Life History
30th Jul 1910 |
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1st Jan 1928 |
Married Robert Oregon KNOWLTON in Chicot County, Arkansas.2,4,8 |
before 1934 |
Divorced from Robert Oregon KNOWLTON in Oregon Knowlton Jr married Emmie West in 1934.9 |
12th Jan 1935 |
Married Oswald Eugene RECROFT in Arkansas County, Arkansas.14 |
22nd May 1971 |
Death of Robert Oregon KNOWLTON in Ethel, Arkansas, Arkansas.10,11 |
23rd Aug 1982 |
Death of Oswald Eugene RECROFT in Jupiter, Palm Beach, Florida.12,13,5 |
20th Aug 2005 |
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22nd Aug 2005 |
Buried in Riverside Memorial Park, Tequesta, Martin County, Florida.5,7 |
Other facts
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Birth of daughter Living KNOWLTON |
Notes
- An entry in the 1930 census reported Oregon Knowlton, Jr's marriage to a Ruth A, but I had no further clues to determine who this was. I had not had all the family information at that time. I was finally able to clarify this relationship in April 2008, when I received an email from Kenneth Wirt McSwain, so on Wirt Barnard McSwain and Connie L Jones. In our series of emails about his family, he made an incidental reference to his father's sister Ruth's marriage to Oregon Knowlton.
Their marriage record was not found until 2012.
Arkansas, County Marriages Index, 1837-1957
Ruth McSwain
Age: 18, Birth Year abt 1910
Residence: Dermott, Chicot, Arkansas
Spouse's Name: Oregon Knowlton
Spouse's Age: 21
Spouse's Residence: DeWitt, Arkansas, Arkansas
Marriage 1 Jan 1928 Chicot County
Marriage License Date: 1 Jan 1928
1930 Federal Census, Arkansas County, Arkansas, 21 April, Prairie Township, District 7, Page 6B, Ethel & Chute Rd, Hse #115, Fam #116
Knowlton, Oregon Jr Head M W 23 married at 21 AR AR AR Farmer;
Knowlton, Ruth A Wife F W 19 married at 17 AR AR USA
Noble, Lorene Niece F W 4yrs 11mos AR AR AR
McSwain, Marvin Brother-in-Law M W 16 Single AR AR AR
The census report of Marvin McSwain as the brother-in-law of Oregon now clearly points to Ruth Knowlton as Ruth McSwain. Ruth's brother Marvin McSwain, age 16, is living with them, as well as a niece Lorene Noble. Loren is the daughter of Alma Ruth and Marvin's sister Bernetta Octavia McSwain and Benjamin Noble, who lives nearby. Bernetta and Ben married in 1924, but divorced before the 1930 census. Ben is enumerated in his parent's household on their nearby farm, while Bernetta has not been found in this census. She and Lorene are enumerated in Stuttgart in the 1940 census, under Bernetta's maiden name McSwain.
The census information indicates that Ruth and Oregon had been married between two and three years time in April 1930 when the census was taken. No children are shown in this family. Oregon married Emmie H West in 1934. This means that he and Ruth were divorced no later than 1934. We know from other sources that Ruth A McSwain married Ray (Oswald Eugene) Recroft in 1935. You can find details of that marriage in the Notes for Oswald.
At the time of her brother's death in January 1999, Ruth McSwain Recroft was living in Florida.
-- Obituary of Wirt Bernard McSwain, as reported by George Oliver McSwain
Directories reporting her residence in Florida also give an exact birth date for Ruth.
U.S. Public Records Index, Volume 2
Ruth Recroft
Birth Date 30 Jul 1910
Jupiter (Palm Beach County), FL 33477-9510
Several public records report Ruth with an address in Bradenton, Florida. These listings also report her full name to be Alma Ruth Recroft. The name Alma matches the middle initial A in the census reports. Some have Alma R.
U.S. Public Records Index, Volume 2
Alma Ruth Recroft
Birth Date 30 Jul 1910
Bradenton (Manatee County), FL 34205-5933
U.S. Public Records Index, Volume 2
Alma R Recroft
Birth Date 30 Jul 1910
Bradenton (Manatee County), FL 34205-5933
Some records also exist that have her name as we find it in the 1930 census, Rith A.
U.S. Public Records Index, Volume 2
Ruth A Recroft
Birth Date 30 Jul 1910
Bradenton (Manatee County), FL 34205-5933
Her McSwain relatives know her name as Alma Ruth, as in the Public Recrods cited above in the name as Alma R Recroft. But on her gravestone her name is Ruth Alma.
Ruth Alma McSwain Recroft
Birth Jul. 3, 1910 Arkansas
Death Aug 20, 2005 Bradenton, Manatee County, Florida
Parents:
James Magnus McSwain (1885 - 1941)
Ruth Lawery [Lowery] McSwain (1887 - 1924)
Spouses:
Oswald Eugene Recroft (1907 - 1982)
Robert Oregon Knowlton (1907 - 1971)
Siblings:
Bernetta Octavia McSwain Norsworthy (1905 - 1994)
Bruce B McSwain (1923 - 1951)
Burial Riverside Memorial Park, Tequesta, Martin County, Florida, Pioneer Section Block 26
Created by Paula J Jul 03, 2009
-- Find A Grave Memorial #39026756, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=39026756
Obituary Daily Times Index, 1995-Current
Ruth (McSwain) Recroft
Age at Death 95, Birth Abt 1910
Death 2005 Bradenton FL
Publication Date 22 Aug 2005
Residence at the time of death was Palmetto, Florida.
U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
Alma R. Recroft
Born 30 Jul 1910 Arkansas
Death 20 Aug 2005
Last Residence Palmetto, Manatee, Florida 34221
SSN issued Georgia (Before 1951)
Sources
- 1. U.S. Public Records Index, 1950-1993, Volume 2
- 2. Arkansas, County Marriages Index, 1837-1957
- 3. 1920 Federal Census, Arkansas County, Arkansas
- 4 February, District 16, Page 7A, Ethel & Chute Rd, House #121, Fam #125
- 4. 1930 Federal Census, Arkansas County, Arkansas
- 21 April, Prairie Township, District 7, Page 6B, Ethel & Chute Rd, Hse #115, Fam #116
- 5. Find a Grave Memorial Registry
- 6. U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
- 7. Obituary Daily Times Index, 1995-Current
- 8. Website Guest Book Entry
- 9. Arkansas Marriage Index, 1933-1939
- 10. Gravestone of Robert Oregon Knowlton Jr and Emmie H Knowlton, Mt Pleasant Cemetery, Ethel, Arkansas
- 11. Social Security Death Index
- 12. Social Security Death Index
- Oswald Recroft
- 13. Florida Death Index, 1877-1998
- Oswald E Recroft
- 14. Arkansas Marriage Index, 1933-1939
- Vol 2, Certificate 00216