Brief Life History of Anna Ruth
When Anna Ruth Poole was born on 13 October 1914, in Elk Creek, Grayson, Virginia, United States, her father, Eli Summit Poole, was 35 and her mother, Irena Ellen Anderson, was 29. She married Bert Sanders Alley on 20 September 1930, in Spring Valley, Grayson, Virginia, United States. She lived in Providence, Grayson, Virginia, United States in 1930 and Providence District, Grayson, Virginia, United States in 1940. She died on 1 October 1999, in Fries, Grayson, Virginia, United States, at the age of 84, and was buried in Summerfield United Methodist Church Cemetery, Fries, Grayson, Virginia, United States.
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Sources (19)
- Ana Alley, "United States Census, 1940"
- Legacy NFS Source: Anna Ruth Pool - Government record: birth: 13 October 1914; Elk Creek, Grayson, Virginia, United States
- Virginia, Marriage Records, 1936-2014
Spouse and Children
1910–1967 Male
1914–1999 Female
Parents and Siblings
1879–1965 Male
1885–1965 Female
Siblings (7)
1905–1929 Male
1906–1907 Female
1908–1998 Female
1911–1962 Female
1914–1999 Female
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World Events (8)
1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress
Age 2
1917 · Camp Lee Training Facility
Age 3
1937 · The Neutrality Act
Age 23
Name Meaning
English: from Middle English pol(e), polle, poul(e) ‘pool, pond’ (Old English pōl). The name may be topographic, for someone who lived by a pool, or habitative, from a place so named.
English: variant of Paul .
Possibly an Americanized form of German Puhl or Pfuhl(e) (see Pool 4).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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