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1847–1868

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Birth Date
1 May 1861
Death Date
9 September 1942
Gender
Female
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Ruth Blair

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  • She was a twin.  Ruth's surname is Evans on her death certificate.

Joseph S. Rawlins Company (1868)

  • Age at Departure: 7

Traveled with

  • Isaac Blair Sr. (Age: 38)
  • Ruth Blair (Age: 37)
  • Samuel Alma Blair (Age: 15)
  • Henry Suddery Blair (Age: 11)
  • Isaac Blair Jr. (Age: 7)
  • Rosa Blair (Age: 4)
  • Albert Edward Blair (Age: 2)
  • John Heber Blair (Age: Infant)

Sources

  • "Captain Joseph S. Rawlins, list of passengers, 1868." In Perpetual Emigrating Fund Company church trains accounts 1861-1868, Captains' accounts 1862-1868. (CR 376 8, Box 2, Folder 7)
  • Evans, Ruth Blair, [Reminiscences], in "Utah Pioneer Biographies," 44 vols., 9:91-92.
  • Find a Grave (Website)
  • Perpetual Emigrating Fund, Financial Accounts 1849-1886 Ledger D, p. 14.
  • Saints By Sea: Latter-day Saint Immigration to America
  • Utah Death Certificate Index, 1905-1967.