Ruby O. (Babcock) Brose (1898 - 1984)

Born 28 Dec 1898 in Lawrence, Tennessee, United States

Ancestors

Died 19 Apr 1984 at age 85 in Rockford, Winnebago, Illinois, United States

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Biography

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Ruby O. Babcock was born in Tennessee on 28 De 1898. Her family moved back north to Stephenson County, Illinois when she was a small child and she lived most of her life in the area.^[1][2]

Ruby married Edward Brose in Freeport on 12 Jun 1918. They lived together in West Point Township.^[3][4] Ruby died in Rockford on 19 Apr 1984^[5] and was buried in Lena Burial Park in Lena.^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ 1900 US Census: "United States Census, 1900", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSHG-6V1 : 10 March 2022), Ruby O Babcock in entry for William Babcock, 1900.
2. ↑ 1910 US Census: "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MKXT-HDZ : accessed 18 October 2022), Ruby Babcock in household of William Babcock, Waddams, Stephenson, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 116, sheet 9A, family 168, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 327; FHL microfilm 1,374,340.
3. ↑ 1920 US Census: "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MJCM-QFF : 1 February 2021), Ruby Brose in entry for Edward Brose, 1920.
4. ↑ 1940 US Census: "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KWZ5-JSQ : 8 January 2021), Ruby Brose in household of Edward Brose, West Point Township, Stephenson, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 89-47, sheet 8A, line 1, family 146, 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 893.
5. ↑ Death: "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V333-33Y : 9 January 2021), Ruby Brose, Apr 1984; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
6. ↑ Burial: Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/191433462/ruby-o-brose: accessed 18 October 2022), memorial page for Ruby O. Babcock Brose (28 Dec 1898–19 Apr 1984), Find A Grave: Memorial #191433462, citing Lena Burial Park, Lena, Stephenson County, Illinois, USA; Maintained by Gary Monigold (contributor 48286771).