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John Rhone
(1829-1890)
Catherine Sarah Clemson
(1841-1918)
Robert Lee Lightfoot
(1841-1908)
Margaret Ann Millhouse
(1844-1929)
Jacob Harvey Rhone
(1864-1899)
Clara May Lightfoot
(1869-1961)
Ruth Violet Rhone
(1899-After 1921)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Cornelius Otto Degroot

Ruth Violet Rhone 2 3 4

  • Born: December 1899, Pennsylvania 2 3 4
  • Marriage (1): Cornelius Otto Degroot on 9 April 1921 in , Dauphin County, PA 1
  • Died: After 9 April 1921
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bullet  Noted events in her life were:

• She appeared on the 1900 US Census in Shippensburg, PA on 13 June 1900. 2

Page 12A, Dwelling 272, Family 283, District 24
Shippensburg, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania
56 East Main Street
Violet R. Rhone...Daughter..Dec 1899..5m..PA
(Living with widowed mother.)
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• She appeared on the 1910 US Census in Shippensburg, PA on April 1910. 3

Sheet 7A, Family 176, District 35
Shippensburg, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania
Ruth R. Forsythe...Daughter..10..PA
(Living with mother and stepfather.)

NOTE - Was mistakenly entered with the surname of her stepfather, Forsythe, instead of her birth name, Rhone.
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• She appeared on the 1920 US Census in Shippensburg, PA on January 1920. 4

Sheet 5A, family 116, District 36
Shippensburg, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania
Ruth Rhone...Stepdaughter..20..PA
(Living with mother, stepfather, and maternal grandmother.)
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Ruth married Cornelius Otto Degroot, son of Charles Abbott Degroot and Anna M. Gussman, on 9 April 1921 in , Dauphin County, PA.1 (Cornelius Otto Degroot was born in 1903 in Pennsylvania and died after 9 April 1921.)


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Sources


1 "Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (accessed 28 Oct 2013); Name: Cornelius Otto Degroot; Spouse's Name: Ruth Violet Rhone; Event Date: 09 Apr 1921; Event Place: Dauphin, Pennsylvania.

2 1900 U.S. census, population schedule, Shippensburg, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, enumeration district (ED) 24, p. 12A, dwelling 272, family 283, Clara May Rhone (Lightfoot); index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 23 Mar 2013); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T623.

3 1910 U.S. census, population schedule, Shippensburg, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, enumeration district (ED) 35, sheet 7A, family 176, Charles Samuel Forsythe and Clara May Lightfoot; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 28 Oct 2013); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T624.

4 1920 U.S. census, population schedule, Shippensburg, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, enumeration district (ED) 36, sheet 5A, family 116, Charles Samuel Forsythe and Clara May Lightfoot; index and images (accessed 26 Oct 2013); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T625.


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