Ruth Virginia (Freeman) Camp (1903 - 1981)

Born 2 Dec 1903 in Alabama, USA

Ancestors

Wife of John Edward Camp — married 11 Nov 1927 (to 1949) in Miami, Miami-Dade, Florida, USA

Died 20 Dec 1981 at age 78 in North Carolina, USA

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Biography

Ruth was born in 1904 in Alabama, or 1903 in Georgia (death record). She was the daughter of Milton Freeman and Margaret Unknown.

By 1920, Ruth was living with her sister, Addie, and Addie's second husband, Comer Jolly, in Waycross, Ware County, Georgia.^[1]

Ruth married John E Camp on 11 Nov 1927 in Florida.^[2] In 1930, they were living in Miami, Dade County, Florida. Her brother, Leonard, was living with them. Her husband was working as a painter in a shipyard.^[3] By 1935, they had moved to Mannville, Putnam County, Florida, and had 3 children - Martha, John, and Sarah.^[4] By 1940, they were back in Miami. John was working as a gardener for a private family.^[5]

In 1945, John was living in Jacksonville, while Ruth and the children remained in Miami.^[6]

John and Ruth divorced in 1949 in Dade County, Florida.^[7]

In the 1950 census Ruth (age 46) was the widowed head of household in Dade, Florida, United States.^[8]

She passed away in 1981 in Pinehurst, Moore, North Carolina of cardiac arrest. Her parents were listed as Milton Howard Freeman and Mary Magdaline Brown. Her death certificate listed her occupation as a retired seamstress, and marital status as widow. Ruth had been living in Robbins, Moore, North Carolina prior to her death, apparently with her daughter, Sarah Camp, who was the informant.

Ruth was buried in Pleasant Ridge Christian Church Cemetery in Ramseur, North Carolina.^[9][10][11]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MJXG-NP4 : accessed 10 June 2017), Ruth Freeman in household of Comer C Jolly Jr., Waycross Ward 3, Ware, Georgia, United States; citing ED 158, sheet 11A, line 36, family 229, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 283; FHL microfilm 1,820,283.
2. ↑ "Florida, Marriages, 1830-1993," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VRC5-5NZ : accessed 11 March 2015), J E Camp and Ruth Virginia Freeman, 11 Nov 1927; citing Florida, United States, county courthouses, Florida; FHL microfilm 2,115,681.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/S5Z6-RW2 : accessed 16 March 2015), Ruth V Camp in household of John E Camp, Miami, Dade, Florida, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 0024, sheet 5B, family 96, line 62, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 309; FHL microfilm 2,340,044.
4. ↑ "Florida, State Census, 1935," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MNK7-GM2 : accessed 16 March 2015), Ruth V Camp, Mannville, Putnam, Florida; citing line 13, State Archives, Tallahassee; FHL microfilm 2,425,171.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VTHH-RP2 : accessed 16 March 2015), Ruth Camp in household of J E Camp, North Miami, Election Precinct 1, Dade, Florida, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 13-1, sheet 4B, family 86, NARA digital publication T627 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012), roll 580.
6. ↑ "Florida, State Census, 1945," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MNF1-VK8 : accessed 16 March 2015), Ruth Camp, , Dade, Florida; citing line 29, State Archives, Tallahassee; FHL microfilm 2,425,706.
7. ↑ "Florida, Divorce Index, 1927-2001," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VKWP-1NC : accessed 16 March 2015), John E Camp and Ruth Camp, 1949; from "Florida, Divorce Index, 1927-2001," Ancestry; citing Dade, Florida, certificate 12610, volume 484, Florida Department of Health, Jacksonville.
8. ↑ 1950 Census: "1950 United States Federal Census"
   United States of America, Bureau of the Census; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: Dade, Florida; Roll: 6274; Sheet Number: 12; Enumeration District: 13-109
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 62308 #83256342 (accessed 19 May 2022)
   Ruth B Camp (46), widowed head of household in Dade, Florida, USA. Born in Alabama.
9. ↑ "North Carolina Deaths, 1931-1994," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FG21-QL6 : 29 June 2015), Ruth Virginia Camp, 20 Dec 1981; citing Pinehurst, Moore, North Carolina, v 47B cn 47949, State Department of Archives and History, Raleigh; FHL microfilm 1,984,816.
10. ↑ "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JY8G-YPY : 20 May 2014), Ruth Camp, Dec 1981; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
11. ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (accessed 25 August 2019), memorial page for Ruth Virginia Freeman Camp (2 Dec 1903–20 Dec 1981), Find A Grave: Memorial #67479839, citing Pleasant Ridge Christian Church Cemetery, Ramseur, Randolph County, North Carolina, USA ; Maintained by Mary Fry Stevens (contributor 47185975) .