John Henry Johnson
(1879-1951)
Maude Smith
(1887-1923)
Ruth Johnson
(1912-1974)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Ernest Whittington

Ruth Johnson 1 2 3

  • Born: 8 Jan 1912, Durham, Durham, NC, USA 3
  • Marriage (1): Ernest Whittington on 5 Aug 1929 in , Pittsylvania, VA, USA 1
  • Died: 6 Jan 1974, Durham, Durham, NC, USA at age 61 3
  • Buried: 7 Jan 1974, Durham: Maplewood Cemetery, Durham, NC, USA 3

   FamilySearch ID: LRFT-LQV.

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Census in 1940 in Durham, Durham, NC, USA. 4 The 1940 census recorded owning a $5000 home at 1001 Oakland Avenue; John H. Johnson, contractor of buildings, 60, living with wife Nettie, 44; son Merle, construction carpenter, 19; and daughter Ruth Whittington, married, 28, with granddaughter Nancy, 9. Everyone was born in North Carolina.

2. Cause of Death: Ruth died at Duke Hospital from cardiorespiratory arrest due to pulmonary disease due to asthmatic bronchitis, 6 Jan 1974, Durham, Durham, NC, USA. 3

3. Occupation: tobacco worker, Liggett & Myers Tobacco Co. on 6 Jan 1974 in Durham, Durham, NC, USA. 3


Ruth married Ernest Whittington on 5 Aug 1929 in , Pittsylvania, VA, USA.1 (Ernest Whittington was born on 9 Nov 1910 in , Durham, NC, USA,5 died on 3 Aug 1978 in , Durham, NC, USA 5 and was buried in Raleigh: Brier Creek Memorial Gardens, Wake, NC, USA 5.)


Sources


1 Ancestry.com, Virginia, Select Marriages, 1785-1940, Ruth Johnson and Earnest Whittington, 5 Aug 1929.

2 Clements Funeral Service (Durham, NC) (Durham, Durham, North Carolina.), http://www.clementsfuneralservice.com/memsol.cgi?user_id=977767 obituary of Nancy Carolyn Beeker.

3 Ancestry.com, North Carolina, U.S., Death Certificates, 1909-1976 (North Carolina State Board of Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics. North Carolina Death Certificates. Microfilm S.123. Rolls 19-242, 280, 313-682, 1040-1297. North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh, North Carolina.), Ruth Johnson Francis, father John Henry Johnson, mother Maudie Smith, spouse William B. Francis.

4 1940 United States Census, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KWSF-J58 Nancy Whittington in household of John H Johnson, Ward 5, Durham, Durham Township, Durham, North Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 32-39, sheet 6B, line 74, family 151.

5 Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=158973400.



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