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Ruth Zellema MacDONALD 1917–2006 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 20 Jan 1917

Birth Location: Reidville, Spartanburg, South Carolina, USA

Death Date: 18 May 2006

Death Location: Columbia, Richland, South Carolina, USA

Father: William Roddey

Mother: Nannie Smith

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Ruth Zellema MacDONALD was born in 1917 in Reidville, Spartanburg, South Carolina, USA, the child of William Robert Roddey And Nannie C Smith. Ruth Zellema MacDONALD passed away in 2006 in Columbia, Richland, South Carolina, USA.

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Biography

  • Ruth Zellema MacDONALD was born in 1917 in Reidville, Spartanburg, South Carolina, USA, the child of William Robert Roddey And Nannie C Smith.
  • Ruth Zellema MacDONALD passed away in 2006 in Columbia, Richland, South Carolina, USA.

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Ruth MacDONALD's Ancestors

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Ruth MacDONALD
1917–2006
Birth Place: Reidville, Spartanburg, South Carolina, USA
Parents
William Robert Roddey
1893–1976
Nannie (C.) Smith
1895–1943
Greer, Spartanburg, South Carolina, USA
Grandparents
John (Henry) Smith
1873–1928
Spartanburg County, South Carolina, USA
Tulula (Anna) Miller
1876–1952
Spartanburg County, South Carolina, USA
Great-Grandparents
Seaborn Smith
1838–1917
Rosa Coan
1844–1904
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Levi Smith
1791–1845
Mary Nance
1790–

Ruth MacDONALD's Timeline

2 Records

1917
20 Jan 1917
Birth of Ruth Zellema MacDONALD in Reidville, Spartanburg, South Carolina, USA
Reidville, Spartanburg, South Carolina, USA
2006
18 May 2006
Age 89
Death of Ruth Zellema MacDONALD in Florida, USA
Florida, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 20 Jan 1917
    Event Place: Reidville, Spartanburg, South Carolina, USA
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 18 May 2006
    Event Place: Florida, USA
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Columbia, Richland, South Carolina, USA
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

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