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Title: Looking for Ruth
Post by: jim charman on Tuesday 20 July 04 16:24 BST (UK)

Looking for Ruth Ann Turner died Jan 1919 in Halifax area. Was married to Fred Greenwood date unknown. Can anyone help

Title: Re: Looking for Ruth
Post by: Boongie Pam on Tuesday 20 July 04 18:23 BST (UK)

Hi Jim,

How old was Ruth when she died?  It may help to try and find her on a census which may lead to info on the area she was born.

Cheers,
Pam
 ;D

Title: Re: Looking for Ruth
Post by: jim charman on Wednesday 21 July 04 13:54 BST (UK)

Hello Pam,
               Thanks for reply. Sorry that's the problem we have no idea how old she was.The assumption would be around 60's, say born roughly around 1866+- 10.
               This has been our stumbling block for sometime, lack of definite info,plus I am an old wrinkly trying hard to catch up with the modem world.

Title: Re: Looking for Ruth
Post by: Adi1962 on Wednesday 21 July 04 14:10 BST (UK)

There is a Ruth Ann Turner married Fred Greenwood  Dec 1888

http://freebmd.rootsweb.com


Surname  First name(s)    District  Vol  Page 

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Marriages Dec 1888

 
Gledhill  Maria    Halifax  9a 717   
GREENWOOD  Fred     Halifax  9a 717   
SUTCLIFFE  John Henry     Halifax  9a 717   
TURNER  Ruth Ann     Halifax  9a 717   
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just found a Ruth A Greenwood death

Deaths Sep 1910
  
Greenwood  Ruth A  34  Halifax  9a 274   

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a a Ruth Gereenwood getting married in 1907 - maybe she remarried...

Marriages Jun 1907
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GREENWOOD  Ruth Ann    Halifax  9a 1023   




hope this helps

Adrian

Title: Re: Looking for Ruth
Post by: Little Nell on Wednesday 21 July 04 14:24 BST (UK)

Jim,

Just found the same marriage on freebmd.  Looking at 1881 census I can find 2 Ruth Ann Turners in Halifax area born in 1860s who might fit the bill.

Nell

Title: Re: Looking for Ruth
Post by: jim charman on Wednesday 21 July 04 14:27 BST (UK)

Hello Adrian,
                   What a relief, it is just what I was looking for. It is my wife's family we are tracing and info is very limited. No records, apart from her immediate relatives, were kept. Also the names are common in the Halifax area.

 Best wishes   Jim & Mary C.

Title: Re: Looking for Ruth
Post by: peterbennett on Wednesday 21 July 04 14:58 BST (UK)

Hi Jim/Mary

                I think this is Ruth and Fred in 1891.

Name:    Greenwood, Ruth A
Age in 1891:    27 
Relation:    Wife 
Gender:    Female 
Where Born:    Ovenden, Yorkshire
     
Civil parish:    Northowram 
Ecclesiastical parish:    All Souls 
County:    Yorkshire 
     
Street address: 25 New Town ?

Greenwood, Fred 25 born Northowram, Yorkshire Head  Northowram  Yorkshire   
Greenwood, Ruth A 27 born Ovenden, Yorkshire Wife  Northowram  Yorkshire 

     
Source information:    RG12/3605
Registration district:    Halifax 
Sub registration district:    Northowram 
ED, institution, or vessel:    7 
Folio:    132 
Page:    16

With the details from this census you should be able to find them on the 1901 census.

If you need any more help please ask

peterbennett