Ruth Elizabeth (Crooke) Stowe (1897 - 1990)

Born 24 Aug 1897 in Florida

Ancestors

Died 22 Mar 1990 at age 92 in Escambia, Florida, United States

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Biography

Ruth (Crooke) Stowe has Irish ancestors.

Ruth (Crooke) Stowe has German Roots.

Early Life

In 1900, she lives on Clubs Street in Pensacola, Florida with her parents. Her dad, Charlie, works as a Bayman on the docks presumably with his brothers, William Adam and John Thomas, who also work on the docks. Her mom, Matilda, has her teenage brother, Samuel living with the family and works as a day laborer. Since the docks employed day labor at the time, it's entirely possible, he also worked with Charlie. Matilda and Charlie have five children: Arthur, Charles, James, Ruth, and Beulah. ^[1]

In 1910, the family owns a house on Romana Street in Pensacola. Charlie still works as a stevedore on the docks. Arthur, Charles, James, Ruth, and Odessa still live at home. Arthur is working as a salseman. Young Charles works in a real estate office as an office boy. In addition, more children join the Crooke family including Calvin, Herman, Bernard, Hazel, and Mildred.^[2]

Marriage and Family

In 1920, she, her husband, William Stowe, and their two daughters (Patricia and Jane live in Pensacola with her parents and 10 siblings. Her husband works as a tailor. ^[3]

By 1930, Charles and Matilda have moved to East Lakeview Avenue, but still live in Pensacola, only Mildred, William, and Ruth still live at home. Ruth says she is still married, but her husband is not on the census. She has had another child, Charles Frances. Charles and William work in house construction. Mildred works as a telephone exchange operator.^[4]

Death and Burial

She died on 22 Mar 1990 in Pensacola, Florida and is buried in Barrancas National Cemetery in Pensacola, Florida. ^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M36M-71G : accessed 15 March 2019), Chas D Cook, Precinct 15 Pensacola city, Escambia, Florida, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 28, sheet 19A, family 398, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,169.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MVKQ-GVP : accessed 15 March 2019), Calvin Crooks in household of Charles Crooks, Pensacola, Escambia, Florida, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 17, sheet 26A, family 683, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 160; FHL microfilm 1,374,173.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNYJ-M3Y : accessed 15 March 2019), James Crooke in household of Charles D Crooke, Pensacola, Escambia, Florida, United States; citing ED 32, sheet 11, line 29, family 217, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 219; FHL microfilm 1,820,219.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:SRJ3-3N2 : accessed 15 March 2019), Charles D Crooke, Pensacola, Escambia, Florida, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 32, sheet 4A, line 19, family 96, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 316; FHL microfilm 2,340,051.
5. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/1227716