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HORRY, Ruth Evelyn
1893 - 1978 (197 years) Has 64 ancestors but no descendants in this family tree.
1860 - 1923 (63 years)-
Name HORRY, Ruth Evelyn Birth Between 8 and 11 Jan 1893 Boston Registration District, Lincolnshire 
Gender Female Death 1978 Peterborough Registration District, Northamptonshire Person ID I1146 Edgoose Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
Father HORRY, John Thurbon, b. 1860, Holbeach, Lincolnshire d. 1923, Wisbech Registration District, Cambridgeshire (Age 63 years) Relationship natural Mother BATTERHAM, Ruth, b. 24 Oct 1862, West Walton, Norfolk d. 12 Jun 1940, Peterborough Registration District, Northamptonshire (Age 77 years) Relationship natural Marriage 1882 Wisbech Registration District, Cambridgeshire Family ID F731 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family MATTHEWS, Roderick S., b. 3 Dec 1893, Hastings Registration District, Sussex d. 1979, Peterborough Registration District, Northamptonshire (Age 85 years) Marriage 1920 Wisbech Registration District, Cambridgeshire Family ID F742 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
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RUTH EVELYN HORRY 1893-1978
The birth of Ruth Evelyn HORRY was registered in 1893. According to the registration of her death in 1978, she was born on 8 January 1893. The 1939 Register entry has, however, the 11 January 1893.
(GRO March Q 1893 Boston 7a 440)
The 1901 census of 11 Market Place, Wisbech St. Peter, Cambridgeshire:
John T. HORRY, head, married, aged 40, watchmaker & jeweller, practical workman, also dealer in gold & silver electroplate &c fruitgrower & farmer, born at Boston, Lincolnshire;
Ruth HORRY, wife, married, aged 38, born at West Walton, Norfolk;
Ethel M. HORRY, daughter, aged 18, single, learning music, born at Holbeach, Lincolnshire;
Robert J. HORRY, son, aged 11, attending school, born at Boston, Lincolnshire;
*Ruth E. HORRY, daughter, aged 7, attending school,, born at Boston, Lincolnshire.
(RG13/1555/55/4)
The 1911 census of Lyndhurst, Norwich Road, Walsoken, Norfolk:
John Thurbon HORRY, head, aged 50, married, fruitgrower, employer, born at Holbeach, Lincolnshire;
Ruth HORRY, wife, aged 48, married 28 years, 4 children 3 living, born at West Walton, Norfolk;
Robert John HORRY, son, aged 21, single, working on fruit farm, born at Boston, Lincolnshire;
*Ruth Evelyn HORRY, daughter, aged 18, single, born at Boston, Lincolnshire.
(RG14/PN9321/RD187/SD5/ED2/SN7)
The marriage between Ruth E. HORRY and Roderick S. MATTHEWS was registered in 1920.
(GRO June Q 1920 Wisbech 3b 1741)
The 1939 Register of 95 Lincoln Road, Peterborough M.B., Northamptonshire:
Roderick S. MATTHEWS, born 3 December 1893, dental surgeon, married;
*Ruth E. MATTHEWS, born 11 January 1893, unpaid domestic duties, married;
Ruth HORRY, born 24 October 1862, private means, widowed;
Alan C. BLOORE, born 13 February 1894, commercial traveller for Imp Tobacco Co, married;
Elsie M. BLOORE, born 11 September 1901, unpaid domestic duties, married;
Doris I. JEFFS (FISHER), born 6 October 1914, domestic servant, single;
Rose ROWELL (CATLINS), born 30 September 1918, domestic servant, single.
(RG101/6293G/019/24)
The death of Ruth Evelyn MATTHEWS was registered in 1978.
(GRO December Q 1978 Peterborough 9 1177)
(revised 01.03.2016)