Ruth (Williams) Harris

Ancestors

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Biography

She and her spouse adopted fraternal twins, Dixie Harris and Ted Guinn Harris. Their profiles are Dixie Heath and Ted Guinn Harris

1900 Census – Decatur, Wise, TX; Dwelling #280, Family #285; with Guinn Williams, Head, 28; Minnie, Wife, 25; William, son, 5; Lucile F, daughter, 4; Loice R, daughter, 3; Robt G, son, 1. (Family 286 – Eva Howell, servant, 21)

1910 Census – Artesia, Eddy, New Mexico; Dwelling 158, Family 170; with Guinn Williams, Head, 38; Minnie L Williams, Wife, 36; William Williams, son, 15; Lucile Williams, daughter, 13; Lois Ruth Williams, daughter, 11; Quinn Williams, son, 10; Lee Williams, son (should be daughter), 3; and Mary, daughter, 8/12.

Marriage: 19 April 1919; Decatur, Wise, TX

1930 Census – Wichita Falls, Wichita, TX; Dwelling 102 and Family 135; Theodore Harris, Head, 37; Ruth (herself), Wife, 31; Edd, son (actually nephew), 21; Bobby D, daughter, 5; Ted G, son, 5.

1940 Census – Wichita Falls, Wichita, TX; Household 63; Theodore Harris, Head, 48; Ruth (herself), Wife, 41; Ted Gwynn, son, 16; Dixie, daughter, 16; Evangeline, daughter, 1

Sources

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• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M35B-SZ8 : accessed 18 March 2016), Loice N Williams in household of Guim Williams, Justice Precinct 1 Decatur town Ward 1, Wise, Texas, United States; citing sheet 15A, family 285, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,241,680.
• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MGSD-T4J : accessed 18 March 2016), Lois Ruth Williams in household of Guinn Williams, Artesia, Eddy, New Mexico, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 76, sheet 19A, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,374,927.
• "Texas Marriages, 1837-1973," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F6BF-2XK : accessed 18 March 2016), Theodore Harris and Ruth Ernestine Williams, 19 Apr 1919; citing Decatur, Wise, Texas, , reference p527; FHL microfilm 1,844,806.
• "United States Census, 1930", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/HLF9-6T2 : accessed 18 March 2016), Ruth Harris in entry for Theodore Harris, 1930.
• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/K4QX-SST : accessed 18 March 2016), Ruth Harris in household of Theodore Harris, Wichita Falls, Justice Precinct 1, Wichita, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 243-14, sheet 3B, family 63, NARA digital publication T627 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012), roll 4163.
• Ancestry.com. Texas, Death Certificates, 1903–1982 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013. Original data: Texas Department of State Health Services. Texas Death Certificates, 1903–1982. Harris County. 1978. Jan-Mar. Certificate 11112. iArchives, Orem, Utah.