One of my goals for
2012 is to use the Surname Saturday blogging prompt as a way to assure that I
spend some time researching each of my family lines and that I have appropriate
source citations for the genealogical facts related to my ancestors. I’ve
decided to use my ahnentafel report and work back through the generations
starting with my grandparents, writing a summary of each ancestor. If you
discovered this post through a search engine and find one of your ancestors
listed here, please leave a comment to let me know.
My maternal great-grandmother Ruth FRANKLIN was born 12
March 1851 in Ohio.[1] She was the
firstborn child of Joseph and Rhoda (CARY) FRANKLIN.[2]
Ruth grew into adulthood in Union County, Ohio,[3]
and married David SNIDER on 5 January 1871.[4] The
1900 census record indicates she was the mother of 10 children:[5]
- Lawrence W. (1871-?)[6]
- Omer Roy (1873-before 1900)[7]
- Ottous Adelbert (1876-1942)[8]
- Myrtle Arminta (1878-1958)[9] – my grandmother
- Byron Lee (1880-1969)[10]
- Wilbur Grey (1884-1954)
- Ernest A. (1886-1978)[11]
- Nettie (1888-?)
- William L. (1890-?)
- Lester Evan (1893-1969)[12]
At some point after the 1880 census,[13] David
and Ruth moved with their family to the southeastern area of Kansas.
Ruth died on 28 August 1914 and is buried at Oakwood
Cemetery in Parsons, Labette County, Kansas.[14]
All I know about Ruth is what I have been able to glean from
records. She was my mother’s grandmother, but she died before my mother was
born, so Mama never knew her. As I continue to do descendancy research on this
family, I hope that I will be able to learn more about her. It would be
wonderful if I could find a distant cousin who has a photograph of her!
[1] Labette County, Kansas, death certificate no. illegible
(1914), Ruth Snider; Kansas Board of Health.
[2] 1860 U.S. census, population schedule, Leesburg
Township, Union County, Ohio, p. 28, dwelling 421, family 397, Joseph Franklin;
digital images, Ancestry (www.ancestry.com : accessed 18 Feb 2012);
citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M653, roll 1044.
[3] 1870 U.S. census, population schedule, Taylor Township,
Union County, Ohio, p. 1, dwelling 4, family 4, Joseph Franklin; digital
images, Ancestry (www.ancestry.com : accessed 18 Feb 2012); citing
National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M593, roll 1274.
[4] Union County, Ohio, marriage certificate no. 4852
(1871), Snider-Franklin; Union County Courthouse, Marysville.
[5] 1900 U.S. census, population schedule, Lincoln, Neosho
County, Kansas, Enumeration District (ED) 155, sheet 1A, dwelling 3, family 3,
David A. Snyder; digital images, Ancestry
(www.ancestry.com : accessed 7 April 2012); citing National Archives and
Records Administration microfilm T623, roll 493.
[6] "Ohio, Births and Christenings Index,
1800-1962," database, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com :
accessed 17 Feb 2012), entry for Lawrence W. Snider; citing Family History
Library film number 1015856.
[7] "Ohio, Births and Christenings Index,
1800-1962," database, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com :
accessed 17 Feb 2012), entry for Omer Roy Snider; citing Family History Library
film number 1015856.
[8] State of California Department of Health Services,
Center for Health Statistics, "California Death Index, 1940-1997,"
online database, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : accessed 27 Mar
2012), entry for Ottous A. Snider, died 9 Sep 1942.
[9] Washington State Department of Health, death
certificate 10617 (1958), Myrtle A. Yawman; Department of Health Services,
Center for Health Statistics, Olympia.
[10] findagrave.com,
digital images (www.findagrave.com : accessed 27 Mar 2012), Find A Grave
Memorial #28399745, Lee B. Snider, created by TiogaRose, 19 July 2008.
[11] Social Security Administration, "Social Security
Death Index," database, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com :
accessed 1 Dec 2009), entry for Ernest Snider, 1978, SS no. 338-12-2201.
[12] Social Security Administration, "Social Security
Death Index," database, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com :
accessed 1 Dec 2009), entry for Lester Snyder, 1969, SS no. 513-14-3782.
[13] 1880 U.S. census, population schedule, Leesburg, Union
County, Ohio, enumeration district (ED) 81, p. 181A, dwelling (unreadable),
family (unreadable), David A. Snider; digital images, Ancestry (www.ancestry.com
: accessed 10 Feb 2012); citing National Archives and Records Administration
microfilm T9, roll 1073.
© 2012 Denise Spurlock
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