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Ruth Lavon Rugg-Blundell

Female 1900 - 1988  (87 years)


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  • Name Ruth Lavon Rugg-Blundell 
    Born 9 Jun 1900  Murray, Salt Lake, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Died 13 Apr 1988  Salt Lake City, Utah, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried 18 Apr 1988  Murray City Cemetery, Murray, Salt Lake, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I147  Petersen-de Lanskoy
    Last Modified 27 May 2021 

    Father Samuel Blundell,   b. 5 Aug 1878, Manchester, Lancashire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Jun 1919, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 40 years) 
    Mother Sarah Ellen Rugg,   b. 29 Jul 1877, South Cottonwood, Salt Lake, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Aug 1959, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 82 years) 
    Married Unmarried 
    Family ID F138  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Erwin Glen Hales,   b. 5 Jul 1897, Junction, Piute, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Dec 1953, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 56 years) 
    Married 12 Nov 1917  Murray, Salt Lake, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Last Modified 28 May 2021 
    Family ID F134  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • RESEARCH_NOTES:
      1. Husband's obituary mentions he married Ruth L. Rugg, not Blundell.

      2. Verified Rootsweb.com Worldconnect 28 Oct 2002.

      3. Note found Oct 2002 on Ancestry.com: "She was the daughter of Frederick Dickenson Rugg and Jemima Katherine Adair. She was never married but was sealed to Samuel Blundell 13 Apr 1962. They had one daughter Ruth LaVon Blundell who was sealed to them 13 Apr 1962. Ruth LaVon Hales gave her mother's birth as 29 June 1900 but that is obviously mistaken since Ruth's birthday is 9 Jun 1900. She was born the 29 Jul 1877 and died 3 Aug 1958.
      Ruth Lavon Blundell: I found this lady through genealogical research and found her to be a wonderful lady. My grandfather was a roue [he 'slept around'] and had 2 women pregnant: Aunt Ruth's mother and my grandmother Alice Emily Stinger, whom he married. Aunt Ruth's mother never married. Ruth asked my mother's permission to have her parents and her sealed which permission she gained. We have grown to love her very much. She has 2 daughters Faye and Arlene. They live in Salt Lake City, Utah. Aunt Ruth married Erwin Glen Hales, 12 Nov 1917, all of their children were born in Murray, Salt Lake, Utah. Ruth and Erwin Glen Hales had 7 children:
      Guenavere, b. 22 Sept 1919, d. 12 July 1920, sealed to them 20 April 1921, at the same time her parents were were endowed and sealed.
      Dorothy Ruth, b. 28 June 1921, d. 3 June 1922, BIC.
      Glen Lamar, b. 14 April 1923, d. 9 Jan 1924.
      Isabelle Faye, b. 7 Feb 1925, she married James Orville Carroll, 12 July 1944, bap. 22 May 1933, end. 29 Jan 1954. She had 5 children:
      Isabelle Faye Carroll, b. 3 June 1945, S.L.C., UT. bp. 4 June 1953. Sealed to par. 29 Jan 1954.
      Barry Glen Carroll, b. 29 Mar 1950, SLC, Ut, bap. 29 Mar 1958, sealed to par. 29 Jan 1954. He graduated from Murray High School, 29 May 1968. Mar. Susan Halliday, 14 Dec. 1972.
      Chrysanne Ruth Carroll, b. 30 Aug 1951 at Provo, Utah. Bap 5 Sept 1959, sealed 29 Jan 1954.
      David Charles Carroll, b. 13 Aug 1957 in Murray, Ut. BIC- Md Lori Ann Pedersen 12 Dec 1981.
      Jerri Lynne Carroll, b. 22 June 1958 in Murray, Ut. BIC. -I have a wedding announcement of the marriage of Sunny Carroll to Stephen Leland Madsen son of Bryan B. Madsen on Saturday, the 2nd of December, 1972 in
      Salt Lake City, Ut.
      Jennie Arlon Hales, b. 9 Feb 1928 in Murray, Ut., d. 27 Jan. 1929-BIC
      Jennie Arlene Hales, b. 9 Feb 1929 in Murray, Ut., Md. William Ernest Nelson, 25 Sept 1946, bap. 5 July 1936, end. 25 Sep. 1946. BIC-
      Margie Lou Hales, b. 7 Dec 1931 in Murray, UT, d. 30 Nov 1932. BIC
      Jennie Arlene Hales and William Ernest Nelson had 1 son, Randall J. Nelson, b. 10 Aug 1956 in Salt Lake City, Ut.Sealed to them 17 Jan 1958. He was adopted. They also had another son Collin Ray Nelson, b. April 5, 1962. Told Irene Mander Horner."

      4. Censuses:
      1920 US: Precinct 11, Murray City, Salt Lake, Utah, p. 138, 9 Jan 1920, 6263, family 83, next door his Ruth's mother and grandmother:
      Erwin G. Hales, head, rents, 22, UT IA UT, lumberyard truck driver.
      Ruth L., wife, 19, UT UT UT.
      Guenavere, dau., 3/12, UT UT UT.
      Family 84:
      Jemima C. Rugg, head, owns, 73, widow, IL AL USA.
      Sarah L. Rugg, dau., 43, widow, UT Eng IL.
      George D. Rugg, son, 39, single, UT Eng IL, general farming.

      1930 US: 5th Ward, Murray City, Salt Lake, Utah, p. 196, 3 Apr 1930, family 29:
      Erwin Hales, owns, $4,000, 32 md. at age 19, UT IL UT, house carpenter.
      Ruth L., wife, 29, md. at age 17, UT UT UT.
      Faye, dau., 5, UT UT UT.
      Arlene, dau., 2-2/12, UT UT UT.
      Nellie Rugg, mother-in-law, 50, widow, UT Eng IA.

      BIOGRAPHY:
      1. From Ancestry.com is a photo of the World War Draft Registration Card; it notes:
      Registration card 154, Erwin Glen Hales, R.D. #5 box 29, Murray, Utah, 21 years old, b. 5 Jul 1897, b. at Junction, Piute, Utah, native born, employed by George Write of Murray, Utah; nearest relative is Mrs. Ruth L. Rugg Hales of R.D. #5 box 29, Murray, Utah; signed by Erwin G. Hales, blue eyes, brown colored hair, date is 24 Aug 1918.

      BIRTH:
      1. Per burial record. Ordinance Index also gives date of 9 Jun 1900 at Murray, Salt Lake, Utah.

      2. FHL film 392655 "LDS Patriarchal Blessings Index": Ruth LaVon Rugg Hales, b. 9 Jun 1900 at Murray, Utah, parents Samuel Blundell and Sarah Ellen Rugg. Blessing date 23 Feb 1933 at Salt Lake City, Utah. Lineage: Ephraim. Patriarch Charles H. Hyde. Vol. 729, p. 369.

      MARRIAGE:
      1. Per husband's obituary. Ordinance Index also gives date of 12 Nov 1917.

      2. Western States Marriage Records Index per http://abish.byui.edu/specialCollections/fhc/gbret.idc:
      ID Number 254972 Grooms First Name Erwin Glen (20) Grooms Last Name Hales Grooms Residence Junction, Piute, Utah Brides First Name Ruth Lavon (18) Brides Last Name BLUNDELL Brides Residence Murray, Salt Lake, Utah County of Record Piute Co., Utah Place of Marriage Murray Date of Marriage 12 Nov 1917 Volume P6 Page 117 Comment Permission of mother of groom.

      DEATH:
      1. Per burial record. Ordinance Index also gives date of 13 Apr 1988.

      BURIAL:
      1. Per Utah State Historical Society Burials Database on web 29 Oct 2002: "Ruth Hales, b. 9 Jun 1900, d. 13 Apr 1988 in SLC, bur. 18 Apr 1988 in Murray City Cemetery 10-03205 per sextant records.

      SOURCES_MISC:
      1. Per www.hales.org 21 Dec 2002.