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Ruth Alice Sweeting Thomas 1901–1985 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 8 August 1901

Birth Location: Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA

Death Date: 9 January 1985

Death Location: Polk County, Florida, USA

Father: Charles Thomas

Mother: Ella Mitchell

Spouse(s): Henry Coyle

Children(s): Jack Coyle

Ruth Alice Sweeting Thomas was born in 1901 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA, the child of Charles Wesley Thomas And Ella Campbell Mitchell. Ruth Alice Sweeting Thomas married Henry Roswell Coyle, and had children including Jack Thomas Henry Roswell Coyle. Ruth Alice Sweeting Thomas passed away in 1985 in Polk County, Florida, USA.

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Biography

  • Ruth Alice Sweeting Thomas was born in 1901 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA, the child of Charles Wesley Thomas And Ella Campbell Mitchell.
  • Ruth Alice Sweeting Thomas married Henry Roswell Coyle, and had children including Jack Thomas Henry Roswell Coyle.
  • Ruth Alice Sweeting Thomas passed away in 1985 in Polk County, Florida, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

Charles Thomas
1872–1960
Birth Location: Coles County, Illinois, USA
CT
Ella Mitchell
1869–1966
Birth Location: Charleston, Coles County, Illinois
EM

Spouses(s)

Henry Coyle
1893–1946
Birth Location: Gridley, McLean, Illinois, USA
HC

Children(s)

Jack Coyle
1920–1993
Birth Location: Bloomington, McLean County, Illinois, USA
JC

Ruth Thomas's Ancestors

Self
Ruth Thomas
1901–1985
Birth Place: Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA
Parents
Charles Wesley Thomas
1872–1960
Coles County, Illinois, USA
Ella (Campbell) Mitchell
1869–1966
Charleston, Coles County, Illinois
Grandparents
Levi (Nelson) Thomas
1837–1913
Owen Co., Indiana, USA
Catherine (Ellen) Cassiday
1840–1896
Coshocton Co. , Ohio, USA
Luther (Collum) Mitchell
1830–1902
Washington County, Tennessee
Hepsibah (Ann) Waddill
1841–1879
Illinois
Great-Grandparents
Elisha Thomas
1800–1853
Martha Creech
1805–1880
Henry Cassiday
1785–1865
Frances Johnston
1799–1854
James Mitchell
1797–1843
Margaret Collom
1799–1885
William Waddill
1804–1894
Elizabeth Burgner
1803–1854
2nd-Great-Grandparents
David Thomas
1767–1852
Huldah Parsons
1775–1851
Hugh Cassidy
1760–1865
Mary Kelly
1765–
John Johnston
1766–1850
Frances Johnston
1770–1842
Robert Mitchell
1767–1808
Elizabeth Allison
1773–1827
Jonathan Collom
1760–1843
Martha SEIGNOR
1768–1846
Jonathan Capt
1779–1836

Ruth Thomas's Descendants

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Ruth (Alice Sweeting) Thomas (8 August 1901–9 January 1985) m. Henry (Roswell) Coyle (1 December 1893–2 November 1946)
  1. 1. Jack (Thomas "Henry Roswell ") Coyle 1920–1993 m. Ida (Jane) Griffin 1920–2009

Ruth Thomas's Timeline

2 Records

1901
8 August 1901
Birth of Ruth Alice Sweeting Thomas in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA
Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA
1985
9 January 1985
Age 84
Death of Ruth Alice Sweeting Thomas in Polk County, Florida, USA
Polk County, Florida, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 8 August 1901
    Event Place: Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 9 January 1985
    Event Place: Polk County, Florida, USA
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index
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