Ruth Alice (Mercer) Stanbro (1888 - 1969)

Born 27 Sep 1888 in Princeton, Illinois

Wife of Charles DeFrance Stanbro — married 17 Dec 1910 in Wyanet, Illinois

Descendants

Died 4 Feb 1969 at age 80 in Jefferson County, Colorado

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Biography

Ruth Alice Mercer was born September 27, 1888 in Wyanet, Illinois to Christopher and Eliza Mercer.[1,2] Ruth had two sisters and three brothers.[2] In 1910, five of the siblings, ages 19 to 36, were still living with their parents.[3] Ruth, in 1910, at age 21, was working as a teacher.[3] On December 17 of that year she married Charles DeFrance Stanbro in her parents home.[1] The following year, their son was born, Frank Mercer Stanbro.[1]

In 1940, Ruth lived with her son, daughter-in-law and grandson in Mount Air, Colorado.[4] The same census indicated that in 1935, she lived in a rural area of Jefferson County, Wisconsin.[4] Ruth died in Colorado on Feb. 4, 1969.[1]

Sources

1. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=153111258

2. US Census, Wyanet, Bureau, Illinois, 1900.

3. US Census, Wyanet, Bureau, Illinois, 1910.

4. US Census, Mount Air, Jefferson, Colorado, 1940