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Ruth Pointer

Date of birth
November 4, 1911
Date of death
April 7, 2002
Age at death
90 years
Last known residence
Yakima, Washington (Yakima County · ZIP 98901)
State that issued the number
Washington
Social Security number
Not publishedwhy we withhold this →

The name Ruth

Ruth was the 12th most common given name among people in the file born in 1911 — 17,764 carried it. Across all birth years, 591,486 people in the file carry the name; the largest birth cohort of Ruths was 1915.

born 1861: 1born 1866: 3born 1867: 3born 1868: 6born 1869: 9born 1870: 17born 1871: 23born 1872: 48born 1873: 41born 1874: 52born 1875: 81born 1876: 112born 1877: 123born 1878: 175born 1879: 229born 1880: 287born 1881: 341born 1882: 449born 1883: 565born 1884: 718born 1885: 814born 1886: 1,035born 1887: 1,226born 1888: 1,618born 1889: 1,985born 1890: 2,400born 1891: 4,128born 1892: 7,550born 1893: 8,161born 1894: 7,655born 1895: 8,048born 1896: 8,808born 1897: 9,396born 1898: 10,199born 1899: 9,785born 1900: 11,219born 1901: 10,976born 1902: 12,171born 1903: 13,222born 1904: 13,927born 1905: 14,411born 1906: 14,592born 1907: 15,193born 1908: 16,636born 1909: 16,870born 1910: 17,234born 1911: 17,764born 1912: 18,587born 1913: 18,710born 1914: 19,432born 1915: 20,356born 1916: 20,266born 1917: 19,605born 1918: 19,940born 1919: 18,790born 1920: 19,143born 1921: 18,071born 1922: 15,655born 1923: 14,713born 1924: 13,904born 1925: 12,368born 1926: 10,605born 1927: 9,301born 1928: 8,093born 1929: 6,782born 1930: 5,816born 1931: 4,867born 1932: 4,159born 1933: 3,465born 1934: 3,069born 1935: 2,683born 1936: 2,269born 1937: 2,164born 1938: 1,876born 1939: 1,766born 1940: 1,531born 1941: 1,377born 1942: 1,360born 1943: 1,236born 1944: 1,024born 1945: 864born 1946: 842born 1947: 778born 1948: 669born 1949: 598born 1950: 509born 1951: 419born 1952: 415born 1953: 397born 1954: 331born 1955: 291born 1956: 285born 1957: 245born 1958: 217born 1959: 177born 1960: 147born 1961: 152born 1962: 128born 1963: 101born 1964: 83born 1965: 78born 1966: 60born 1967: 50born 1968: 34born 1969: 36born 1970: 27born 1971: 17born 1972: 19born 1973: 16born 1974: 16born 1975: 27born 1976: 20born 1977: 9born 1978: 7born 1979: 11born 1980: 6born 1981: 6born 1982: 13born 1983: 7born 1984: 9born 1985: 8born 1986: 5born 1987: 5born 1988: 4born 1989: 5born 1990: 2born 1992: 2born 1993: 6born 1994: 1born 1995: 2186019951911

Living to 90

Ruth lived to 90. Among the 1,927,051 people in the file born in 1911, half lived past 79 and one in four reached 87; the longest-lived made it to 100. Only deaths reported to Social Security between 1936 and 2011 appear in the file, so members of this cohort who died young are not counted — these are the lifespans of its survivors.

Died the same day

6,105 other deaths in the file were recorded on April 7, 2002, among them Lloyd Cates, Hugo Huck and Catherine Brinkman.

Other Pointer records

2,450 people with this surname appear in the file. More Pointer deaths in the file fall in the 2000s than in any other decade; Missouri, Tennessee and Texas hold the largest shares of last residences.

NameBornDiedAgeLast residenceSSN issued
Donald Maurice PointerApril 14, 1955August 12, 201156Los Alamitos, CAAlabama
Danny Floyd PointerJuly 10, 1952July 22, 201159Reedsport, ORCalifornia
Lillian Hulene PointerNovember 10, 1937July 16, 201173Amarillo, TXAlabama
James Robert PointerFebruary 20, 1952July 14, 201159Indianapolis, INIndiana
Mildred Louise PointerJune 7, 1926July 9, 201185Arlington, TXTexas
Sam PointerMay 5, 1940July 8, 201171Buffalo, NYNew York
Craig PointerMay 29, 1964July 3, 201147Illinois
Gerald M PointerJune 2, 1926June 26, 201185Houston, TXNew Mexico
Gerald E PointerJune 22, 1921June 23, 201190Freeport, ILIllinois
Susan C PointerAugust 18, 1952June 7, 201158Tallapoosa, GAGeorgia

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