Ruth Elizabeth BLESSING

Born

28 September 1909 , Hartford, Connecticut, USA

Died

4 September 1993 , Windsor, Connecticut, USA

Ruth Elizabeth married Charles Phinney CRAWFORD 8 November 1937 in East Hartford, Connecticut, USA . The couple had (at least) 4 children.
Charles Phinney CRAWFORD was born 6 November 1908 in Middleton, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada. Charles Phinney died 24 July 1980 in Keene, New Hampshire, USA. Charles Phinney was the child of Robert Douglas CRAWFORD and Annie Mae COLLINS .

Parents & Family of Ruth Elizabeth BLESSING

Parents of Ruth Elizabeth BLESSING

Father

Frank BLESSING

Mother

Mary Ellen STAFFORD

Grandparents of Ruth Elizabeth BLESSING

Paternal grandparents

Carl "Charles" Theodore BLESSING Frances Mary "Fannie" MESICK

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Maternal grandfather not yet recorded Maternal grandmother not yet recorded

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Spouses, Marriages & Children of Ruth Elizabeth BLESSING

Ruth Elizabeth BLESSING married

Charles Phinney CRAWFORD
Marriage date: 8 November 1937
Marriage place: East Hartford, Connecticut, USA
Source: www.ctatatelibrarydata.org/marriage-records/

Charles Phinney CRAWFORD was the child of Robert Douglas CRAWFORD and Annie Mae COLLINS

Marriage notes:

Announce Coming Marriage.

Mr. and Mrs. Frank Blessing of Silver Lane, East Hartford, announce the coming marriage of their daughter, Miss Ruth Elizabeth Blessing, to Mr. Charles P. Crawford. son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert D. Crawford of Berwick, Nova Scotia. The ceremony will take place Monday, November 8, at 18 a. m. in St. Mary's Church, East Hartford.

Hartford Courant, Hartford, Connecticut, November 2, 1937

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Hartford Courant, Hartford, Connecticut, November 9, 1937

CHARLES CRAWFORD RUTH BLESSING 1937-11-08 EAST HARTFORD

Children of Charles Phinney CRAWFORD and Ruth Elizabeth BLESSING

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Charles Collins CRAWFORD

Born: 17 February 1943, East Hartford, Connecticut, USA
Died: 30 April 1968, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Married: Ethel FISHER 1962

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Birth — 1909
28 September 1909
Hartford, Connecticut, USA

1912 - April 15 - Titanic sinks in the North Atlantic

1913 - The assembly line is invented (Henry Ford, United States)

The bra is invented (Mary Phelps Jacob, United States)

1913 - Woodrow Wilson becomes President of the United States

1913 - October 31 – The Lincoln Highway, the first automobile road across the United States, is dedicated

1915 - January 25 - First United States coast-to-coast long-distance telephone call

1917 - March 2 – The enactment of the Jones Act grants Puerto Ricans United States citizenship.

1917 - April 6 – WWI: The United States declares war on Germany

1918 - March 19 – The United States Congress establishes time zones and approves daylight saving time

1919 - June 4 – Women's rights: The United States Congress approves the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution, which would guarantee suffrage to women, and sends it to the U.S. states for ratification

1910 Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut

Name: Ruth E Blessing
birthPlace: Connecticut
Relationship to Head of Household: Daughter
Residence: Hartford Ward 7, Hartford, Connecticut
Marital Status: Single
race : White
Gender: Female
Immigration Year:
father's birthPlace: Connecticut
mother's birthPlace: Ireland
family number: 462
page number: 18
Household Gender Age
parent Frank Blessing M 20y
parent Mary H Blessing F 21y
Ruth E Blessing F y 6m
Charles Walton M 72y
Robert Walton M 40y
Samuel H Wylie M 31y

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1910 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
Exploring the U.S. Census: Your Guide to America’s Data

1920 Hartford County, Connecticut

Name: Ruth E Blessing
Residence: , Hartford, Connecticut
estimated Birth Year: 1910
Age: 10
birthPlace: Connecticut
Relationship to Head of Household: Daughter
Gender: Female
Race: White
Marital Status: Single
father's birthPlace:
mother's birthPlace:
Film Number: 1820182
Digital Folder Number: 4294452
Image Number: 00539
sheet number: 1
Household Gender Age
parent Frank Blessing M 30y
parent Mary E Blessing F 32y
Ruth E Blessing F 10y
Esther M Blessing F 8y
Hazel C Blessing F 6y

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1920 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
Exploring the U.S. Census: Your Guide to America’s Data

1920 - January 17 - Prohibition goes into effect on January 17, 1920, under the provisions of the 18th Amendment to the United States Constitution

1921 - Warren G. Harding becomes President of the United States

1921 - Charles Strite of Minnesota patents the pop-up toaster.

1923 to 1927 - Television is invented (Vladimir Kosma Zworykin (Russia), Philo Taylor Farnsworth (United States))

1923 - Calvin Coolidge becomes President of the United States

1927 - The aerosol can is invented (Erik Rotheim, Norway)

1927 - April 7 – Bell Telephone Co. transmits an image of Herbert Hoover (then the Secretary of Commerce), which becomes the first successful long distance demonstration of television

1928 - Sliced bread (bread slicing machine) is invented by Otto Frederick Rohwedder (United States)

1929 - Herbert Hoover becomes President of the United States

1929 - October 29 - Black Tuesday - Stock market crash - The Great Depression Begins - It lasted until 1941 (WW2)

1930 Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut

Blessing, Frank, head, age 40, married, age at first marriage 18, b. CT, mother b. MA, father b. Germany, salesman of leather goods

Blessing, Mary E., wife, age 41, age at first marriage, 19, b. Irish Free State,
Parents born: Irish Free State

Blessing, Ruth E., daughter, age 20, single, b. CT, address clerk

Blessing, Esther M., daughter, age 19, single, b. CT, (cannot read occupation)

Blessing, Hazel K., daughter, age 16, single, b. CT

Blessing, Robert F., son, age 8, b. CT

Blessing, Francis M., daughter, age 5, b. CT

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1930 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
Exploring the U.S. Census: Your Guide to America’s Data

1930 - Scotch tape is invented (Richard Drew (3M), United States)

In 1930, on February 18, Pluto was discovered by astronomer Clyde Tombaugh at the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona, marking a significant milestone in the study of our solar system.

1931 - The paper towel is invented (Arthur Scott, United States)

1931 - March 3 – The Star-Spangled Banner is adopted as the United States National anthem.

1933 - Franklin D. Roosevelt becomes President of the United States

1933 - December 5 – The 21st Amendment to the United States Constitution is passed, repealing Prohibition

1934 - The metal beverage can is invented (American Can Co., United States)

1935 - The snowmobile was invented by Joseph Bombardier (Quebec, Canada)

1935 - August 14 – United States President Franklin Roosevelt signs the Social Security Act into law

1937 Marriage / Partner
Ruth Elizabeth BLESSING and Charles Phinney CRAWFORD 8 November 1937, East Hartford, Connecticut, USA

She was 28 years old.

1938 - The ballpoint pen is invented (Lazlo Biro, Hungary)

1938-1944 - Sunscreen is invented (Franz Greiter, Switzerland and Benjamin Green, United States)

1938 - October 27 - Du Pont announces a name for its new synthetic yarn: nylon.

Hartford, Connecticut, City Directory, 1939

Name: Ruth E Crawford
Gender: F (Female)
Residence Year: 1939
Street Address: 163 Adelaide
Residence Place: Hartford, Connecticut
Spouse:
Charles P Crawford
Publication Title: Hartford, Connecticut, City Directory, 1939

Source / record details
ancestry.com

1940 Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut

Name: Ruth Crawford
Age: 30
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1910
Gender: Female
Race: White
BirthPlace: Connecticut
Marital Status: Married
Relation to Head of House: Wife
Home in 1940: Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut
Inferred Residence in 1935: Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut
Residence in 1935: Same House
Sheet Number: 12A
Household Members:
Name Age
Charles Crawford 30
Ruth Crawford 30
Robert Crawford 1
Nancy Crawford

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1940 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
Exploring the U.S. Census: Your Guide to America’s Data

1940 - April - 1st electron microscope demonstrated (RCA), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

1941 - December 8 - (the day after the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor) United States declares war on Japan (WW2)

1943 Birth of Child
Charles Collins CRAWFORD was born 17 February 1943, East Hartford, Connecticut, USA

Ruth Elizabeth was 33 years old.

1944 - D-Day, which occurred on June 6, 1944, was a pivotal World War II operation where Allied forces launched a massive invasion on the beaches of Normandy, France. Known as Operation Overlord, it involved over 156,000 troops from the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, and other Allied nations. The operation aimed to liberate Western Europe from Nazi German control. The landings marked the beginning of the end for Nazi Germany, leading to the eventual Allied victory in Europe.

Hartford, Connecticut, City Directory, 1945

Name: Ruth E Crawford
Gender: F (Female)
Residence Year: 1945
Street Address: C333 Walk Charter Oak ter
Residence Place: Hartford, Connecticut
Spouse:
Charles P Crawford
Publication Title: Hartford, Connecticut, City Directory, 1945

Source / record details
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1945 - The atomic bomb is invented (J. Robert Oppenheimer, et al., United States)

The microwave oven was invented accidentally in 1945 by Percy Spencer, a Raytheon engineer. While testing a magnetron, he noticed microwaves melted a candy bar in his pocket. Experimenting further, he discovered microwaves could cook food quickly. Raytheon patented the process, and by 1947, they built the first commercial microwave oven, called the 'Radarange.' Initially used in commercial settings, microwaves becomes affordable for home use by the 1960s and 1970s, revolutionizing cooking.

1945 - Harry S. Truman becomes President of the United States

1945 - On September 2, 1945, World War II officially ended with the formal surrender of Japan. The surrender ceremony took place aboard the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay, where Japanese officials signed the Instrument of Surrender in the presence of Allied representatives, including General Douglas MacArthur and Admiral Chester Nimitz.

1948 - Velcro is invented (George de Mestral, Switzerland)

1950 - June 25 - Korean War begins when North Korean forces invade South Korea.

1953 - Dwight D. Eisenhower becomes President of the United States

1953 - On July 27, 1953, the Korean War ended with the signing of an armistice agreement at Panmunjom. This ceasefire halted the conflict between North Korea, supported by China and the Soviet Union, and South Korea, backed by United Nations forces primarily from the United States. The agreement established the Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) near the 38th parallel, effectively maintaining the pre-war boundary and creating a buffer zone between the two Koreas.

1961 - John F. Kennedy becomes President of the United States

1961 - Vietnam War officially begins with 900 military advisors landing in Saigon.

1962 - The Cuban Missile Crisis was a tense 13-day standoff in October 1962 between the United States and the Soviet Union over the installation of Soviet nuclear missiles in Cuba, just 90 miles from the U.S. coast. The crisis is considered the closest the Cold War came to escalating into a full-scale nuclear war. It began when American spy planes discovered the missiles, leading to a U.S. naval blockade of Cuba and intense negotiations. The crisis ended when Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev agreed to remove the missiles in exchange for the U.S. promising not to invade Cuba and secretly agreeing to remove American missiles from Turkey.

1963 - I Have a Dream Speech - Martin Luther King's Address at March on Washington August 28, 1963.

In 1963, on November 22, President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas, while riding in a motorcade through Dealey Plaza. The assassination shocked the nation and the world, leading to widespread mourning and a period of intense national introspection. Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson was sworn in as the 36th President of the United States shortly after Kennedy's death. The assassination sparked numerous conspiracy theories and investigations, with the Warren Commission ultimately concluding that Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone in the assassination. Kennedy's death had a profound impact on American politics and society, marking the end of an era often referred to as 'Camelot.'

1968 - The ATM is invented (Don Wetzel, United States)

1968 Death of Child
Charles Collins CRAWFORD died 30 April 1968, Boston, Massachusetts, USA (East, North, South) (Allston) (Readville) (Roslindale)

Ruth Elizabeth was 58 years old.

1969 - Richard M. Nixon becomes President of the United States

1969 - July 20 - Apollo 11 - Man lands on the moon

June 17, 1972 – August 9, 1974 - Watergate Scandal began with the break-in at the Democratic National Committee headquarters at the Watergate office complex in Washington, D.C., in 1972. Members of President Richard Nixon's administration attempted to cover up their involvement. The scandal led to the discovery of multiple abuses of power by the Nixon administration, the resignation of President Nixon in 1974, and the indictment of several administration officials.

1973 - January 22 - Roe v. Wade, 410 U.S. 113 and Doe v. Bolton, 410 U.S. 179: The U.S. Supreme Court declares that the Constitution protects women’s right to terminate an early pregnancy, thus making abortion legal in the U.S.

1973 - March 29 - The last United States soldier leaves Vietnam

The cell phone was invented by Martin Cooper of Motorola. On April 3, 1973, he made the first handheld mobile phone call with the Motorola DynaTAC. This device weighed 2.5 pounds and was 10 inches long, offering 30 minutes of talk time and requiring 10 hours to charge. The first commercial cell phone was released in 1983, revolutionizing communication and leading to the modern smartphones we use today.

1974 - Gerald R. Ford becomes President of the United States after the resignation of Richard Nixon.

1977 - Jimmy Carter becomes President of the United States

The 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens in Washington State occurred on May 18, triggered by a 5.1 magnitude earthquake. It caused the largest landslide in recorded history, followed by a massive lateral blast. The eruption killed 57 people, destroyed 250 homes, and spread ash across the U.S.

1980 Death of Spouse/Partner
Charles Phinney CRAWFORD died 24 July 1980, Keene, New Hampshire, USA

1981 - Ronald Reagan becomes President of the United States

1981 - June 5 - First reported case of AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome)

1982 - The camcorder is invented (Sony Corp., Japan)

1983 - The laptop computer is invented (Radio Shack Corp., United States)

1986 - January 28 - Space Shuttle Challenger accident - The Space Shuttle Challenger disaster occurred on January 28, 1986, when the shuttle broke apart 73 seconds into its flight, leading to the deaths of its seven crew members.

1989 - The World Wide Web is invented at CERN (Tim Berners-Lee, UK)

1989 - George H. W. Bush becomes President of the United States

1993 Death

First Name: Ruth
Last Name: Crawford
Gender: Female
Birth Date: Sep 28, 1909
Death Date: Sep 4, 1993
Age: 83
Residence: East Hartford, Hartfold Connecticut
Birth Location: Connecticut
Death Location: South Windsor, Hartfold, CT
Record Type: Death Record
Bride's Marital Status: Widowed
Collection: Connecticut Death Records

Source Information
Source: Connecticut Department of Public Health
Years: 1949 to 2007
Description: This collection of Connecticut death records was provided by the Connecticut Department of Public Health. It contains data from 1949 to 2007.
Address: 410 Capitol Avenue, Hartford, CT 06134

Connecticut, Death Index, 1949-2001
Name: Ruth Crawford
event: Death
Event Date: 1993
Event Place: South Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut
Residence: East Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut
street address: 34 BURNBROOK RD
Gender: Female
Age: 83
Marital Status: Widowed
Race: White
hispanic

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Death

CRAWFORD, RUTH B 28 Sep 1909 04 Sep 1993 83 06118 (East Hartford, Hartford, CT) (none specified) Connecticut 042-01-8480

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Social Security Death Index
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Grave

St. Mary's Cemetery
East Hartford, Connecticut, USA

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Obituary

CRAWFORD.
Ruth (Blessing) Crawford, 83, of East Hartford, wife of the late Charles P. Crawford, passed away Saturday (Sept. 4) at a local convalescent home. Born in Hartford, she had resided in the Hartford area for most of her life. She was a communicant of St. Christopher Church, East Hartford, and a member of its Ladles Guild. Besides her husband, she was predeceased by a son, Charles C Crawford. Mrs. Crawford is survived by a daughter and son-in-law, Nancy and Paul Furdon of Foster, R.I.; two sons and daughters-in-law, Robert and Barbara Crawford of Marshfield, Mass., David and Anne Crawford of Franklin, Mass.; a daughter-in-law, Ethel Crawford of Wynnewood, Okla.; a
Brother: , Robert F. Blessing of East Hertford; three
Sister: s, Esther Cody of West Hartford, Hazel Anderson of East Hartford, Frances M. Blessing of East Hartford; 12 grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be Wednesday, 10:45 a.m., from the Newkirk & Whitney

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Hartford Courant
Hartford, Connecticut
September 6, 1993

FINAL RESTING PLACE