Ruth Olive Whittaker

I went to work today, got sick, and promptly turned around to come home.  I have spent most of the day (when I'm not coughing) working on the Whittaker line and trying to make sure that all of the documents that I have uploaded on my Ancestry tree are duplicated on my FamilySearch tree.

One of the ancestors that I worked on was my 2nd great-aunt, Ruth Whittaker.  She died at the age of 20 on 19 Jun 1919. 

Ruth Whittaker

She seemed like such a sweet girl.  My grandmother, Carol Larkin, told me that Ruth was engaged to a young man named Wendell when she passed away.  She said that Wendell never married after that or if he did, it wasn't for a very long time afterwards.

Ruth and Wendell 1918

One of my favorite genealogy treasures is a letter that Ruth wrote to her Aunt Ellen (Whittaker) Webster in 1916.  What a wonderful insight into their lives at the time.







People mentioned in the letter:
Ellen (Whittaker) Webster
Inez Whittaker
Dorothy Whittaker
Ella (Webb) Whittaker (Mamma)
Alice (Whittaker) Baity
Leon Webster
John Whittaker
Ida Whittaker
Gilbert Webster
Edith and Hazel Webster (girls)
Beatrice Cady
Maude Baity
Marguerite McInroy