Died
at age 92
in Seabright, Devonshire Parish, Bermuda
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Biography
Ruth was born 22 June 1880 in Perth Amboy, New Jersey. [1] She was the daughter of Bayard Neilson and his mother's last name was Chapman. [1]
Obituary:
Ruth Rapalje Dill,
Perth Amboy native
Devonshire North, Bermuda - Services were held Wednesday for Mrs. Ruth Rapalje Dill, 94, of Newbold Place, who died Tuesday at home. She was the widow of Col. Thomas Meville Dill, O.B.E., a former government offricial here.
Mrs. Dill was a native of Perth Amboy, N.J. She was the daughter of the late Nicholas Bayard and Sarah Gifford Nielson.
She was married Oct. 15, 1900.
She was a member of the Imperial Order of the Daughters of Empire here and was for many years in charge of the Girls Friendsly Society.
Her survivors include a daughter, Mrs. Philip Crockett of New Brunswick, N.J. [2] She was buried at Christ Anglican Church Cemetery.[3]
↑The Central New Jersey Home News (New Brunswick, New Jersey), Friday, 15 June 1973, pg. 39, col. 4; digital images, Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com : accessed 22 September 2021).
↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/146303513/ruth_rapalje-dill: accessed March 27, 2024), memorial page for Ruth Rapalje Neilson Dill (22 Aug 1880–11 Jun 1973), Find a Grave Memorial ID 146303513, citing Christ Anglican Church Cemetery, North Shore Village, Devonshire Parish, Bermuda; Maintained by Scooter T (contributor 48110330).
"United States Census, 1900," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M9F5-YH6 : accessed 20 Nov 2014), Ruth R Neilson in household of Nicholas B Neilson, Perth Amboy city Ward 1, Middlesex, New Jersey, United States; citing sheet 17B, family 336, NARA microfilm publication T623, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C.; FHL microfilm 1240984.
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