Ruth Melinda Delvey

1838 - 1923  (85 years)

• Name	Ruth Melinda Delvey
  Birth	15 Jun 1838	Warwick, Franklin County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]
  	Birth Record of the Joseph Delvey's Children
  Census	1855 (16 years)	Barre, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [8]
  She was living with the Harwood family
  Age: 17
  Census	1860 (21 years)	Barre, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [9]
  She and her husband, George, were living with his parents.
  Age: 22
  Moved To	Abt 1864 (25 years)	Warwick, Franklin County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [10, 11]
  They moved to Brush Valley
  Census	1870 (31 years)	Warwick, Franklin County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [12]
  Age: 32
  Census	1880 (41 years)	Warwick, Franklin County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [13]
  Age: 41
  Residence	1894 (55 years)	Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [14]
  Address: 44 North Main Street
  Census	1900 (61 years)	Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [15]
  Age: 66
  Census	1910 (71 years)	Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [16]
  Age: 71
  Address: 77 North Main Street
  Census	1920 (81 years)	Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [17]
  She was living with her daughter, Grace and her husband.
  Age: 81
  Address: 77 North Main Street
  Death	9 Sep 1923	Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [5, 7, 11]
  Agency: the home of her daughter, Mrs. Grace I. (Harding) Whitney
  Address: 77 North Main Street
  She died at 11 o'clock in the morning.
  Burial	12 Sep 1923	Riverside Cemetery, Barre, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Riverside Cemetery, Barre, Massachusetts   [7, 11, 18, 19]
  Siblings	1 brother and 4 sisters
  1. Mary Ann Delvey,   b. 16 Oct 1832, Warwick, Franklin County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 20 Aug 1889, Oakham, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 56 years)   2. Jonathan Delvey,   b. 21 Aug 1834, Warwick, Franklin County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 4 Jun 1915, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 80 years) + 3. Ruth Melinda Delvey,   b. 15 Jun 1838, Warwick, Franklin County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 9 Sep 1923, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 85 years) ▻ George Harding,  m. 1 Jun 1859   4. Lois Delvey,   b. 27 Mar 1840, Warwick, Franklin County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 7 Jul 1917, Warwick, Franklin County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 77 years)   5. Martha Reed Delvey,   b. 16 Oct 1843, Warwick, Franklin County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 4 Mar 1852, Warwick, Franklin County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 8 years)   6. Mary Jane Delvey,   b. 11 Oct 1844, Warwick, Franklin County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 17 Oct 1844, Warwick, Franklin County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 0 years)
  Patriarch & Matriarch	Peter Delvee,   b. 1744, Netherlands (Holland) d. 23 Feb 1807, Warwick, Franklin County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 63 years)  (Great Grandfather)  Sarah Mills   d. 5 Nov 1765  (3 x Great Grandmother)
  Person ID, Branch	I191	Roy Line
  Last Modified	9 Nov 2022

  
  

  Father	Joseph Delvey,   b. 19 Feb 1803, Warwick, Franklin County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 2 Aug 1848, Warwick, Franklin County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. (Age 45 years)
  Mother	Mary Wheaton,   b. 15 Nov 1806, Townshend, Windham County, Vermont, U.S.A. d. 16 Oct 1844, Warwick, Franklin County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. (Age 37 years)
  Family ID	F230	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Spouse / Partner	George Harding,   b. 17 Dec 1837, Barre, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 25 Apr 1910, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. (Age 72 years)
  Marriage	1 Jun 1859	Warwick, Franklin County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [1, 3, 4, 5, 10, 11]
  Age at Marriage	She : 21 years - He : 21 years and 6 months.
  Children	3 daughters
  1. Ella Malinda Harding,   b. 19 Dec 1860, Barre, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 15 Jul 1928, Meriden, New Haven County, Connecticut, U.S.A. (Age 67 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth] +   2. Cora May Harding,   b. 9 Jun 1868, Warwick, Franklin County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 23 Oct 1952, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. (Age 84 years) ▻ Everett Daniel Ward  m. 22 Oct 1885;   Robert Daniel Crosby  m. 23 May 1926     3. Grace Idelle Harding,   b. 15 Jul 1871, Warwick, Franklin County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 29 Aug 1950, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. (Age 79 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]
  Family ID	F233	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	8 Nov 2022

  
  

• Pedigree

  ← Click to display 1Ruth Melinda Delvey(1838 – 1923) 2Joseph Delvey(1803 – 1848) 4Jonathan Delvey(1770 – 1850) 8Peter Delvee(1744 – 1807) 16 17 9Lucy Town(1744 – 1824) 18Samuel Town(1695 – 1760) 19Bathsheba Woods(1702 – 1773) 5Hannah Johnson(1774 – 1851) 10Joseph Johnson(1743 – ) 20Nathaniel Johnson(1718 – 1797) 21Rachel Tucker(1713 – ) 11Hannah Wilder(1753 – 1801) 22Jonathan Wilder(1710 – 1794) 23Zerviah Houghton(1721 – 1804) 3Mary Wheaton(1806 – 1844) 6Reuban Wheaton(1779 – 1831) 12Christopher Wheaton(1748 – 1798) 24Benjamin Wheaton( – 1763) 25Abigail Lynde(1721 – 1760) 13Abigail Brewer(1751 – ) 26William Brewer(1707 – ) 27Abigail Garfield(1711 – ) 7Abigail Partridge(1782 – 1850) 14Samuel Partridge(1756 – 1832) 28Timothy Partridge(1727 – 1787) 29Abigail Barber(27 Mar 1732/33 – 1809) 15Elizabeth McIntire(1759 – 1830) 30Samuel McIntire(1730 – 1771) 31Hannah Fuller(1726 – Abt 1780)

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 15 Jun 1838 - Warwick, Franklin County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Census - 1855 - Barre, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Marriage - 1 Jun 1859 - Warwick, Franklin County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Census - 1860 - Barre, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Moved To - Abt 1864 - Warwick, Franklin County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Census - 1870 - Warwick, Franklin County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Census - 1880 - Warwick, Franklin County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Residence - 1894 - Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Census - 1900 - Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Census - 1910 - Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Census - 1920 - Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Death - 9 Sep 1923 - Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Burial - 12 Sep 1923 - Riverside Cemetery, Barre, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  = Link to Google Earth
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• Sources 🟢 Primary Evidence 🟡 Secondary Evidence 🟠 Tertiary Evidence 🔴 Unreliable Evidence

  [S479] Roper, Kenneth L. The Ropers A Biographical Record from Circa 1300 to 1982, (Baltimore: Gateway Press, 1982). [S3] Brodeur, Diane , Descendants of Ruth Melinda Delvey, (Oxford, Massachusetts: manuscript, 1981). [S486] Thayer, Florine Delvey. Delvey Genealogy, (Warwick, Massachusetts: manuscript, 1968). [S94] Muse, Jeanne. Family Group Sheets of the Ancestry of Jeanne Muse, (Asheville, North Carolina: manuscript, 20 August 1995). [S490] Allred, Paul W. Descendants of Peter Delvee, (unknown: manuscript, 11 November 2002). [S188] Holbrook Research Institute, Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, (Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011). Birth Record of Ruth Melinda Delvey [S14] Ancestry.com, Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current® http://findagrave.com, (Lehi, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.). Find A Grave Memorial# 11002493 [S274] 1855 Massachusetts, State Census , (Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014). [S191] Bureau of the Census, 1860 U.S. Federal Census, (Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009). Year: 1860; Census Place: Barre, Worcester, Massachusetts; Roll: M653_533; Page: 260; Image: 261; Family History Library Film: 803533 [S491] Obituary of George Harding , (Barre, Massachusetts: The Gazette, 29 April 1910). [S492] Obituary of Ruth M. Harding, (newspaper unknown, 1923). [S192] Bureau of the Census, 1870 U.S. Federal Census, (Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009). Year: 1870; Census Place: Warwick, Franklin, Massachusetts; Roll: M593_615; Page: 410B; Image: 339098; Family History Library Film: 552114 [S189] Bureau of the Census, 1880 U.S. Federal Census, (Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010). Year: 1880; Census Place: Warwick, Franklin, Massachusetts; Roll: 533; Family History Film: 1254533; Page: 256D; Enumeration District: 262; Image: 0514 [S23] Ancestry.com, U.S. City Directories, 1822-1989, (Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011). Athol, Orange Directory for 1894 [S137] Bureau of the Census, 1900 U.S. Federal Census , (Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004). Year: 1900; Census Place: Orange, Franklin, Massachusetts; Roll: 649; Page: 10A; Enumeration District: 0494; FHL microfilm: 1240649 [S186] Bureau of the Census, 1910 U.S. Federal Census , (Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 20). Year: 1910; Census Place: Orange, Franklin, Massachusetts; Roll: T624_589; Page: 9B; Enumeration District: 0513; FHL microfilm: 1374602 [S26] Bureau of the Census, 1920 U.S. Federal Census, (Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010). Year: 1920; Census Place: Orange, Franklin, Massachusetts; Roll: T625_698; Page: 8A; Enumeration District: 125; Image: 365 [S482] Roy, Robert A. Gravestone Inscriptions at Riverside Cemetery in Barre, Massachusetts, (Lexington Park, Maryland: manuscript, 1983). [S475] Stone, Margaret. Letter to Robert Roy, 1980, (Orange, Massachusetts: letter, 1980).