Individual Details
Ruth Alma Barker
(Aug 1843 - 10 May 1915)
She only had sisters and her family remained in Bristol so no one knows how she got to California in time to marry Henry Ward Ivory 28 August 1864.
Events
| Birth | Aug 1843 | Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts |  | ||
| Marriage | 28 Aug 1864 | Santa Clara County, California - Henry Ward Ivory | | ||
| Census (family) | 30 Aug 1870 | San Jose, Santa Clara County, California - Henry Ward Ivory |  | | |
| Census (family) | 29 Jun 1880 | Lompoc, Santa Barbara County, California - Henry Ward Ivory | | | |
| Census (family) | 9 Jun 1900 | Carpinteria, Santa Barbara County, California - Henry Ward Ivory | | | |
| Death | 10 May 1915 | Lompoc, Santa Barbara, California | | ||
| Burial | Lompoc Evergreen Cemetery, Santa Barbara County, California |
Families
| Spouse | Henry Ward Ivory (1838 - 1902) |
| Child | Charles L. Ivory (1865 - 1891) |
| Child | Ellen Adelaide Ivory (1867 - 1953) |
| Child | Minnie Ivory (1869 - 1935) |
| Child | George D. Ivory (1877 - 1880) |
| Child | Henry Benson Ivory (1879 - 1883) |
| Child | Grace Frances Ivory (1888 - 1976) |
Notes
Census (family)
Henry W Ivory M 32 New York - BlacksmithAlmie Ivory F 27 Massachusetts - Keeping house
Charles L Ivory M 4 California
Nellie Ivory F 2 California
Minnie Ivory F 0 California
Census (family)
Henry W Ivory Self M 41 New York - BlacksmithAlusie R Ivory Wife F 36 Massachusetts
Charles S Ivory Son M 14 California
Ellen A Ivory Daughter F 12 California
Minnie A Ivory Daughter F 10 California
Henry Ivory Son M 0 California
Iras B Elkins Other M 23 California
Census (family)
Henry W Ivory Head M 62 New York - BlacksmithAlma R Ivory Wife F 57 Massachusetts - Book agent
Grace F Ivory Daughter F 12 California - At school
Endnotes
1. 1900 U.S. Census California, Santa Barbara, Carpenteria, SD 6 ED 151 Sh 4b.
2. California Marriage Index 1850-1877.
3. Santa Clara, California County Clerk, Henry Ward Ivory/Almie R. Barker marriage, 28 Aug 1864, page 97.
4. "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNXM-B95 : 12 April 2016), Charles L Ivory in household of Henry W Ivory, California, United States; citing p. 46, family 374, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 545,587..
5. "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6PJ-Z13 : 19 August 2017), Charles S Ivory in household of Henry W Ivory, Lompoc, Santa Barbara, California, United States; citing enumeration district ED 84, sheet 551C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0081; FHL microfilm 1,254,081..
6. "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9GF-W2P : accessed 24 October 2017), Henry W Ivory, Township 1, Carpinteria Precinct, Santa Barbara, California, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 151, sheet 4B, family 90, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,109..
7. Transcribed by Frances Marion Garland Houston, Evergreen Cemetery Record, Lompoc, Santa Barbara, California (California DAR publication in 1984), page 26.