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Ella Ruth, FORTSON Baker 1918 – 2006 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 21 Jun 1918

Birth Location: Brewton, Escambia, Alabama, USA

Death Date: 03 July 2006

Death Location: Mount Dora, Lake County, Florida

Father: Joseph Baker

Mother: Cynthia Gibbons

Spouse(s): John Fortson

Children(s): John Fortson

In 1918, Ella Ruth FORTSON Baker entered the world in Brewton, Escambia, Alabama, USA, born to Joseph E Baker and Cynthia Ann BAKER WILSON Gibbons. Years later, Ella Ruth FORTSON Baker married John William Fortson, and the couple became parents to John William Fortson. Ella Ruth FORTSON Baker died in 2006 in Mount Dora, Lake County, Florida.

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Parents

Joseph Baker
1885 – 1954
Birth Location: Eufaula, Barbour County, Alabama, United States of America
JB
Cynthia Gibbons
1893 – 1970
Birth Location: Barbour County, Alabama, USA
CG

Spouses(s)

John Fortson
1915 – 2003
Birth Location: Sanford, Seminole County, Florida, United States of America
JF

Children(s)

John Fortson
1944 – 2016
Birth Location: City of Sanford, Seminole County, Florida
JF

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 21 Jun 1918
    Event Place: Brewton, Escambia, Alabama, USA
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current, U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014, Social Security Administration; Washington D.C., USA; Social Security Death Index, Master File

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1976
    Event Place: Florida
    Record Source: U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014, Social Security Administration; Washington D.C., USA; Social Security Death Index, Master File

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 03 July 2006
    Event Place: Mount Dora, Lake County, Florida
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current, U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014, Social Security Administration; Washington D.C., USA; Social Security Death Index, Master File

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Lake Mary, Seminole County, Florida, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

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