Ruth (Reid) Parks (1828 - 1901)

Born 23 Nov 1828 in Thurlow, Hastings, Ontario, Canada

Ancestors

Wife of Christopher Parks — married before 1848 in Hastings, Ontario, Canada

Descendants

Died 31 Aug 1901 at age 72 in Berlin, St Clair, Michigan, USA

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Biography

Ruth was born about 1828. She is the daughter of Daniel Reid and Chesyea Thompson.

When Ruth Reid was born on November 23, 1828, in Upper Canada, her father, Daniel, was 38, and her mother, Keziah, was 36. She married Christopher Parks in 1847. She died on August 31, 1901, in Berlin, Michigan, USA, at the age of 72, and was buried in St Clair, Michigan, USA.

Sources

• "Canada Census, 1871," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4QF-646 : 24 October 2018), Ruth Parks in household of Christopher Parks, Madoc, Hastings, Ontario, Canada; citing 1871; citing National Archives of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario.
• "Canada Census, 1881," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MVXG-HRH : 2 March 2021), Ruth Parks in household of Christopher Parks, Madoc, Hastings, Ontario, Canada; from "1881 Canadian Census." Database with images. Ancestry. (www.ancestry.com : 2008); citing Christopher Parks, citing Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa, Ontario.
• "Canada Census, 1891," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MWLQ-VRR : 3 August 2016), Ruth Parks, Madoc, Hastings North, Ontario, Canada; Public Archives, Ottawa, Ontario; Library and Archives Canada film number 30953_148145.
• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9BN-WKB : accessed 2 March 2019), Ruth Parks in household of Edgar Seeley, Riley township Memphis village, St. Clair, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 109, sheet 10A, family 241, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,742.
• Michigan, Death Records, 1867-1950; Name: Mrs Ruth Parks, Gender: Female, Race: White, Marital Status: Widowed, Death Age: 72, Birth Date: 23 Nov 1828, Birth Place: Ontario, Canada, Death Date: 31 Aug 1901, Death Place: Berlin, St Clair, Michigan, USA, Father: Daniel Reid, Mother: Kesier Thompson, File Number: 7