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Ruth Ida Dempsey 1907–2007 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 10 Jun 1907

Birth Location: San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA

Death Date: 06 Sep 2007

Death Location: Colma, San Mateo County, California, United States of America

Father: John Dempsey

Mother: Clara Brown

Spouse(s): William Chapton

Children(s): Richard Chapton

Ruth Ida Dempsey was born in 1907 in San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA, the child of John Gladstone Dempsey And Clara Brown. In 1935, Ruth Ida Dempsey resided in Alameda, Alameda, California. In 1940, Ruth Ida Dempsey resided in , Alameda, Alameda, California, USA. Ruth Ida Dempsey married William Le Roy Chapton, and had children including Joan Patricia Chapton, Richard Donald Chapton. Ruth Ida Dempsey passed away in 2007 in Colma, San Mateo County, California, United States of America.

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Biography

  • Ruth Ida Dempsey was born in 1907 in San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA, the child of John Gladstone Dempsey And Clara Brown.
  • In 1935, Ruth Ida Dempsey resided in Alameda, Alameda, California.
  • In 1940, Ruth Ida Dempsey resided in , Alameda, Alameda, California, USA.
  • Ruth Ida Dempsey married William Le Roy Chapton, and had children including Joan Patricia Chapton, Richard Donald Chapton.
  • Ruth Ida Dempsey passed away in 2007 in Colma, San Mateo County, California, United States of America.

Immediate Family

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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Ruth Dempsey's Ancestors

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Ruth Dempsey
1907–2007
Birth Place: San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA
Parents
John Gladstone Dempsey
1870–1955
New York, NY
Clara Brown
1875–1971
San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA
Grandparents
John (Gladstone Dempsey) I
1839–1887
Belfast, Ireland
Ellen Condon
1842–1922
Dublin, Ireland
David Brown
1835–1914
England
Rosa Saywell
1851–1933
Warminster, Wiltshire, England
Great-Grandparents
John Dempsey
1788–1871
Sylvester Saywell
1805–1858
Tabitha Wade
1807–1874
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Ruth Dempsey's Descendants

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Ruth (Ida) Dempsey (10 Jun 1907–06 Sep 2007) m. William (Le Roy) Chapton (23 Apr 1904–01 Apr 1967)
  1. 1. Richard (Donald) Chapton 1933–1974

Ruth Dempsey's Timeline

6 Records

1907
10 Jun 1907
Birth of Ruth Ida Dempsey in San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA
San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA
1935
1935
Age 28
Ruth Ida Dempsey resided here in Alameda, Alameda, California
Alameda, Alameda, California
1940
1940
Age 33
Ruth Ida Dempsey resided here in , Alameda, Alameda, California, USA
, Alameda, Alameda, California, USA
1950
1950
Age 43
Ruth Ida Dempsey resided here in Oakland, Alameda, California, USA
Oakland, Alameda, California, USA
1968
1968
Age 61
Ruth Ida Dempsey resided here in California
California
2007
06 Sep 2007
Age 100
Death of Ruth Ida Dempsey in Walnut Creek, Contra Costa, California, USA
Walnut Creek, Contra Costa, California, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 10 Jun 1907
    Event Place: San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1935
    Event Place: Alameda, Alameda, California
    Record Source: 1940 United States Federal Census, Year: 1940; Census Place: Alameda, Alameda, California; Roll: m-t0627-00183; Page: 10A; Enumeration District: 1-15

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1940
    Event Place: , Alameda, Alameda, California, USA
    Record Source: 1940 United States Federal Census, Year: 1940; Census Place: Alameda, Alameda, California; Roll: m-t0627-00183; Page: 10A; Enumeration District: 1-15

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1950
    Event Place: Oakland, Alameda, California, USA
    Record Source: 1950 United States Federal Census, United States of America, Bureau of the Census; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: Oakland, Alameda, Ca

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1968
    Event Place: California
    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 6
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: 451-Haight Ave Alameda
    Record Source: California, U.S., Marriage Records from Select Counties

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 06 Sep 2007
    Event Place: Walnut Creek, Contra Costa, California, USA

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Colma, San Mateo County, California, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

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