"United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMTM-3WF : accessed 2 March 2017), J B Porter, Jackson Township, Anderson, Kansas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 18, sheet 7A, family 130, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,470.
"Kansas, Marriages, 1811-1911," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FWLK-KZZ : 28 January 2016), Charles Melvin and Ruby Porter, , Anderson Co., Kansas, United States; citing Marriage, 22 Nov 1909, , Anderson Co., Kansas, United States, district clerk, county clerk and register offices from various counties. Kansas State Historical Society. ; FHL microfilm 1,514,133.
"United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M2HV-1XL : accessed 22 July 2017), Charley Melvin, Jackson, Anderson, Kansas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 23, sheet 7A, family 106, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 431; FHL microfilm 1,374,444.
"Kansas State Census, 1915," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGYD-81YH : 12 October 2019), Charles H Melvin, Jackson Township, Anderson, Kansas, United States; citing Jackson Township, Anderson, Kansas, United States, 22, 20, Kansas Historical Society, Topeka.
"United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFD2-34D : accessed 22 July 2017), Charles Melvin, Carlyle, Allen, Kansas, United States; citing ED 1, sheet 5A, line 21, family 97, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 522; FHL microfilm 1,820,522.
"United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X73Z-1GX : accessed 22 July 2017), Charles H Melvin, Carlyle, Allen, Kansas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 1, sheet 4B, line 74, family 95, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 692; FHL microfilm 2,340,427.
"United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VRVX-GH3 : accessed 22 July 2017), C H Melvin, Indian Creek Township, Anderson, Kansas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 2-3, sheet 61A, line 8, family 40, 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 1218.
"United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JBM7-NP1 : 20 May 2014), Ruby Melvin, Dec 1982; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
"Find a Grave," database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/170489255/ruby-alice-melvin: accessed 22 February 2023), memorial page for Ruby Alice Porter Melvin (3 Feb 1887–1 Dec 1982), Find A Grave: Memorial #170489255, citing Geneva Cemetery, Geneva, Allen County, Kansas, USA; Maintained by Wayne & Janet (Proctor) Brawner (contributor 47163288).
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Ruby by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA.
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