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Ruth Demetra Root 1888–1968 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 16 Nov 1888

Birth Location: Denmark, Lee, Iowa, USA

Death Date: 1 July 1968

Death Location: Winterset, Madison, Iowa, USA

Father: Sidney Root

Mother: Lillie McKay

Spouse(s): James Collins

Children(s): Margaret Collins

Ruth Demetra Root was born in 1888 in Denmark, Lee, Iowa, USA, the child of Sidney Elmer Root And Lillie Bethia Mckay. Ruth Demetra Root married James Harry Collins, and had children including Margaret Catherine Collins. Ruth Demetra Root passed away in 1968 in Winterset, Madison, Iowa, USA.

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Biography

  • Ruth Demetra Root was born in 1888 in Denmark, Lee, Iowa, USA, the child of Sidney Elmer Root And Lillie Bethia Mckay.
  • Ruth Demetra Root married James Harry Collins, and had children including Margaret Catherine Collins.
  • Ruth Demetra Root passed away in 1968 in Winterset, Madison, Iowa, USA.

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Ruth Root's Ancestors

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Ruth Root
1888–1968
Birth Place: Denmark, Lee, Iowa, USA
Parents
Sidney Elmer Root
1852–1920
Minnesota
Lillie (Bethia) McKay
1861–1936
Mankato, Blue Earth, Minnesota, USA
Grandparents
William (Sidney) Root
1825–1891
Lorain County, Ohio, USA
Hannah (C) Williams
1836–
New York
John (Jay McKay) Judge
1816–1901
Attica, Wyoming, New York, USA
Ruth (Elizabeth) Hurlbut
1827–
Lenox, Ashtabula, Ohio, USA
Great-Grandparents
William Root
1801–1877
Nancy Hitchcock
1807–1878
Silas McKay
1783–1843
Sarah Galloway
1790–1875
David Hurlbut
1793–1848
Catherine Jenkins
1794–1874
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Samuel Hurlbut
1748–1816
Jerusha Higgins
1750–1837

Ruth Root's Descendants

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Ruth (Demetra) Root (16 Nov 1888–1 July 1968) m. James (Harry) Collins (21 March 1889–15 Aug 1970)
  1. 1. Margaret (Catherine) Collins 1916– m. Earl (Thomas) Wessel 1916–1992
    1. 1. Thomas (Arthur) Wessel 1943– m. Mary Salazar 1945–2024 m. Beverly (Jean Snyder) Wessel 1937–2024

Ruth Root's Timeline

2 Records

1888
16 Nov 1888
Birth of Ruth Demetra Root in Denmark, Lee, Iowa, USA
Denmark, Lee, Iowa, USA
1968
1 July 1968
Age 80
Death of Ruth Demetra Root in Winterset, Madison, Iowa, USA
Winterset, Madison, Iowa, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 16 Nov 1888
    Event Place: Denmark, Lee, Iowa, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1 July 1968
    Event Place: Winterset, Madison, Iowa, USA

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