Born in Edmonson County, Kentucky, USA
Ancestors 
Daughter of Bluford Harrell
and Lillie Mae (Higgs) Harrell
Sister of
Mae Harrell, Addie (Harrell) Vincent, Nannie (Harrell) Blanton, Eula (Harrell) Saling, Beulah Harrell and Elton (Harrell) Crowder
Wife of
Gerden Lee Durbin
— married
1934 in Indiana, United States
Descendants 
Mother of
Liza Mae (Durbin) Miller and James Monroe Durbin
Died
at age 21
in Edmonson County, Kentucky, USA
Profile last modified
| Created 3 Dec 2020
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Biography
- Ruby was born in 1918 to Bluford Harrell and Lillie Higgs and passed away in 1940 from bronchopneumonia due to influenza.
- Ruby married Gerden Lee Durbin.
- Burial: Saint John the Evangelist Catholic Church Cemetery, Sunfish, Edmonson County, Kentucky
Sources
- "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHL7-4DJ : accessed 28 December 2020), Ruby Harrell in household of Bluford Harrell, Edmonson, Kentucky, United States; citing ED 48, sheet 13A, line 28, family 258, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 568; FHL microfilm 1,820,568.
- "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XM6D-KZT : accessed 28 December 2020), Ruby Harrell in household of Blue Harrell, Edmonson, Kentucky, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 4, sheet 12B, line 68, family 238, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 742; FHL microfilm 2,340,477.
- "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XXGN-YX1 : 8 December 2017), Gerden Lee Durbin and Ruby Hearld, 13 May 1934; citing Clark, Indiana, United States, Marriage Registration, Indiana Commission on Public Records, Indianapolis; FHL microfilm 004476626.
- Death Certificate
- Ky Vital Statistics - Death Index
- Find A Grave: Memorial #121764360 (with photo of tombstone)
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Ruby by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. Mitochondrial DNA test-takers in the direct maternal line:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Ruby by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. Mitochondrial DNA test-takers in the direct maternal line:
- Glenn Meredith
:
Family Tree DNA mtDNA Test HVR1 and HVR2, haplogroup U3a1c1, FTDNA kit #132911 +
Mitochondrial DNA Test HVR1 and HVR2, haplogroup U3a1c - Joseph Blanford :
Family Tree DNA mtDNA Test HVR1 and HVR2, haplogroup U3a1c1
- Vickie Kerr :
Mitochondrial DNA Test, haplogroup U3a1c
-
~3.12%
~12.50%
Lula (Blanton) Daso :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member ldaso4368
-
~3.12%
~6.25%
Deborah Cook :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member in2paints955265
-
~3.12%
Pearl (Higgs) Farris :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T723419 [compare]
-
~3.12%
Shelby Higgs :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T480239 [compare]
-
~1.56%
Jim Schreckengast :
23andMe, GEDmatch M125104 [compare]
-
~1.56%
~1.56%
Zelda (Lindsey) Streeter :
23andMe
-
~1.56%
Billy Clark :
23andMe
-
~1.56%
Patty Clark :
23andMe
-
~1.56%
Grey Vincent :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member cavb8116
-
~1.56%
~1.56%
Anne (Tolbert) Woodbury :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A658496 [compare]
-
~1.56%
Dennis Meredith :
AncestryDNA
-
~1.56%
Vonn Parsley :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member Nilard_Parsley
-
~1.56%
~3.12%
Mary (Rogers) Portteus :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member Mary_Portteus
-
~1.56%
~3.12%
Glenn Meredith :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T897682 [compare], FTDNA kit #132911
+
Autosomal DNA Test, GEDmatch HV4835157 [compare]
-
~1.56%
David Nelson :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T234297 [compare], FTDNA kit #752324
-
~1.56%
Nova (Higgs) Farmer :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T492423 [compare]
-
~0.78%
Elaine (Vincent) Parsley :
23andMe, GEDmatch RK7976973 [compare]
-
~0.78%
Ben Woosley :
23andMe, GEDmatch ZZ1797190 [compare]
-
~0.78%
~0.78%
Vickie Kerr :
23andMe
-
~0.78%
Ken Nelson :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A689688 [compare], Ancestry member kendalnelson
-
~0.78%
Trish (Ashley) Aaron :
AncestryDNA
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #MK20949
-
~0.78%
Len Saltsman :
AncestryDNA
+
MyHeritage DNA
-
~0.78%
Bobby Vincent :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member robert_vincent
-
~0.78%
Barton Musick :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T951297 [compare], FTDNA kit #180224
+
Autosomal DNA Test, GEDmatch SW5330747 [compare]
-
~0.78%
Eddie White :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder
-
~0.78%
~1.56%
Ruth (Meredith) Conley :
MyHeritage DNA
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