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Ruby Garrard

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Ruby Garrard

Birth
Ruby Valley, Elko County, Nevada, USA
Death
16 Aug 1861 (aged 11 days)
Ruby Valley, Elko County, Nevada, USA
Burial
Ruby Valley, Elko County, Nevada, USA Add to Map
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Upon hearing about Gold in California, John and Susan went with George and Caroline to California in the spring of 1860. While crossing Nevada, Caroline gave birth to a son and he was named William Walter Kerrison. It is thought that they came to Sacramento and eventually the San Francisco area. However the next year John and Susan came back to Utah. On the return trip Susan gave birth to their first daughter who died a few days later. They named her Ruby. Ruby after the mountains in Nevada close by where she was born and shortly afterwards where she was buried.
Upon hearing about Gold in California, John and Susan went with George and Caroline to California in the spring of 1860. While crossing Nevada, Caroline gave birth to a son and he was named William Walter Kerrison. It is thought that they came to Sacramento and eventually the San Francisco area. However the next year John and Susan came back to Utah. On the return trip Susan gave birth to their first daughter who died a few days later. They named her Ruby. Ruby after the mountains in Nevada close by where she was born and shortly afterwards where she was buried.

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