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Ruth Alper BURT

F, b. 15 May 1917, d. 10 February 1991
Ruth Alper BURT|b. 15 May 1917\nd. 10 Feb 1991|p7.htm|Irby Leon BURT|b. 22 May 1892\nd. 15 Mar 1990|p4.htm|Birdie Clyde WATTS|b. 11 Sep 1894\nd. 6 May 1982|p5.htm|Eustace P. BURT|b. 19 Dec 1858\nd. 11 Jul 1938|p45.htm|Martha J. YEAGER|b. c 1868\nd. c 1894|p46.htm|George W. WATTS|b. 14 Aug 1863\nd. 20 Jan 1938|p13.htm|Adelia Reed|b. 20 Oct 1863\nd. 11 Jun 1944|p14.htm|

Relationship=Aunt of John Kennedy BROWN Jr.
Ferry, French, Wynell and Ruth Burt
     
     Ruth Alper BURT was born on 15 May 1917 in Cedar Grove, Bibb County, Alabama, daughter of Irby Leon BURT and Birdie Clyde WATTS.1
     Ruth Alper BURT appeared on a census, enumerated 1 June 1920, in the household of Irby Leon BURT and Birdie Clyde WATTS in Scottsville, Bibb County, Alabama.2
     Ruth Alper BURT appeared on a census, enumerated 15 April 1930, in the household of Irby Leon BURT and Birdie Clyde WATTS in Beat 2, Bibb County, Alabama.3 On 3 October 1940 Ruth Alper BURT lived in Sperryville, Virginia.4
     Ruth married Joseph Earl KILBY, son of Walter Bluford KILBY and Margaret Frances Yowell, on 31 October 1940 in Flint Hill, Virginia. They met when she went to Virginia to live with her great aunt Anna Buckner. After high school, Ruth had worked at Davies Five and Ten in Centreville to save money for the trip.5,6
     Ruth Alper BURT witnessed the obituary of George Edsel BURT on 12 April 1945 in the "Centreville Press". The article read: "Pfc. GEORGE BURT KILLED IN ACTION: Pfc. George E. Burt, son of Mr. and Mrs. I. L. Burt, of West Blocton, was killed in action in the service of his country, crossing the Rhine March 4th [sic], 1945. He was a graduate of West Blocton High School and entered the service in 1943. He was serving as a paratrooper and flew from England on January 1st, with the 17th Airborne Division. He was survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. I. L. Burt, of West Blocton, four sisters, Mrs. John K. Brown, Oxnard, Calif., Mrs. Kenneth Dale, Praco, Ala., Mrs. Earl J. Kilby, Woodville, Va., and Wynelle Burt, West Blocton, Alabama; and four brothers, Mallory M. Burt, Great Lakes, Illinois; Vincent, Vernon [sic] and Billy Burt, of West Blocton.7
     Ruth Alper BURT died on 10 February 1991 in Belle Meade, Sperryville, Rappahannock County, Virginia, at age 73.8,1

Last Edited=21 Jul 2007

Children of Ruth Alper BURT and Joseph Earl KILBY

Citations

  1. [S320] "SSDI," online http://ssdi.genealogy.rootsweb.com, for Ruth Kilby, SS# 224-58-1314.
  2. [S245] 1920 U. S. Census, Bibb County, Alabama, Irby Leon Burt household, Vol. 1, ED 3, Sheet 7, Line 54.
  3. [S475] 1930 U. S. Census, Bibb County, Alabama, Irby L. Burt household No. 133, ED 4-3, sheet 8A, pg. 31.
  4. [S248] Letter, Anna Buckner to Miss French Brown, 3 Oct 1940.
  5. [S246] Letter, Mr. & Mrs. Irby Leon Burt to Miss French Burt, 1940.
  6. [S500] Interview, Wynell Burt Welsh, 4 Sep 2005.
  7. [S279] Centreville Press, 12 April 1945, "Pfc. George Burt Killed in Action."
  8. [S316] Interview, Dr. Walter B. Kilby, 27 Sep 1999, Taken at Burt family reunion.

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