Ruth Esther (Washington) Smith (1919 - 1955)

Born 25 Jun 1919 in Limestone, Orangeburg, South Carolina, United States

Died 30 Jul 1955 at age 36 in Dinwiddie, Virginia, United States

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Biography

Ruth (Washington) Smith is a part of US Black heritage.

When Ruth Esther Washington was born on June 25, 1919, her father, Lemuel Washington, was 29, and her mother, Esther McCoy, was 25. She had one son with Joseph J. Stanley. She then married John Henry Smith on May 8, 1937 in Portsmouth, Virginia and had five children. She died on July 30, 1955, in Dinwiddie, Virginia, at the age of 36, and was buried in Portsmouth, Virginia.

Sources

• South Carolina, U.S., Births, 1915-1919. Name: Ruth Washington; female; birth date: 25 Jun 1919; birthplace: Limestone, Orangeburg, South Carolina; Legitimacy: Y; father: Samuel Washington; mother: Ester McCoy.

• 1920 United States Federal Census. Name: Ruthe Washington; age 0; birth year: 1920; birth place: South Carolina; home in 1920: Limestone, Orangeburg, South Carolina; Street: Kennerly Road; race: Black; female; relation to head of house: daughter; single; father's name: Lemuel Washington, father's birthplace: South Carolina; mother's name: Ether Washington; mother's birth place: South Carolina. Household: Lemuel Washington, age 30; Ether Washington, age 26; Julius Washington, age 4; Edward Washington, age 2; Ruthe Washington, age 0.

• Virginia, Marriage Records, 1936-2014. Name: Ruth Esther Washington; female; race: Black; marriage age: 18; birth date: 1919; marriage registration place: Portsmouth, Virginia; marriage date: 8 May 1937; marriage place: Portsmouth, Virginia; father: Lemuel Washington; mother: Esther McCoy; spouse: John Henry Smith.

• Virginia, U.S., Marriage Records, 1936-2014. Name: Ruth Esther Washington; female; child: Lemuel Urban Washington.

• Virginia, Death Records, 1912-2014. name: Ruth Esther Smith; female; race: Black; age 36; birth date: 25 Jun 1919; death date: 30 Jul 1955; death place: Dinwiddie, Virginia; registration date: 1 Aug 1955; spouse: John Henry Smith.

• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/144301229/ruth-e-smith#

• U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007. Name: Ruth E Washington; female; spouse: joseph Stanley; child: Lemuel Urban Washington.