Gazlay Family History
 

Family HistoryFamily History - Ruth Loring


Key:1.“+” before a child’s name indicates the child has their own entry in the next generation.
 2.“born xxxx” indicates the child is under 18 years of age so the birth date is not shown.
This family history features Ruth Loring and one of her descendants down to the second generation.


First Generation
1. Ruth Loring,1 born ____ (parents not determined). Ruth married William Whitman, Jr. (born ____, parents not determined).

Child of Ruth Loring and William Whitman, Jr.:

+2i. Dr. Loring Whitman, born 15 February 1904 in New York, New York; died 8 June 1987 in Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut. Married Georgia Sherwood Means.

Second Generation
2. Dr. Loring Whitman2 (Ruth1), born 15 February 1904 in New York, New York;1, 2 died 8 June 1987 in Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut.1, 2, 3 Loring married, 1966, Georgia Sherwood Means4 (born 13 August 1909 in Geneva, Ontario County, New York, the daughter of Dr. George Sherwood Means and Susan Haight Purdy;4 Georgia died 1 December 1998 in Simsbury, Hartford County, Connecticut4). Loring is buried in Bellona Cemetery, Bellona, Yates County, New York.1

  1. Find a Grave (website). Bellona Cemetery, Bellona, Yates County, New York, Dr. Loring Whitman, born: 15 February 1904; died: June 1987 (from record).
  2. Obituary, Boston Globe, Boston, Massachusetts. 10 June 1987, Dr. Loring Whitman, died: 8 June 1987 in St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center [Hartford, Connecticut]. The article provides vital and biographical details and the names of his parents, wife, four children, one step-daughter, and two siblings.
  3. Connecticut Death Index, 1949-2001, available at Ancestry.com and familysearch.org, Loring Whitman, died: 8 June 1987 in Hartford, Connecticut, age 83; married; occupation: physician/professor, Yale School of Medicine; wife: Georg[ia].
  4. Obituary, Hartford Courant, Hartford, Connecticut, 1 December 1998, Georgia Sherwood Means Lightbody Whitman, died: 1 December 1998 in Simsbury, Connecticut. The article provides vital and biographical details and the names of her parents, two husbands, daughter, and four step-children, and her place of burial.