Ruby Elizabeth Governor- Blog Post
Name of Deceased: Ruby Elizabeth Governor Date of Birth: October 8, 1922 Date of Death: December 28, 1930 Location in Cemetery (section, lot, space): T-17-1 North Description of Individual and Grave site: Ruby Elizabeth Governor was the daughter of John S. Governor and Milton Smith Governor. She was 8 years and 2 months old when she died. Due to the nature of her short life and when she lived it was hard to find anything about her life specifically, other than her death certificate. While even that was difficult to decipher, it looks as if she died from pneumonia. Ruby’s father John Governor was born in Ireland in 1889 and moved to America in 1904. Her mother was born in Virginia in 1906. They were married at 32 and 15, with a 17-year age gap. Together the couple had 6 children. In order from oldest to youngest it went John S., Ruby Elizabeth, Virginia S., Richard Lewis, Marie, Mildred F. Marie was born in 1931, so she would not have any recollection of her older sister...