Ruth E. Dorsey

  General Notes:

The 1910 Federal Census for McFadden, York Co., Nebraska, District 201, page 81B, dated April 26, 1910 records Ruth Dorsey (16 - Nebraska) living with her parents C. M. (44 - Ohio/Ohio/Ohio) and Martha M. (39 - Michigam/Sweeden/Maine) and siblings Wesley (14 - Nebraska), Rhoda (10), Mary (8), Agnes (4), Alice (4), Clark (1 6/12), Homer (2/12). C. M. and Martha have been married for 17 years and have had 9 children of whom 8 are still living. Also in the household is C. M.'s father Clevis [or Charles] Dorsey (82 - Ohio/VA/VA).

California Birth Index, 1905-1995
Name: John W Hetrick
Birth Date: 25 Jul 1914
Gender: Male
Mother's Maiden Name: Darsey [Dorsey]
Birth County: Butte [Butte Township is in Sutter Co., CA]

Name: Jane Hetrick
Birth Date: 10 Nov 1918
Gender: Female
Mother's Maiden Name: Dorsey
Birth County: Sutter

Name: Geneviev I Hetrick
Birth Date: 19 Jun 1921
Gender: Female
Mother's Maiden Name: Dorsey
Birth County: Sutter

The 1930 Federal Census for Los Angeles, California, District 491, page 192B, dated April 3, 1930 records a divorced Ruth E. Hetrick (36 - Nebraska/Ohio/Michigan) with her children John W. (15), Jane E. (11), and Genevieve I. (8).

See general notes on her daughter, Jane Hetrick, for 1940s & 1950s voter registration records.



California Death Index, 1940-1997
Name: Ruth Wolfe Merritt
Social Security #: 0
Sex: FEMALE
Birth Date: 8 Mar 1893
Birthplace: Other Country
Death Date: 6 Nov 1947
Death Place: Los Angeles
Father's Surname: Wolfe


California Death Index, 1940-1997
Name: Ethan A Wolfe
Social Security #: 551014464
Sex: MALE
Birth Date: 14 Jul 1886
Birthplace: Iowa
Death Date: 13 Jul 1961
Death Place: Los Angeles
Mother's Maiden Name: Smith

Ruth married Clyde Hetrick, son of John Walter Hetrick and Ida May Cramer/Creamer, circa 1914 in California. (Clyde Hetrick was born on 1 Jun 1892 in McCool Junction, [York Co., ] Nebraska and died on 6 Dec 1971 in Santa Barbara.)