Dobyns Family Tree » Ruth Swailes (1877-1940)

Personal data Ruth Swailes 

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Household of Ruth Swailes

She is married to Robert David Smith.

They got married on February 13, 1913 at Manchester, Hartford, Connecticut, USA, she was 35 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Violet Mae Smith  ± 1913-1948
  2. Johanna Smith  1915-1984
  3. Ruth V Smith  1921-2007 


Notes about Ruth Swailes

Based on the April 1940 Federal Census, and reported by her (she has an 'X' by her name), she was listed as being 62 years old. However, a newspaper article of her death says that she was 59 when she died.

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Ruth Swailes
1877-1940

1913

Robert David Smith
1884-1947

Violet Mae Smith
± 1913-1948
Johanna Smith
1915-1984
Ruth V Smith
1921-2007

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Sources

  1. 1930 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, Year: 1930; Census Place: Manchester, Hartford, Connecticut; Roll: 267; Page: 16B; Enumeration District: 0152; Image: 794.0; FHL microfilm: 2340002
  3. 1920 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, Year: 1920; Census Place: Manchester, Hartford, Connecticut; Roll: T625_181; Page: 26A; Enumeration District: 137; Image: 1008 / Ancestry.com
  4. 1940 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, Source Citation: Year: 1940; Census Place: Manchester, Hartford, Connecticut; Roll: T627_504; Page: 5A; Enumeration District: 2-112
    residence date: 1 Apr 1940 residence place: Manchester, Hartford, Connecticut, USA residence date: 1935 residence place: Manchester, Hartford, Connecticut birth date: 1878 birth place: Northern Ireland Name: Ruth Smith
    / Ancestry.com
  5. Web: Connecticut, Find A Grave Index, 1636-2013, Ancestry.com

Historical events

Birthday March 22, 1877

  • The temperature on March 22, 1877 was about 3.0 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 86%. Source: KNMI
  • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • From August 27, 1874 till November 3, 1877 the Netherlands had a cabinet Heemskerk - Van Lijnden van Sandenburg with the prime ministers Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) and Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (AR).
  • In The Netherlands , there was from November 3, 1877 to August 20, 1879 the cabinet Kappeijne van de Coppello, with Mr. J. Kappeijne van de Coppello (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1877: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
    • January 8 » Crazy Horse and his warriors fight their last battle against the United States Cavalry at Wolf Mountain, Montana Territory.
    • April 12 » The United Kingdom annexes the Transvaal.
    • April 24 » Russo-Turkish War: Russian Empire declares war on Ottoman Empire.
    • May 9 » A magnitude 8.8 earthquake off the coast of Peru kills 2,541, including some as far away as Hawaii and Japan.
    • July 21 » After rioting by Baltimore and Ohio Railroad workers and the deaths of nine rail workers at the hands of the Maryland militia, workers in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, stage a sympathy strike that is met with an assault by the state militia.
    • September 24 » The Battle of Shiroyama is a decisive victory of the Imperial Japanese Army over the Satsuma Rebellion.

Day of marriage February 13, 1913

  • The temperature on February 13, 1913 was between 1.7 °C and 5.5 °C and averaged 3.6 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1913: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.1 million citizens.
    • February 2 » Grand Central Terminal is opened in New York City.
    • February 5 » Greek military aviators, Michael Moutoussis and Aristeidis Moraitinis perform the first naval air mission in history, with a Farman MF.7 hydroplane.
    • March 22 » Mystic Phan Xích Long, the self-proclaimed Emperor of Vietnam, was arrested for organising a revolt against the colonial rule of French Indochina, which was nevertheless carried out by his supporters the following day.
    • June 1 » The Greek–Serbian Treaty of Alliance is signed, paving the way for the Second Balkan War.
    • June 24 » Greece and Serbia annul their alliance with Bulgaria.
    • December 1 » The Buenos Aires Metro, the first underground railway system in the Southern Hemisphere and in Latin America, begins operation.

Day of death August 2, 1940

  • The temperature on August 2, 1940 was between 14.1 °C and 22.8 °C and averaged 17.3 °C. There was 9.4 hours of sunshine (61%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from August 10, 1939 to September 3, 1940 the cabinet De Geer II, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from September 3, 1940 to July 27, 1941 the cabinet Gerbrandy I, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1940: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 8.8 million citizens.
    • June 16 » A Communist government is installed in Lithuania.
    • July 20 » California opens its first freeway, the Arroyo Seco Parkway.
    • September 17 » World War II: Due to setbacks in the Battle of Britain and approaching autumn weather, Hitler postpones Operation Sea Lion.
    • November 24 » World War II: The First Slovak Republic becomes a signatory to the Tripartite Pact, officially joining the Axis powers.
    • December 14 » Plutonium (specifically Pu-238) is first isolated at Berkeley, California.
    • December 22 » World War II: Himara is captured by the Greek army.

Day of burial August 8, 1940

  • The temperature on August 8, 1940 was between 13.9 °C and 21.6 °C and averaged 17.1 °C. There was 3.9 mm of rain during 1.9 hours. There was 5.0 hours of sunshine (33%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from August 10, 1939 to September 3, 1940 the cabinet De Geer II, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from September 3, 1940 to July 27, 1941 the cabinet Gerbrandy I, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1940: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 8.8 million citizens.
    • February 28 » Basketball is televised for the first time (Fordham University vs. the University of Pittsburgh in Madison Square Garden).
    • June 23 » Adolf Hitler goes on a three-hour tour of the architecture of Paris with architect Albert Speer and sculptor Arno Breker in his only visit to the city.
    • July 2 » Indian independence leader Subhas Chandra Bose is arrested and detained in Calcutta.
    • August 3 » World War II: Italian forces begin the invasion of British Somaliland.
    • August 20 » In Mexico City, exiled Russian revolutionary Leon Trotsky is fatally wounded with an ice axe by Ramón Mercader. He dies the next day.
    • October 17 » The body of Communist propagandist Willi Münzenberg found in South France, starting a never-resolved mystery.


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