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Subject: RUTH ROBINSON Addendum and Sources Author: JARVIS---Chicago (Delighted) [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] Date Posted: Mon, June 03 2019, 18:22:41 http://www.lordheath.com/Ruth_Robinson.html born: 18 August 1887*. .........Topeka, Kansas**. Real name: Ruth A. Woodall. *The 1900 Census says she was born "Aug 1888": also the 1920 Census. The 1895 KS Census; 1910 Census; 1940 Census;her 1906 and 1912 marriage certificates; and 1894 newspaper article all say "1887". The 1930 Census says she was born in 1895. **Ruth has 3 "findagrave" pages. One says she was born near Lawrence, KS. The 1886 Lawrence KS Marriage Licence for her Mom and Dad says the Mom is from Lawrence and the Dad from Topeka. (Haven't found an official birth record or newspaper birth announcement for Ruth). Records indicate that Ruth's natural Father (John "W" or "T" Woodall) was born in TN about 1865. The Mom, Hattie Hopper (1869-1935) in her 1894 divorce filing says his last known whereabouts was Boston, MA. Haven't found a marriage record for when the Mom married Walter Scott Johnson (1875-1948). In 1900, he was a "restaurant" employee. Hattie was working at Fred Harvey's Eating House in Topeka in 1894. This could be where they met and it makes her one of the early "Harvey Girls". They were divorced in 1909 in CO. He eventually became a successful restaurateur in Colorado Springs, CO. In 1906, Ruth married Archie E. Robinson (1880-1909), an actor and manager of the acting company in which she was the lead player. Her mother was also one of the players. They were married on a Saturday in Allen County KS shortly after midnight because Ruth was superstitious and actors believed it is "unlucky" to be married on a Friday. Her husband died of tuberculous 3 years later. In 1912, in Muskogee OK, Ruth married Frank C. Carter (1872-??) an actor and manager of the stock company of which she was the lead actor. They obtained the marriage license and waited for the first "sunny day to tie the knot" because Ruth believed in the old adage "Happy is the bride whom the sun shines on". They married the following (sunny) Monday and divorced sometime before 1920 (Census). One of the findagrave sites says she was married to a Mr.Hackley after 1912 (no source). She lists herself as "widow" in the 1940 Census. Sources: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q293-NZDS 1886 Mom Hattie Hopper marries Dad John W. Woodall in Lawrence, KS. https://www.newspapers.com/image/383588308/?terms=%22HATTIE%2BWOODALL%22 1894 Mom seeks divorce from Woodall. https://www.newspapers.com/image/323404694/?terms=%22JOHN%2BWOODELL%22 1894 Dad is drunkard; abusive; abandons family. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QL8V-ZG1X 1895 Topeka KS Census: with Mom & grandparents; age 7. https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?dbid=7602&h=17184489&indiv=try&o_vc=Record:OtherRecord&rhSource=7884 1900 Census Topeka: born Aug.1888. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GRJZ-RMP?i=5&cc=1727033 1910 Census Topeka; actress; widow; age 22. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MX2K-9BQ 1920 Census Denver CO; divorced; age 31; professional theatre. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X42Q-JD7 1930 Census; divorced; age 35; actress vaudeville. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K9C6-6XL 1940 Census LA; widow; age 52; actress motion pictures. https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?dbid=61371&h=900037008&indiv=try&o_vc=Record:OtherRecord&rhSource=60525 1906 marriage license; Ruth a. Woodall & Archie Robinson. https://www.newspapers.com/image/387614165/?terms=%22HATTIE%2BJOHNSON%22 1906 marries Robinson; superstitious. https://www.newspapers.com/image/180259941/?terms=%22archie%2Brobinson%22 1909 Obituary of Archie Robinson. https://www.newspapers.com/image/4958323/?terms=%22archie%2Brobinson%22 1909 Obituary of Archie Robinson. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVP6-HXJ3 1912 Marriage License; Frank C. Carter; Muskogee, OK. https://www.newspapers.com/image/14886416/?terms=%22ruth%2Brobinson%22 1912 marriage to Carter; superstitious. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/72180469/ruth-robinson 1966 findagrave; born near Lawrence, KS. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/9117339 1966 findagrave; born Topeka. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/72180469 1966 findagrave; married Hackley. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VP4P-YVR 1966 CA Death Index; Mother: Hopper. [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]

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Subject Author Date Re: RUTH ROBINSON Addendum and Sources Lord (added to the site) Mon, June 03 2019, 21:38:10