Ruth married Albert Cecil Cranford on 26 May 1919 in Montgomery, Alabama.[1] By 1930, the couple and their children (Venita Ruth and Mary V) were living in Limestone County, Texas. Albert was working as a pumper in the oil fields.[2] In 1940 the family is living in Election Precinct 21, Montgomery, Alabama, United States. [3] The household included:
Albert C Cranford Head M 43 Alabama
Ruth Cranford Wife F 42 Alabama
Ruth V Cranford Daughter F 18 Alabama
Mary Virginia Cranford Daughter F 15 Alabama
Ray Albert Cranford Son M 9 Alabama
Roy Elbert Cranford Son M 9 Alabama
C L Cranford Brother M 57 Alabama
Ruth passed away in 1959. Burial was in the Beal Memorial Cemetery, Fort Walton Beach, Okaloosa County, Florida.[4]
Sources
↑ "Alabama County Marriages, 1809-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKMY-GF53 : 4 November 2017), Albert Cecil Cranford and Ruth Adams, 26 May 1919; citing Montgomery, Alabama, United States, County Probate Courts, Alabama; FHL microfilm 1,492,198.
↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:H6BP-P2M : accessed 7 May 2019), Ruth Cranford in household of Albert Cranford, Precinct 4, Limestone, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 17, sheet 1B, line 80, family 20, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2371; FHL microfilm 2,342,105.
↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V1PT-MM7 : 14 March 2018), Ruth Cranford in household of Albert C Cranford, Election Precinct 21, Montgomery, Alabama, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 51-86, sheet 5B, line 70, family 100, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 70.
↑ Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 07 May 2019), memorial page for Ruth A Cranford (28 Jul 1896–18 Jun 1959), Find A Grave: Memorial #13345021, citing Beal Memorial Cemetery, Fort Walton Beach, Okaloosa County, Florida, USA ; Maintained by Michelle Woodham (contributor 46636907) .
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