Ruby May Whitaker

1911 - 1997  (85 years)

• Name	Ruby May Whitaker
  Born	6 Dec 1911	Gill, Franklin County, Massachusetts   [2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8]
  	Birth Record of Ruby May Whitaker
  Census	1920	Gill, Franklin County, Massachusetts   [9]
  She was recorded while living with her parents.
  Age: 8
  Graduation	1929	Bernardston, Franklin County, Massachusetts   [2]
  Agency: Powers Institute
  Census	1930	Bernardston, Franklin County, Massachusetts   [10]
  She was recorded while living with her parents.
  Age: 18
  Address: 2 Library Street
  Census	1940	Bernardston, Franklin County, Massachusetts   [11]
  Residence	Jan 1959	Greenfield, Franklin County, Massachusetts   [1]
  History	According to her obituary, "She was an operator at New England Telephone Co. for 18 years and a teacher in the Gill schools for many years, retiring in 1972. She was a 60-year-plus member of the Bernardston Unitarian Church. She has been the church's organ player, choir director, a Sunday School teacher and a trustee. She was a member of the Sylvan-Rebekah Lodge 87 of Greenfield and an assistant librarian with the Cushman Library from 1925 to 1931. She also was a member of the First United Methodist Bernardston Church of Greenfield and the retired teachers association. She enjoyed playing the organ, both for the church and for herself."   [2]
  Died	18 Aug 1997	Greenfield, Franklin County, Massachusetts   [2, 3, 5, 6, 12]
  Buried	Bernardston, Franklin County, Massachusetts   [13]
  Siblings	8 siblings
  + 1. Carl Harold Whitaker ,   b. 6 Feb 1900, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts ,   d. 25 Jan 1977, Greenfield, Franklin County, Massachusetts  (Age 76 years) ▻ Ruth Louise Rogers ,  m. 22 Aug 1923 + 2. Percy Eugene Whitaker ,   b. 8 Oct 1901, Gill, Franklin County, Massachusetts ,   d. 2 Feb 1975, Gardner, Worcester County, Massachusetts  (Age 73 years) ▻ Gertrude Elizabeth Hastings ,  m. 06 Oct 1925 + 3. Wallace Herbert Whitaker ,   b. 4 Dec 1902, Gill, Franklin County, Massachusetts ,   d. 9 Oct 1976, Brattleboro, Windham County, Vermont  (Age 73 years) ▻ Hattie Elizabeth Johnson ,  m. 22 Jun 1932   4. Holman Hugh Whitaker ,   b. 30 Nov 1906, Gill, Franklin County, Massachusetts ,   d. 16 Jan 1985, Greenfield, Franklin County, Massachusetts  (Age 78 years) ▻ Helen Rachel Hastings ,  m. 27 Aug 1928 + 5. Ruth Irene Whitaker ,   b. 25 Mar 1910, Gill, Franklin County, Massachusetts ,   d. 9 Nov 2007, Auburn, Androscoggin County, Maine  (Age 97 years) ▻ Edward Charles Bolton ,  m. 22 Jun 1932 ;  Arthur A. Windecker ,  m. 06 Jan 2001 + 6. Ruby May Whitaker ,   b. 6 Dec 1911, Gill, Franklin County, Massachusetts ,   d. 18 Aug 1997, Greenfield, Franklin County, Massachusetts  (Age 85 years) ▻ Kenneth J. North + 7. Eva Belle Whitaker ,   b. 9 Mar 1916, Gill, Franklin County, Massachusetts ,   d. 2 Jan 2010, Winter Haven, Polk County, Florida  (Age 93 years) ▻ David Hugh Sedgwick   8. Charles Whitaker ,   b. 4 May 1917, Massachusetts ,   d. 17 Mar 1921, Gill, Franklin County, Massachusetts  (Age 3 years)   9. Elinor Frances Whitaker ,   b. 22 Feb 1919, Gill, Franklin County, Massachusetts ,   d. 28 Mar 2010, Saratoga Springs, Saratoga County, New York  (Age 91 years) ▻ Anthony Stanley "Iggy" Ambo ,  m. 27 Apr 1935
  Person ID	I387	| Clan of Jonathan, Tribe of Peter
  Last Modified	17 Jan 2021

  
  

  Father	Charles Herbert Whitaker,   b. 27 Jul 1865, Leydon, Franklin County, Massachusetts ,   d. 8 Feb 1941, Bernardston, Franklin County, Massachusetts  (Age 75 years)
  Mother	Orra May Hale,   b. 18 Jan 1880, Bernardston, Franklin County, Massachusetts ,   d. 23 Jan 1959, Greenfield, Franklin County, Massachusetts  (Age 79 years)
  Married	11 May 1899	Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts
  Family ID	F189	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Kenneth J. North,   b. 27 Jan 1911, Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts ,   d. 12 Apr 1990, Greenfield, Franklin County, Massachusetts  (Age 79 years)
  Married	Yes, date unknown  [2]
  Children	2 children
  1. Wayne Kenneth North,   b. 9 Sep 1937, Greenfield, Franklin County, Massachusetts ,   d. 12 Jan 2019, Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts  (Age 81 years)  [Birth] + 2. Janet Elinor North
  Last Modified	24 Apr 2014
  Family ID	F245	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 6 Dec 1911 - Gill, Franklin County, Massachusetts Census - She was recorded while living with her parents.,Age: 8 - 1920 - Gill, Franklin County, Massachusetts Graduation - Agency: Powers Institute - 1929 - Bernardston, Franklin County, Massachusetts Census - She was recorded while living with her parents.,Age: 18,Address: 2 Library Street - 1930 - Bernardston, Franklin County, Massachusetts Census - 1940 - Bernardston, Franklin County, Massachusetts Residence - Jan 1959 - Greenfield, Franklin County, Massachusetts Died - 18 Aug 1997 - Greenfield, Franklin County, Massachusetts Buried - - Bernardston, Franklin County, Massachusetts  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S1460] Obituary of Orra M. Whitaker, (Springfield, Massachusetts: Springfield Union, 24 January 1959, Page 40), Primary Source. [S97] Obituary of Ruby M. North, (Athol, Massachusetts: Athol Daily News, 27 August 1997). [S83] Social Security Death Benefit Records (SSDI), (Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2011), Primary Source. [S388] Delvee Historian. Delvee Family Records 1887 - 1988, (Warwick, Massachusetts: manuscript, 1988), Primary Source. [S805] Massachusetts Death Index, 1970-2003 , (Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005), Secondary Source. [S911] Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc), Secondary Source. [S829] Massachusetts, Births, 1841-1915, (Family Search), Primary Source. Birth Record of Ruby May Whitaker [S800] Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, (Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011), Primary Source. Birth Record of Ruby May Whitaker [S499] 1920 U.S. Federal Census , (Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010), Primary Source. Year: 1920; Census Place: Gill, Franklin, Massachusetts; Roll: T625_698; Page: 6A; Enumeration District: 102; Image: 251 [S509] 1930 U.S. Federal Census , (Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2002), Primary Source. Year: 1930; Census Place: Bernardston, Franklin, Massachusetts; Roll: 904; Page: 4A; Enumeration District: 0002; Image: 27.0; FHL microfilm: 2340639 [S806] 1940 U.S. Federal Census, (Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012), Primary Source. [S335] Roy, Robert A. Notes taken at the 115th Delvee Reunion, (Warwick, Massachusetts: manuscript, 24 June 2001), Primary Source. [S458] North, Wayne K. letter: 2005-01-26, (Letter to Robert Roy, 26 January 2005).