Ruth B (Becker) Farmer (1903 - 1988)

Born 17 Mar 1903 in Brownville, Jefferson, New York, United States

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Died 27 Feb 1988 at age 84 in Watertown, Jefferson, New York, United States

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Biography

Ruth Becker, born in 1903 in Brownville, was the daughter of Welles Becker and Jeanette Keegan. She had four siblings, Ward, Welles, Marjorie and Mildred^[1][2][3]

She married Walter R. Farmer, son of Frank Farmer and Anna Doran, on 10 November 1923 in Jefferson County, New York.^[4] They had one son, Richard, born 1926 ^[5] and a daughter, Jacqueline (Rheaume).^[6][7]

She died on 27 February 1988 at the Madonna Home in Watertown.^[8][9][10] She was buried in Glenwood Cemetery in Watertown.^[11]

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1. ↑ "New York State Census, 1905," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:SPNL-DKK : 27 January 2020), Ruth L Becker in household of Welles R Becker, Brownville, , Jefferson, New York; citing p. 4, line 32, various county clerk offices, New York; FHL microfilm 1,002,843.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MPBY-6KZ : accessed 30 July 2019), Ruth S Becker in household of Welles R Becker, Brownville, Jefferson, New York, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 11, sheet 7B, family 139, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 953; FHL microfilm 1,374,966.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MJL2-SHM : accessed 16 February 2020), Ruth L Becker in household of Janet M Becker, Brownville, Jefferson, New York, United States; citing ED 11, sheet 3B, line 98, family 71, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 1116; FHL microfilm 1,821,116.
4. ↑ "New York, County Marriages, 1847-1848; 1908-1936," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZ9X-LJH : 18 March 2019), Ruth L Becker in entry for Walter R Farmer, 10 Nov 1923, Jefferson, New York, United States; citing ref. ID , county clerk offices from various counties, New York; FHL microfilm 895,216.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X7ZL-2R8 : accessed 16 February 2020), Ruth L Farmer in household of Walter R Farmer, Haunsfield, Jefferson, New York, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 28, sheet 1B, line 57, family 13, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1443; FHL microfilm 2,341,178.
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KQ93-ZDG : 27 July 2019), Ruth Farmer in household of Walter Farmer, Brownville Town, Jefferson, New York, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 23-14, sheet 12B, line 68, family 255, 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 2544.
7. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KQ93-ZDG : 27 July 2019), Ruth Farmer in household of Walter Farmer, Brownville Town, Jefferson, New York, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 23-14, sheet 12B, line 68, family 255, 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 2544.
8. ↑ "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKPC-74QB : accessed 16 February 2020), Mrs Ruth B Farmer, New York, United States, 28 Feb 1988; from "Recent Newspaper Obituaries (1977 - Today)," database, GenealogyBank.com (http://www.genealogybank.com : 2014); citing Watertown Daily Times, born-digital text.
9. ↑ "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVTD-V93M : accessed 16 February 2020), Mrs Ruth B Farmer, New York, United States, 28 Feb 1988; from "Recent Newspaper Obituaries (1977 - Today)," database, GenealogyBank.com (http://www.genealogybank.com : 2014); citing Watertown Daily Times, born-digital text.
10. ↑ "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JKL4-3MV : 19 May 2014), Ruth B Farmer, Feb 1988; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
11. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #94068079, database and images (accessed 16 February 2020), memorial page for Ruth B Farmer (unknown–Feb 1988), citing Glenwood Cemetery, Watertown, Jefferson County, New York, USA ; Maintained by C. Rose (contributor 47329884) .

• "New York State Census, 1925," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KSSD-RWH : 8 November 2014), Ruth L Farmer, Brownville, A.D. 01, E.D. 03, Jefferson, New York, United States; records extracted by Ancestry and images digitized by FamilySearch; citing p. 3, line 38, New York State Archives, Albany.

• Personal recollection of her great granddaughter Colleen Marie Ryor.