Brief Life History of Ruth Elizabeth
When Ruth Elizabeth Whitley was born on 24 March 1897, in Barton, Barton, Tioga, New York, United States, her father, Ernest C. Whitley, was 26 and her mother, Mary Elizabeth Osborn, was 25. She married Alexander Gerasinos Vavasis on 15 January 1919, in Elmira, Chemung, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 daughters. She lived in Police Precinct 13, Washington, District of Columbia, United States in 1940 and Durham, Durham, North Carolina, United States in 1988. In 1919, at the age of 21, her occupation is listed as clerk in New York, United States. She died on 10 December 1988, in Louisburg, Franklin, North Carolina, United States, at the age of 91, and was buried in Durham, North Carolina, United States.
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- Ruth E Westley in household of Ernest G Westley, "United States Census, 1910"
- Legacy NFS Source: Ruth E. Whitley - Government record: birth-name: Ruth E. Whitley
- Ruth E. Whitley, "New York, County Marriages, 1847-1848; 1908-1936"
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1913 · Women's Suffrage Demonstration
A demonstration for women's suffrage takes place on March 3, 1913. This is the first suffrage parade in Washington D.C. One of the notable women in attendance is Ida B. Wells.
1917 · Women Given the Right to Vote in New York
Voters in New York approve a bill giving women the right to vote. This is passed three years prior to the 19th amendment to the U.S. Constitution which allowed women to vote nationwide.
1923 · The President Dies of a Heart Attack
Warrant G. Harding died of a heart attack in the Palace hotel in San Francisco.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from one or more of the many places called Whitley (in Yorkshire, Cheshire, Northumberland, Wiltshire, Warwickshire), Whiteley, or Whitleigh (in Berkshire). The placename is common, generally with the meaning ‘white clearing’ (Old English hwīt ‘white’ + lēah ‘woodland clearing’), or occasionally ‘wheat clearing’ (Old English hwǣte + lēah). According to Redmonds, the Yorkshire surname originated in a locality in the Elland area, perhaps White Lee in Scammonden or White Lee in Mytholmroyd.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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