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Ruth (Harshfield) Teager (1895 - 1949)

Ruth Teager formerly Harshfield
Born in Battle Creek, Ida, Iowa, United Statesmap
Ancestors ancestors
Daughter of and
Sister of , [private brother (1880s - 1950s)], and [private sister (1890s - 1960s)]
Wife of — married 2 Mar 1932 in Sioux City, Woodbury, Iowa, United Statesmap
[children unknown]
Died at age 54 in Sioux City, Woodbury, Iowa, United Statesmap
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Biography

Ruth Harshfield. Given Name: Ruth. Surname: Harshfield. [1][2][3]

NOTE: Iowa delayed birth certificate indicates year of birth was 1894; headstone has year of birth as 1895

Iowa[4][5][6]


Residence 1920 Age: 25Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Daughter, Kedron, Woodbury, Iowa. [7] 1910 Age: 15Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Daughter, Wolf Creek, Woodbury, Iowa. [8] 1900 Age: 5Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Daughter, Wolf Creek, Woodbury, Iowa, USA. [9]

    • Sioux City, IA Swift Plant Explosion, Dec 14, 1949

On Friday, December 16, 1949, the American flag flew at half staff at the Swift and Company packing plant, 2001 Leech Avenue, in Sioux City, Iowa. Flags at the Woodbury County courthouse, the city hall and the United States post office also flew at half staff. The city was in shock and mourning after a devastating natural gas explosion killed 22, injured 92, and laid waste to the building they worked in. One of those killed was Mrs Ruth Teager, South Sioux City Neb, the plant nurse.


Sources

  1. ↑ Source: #S17 Year: 1900; Census Place: Wolf Creek, Woodbury, Iowa; Roll: 466; Page: 14B; Enumeration District: 0152; FHL microfilm: 1240466
  2. ↑ Source: #S18 Year: 1910; Census Place: Wolf Creek, Woodbury, Iowa; Roll: T624_429; Page: 12A; Enumeration District: 0218; FHL microfilm: 1374442
  3. ↑ Source: #S7 Year: 1920; Census Place: Kedron, Woodbury, Iowa; Roll: T625_519; Page: 7A; Enumeration District: 183; Image: 1073
  4. ↑ Source: #S17 Year: 1900; Census Place: Wolf Creek, Woodbury, Iowa; Roll: 466; Page: 14B; Enumeration District: 0152; FHL microfilm: 1240466
  5. ↑ Source: #S18 Year: 1910; Census Place: Wolf Creek, Woodbury, Iowa; Roll: T624_429; Page: 12A; Enumeration District: 0218; FHL microfilm: 1374442
  6. ↑ Source: #S7 Year: 1920; Census Place: Kedron, Woodbury, Iowa; Roll: T625_519; Page: 7A; Enumeration District: 183; Image: 1073
  7. ↑ Source: #S7 Year: 1920; Census Place: Kedron, Woodbury, Iowa; Roll: T625_519; Page: 7A; Enumeration District: 183; Image: 1073
  8. ↑ Source: #S18 Year: 1910; Census Place: Wolf Creek, Woodbury, Iowa; Roll: T624_429; Page: 12A; Enumeration District: 0218; FHL microfilm: 1374442
  9. ↑ Source: #S17 Year: 1900; Census Place: Wolf Creek, Woodbury, Iowa; Roll: 466; Page: 14B; Enumeration District: 0152; FHL microfilm: 1240466
  • Source: S17 Ancestry.com 1900 United States Federal Census Publication: Ancestry.com Operations Inc Repository: #R1
  • Repository: R1 Ancestry.com
  • Source: S18 Ancestry.com 1910 United States Federal Census Publication: Ancestry.com Operations Inc Repository: #R1
  • Source: S4 Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. Repository: #R1 Ancestry Family Tree http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=58350703&pid=74
  • Source: S7 Ancestry.com 1920 United States Federal Census Publication: Ancestry.com Operations Inc Repository: #R1
  • Iowa, U.S., Death Records, 1880-1904, 1921-1952, Certificate Number: 97c4/91083
  • FindaGrave memorial 207030293




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Ruth is 16 degrees from Maria Mitchell, 24 degrees from Carl Sagan, 21 degrees from Tycho Brahe, 31 degrees from Nicholaus Copernicus, 25 degrees from Eise Eisinga, 22 degrees from Caroline Lucretia Herschel, 27 degrees from Thomas Maclear, 15 degrees from Simon Newcomb, 19 degrees from Isaac Newton, 27 degrees from Pierre Henri Puiseux, 23 degrees from Beatrice Tinsley and 17 degrees from Edith Woodward on our single family tree. Login to find your connection.

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