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Ruth White Howsley
Ruth White was born in Mosedale, Yorkshire, England April 22, 1843.  She came to the White Oak Springs in Lafayette County, Wisconsin with her parents and siblings in 1845.  She first married William Howsley in Wisconsin on March 5, 1863.  According to an undated typewritten paper in my files for Ruth White there is a notation that William Howsley was a miner born in Derbyshire England and that his parents were Thomas and Mary Howsley.  The note further states that they were married at the home of Ruth's parents Thomas and Margaret White who came to White Oak Springs from Granton, Yorkshire.  (Granton is in the vicinity of Marrick and the other places associated with the Whites in England.) The marriage was performed by Enoch Tasker, a minister.  (I am almost certain this page is a excerption of Lafayette County marriage records that was sent to me in the early 1980's by a librarian at the Darlington, WI public librarian.)  Ruth and William and their daughter Mary Margaret (Maggie) went to California via Panama then moved to Gold Hill, Nevada where William died in 1868.  I was told that William Howsley died in Nevada as a result of a mining accident.  However, Mary Louise Erb reported the following on the Howsley surname Ancestry Message Board on October 4, 2001

"I too am a descendent of Sarah Howsley and William Trevathan, and the family history always said that William Howsley, Sarah's brother, was murdered in Virginia City, Nevada, hence Sarah would no longer live in VC; Her husband was also mining in that area. Anyway I have been working on the "Gold Hill Cemetery Record Book 1863 - 1884" FHC film # 1889228 item 2, and on page 86 I found the following entries: Registry of Deaths in Gold Hill, Story County Nevada for fiscal year ending June 1 st 1869. #17 Wm. B. How(u)sely,Place of birth-England cause of death- pistol shot ? Holly date-Aug 25 age-40 occupation-miner by whom buried- Wm Trevathan where buried-Gold Hill Cemetery. #18 W.F. Holly pob-Illinois Cause-Suicide date-Aug 25 age-30 occ-miner who buried-brother where-Gold Hill Cemetery. It is my understanding that the records for the Gold Hill Cemetery are not too good and that the cemetery itself is in poor shape. I will be checking on that in the near future. Hope this helps."
http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/message/an/localities.northam.usa.states.california.counties.sutter/10.3.136.142.144

There was only one child of this marriage, Mary Margaret Howsley who married Franklin W. Algeo.  After the death of William Howsley, Ruth White Howsley moved to Sutter County, California.  On November 23, 1869, she married her brother-in-law George Howsley.  George and Ruth Howsley had five children, Sophia Mabel, Thomas Hector, George Franklin, Annie May, and Mary B. Howsley.
Below are thumbnails of two letters written by Ruth White Howsley to her brother Edward O. White in December of 1890.  To view readable images, click on the thumbnails.  To further enlarge and sharpen the images, click on the icon that appears when you pass the mouse over the lower right corner of the enlarged image.


Letter 1, December 3, 1890  Ruth White Howsley to Edward Ocean White
Letter 2, December 28, 1890  Ruth White Howsley to Edward Ocean White

Descendents of Ruth White Howsley

1 Ruth White  b: April 22, 18431 Mosedale, Yorkshire, England2: November 10, 1908 Pleasant Grove, California3

.. +William Howsley d: 1868 Nevada4
…..m. March 5, 18635

.. 2 Mary Margaret Howsley  b: November 15, 1864 White Oak Springs, Wisconsin6 d: November 26, 1935 Sutter County,                California7

...... +Franklin W. Algeo  b: November 29, 18588 d: April 13, 1946 Sutter County, California9
….....m.  January 15, 188810

...... 3 Lillian Irene Algeo  b: November 19, 1888 Pleasant Grove, California11   d:  Septenber 12, 198512

.......... +Michael Francis McNamara b: February 15, 187813  d: October 17, 196414

……….m June 19, 191015
..........4 Evelyn McNamara  b: December 06, 191116 Sutter County California d: November 17, 194017

...... 3 Amy Ruth Algeo  b: February 22, 189118 Sutter County, California d: March 28, 198919

.......... +Joseph John Brennan b: April 01, 189220 d: November 19, 192621

...... 3 George Franklin Algeo  b: July 12, 189322 Sutter County, California d: August 08, 196823

.......... +Vera G. Crum  b: January 18, 189424 d: April 06, 195725

...... 3 Joseph Wesley Algeo b: October 25, 1900 Sutter County, California26 d: January 28, 194227

*2nd Husband of Ruth White:

.. +George Howsley  b: October 04, 1841 England28 d: January 03, 190029

…....m. November 23, 186930

.. 2 Mary B. Howsley  b: October, 187031 d: July 21, 193632

...... +Edgar John Baker  b: June 186833 d: 192634

……..m. December 5, 189335

...... 3 Lorenzo Edgar Baker b: March 189536  d:192637

………Gertrude C.38 

...... 3 Stella M. Baker  b: October 189839

.. 2 Thomas Hector Howsley b: April 187240 Pleasant Grove, California d: 1950 ?41

...... +Theresa Osterbrink  b: June 187842 d: 191943
.........m. February 10, 189744
  .... 3 Earl Thomas Howsley  b: February 8, 189945  d:  August 20, 1984, Sacramento Co, CA46

...... 3 Hazel Beatrice Howsley  b: June 02, 190247 d: February 22, 1990 Placer Co., CA48

………….+Ervin Beall49  b: December 28, 190150  d: June 26, 195351

…......+? Fritz52

...... 3 Marguerite Howsley  190553

.. *2nd Wife of Thomas Howsley:

...... +Cecile L. Anderson or Cheney54 b: 189155 d: January 21, 193756

.. 2 Sophia Mabel Howsley b: June 10, 187557 Pleasant Grove, California d: March 16, 195258 Pleasant Grove, California

...... +Peter Archibald Darrach b: November 18, 1865 Prince Edward Island, Canada59 d: December 26, 194560

...... 3 Mabel Sophia Darrach  b:  October 23, 190161  d: November 17, 199062

.......... +William T. Stephani b: 189863 d: 196564

...... 3 George Neal Darrach b: January 24, 189565 d: June 12, 196866

...... 3 Flora Ruth Darrach  b: September 25, 189667 d: June 21, 196568

.......... +Elmer Ernest Davis b: May 5, 188769 d: June 12, 195670

...... 3 Kathryn Darrach   b: January 19, 189971 d: February 23, 198172

.......... +Donald Brown b: November 4, 189673  d: August 18, 198474

.. 2 Annie Howsley b: May 187875 Sutter County, California d: 196176

...... +Farmer

...... 3 Charlotte Farmer b: September 8, 1905, Sacramento County, CA77  d: 78

...... 3 Lillian Farmer b. October 10, 1907, San Joaquin, CA79  d: 80

...... 3 Bill Farmer b: ?81  d: ?82

.. *2nd Husband of Annie Howsley:

...... +William A. Horner  b: November 12, 187383  Iowa84: d: May 15, 1967  Wenatchee, Chelan Co., WA85

...... 3 Wendell Roy Horner b: March 27, 1915 Washington state86:  d: August 27, 1988 Wenatchee, Chelan Co., WA87

.. 2 George S. Howsley b: February 26, 1881 Pleasant Grove, California88: d: August 04, 194689

...... +Lola Striplin b. Aug 187990  d:  190591

……….m. January 6, 190192

.... ..3 Lavanche Howsley  b: November 9, 190293 d: March 4, 196594

…...…..+Elmer Gracia95  b: November 22, 190396 d: October 19, 198197

. ...  3 Jack Clarance Howsley  b. January 1, 190498  d: January 2, 1962 San Francisco, CA99

.. .....*2nd Wife of George F. (or S) Howsley:

..........+Folka Michael100  b: March 18, 1877101  d:  June 13, 1970102

........3 Norma Margaret Howsley b: September 15, 1907103  May 8, 1982104

……..+Albright105

…...…3 George Fredrick Howsley b: June 15, 1910106 d: October 18, 1990107

........3 Laurence Thomas Howsley  b: November 21, 1916108 d: January 25, 1992109

 Endnotes  

  1. Ruth Howsley, death certificate (1908) California State Board of Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics

  2. Ruth White entry, International Genealogical Index [IGI] (Salt Lake City:  Family History Library, 1999-2002) citing microfilm 0207558 for batch C059171, Computer printout of Marrick, Yorks., Eng.

  3. Ruth Howsley, death certificate.

  4. Delay, Peter J., History of Yuba and Sutter Counties, California : with biographical sketches (Los Angeles:  Historic Record Company, 1924) 1220 – 1221

  5. In my files, I have a typed list of Lafayette County marriages that I believe was excerpted from a book of marriages by someone at the Darlington, Wisconsin Public Library in the 1980's.  Unfortunateley there is no source citation on the paper and over the years it has become separated from whatever letter must have accompanied it.  I feel certain the information is correct but don't have a formal citation. 

  6. Algeo, Obedience C., A Pioneer Heritage-The Algeo-Vestal Story, (Privately Printed, 1972.)

  7. Algeo, Obedience C., A Pioneer Heritage-The Algeo-Vestal Story

  8. Ancestry.com. California Death Index, 1940-1997. [database online] Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2000. Original electronic data: State of California. California Death Index, 1940-1997. Sacramento, CA: State of California Department of Health Services, Center for Health Statistics, 1946, entry for Franklin Algeo

  9. Ancestry.com. California Death Index, 1940-1997, 1946, entry for Franklin Algeo

  10. Algeo, Obedience C., A Pioneer Heritage-The Algeo-Vestal Story

  11. Ancestry.com. California Death Index, 1940-1997. 1985, entry for Lillian McNamara

  12. Ancestry.com. California Death Index, 1940-1997. 1985, entry for Lillian McNamara

  13. Ancestry.com. California Death Index, 1940-1997. 1964, entry for Michael McNamara

  14. Ancestry.com. California Death Index, 1940-1997. 1964, entry for Michael McNamara

  15. Algeo, Obedience C., A Pioneer Heritage-The Algeo-Vestal Story

  16. Ancestry.com. California Death Index, 1940-1997. 1940, entry for Evelyn McNamara

  17. Ancestry.com. California Death Index, 1940-1997. 1940, entry for Evelyn McNamara

  18. Ancestry.com. California Death Index, 1940-1997. 1989, entry for Amy Brennan

  19. Ancestry.com. California Death Index, 1940-1997. 1989, entry for Amy Brennan

  20. Algeo, Obedience C., A Pioneer Heritage-The Algeo-Vestal Story

  21. Algeo, Obedience C., A Pioneer Heritage-The Algeo-Vestal Story

  22. Ancestry.com. California Death Index, 1940-1997. 1968, entry for George Franklin Algeo

  23. Ancestry.com. California Death Index, 1940-1997. 1968, entry for George Franklin Algeo

  24. Ancestry.com. California Death Index, 1940-1997. 1957, entry for Vera Algeo

  25. Ancestry.com. California Death Index, 1940-1997. 1957, entry for Vera Algeo

  26. Ancestry.com. California Death Index, 1940-1997. 1942, entry for Joseph Wesley Algeo

  27. Ancestry.com. California Death Index, 1940-1997. 1942, entry for Joseph Wesley Algeo

  28. Pleasant Grove Cemetery Records, online http://www.rootsweb.com/~casutter/cemetery/pleasant.htm surveyed, transcribed and contributed by Connie Cox, accessed June 20, 2004.

  29. Pleasant Grove Cemetery Records, online http://www.rootsweb.com/~casutter/cemetery/pleasant.htm  surveyed, transcribed and contributed by Connie Cox, accessed June 20, 2004.

  30. Delay, Peter J., History of Yuba and Sutter counties, California : with biographical sketches (Los Angeles:  Historic Record Company, 1924) 1220 – 1221.

  31. Genealogy.com, “1900 U. S. Census (Population Schedule),  Nicolaus Township, Sutter County, California, page 194a, Dwelling 187, Family 188,  Household of Edward J, Baker GIF image, (Online:  MyFamily.com, 2003) www.genealogy.com online subscription, (Digital scans of original U. S. Federal Government Document, Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900.)  Accessed June 20, 2004.

  32. Vitalsearch-ca.com/. California Death Index, 1930-39. [subscription database online] http://www.vitalsearch-ca.com/ Original electronic data: State of California. California Death Index, 1936. Sacramento, CA: State of California.

  33.  Genealogy.com, “1900 U.S. Census (Population Schedule) Nicolaus Township, Sutter County, California Household of Edward J. Baker

  34. Pleasant Grove Cemetery Records, online.

  35. Marriages Sutter County, “Book D” Groom Index 1889 – 1905

  36. Genealogy.com, “1900 U.S. Census (Population Schedule) Nicolaus Township, Sutter County, California Household of Edward J. Baker

  37. Pleasant Grove Cemetery Records, online.

  38. Ancestry.com, “1930 U.S. Census (Population Schedule) Nicolaus Township, Sutter County, California, page 4B, dwelling 109, family 109, Household of Lorenzo Baker,  JPEG image, (Online:  MyFamily.com, 2003) www.ancestry.com online subscription, (Digital scans of original U. S. Federal Government Document, Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930.)  Accessed June 20, 2004.

  39. Genealogy.com, “1900 U.S. Census (Population Schedule) Nicolaus Township, Sutter County, California Household of Edward J. Baker

  40. Genealogy.com, “1900 U.S. Census (Population Schedule) Nicolaus Township, Sutter County, page 194a, dwelling 190,  Family 191, California Household of Thomas Howsley  Accessed June 20, 2004

  41. Pleasant Grove Cemetery Records, online.

  42. Genealogy.com, “1900 U.S. Census (Population Schedule) Nicolaus Township, Sutter County, California page 194a, dwelling 189,  Family 190, California Household of Thomas Howsley  Accessed June 20, 2004

  43. Pleasant Grove Cemetery Records, online.

  44. Marriages Sutter County, “Book D” Groom Index 1889 – 1905

  45. Ancestry.com. California Death Index, 1940-1997. 1984, entry for Earl Thomas Howsley

  46. Ancestry.com. California Death Index, 1940-1997. 1984, entry for Earl Thomas Howsley

  47. Ancestry.com. California Death Index, 1940-1997. 1990, entry for Hazel Beatrice Fritz

  48. Ancestry.com. California Death Index, 1940-1997. 1990, entry for Hazel Fritz

  49. Ancestry.com, “1930 U.S. Census (Population Schedule) Sacramento, District 64, Sacramento County, CA, page 1A, dwelling 30, family 30, Household of Ervin Beall,  JPEG image, (Online:  MyFamily.com, 2003) www.ancestry.com online subscription, (Digital scans of original U. S. Federal Government Document, Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930.)  Accessed June 20, 2004.

  50. Ancestry.com. California Death Index, 1940-1997. 1953, entry for Ervin Beall

  51. Ancestry.com. California Death Index, 1940-1997. 1953, entry for Ervin Beall

  52. Ancestry.com. California Death Index, 1940-1997. 1990 entry for Hazel Fritz

  53. Ancestry.com, “1930 U.S. Census (Population Schedule) Household of Ervin Beall,  Accessed June 20, 2004.

  54. Ancestry.com, “1930 U.S. Census (Population Schedule) Nicolaus Township, Sutter County, California, page    dwelling 108, family 108, Household of Thomas Howsley,  Accessed June 20, 2004.

  55. Pleasant Grove Cemetery Records, online

  56. Vitalsearch-ca.com/. California Death Index, 1930-39. [subscription database online] <http://www.vitalsearch-ca.com/> Original electronic data: State of California. California Death Index, 1937. Sacramento, CA: State of California.

  57. Ancestry.com. California Death Index, 1940-1997, 1952, entry for Sophia Darrach

  58. Ancestry.com. California Death Index, 1940-1997, 1952, entry for Sophia Darrach

  59. Ancestry.com. California Death Index, 1940-1997, 1945, entry for Peter Darrach

  60. Ancestry.com. California Death Index, 1940-1997, 1945, entry for Peter Darrach

  61. Ancestry.com California Death Index, 1940-1997, 1990, entry for Mabel Stephani

  62. Ancestry.com California Death Index, 1940-1997, 1990, entry for Mabel Staphani

  63. Pleasant Grove Cemetery Records, online

  64. Pleasant Grove Cemetery Records, online

  65. Ancestry.com California Death Index, 1940-1997, 1968, entry for George Neal Darrach

  66. Ancestry.com California Death Index, 1940-1997, 1968, entry for George Neal Darrach

  67. Ancestry.com California Death Index, 1940-1997, 1965, entry for Flora Davis

  68. Ancestry.com California Death Index, 1940-1997, 1965, entry for Flora Davis

  69. Ancestry.com California Death Index, 1940-1997, 1956, entry for Elmer Davis

  70. Ancestry.com California Death Index, 1940-1997, 1956, entry for Elmer Davis

  71. Ancestry.com California Death Index, 1940-1997, 1981, entry for Kathryn Brown

  72. Ancestry.com California Death Index, 1940-1997, 1981, entry for Kathryn Brown

  73. Pleasant Grove Cemetery Records, online

  74. Pleasant Grove Cemetery Records, online

  75. Genealogy.com, “1900 U.S. Census (Population Schedule) Nicolaus Township, Sutter County, page 194a, dwelling 188,  Family 189, California Household of Ruth Howsley  Accessed June 20, 2004

  76. Wenatchee Area Genealogical Society [Washington State], obituary index, online http://www.wags-web.org/obits/obits.html

  77. California Births Database, [subscription database online] http://www.vitalsearch-ca.com/ Copyright © 1995-2004 The Vitalsearch Company, Original electronic data: Sacramento, CA: State of California Department of Health Services, Center for Health Statistics

  78. unknown

  79. California Births Database, [subscription database online]

  80. unknown

  81. Letter from Mrs. Laurence Darrach, (Mrs. Laurence Darrach, PO Box 3, East Nicolaus, CA 95622) to Nancy White Custer dated February 29, 1984.  Held in 2004 by Nancy White Custer.  Mrs. Darrach’s husband is the great-grandson of Ruth White Howsley.

  82. unknown

  83. Ancestry.com. Washington Death Index, 1940-96 [database online]. Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2002. Original data: Index created by: Washington State Department of Health. Microfilmed copy of index obtained from: Washington State Archives.

  84. Ancestry.com, “1930 U.S. Census (Population Schedule) Lincoln Township, District 23, Chelan County, Washington, page 158 dwelling 10, family 10, Household of William A. Horner,  JPEG image, (Online:  MyFamily.com, 2003) www.ancestry.com online subscription, (Digital scans of original U. S. Federal Government Document, Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930.)  Accessed June 20, 2004.

  85. Ancestry.com Washington Death Index, 1940-96 [database online], entry for William A. Horner

  86. Ancestry.com. Washington State Birth Index, 1907-1919. [database online] Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com, 2002. Original data: Washington Department of Health. Washington State Births 1907-1919. Washington: Department of Health, 1915, entry for Wendell Roy Horner

  87. Ancestry.com Washington Death Index, 1940-96 [database online], 1988, entry for Wendell Horner

  88. Ancestry.com. California Death Index, 1940-1997, 1946, entry for George Howsley

  89. Ancestry.com. California Death Index, 1940-1997, 1946, entry for George Howsley

  90. Genealogy.com, “1900 U.S. Census (Population Schedule) Nicolaus Township, Sutter County, California, page 190, dwelling 87, family 89, household of Lifous Striplin.

  91. Fairview Cemetery Records, online <http://www.rootsweb.com/~casutter/cemetery/fairview.htm>  surveyed, transcribed and contributed by Connie & Don Cox

  92. Marriages, Sutter County, Book D, Groom Index 1889-1905

  93. Ancestry.com. California Death Index, 1940-1997, 1965 entry for Lavanch Gracia

  94. Ancestry.com. California Death Index, 1940-1997, 1965 entry for Lavanch Gracia

  95. Ancestry.com, “1930 U.S. Census (Population Schedule) Sacramento District 91, Sacramento County, California, page 187 dwelling 172, family 187, Household of Elmer Gracia,  JPEG image, (Online:  MyFamily.com, 2003) www.ancestry.com online subscription, (Digital scans of original U. S. Federal Government Document, Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930.)  Accessed June 20, 2004.

  96. Ancestry.com. California Death Index, 1940-1997, 1981 entry for Elmer  Gracia

  97. Ancestry.com. California Death Index, 1940-1997, 1981 entry for Elmer  Gracia

  98. Ancestry.com. California Death Index, 1940-1997, 1962 entry for Jack C. Howsley

  99. Ancestry.com. California Death Index, 1940-1997, 1962 entry for Jack C. Howsley

  100. Ancestry.com  “1910 U.S. Census (Population Schedule) Nicolaus Township, Sutter County, California, p. 179a, dwelling 212, family 215, Household of George S. Howsley, JPEG image, (Online:  MyFamily.com, 2003) www.ancestry.com online subscription, (Digital scans of original U.S. Federal Government Document, Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910.)  Accessed June 21, 2004.

  101. Ancestry.com. California Death Index, 1940-1997, 1970 entry for Folka Howsley

  102. Ancestry.com. California Death Index, 1940-1997, 1970 entry for Folka Howsley

  103. Ancestry.com. California Death Index, 1940-1997, 1982 entry for Norma Albright

  104. Ancestry.com. California Death Index, 1940-1997, 1982 entry for Norma Albright

  105. Ancestry.com. California Death Index, 1940-1997, 1982 entry for Norma Albright

  106. Ancestry.com. California Death Index, 1940-1997, 1990 entry for George Howsley

  107. Ancestry.com. California Death Index, 1940-1997, 1990 entry for George Howsley

  108. Ancestry.com. California Death Index, 1940-1997, 1992 entry for Laurence Thomas Howsley

  109. Ancestry.com. California Death Index, 1940-1997, 1992 entry for Laurence Thomas Howsley
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