Ruth Esther Ward

Female, #827, b. 9 July 1889, d. 26 December 1980
Ruth Esther Ward|b. 9 Jul 1889\nd. 26 Dec 1980|p827.htm|Everett Daniel Ward|b. 16 Nov 1857\nd. 4 Jan 1920|p825.htm|Cora May Harding|b. 9 Jun 1868\nd. 23 Oct 1952|p814.htm|Thomas H. Ward|b. 28 Mar 1814\nd. 5 Jul 1891|p2680.htm|Esther K. Mayo|b. 10 Mar 1814\nd. 19 Aug 1895|p2681.htm|George Harding|b. 17 Dec 1837\nd. 25 Apr 1910|p812.htm|Ruth M. Delvey|b. 15 Jun 1838\nd. 9 Sep 1923|p801.htm|

Relationship=3rd great-granddaughter of Peter Delvee.
Ruth (Ward) Woodman and her grandsons, Gary and Gordon Harrier
     [Tribe of Joseph]. Ruth Esther Ward was born on 9 July 1889 at Warwick, Massachusetts.2,4,5 She was the daughter of Everett Daniel Ward and Cora May Harding.1,2,3 When she attended Orange High School, she lived with her Aunt, Grace (Harding) Whitney at 77 North Main Street, Orange. On 2 October 1912 at the Home of Everett and Cora Ward, Ruth's parents, North Orange, Massachusetts, Ruth married Harry Lincoln Woodman, son of Herbert J. Woodman and Mary E. Flanders. In a double ring ceremony performed by the Rev. Selden W. Cummings, pastor of the First Baptist Church of Lowell.3,6 Ruth Esther Ward and Harry Lincoln Woodman lived in September 1939 at 422 Pine Street, Lowell, Massachusetts.7 Ruth Esther Ward died on Friday, 26 December 1980 at Athol Memorial Hospital, Athol, Massachusetts, at age 91 years, 5 months and 17 days.4,5 Ruth was buried on 31 December 1980 at Jones Cemetery, Orange, Massachusetts.4
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Tribe of Joseph

Children of Ruth Esther Ward and Harry Lincoln Woodman

Citations

  1. [S3] Edith Ward, Decent of Lawrence C. Ward (New York: manuscript, c 1970). Hereinafter cited as Decent of Lawrence Ward.
  2. [S39] Barbara Crosby, The Ward Family of 11 Children (Orange, Massachusetts: manuscript, circa 1950), p 2. Hereinafter cited as The Ward Family of 11 Children.
  3. [S51] Wedding Invitation, of Ruth Ward and Harry Woodman - 1912.
  4. [S76] Ruth E. Woodman, Funeral Card, 1980, Roy Genealogical Collection, RR 1 Box 308, Paw Paw, West Virginia.
  5. [S83] Social Security Death Benefit Records, 1937 - date (Utah: Automated Archives. Inc., 2004). Hereinafter cited as SSDI.
  6. [S77] Woodman-Ward Marriage, Lowell Sun, Lowell, Massachusetts, 1912. Hereinafter cited as Lowell Sun.
  7. [S54] Birth Notice - Jean Ruth Smith, Lowell Sun, Lowell, Massachusetts, 14 September 1939. Hereinafter cited as Lowell Sun.
  8. [S546] Janice M. Farmer - Deceased -Aug. 22, 2009, Athol Daily News, Athol, Massachusetts, 25 August 2009. Hereinafter cited as Athol Daily News.
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