Annie Ruth Correll was born January 21, 1901 in China Grove, Rowan County, North Carolina; one of eight children born to parents Charles Correll and Annie Kluttz .[1]
Sometimes known as Annie, others listed as Ruth, she lived with her parents through the 1920 Census.[2] Her father died in 1929 (right at the Great Depression) and it appears from the 1930 Census that Annie Ruth and her mother continued living together, moving from China Grove to Kannapolis, Cabarrus County, North Carolina.[3]
It is unclear how much education Annie Ruth had before age 18 but she could read and write, indicating some level was attained through school or at home. She would also start working in the cotton mills before age eighteen (a very common trade for the SW region part of NC during the time) because she appears as a "Weaver" on the 1920 Census at that age.[4] She spent decades in the mills. Her title in 1930 was "Draw In Hand"[5] and in 1940 she was listed as a main room Weaver[6] In 1950 she was again listed as a "Draw In Hand"[7] (researching this later and will include)- Becky Elizabeth Simmons.
Annie passed away June 8, 1981[8] from "acute pyelonephritis" [9] in Concord, Cabarrus County, North Carolina and she was buried June 10, 1981.[10] at Greenlawn Cemetery in China Grove, Rowan County, North Carolina. [11]
"North Carolina Birth Index, 1800-2000," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VCW6-Y1V : 8 December 2014), Annie Ruth Correll, 21 Jan 1901; from "North Carolina, Birth and Death Indexes, 1800-2000," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2005); citing vol. 904, p. 377, Rowan, North Carolina, North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh.
"North Carolina, Department of Archives and History, Index to Vital Records, 1800-2000", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:7JPV-2LW2 : Fri Oct 27 10:56:13 UTC 2023), Entry for Annie Ruth Correll and Annie L Kluttz, 21 Jan 1901.
"United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:ML3L-54D : accessed 21 August 2022), Annie Ruth Correll in household of Edward C Correll, China Grove, Rowan, North Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 93, sheet 2B, family 24, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1131; FHL microfilm 1,375,144.
"United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X3SM-FFY : accessed 21 August 2022), Ruth Correll in household of Annie Correll, Kannapolis, Cabarrus, North Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 9, sheet 16B, line 62, family 287, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1677; FHL microfilm 2,341,411.
Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/70448793/annie-ruth-correll: accessed 21 August 2022), memorial page for Annie Ruth Correll (21 Jan 1901–8 Jun 1981), Find a Grave Memorial ID 70448793, citing Greenlawn Cemetery, China Grove, Rowan County, North Carolina, USA; Maintained by bigsoutherndig (contributor 46966849).
"North Carolina, Department of Archives and History, Index to Vital Records, 1800-2000", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPJH-4RSQ : Fri Oct 27 09:44:33 UTC 2023), Entry for Annie Ruth Correll and Charles Edward Correll, 8 Jun 1981.
"United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J1QD-H66 : 8 January 2021), Annie Correll, Jun 1981; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
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