Individual Details
Clara Ruth "Ruth" BRUCE
(16 Sep 1901 - 11 May 1987)
Events
| Birth | 16 Sep 1901 | Tekamah, Nebraska | |||
| Census | 1910 | Tekamah Ward 1, Burt, Nebraska, United States |  | ||
| Marriage | Abt Jul 1919 | Ward Miles SMOTHERS | |||
| Census | 1930 | Lincoln, Lancaster, Nebraska, United States | | ||
| Marriage | 3 Jul 1930 | Lewis Alvin "Al" DAVIS |  | ||
| Residence | 1932 | Lincoln, Nebraska, United States | | ||
| Residence | 1935 | Reynolds, Reynolds, Missouri | |||
| Census | 1940 | Simi Judicial Township, Ventura, California, United States | | ||
| Marriage | 1953 | Los Angeles - Nick DAVIS | |||
| Residence | 1961 - 1987 | Oakdale, California, United States | | ||
| Death | 11 May 1987 | Oakdale, Stanislaus, California, United States | | ||
| Burial | Stanislaus, California | |
Families
| Spouse | Ward Miles SMOTHERS (1898 - 1928) |
| Child | Eade SMOTHERS (1920 - 1920) |
| Child | Jack Bruce SMOTHERS (1921 - 2000) |
| Child | Betty Gayle SMOTHERS (1923 - 1990) |
| Child | Russell Eugene SMOTHERS (1924 - 1961) |
| Child | Richard SMOTHERS (1926 - 1926) |
| Spouse | Nick DAVIS (1906 - 1990) |
| Spouse | Lewis Alvin "Al" DAVIS (1890 - 1970) |
| Child | Living |
| Child | Lewis Jerry "Jerry" DAVIS (1934 - 2013) |
| Child | Richard Hiram DAVIS (1936 - ) |
| Child | Living |
| Child | Living |
| Father | Albert William "Bert" BRUCE (1873 - 1957) |
| Mother | Clara C. "Christina" MADSEN (1876 - 1947) |
| Sibling | Faye Ellen BRUCE (1895 - ) |
| Sibling | Roy William BRUCE (1897 - 1962) |
| Sibling | Alice Victoria BRUCE (1899 - 1992) |
| Sibling | Shirley May BRUCE (1904 - 1995) |
| Sibling | Hazel Charlotte BRUCE (1906 - 1984) |
| Sibling | Frances Leona BRUCE (1910 - 1992) |
| Sibling | Marion George BRUCE (1915 - 1976) |
| Sibling | Doris Irene BRUCE (1912 - 1916) |
Notes
Marriage
Marriage year is from a Research Work Chart - "Clara Ruth Bruce moved to Craig Nebraska after she married Ward Miles Smothers year 1919. Ward went to work at Circle A Ranch outside of Craig. Walter Hopewell Lt. Governor owned Circle A Ranch. Al Davis, Tom's dad was a partner of Hopewells. Ward Smothers died in 1928. Clara Ruth married Al Davis in 1930 two years after Ward Killed. The Ranch went bankrupt. Al went to work for Standard Oil in Craig".Endnotes
1. "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MLW5-NLC : accessed 28 June 2018), Clara R Bruce in household of Albert W Bruce, Tekamah Ward 1, Burt, Nebraska, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 33, sheet 12A, family 287, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 839; FHL microfilm 1,374,852..
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4. "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K96G-N6Y : accessed 5 December 2016), Ruth Davis in household of Alvin Davis, Simi Judicial Township, Ventura, California, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 56-41, sheet 1A, line 34, family 193, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 364..
5. Ancestry.com, U.S. Public Records Index, 1950-1993, Volume 2 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010).
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