Alice Carrell (Watson) Ruff (1879-1976) | WikiTree FREE Family Tree

Alice Carrell Ruff formerly Watson

Born 18 Apr 1879 in Boyne City, Charlevoix, Michigan, United States

Ancestors

Daughter of Robert Austin (Thompson) Watson and Pearliette Adell (Tubbs) Watson

Sister of Mary J (Watson) Barnes, Joseph Urbane Watson, Elme Ann (Watson) Johnson, Frank Thomas Watson, Ethel Hazel (Watson) Wyley, Glenn Watson and Robert Lee Watson

Wife of William Concannon Ruff — married 11 Jan 1910 in Del Norte, Rio Grande, Colorado

Descendants

Mother of Dorothy E (Ruff) Chumley and Robert Watson Ruff

Died 24 Feb 1976 at age 96 in Adams, Colorado, United States

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Biography

1910 census: family consists of the married couple plus a son of Charles obvs. from another marriage, and a nephew of his. No children of their own, as they'd just been married.

1920 census: family is in Alamosa, nephew still present, with two children of their own: Dorothy E born ~1912, Robert W born ~1914.

1940 census: family is in Littleton, now the couple and son Robert only.

1950 census: her husband having died in '45, she is living in Champaign, IL, with her son Robert (married with children). The household is:

Robert W, 36, carpenter for U of Illinois

Dorothy B, 36, wife

Children Melissa, Boyd, and John.

Sources

US Census

Year: 1880; Census Place: Evangeline, Charlevoix, Michigan; Roll: 576; Family History Film: 1254576; Page: 37D; Enumeration District: 055; Image: 0091

Year: 1910; Census Place: Precinct 5, Rio Grande, Colorado; Roll: T624_125; Page: 3B; Enumeration District: 0129; FHL microfilm: 1374138

Year: 1920; Census Place: Waverly, Alamosa, Colorado; Roll: T625_155; Page: 1B; Enumeration District: 8

Year: 1940; Census Place: Littleton, Arapahoe, Colorado; Roll: m-t0627-00455; Page: 3B; Enumeration District: 3-29

Year: 1950; Illinois > Champaign, 10-15.

Marriage

Ancestry.com. Colorado, County Marriage Records and State Index, 1862-2006 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016.

Burial

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/162189601

Source: S1 GEDCOM file imported on 29 Dec 2002, created from old Ultimate Family Tree software.

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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Alice by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Alice:

~12.50% ~12.50% Barbara (Ragland) Magness : 23andMe, GEDmatch M043835 [compare]
~6.25% ~12.50% Orin Hargraves : 23andMe, GEDmatch M352409 [compare]
~1.56% ~6.25% Millie Kreis : AncestryDNA, GEDmatch BD8835103 [compare], Ancestry member milliekreis1