Ruth Ann (Shay) Shea (1814 - 1881)

Born 9 Aug 1814 in New Brunswick, Middlesex, New Jersey, United States

Wife of Levi Ketcham Sharp — married 12 Feb 1833 in New Brunswick, Middlesex, New Jersey

Descendants

Died 25 May 1881 at age 66 in Fillmore, Minnesota, United States

Biography

Ruth Ann Shea was born on 9 August 1814 in New Brunswick, Middlesex, New Jersey, the daughter of Mr. Shea and Martha Ellen Hopkins. She married Levi Ketcham on 12 February 1844 in the same city. They had many children.

Ruth died on 25 May 1881 in Fillmore, Minnesota.

There are two Ruth Shays born in 1814. One was born in New Jersey and the other in New York. 1880 Census for our Ruth Shay gave New York as her birth place. Also Levi K. Sharp, her husband, was born near New Brunswick. That actually could be the eastern part of Hunterdon County, which could be seen as near New Brunswick, a major city.

Sources

"United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4DK-2VQ), Ruth A Sharp in household of Levi K Sharp, Middletown, Marquette, Wisconsin, United States; citing family 302, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

"United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MW9Q-4HD), Ruth Sharp in entry for Levi R Sharp, 1860.

"United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDHM-ZZ1), Ruth A Sharp in household of Levi K Sharp, Minnesota, United States; citing p. 3, family 21, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 830,423.

"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDK2-XF6), Ruth A Sharp in household of Levi K Sharp, Jackson, Adair, Iowa, United States; citing enumeration district ED 3, sheet 34A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0325; FHL microfilm 1,254,325.

"Idaho Death Certificates, 1911-1937," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FLT2-5KS), Ruth Ann Shea in entry for Levi Mankey Shach, 01 May 1937; citing Caldwell, Canyon, Idaho, reference cn 103738, Department of Health and Welfare, Boise; FHL microfilm 1,531,012.