Ancestry of
Emily Strayer

Singer, Songwriter - Dixie Chicks

Ruth Elizabeth Griffin

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• • Grandmother of Emily Strayer — 3rd Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 7 
  • Father:
  • John Edward Griffin 
  • Mother:
  • Ruth Ellen Van de Velde   
  • Birth Date:
  • 10 Oct 1917 
  • Birth Location:
  • Dunkirk, Chautauqua, New York 
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  • Death Date:
  • 6 Dec 1991 
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  • Burial Location:
  • Marburg Memorial Gardens, Hanover, York, Pennsylvania 
  • Spouse Name:
  • William Wall Burns
  • Marriage Date:
  • 10 Oct 1937 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Martinsburg, Berkeley, West Virginia 
  • Children:
  
  

  William W. Burns

  Barbara Jean Burns (Ahnentafel No:3 )

  Christopher G. Burns

  Patrick V. Burns

• Sources for Ruth Elizabeth Griffin

  • ¹ Federal Census, PA, York County, 1950, Hanover, E.D. 67-50, Sheet 1, Image 2 of 26.
  • ² Federal Census, NY, Chautauqua County, 1920, Dunkirk Ward 1, E.D. 117, Sheet 6A, Image 11 of 26.
  • ³ Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 05/09/2025).
  • ⁴ The Evening Sun (Hanover, Pennsylvania), 07 DEC 1991, p. 4, Obituary for Ruth G Burns.
  • ⁵ U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007, Record for Ruth Elizabeth Griffin.
  • ⁶ West Virginia, U.S., Marriages Index, 1785-1971, Marriage record for William Wall Burns and Ruth Elizabeth Griffith.

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