues singer, electric guitarist, and record producer. In 1987, he inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

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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