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Ruth Ives Henderson

Ruth Ives Henderson

Female 1915 - 1970  (54 years)


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  • Name Ruth Ives Henderson  [1, 2] 
    Birth 19 Dec 1915  New York Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Gender Female 
    Death 23 Nov 1970  Watertown, Jefferson, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I74722  Stewartsny
    Last Modified 2 Dec 2025 

    Father Ernest Joseph Henderson,   b. 1 Mar 1869, Parish, Oswego County, New York, United States of America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Feb 1950, Ogdensburg, St. Lawrence County, New York, United States of America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Florence Pearl Ives,   b. 8 Oct 1881, Gouverneur, St Lawrence, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Dec 1981, Watertown, Jefferson, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 100 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage 28 Mar 1908  Gouverneur Methodist Church Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F25146  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 John Buell Smith,   b. 12 Jun 1919   d. 13 Mar 2020 (Age 100 years) 
    Marriage 5 Apr 1942  Watertown, Oswego, New York Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. John David Smith  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     2. Joyce E. Smith  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     3. Jane Carol Smith
     4. Phyllis Mae Smith
    Family ID F25100  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 2 Dec 2025 

    Family 2   
    Marriage 5 Apr 1942 
    Family ID F30802  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 2 Dec 2025 

  • Notes 
    • Newspaper Obituary - Tuesday, November 24, 1970 Watertown Daily Times - Mrs. John Smith Dies - Gouverneur - Mrs. Ruth H. Smith, 54, of 201 E. Main St., wife of John B. Smith and a Watertown native, died Monday at 11:50 p.m. at Gouverneur Edward John Noble Hospital. The funeral will be Wednesday at 2 p.m. at the Sprague Funeral Home, Rev. Stanley E. Brown, pastor, United Methodist Church, officiating. Burial will be at Adams. Friends may call at the funeral home this evening and Wednesday morning. Donations may be made to United Methodist Church or the Gouverneur Hospital. Surviving besides her husband, are three daughters, Mrs. Gary (Jane) Bulger, Gouverneur, Miss Phyllis M. Smith, Carmel, and Miss Joyce E. Smith, at home; a son, John B., Bangor, Maine; her mother, Mrs. Pearl Henderson, Watertown and two grandchildren. Born Dec. 19, 1915 in Watertown, a daughter of Ernest and Pearl Ives Henderson, she was graduated from Watertown High School in 1935. She was employed at Pine Camp from 1940-41 and alter worked for Hooker Optical Co. Watertown. She was married to John Buell Smith April 5, 1942, in Watertown. The couple has lived at Gouverneur since 1955. Mr. Smith is a car repairman for New York Central Railroad. Mrs. Smith was a member of the WSCS of United Methodist Church.

  • Sources 
    1. [S346] Ancestry.com, 1930 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2002;), Year: 1930; Census Place: Watertown, Jefferson, New York; Roll: 1443; Page: 12A; Enumeration District: 0051; Image: 768.0; FHL microfilm: 2341178.

    2. [S150] Ancestry.com, 1940 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;), Year: 1940; Census Place: Watertown, Jefferson, New York; Roll: T627_2545; Page: 3B; Enumeration District: 23-62.