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Ruby Fern Gordon (twin)

BIRTH: 20 Jun 1917, Letha, Gem, Idaho
DEATH: 16 Sep 2001, Caldwell, Canyon, Idaho
BURIAL: Emmett Cemetery, Emmett, Gem, Idaho
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TITLE: twin

Father: Lewis Waterman Gordon (18 Dec 1879 - 5 Nov 1956)
Mother: Jeannette "Jennie" Carter (24 Mar 1882 - 5 Jul 1947)

Family 1: Ralph Jacob Kurtz (2 Sep 1900 - 1 Aug 1972)

MARRIAGE: 26 Jun 1949, Winnemucca, Humboldt, Nevada

Robert Gordon Kurtz (30 Jun 1952 - 6 Jul 1952)

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                              _John Henry Gordon ___|
                             | (1855 - 1938) m 1876 |
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 _Lewis Waterman Gordon _____|
| (1879 - 1956) m 1901       |
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|                            |_Mary Rebecca Bolton _|
|                              (1857 - 1905) m 1876 |
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|--Ruby Fern Gordon 
|  (1917 - 2001)
|                                                                                                      _Richard Carter __________+
|                                                                                                     | (1755 - 1828) m 1778     
|                                                                          _John Carter ______________|_Jane McKenney ___________
|                                                                         | (1782 - 1852) m 1806        (1760 - ....)            
|                                                    _Dominicus Carter ___|
|                                                   | (1806 - 1884) m 1853|
|                                                   |                     |                            _Zebulon Libby ___________+
|                                                   |                     |                           | (1757 - 1836) m 1780     
|                                                   |                     |_Hannah Knight Libby ______|_Lydia Andrews ___________
|                                                   |                       (1786 - 1867) m 1806        (1759 - 1838)            
|                             _Enos Curtis Carter __|
|                            | (1854 - 1938) m 1875 |
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|                            |                      |                      _Absalom or Abram Brown ___|__________________________
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|                            |                      |_Elizabeth Brown ____|
|                            |                        (1833 - 1914) m 1853|
|                            |                                            |                            _Enos Curtis _____________
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|                            |                                            |_Maria Curtis _____________|_Ruth Franklyn ___________
|                            |                                              (1810 - 1841) m 1832        (1788 - ....)            
|_Jeannette "Jennie" Carter _|
  (1882 - 1947) m 1901       |
                             |                                                                         _Timothy Whipple _________+
                             |                                                                        | (1723 - 1796) m 1744     
                             |                                             _John Whipple _____________|_Elizabeth Safford _______
                             |                                            | (1765 - 1830) m 1789        (1724 - 1810)            
                             |                       _Edson Whipple ______|
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                             |                      |                     |                            _William Gorham Hutchins _+
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                             |                      |                     |_Basmoth Eleanor Hutchins _|_Hepsibah Cressey ________
                             |                      |                       (1769 - 1846) m 1789        (1730 - ....)            
                             |_Mary Unita Whipple __|
                               (1858 - 1920) m 1875 |
                                                    |                                                  _Thomas Quinney __________+
                                                    |                                                 | (1772 - ....) m 1792     
                                                    |                      _John Quinney _____________|_Ann Middleton ___________
                                                    |                     | (.... - 1878) m 1818        (1767 - 1849)            
                                                    |_Mary Ann Quinney ___|
                                                      (1832 - 1910) m 1857|
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                                                                          |_Susannah Moss ____________|__________________________
                                                                            (1796 - 1838) m 1818

Notes

!SOURCE: Photocopy of Laura Whipple Ledger, p. 73, emailed to the Whipple Website by Dorothy Mahler (email hidden), 8 Oct 2016. Gives birth 19 Jun 1917.

!SOURCE: 10-11 Feb 1920 Census of District 77, Bramwell, Gem, Idaho, p. 9:

Gordon, Lewis W., head, 42, b. UT, parents b. UT, farmer
Gordon, Jennie, wife, 36, b. UT, parents b. UT
Gordon, Doris, son, 16, b. UT, parents b. UT, farm laborer
Gordon, Jenneive, dau, 14, b. ID, parents b. UT
Gordon, Daisy, dau, 12, b. ID, parents b. UT
Gordon, Maxine, dau, 10, b. ID, parents b. UT
Gordon, Dean, son, 8, b. ID, parents b. UT
Gordon, Robt, son, 2 5/11, b. ID, parents b. UT
Gordon, Ruby, dau, 2 5/11, b. ID, parents b. UT

!SOURCE: 18-19 Apr 1930 Census of District 4, Hanna, Gem, Idaho, p. 2-3:

Gordon, Doris L., head, 27, age 27 at marriage, b. UT, parents b. UT, farmer
Gordon, Margery M., wife, 19, age 18 at marriage, b. ID, parents b. IL
Living 2 doors away from:
Gordon, Lewis W., head, 50, age 23 at marriage, b. UT, parents b. UT, farmer
Gordon, Jeannetta, wife, 47, age 19 at marriage, b. UT, parents b. UT
Gordon, Dean L., son, 16, b. ID, parents b. UT, farm laborer
Gordon, Robert V., son, 12, b. ID, parents b. UT
Gordon, Ruby F., dau, 12, b. ID, parents b. ID
Gordon, Marvin E., son, 6, b. ID, parents b. UT
Carter, Enos, father-in-law, 76, widowed, age 22 at marriage, b. UT, father b. ME, mother b. IA, farm laborer

!SOURCE: Find a Grave web site memorial 50423232, cited 4 Jun 2022. Gives birth 20 Jun 1917.

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