Ruth (Wyatt) Westerfield (abt. 1895)

Born about 1895 in Wigan, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom

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Biography

Ruth (Wyatt) Westerfield was born in England.

Ruth (Wyatt) Westerfield was a coal miner's daughter

Ruth was 14 years old when her father died in the Cherry Mine Disaster.^[1]

1901 - living in Westhoughton, Lancashire, England, with her parents and sisters. Age 5.^[2]

In 1910 Ruth lived with her mother and siblings in Westfield. She was 14, and had immigrated in 1907.^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ State of Illinois, Bureau of Labor Statistics, The Cherry Mine Disaster, Springfield:Illinois (1910), pp. 44-45
2. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1901," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X9KC-TKW : 8 April 2016), Ruth Wyatt in household of William Wyatt, Westhoughton, Lancashire, England; from "1901 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing Horwich subdistrict, PRO RG 13, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MKHQ-9MX : accessed 15 December 2018), Ruth Wyatt in household of Lucy Wyatt, Westfield, Bureau, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 32, sheet 8B, family 172, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 232; FHL microfilm 1,374,245.