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Ruth Elizabeth Shaw 1914 – 1977 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 3 Mar 1914

Birth Location: Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan, United States of America

Death Date: 11 Apr 1977

Death Location: Byron Township, Kent County, Michigan, United States of America

Father: Thaddeus Shaw

Mother: Ruth Asman

Spouse(s): Donald Murray

Children(s): Patricia Murray, Tad Murray

In 1914, Ruth Elizabeth Shaw entered the world in Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan, United States of America, born to Thaddeus Marion Shaw and Ruth S Asman. Years later, Ruth Elizabeth Shaw married Donald Sinclair Murray, and the couple became parents to Patricia Mae Murray and Tad Lawrence Murray. Ruth Elizabeth Shaw died in 1977 in Byron Township, Kent County, Michigan, United States of America.

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Parents

Thaddeus Shaw
1891 – 1959
Birth Location: Tahoma, King County, Washington, United States of America
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Ruth Asman
1892 – 1982
Birth Location: Bay City, Bay Co, Michigan
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Spouses(s)

Donald Murray
1914 – 1970
Birth Location: Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, USA
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Children(s)

Patricia Murray
1940 –
Birth Location: Michigan
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Tad Murray
1942 – 1942
Birth Location: East Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan, United States of America
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Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 3 Mar 1914
    Event Place: Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1920
    Event Place: Grand Rapids Ward 3, Kent, Michigan, USA
    Record Source: 1920 United States Federal Census

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1935
    Event Place: Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan
    Record Source: 1940 United States Federal Census, Year: 1940; Census Place: Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan; Roll: m-t0627-01901; Page: 4A; Enumeration District: 86-138

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1940
    Event Place: , Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, USA
    Record Source: 1940 United States Federal Census, Year: 1940; Census Place: Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan; Roll: m-t0627-01901; Page: 4A; Enumeration District: 86-138

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1950
    Event Place: Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, 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: Grand Rapids

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan
    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: Grand Rapids

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 11 Apr 1977
    Event Place: Byron Township, Kent County, Michigan, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
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