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Ruth Irene (Bailey) Wonders (1924 - 2019)

Ruth Irene Wonders formerly Bailey aka Knight
Born in Millersburg, Mercer, Illinois, United Statesmap
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Wife of — married 1941 in Illinois, United Statesmap
Wife of — married 2 Oct 1968 in Aledo, Mercer, Illinois, United Statesmap
[children unknown]
Died at age 94 in Iowa City, Johnson, Iowa, United Statesmap
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Biography

Ruth was born in 1924.[1][2][3][4]

  • Fact: Residence (1925) Muscatine, Iowa, United States[5]
  • Fact: Residence (1930) Seaton, Mercer, Illinois, United States[6]
  • Fact: Residence (1935) Rural, Mercer, Illinois
  • Fact: Residence (1940) Ward 3, Muscatine, Muscatine Township, Muscatine, Iowa, United States[7]
  • Fact: Marriage to Anthony Wykert Knight (1941) Illinois, United States
  • Fact: Marriage to Herbert Charles Wonders (2 Oct 1968) Illinois, United States
  • Fact: Residence (13 Mar 2001) Wapello, Iowa, United States[8]
  • Fact: Residence (15 Dec 2013) Wapello, Iowa, United States[9]

She passed away in 2019.[4]

  • Fact: Burial (12 Jul 2019) Wapello Cemetery, Wapello, Iowa, United States[4][10]

Sources

  1. ↑ "Iowa, County Births, 1880-1935," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V46G-BSN : 1 April 2020), Ruth Irene Bailey, 27 Sep 1924; citing Fruitland Township, Muscatine, Iowa, United States; county district courts, Iowa; FHL microfilm 1,846,107.
  2. ↑ "Iowa, County Births, 1880-1935," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V46P-H6V : 1 April 2020), Ruth Irene Bailey, 27 Sep 1924; citing Fruitland Township, Muscatine, Iowa, United States; county district courts, Iowa; FHL microfilm 1,846,107.
  3. ↑ "Iowa, Birth Records, 1921-1942," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPKB-CC6F : 8 April 2021), Ruth Irene Bailey, 27 Sep 1924; citing Birth, Fruitland, Muscatine, Iowa, United States, State Historical Society of Iowa, Des Moines.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 "Obituary for Ruth Irene Wonders", Newspapers.com, accessed May 15, 2021, https://www.newspapers.com/clip/67709734/obituary-for-ruth-irene-wonders/
  5. ↑ "Iowa State Census, 1925," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKQQ-CMJ6 : 20 June 2020), Ruth Irene Bailey, Muscatine, Iowa, United States; citing Muscatine, Iowa, United States, Iowa State Historical Department, Des Moines; FHL microfilm .
  6. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XS1M-LJN : accessed 16 May 2021), Ruth Baily in household of Virgil Baily, Seaton, Mercer, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 1, sheet 3B, line 90, family 83, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 539; FHL microfilm 2,340,274.
  7. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KMBS-J71 : 6 January 2021), Ruth Bailey in household of Virgil Bailey, Muscatine, Muscatine, Iowa, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 70-17A, sheet 12B, line 66, family 373, 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 1186.
  8. ↑ "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK5B-T6F8 : accessed 16 May 2021), Ruth Wonder in entry for Mrs Mary M Ellis, Iowa, United States, 19 Mar 2001; from "Recent Newspaper Obituaries (1977 - Today)," database, GenealogyBank.com (http://www.genealogybank.com : 2014); citing Muscatine Journal, born-digital text.
  9. ↑ "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKR5-QLV3 : accessed 16 May 2021), Ruth Wonders in entry for John Henry Bailey, Iowa, United States, 16 Dec 2013; from "Recent Newspaper Obituaries (1977 - Today)," database, GenealogyBank.com (http://www.genealogybank.com : 2014); citing Ottumwa Courier, The, born-digital text.
  10. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/5796100/ruth-irene-wonders : accessed 15 May 2021), memorial page for Ruth Irene Bailey Wonders (27 Sep 1924–8 Jul 2019), Find a Grave Memorial ID 5796100, citing Wapello Cemetery, Wapello, Louisa County, Iowa, USA ; Maintained by Connie (contributor 46496968).




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