Ruth Anna (Spahr) McKinley (1924 - 1988)

Born 29 Sep 1924 in Dover Township, York, Pennsylvania, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Sterling Eugene McKinley — married 22 May 1948 in York, Pennsylvania, United States

Biography

Ruthanna (Spahr) McKinley has German Roots.

Ruthanna (Spahr) McKinley was a Pennsylvanian.

Ruthanna, daughter of William Jesse Spahr and Emma Spangler, was born 29 September 1924 in Dover Township, York County, Pennsylvania.^[1] She grew up on the farm in Dover Township owned by her parents William (age 54, farmer) and Emma Spahr (51), where the household in 1930 also included Ruthanna (5), and her siblings Harry Andrew (29, day laborer), Mary Elizabeth (25), Emma Jane (19), Morgan Eugene (16), Rosa Viola (12) and Lloyd Clayton (9).^[2]

Although many of her siblings had established their own residences by 1940, Ruthanne (15) and her brothers Harry A. (40, house painter) and Lloyd C. (19, farmhand) remained in the same house with their parents William J. (age 65, farmer) and Emma (62) in 1940.^[3] The record shows that William and Emma had each completed six years of formal education; Lloyd and Ruthanne, eight; and Harry had finished the fifth grade.^[3]

On 22 May 1948 in Thomasville, Jackson Township, York County, she married Sterling Eugene McKinley,^[1] son of Emory Latimore McKinley and Grace Mae Margaret Deardorff.

Ruthanna died 18 February 1988 and was buried at Paradise Holtzschwamm Lutheran Cemetery in Thomasville, Paradise Township, York County.^[1]

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Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3} Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 12 September 2020), memorial page for Ruth Anna Spahr McKinley (29 Sep 1924–18 Sep 1988), Find A Grave: Memorial #144508531, citing Paradise Holtzschwamm Lutheran Church Cemetery, Thomasville, York County, Pennsylvania, USA; Maintained by Harry Senft (contributor 46798826).
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} United States Census, 1930, database with images, FamilySearch (accessed 27 December 2019), Ruthanna Spahr in household of William Spahr, Dover, York, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 12, sheet 5B, line 55, family 101, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2165; FHL microfilm 2,341,899.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2} United States Census, 1940, database with images, FamilySearch (28 July 2019), Ruthanne Spohr in household of William J Spohr, Dover Township, York, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 67-14, sheet 21B, line 66, family 456, 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 3641.

Acknowledgements

This profile was created, researched and initially written by Kathy Rabenstein (distant cousin).