Webb Family Tree - Person Sheet
Webb Family Tree - Person Sheet
NameRuby Christine West 34
Birth16 Aug 1900, Frindsbury, Kent County, England, Europe834,835,836
MemoBirth is registered in Strood which is near Frindsbury.
Death5 Jan 1998, Modesto, Stanislaus County, CA, USA836
MemoDied at 10:15 pm. Obituary ran on January 7, 1998 in Modesto Bee.
Burial8 Jan 1998, Acacia Memorial Park, 801 Scenic Dr., Modesto, Stanislaus County, CA, USA836
MemoBuried next to Albert Sturm. Funeral at Sales Brothers (on Scenic Drive) at 3:30 pm.
Census1930, Modesto, Stanislaus County, CA, USA813
MemoLine 17: Ruby C Sturm, wife. Age 29 born in England. First married at age 17. Works as saleslady at bakery.
Census1940, Modesto, Stanislaus County, CA, USA827
MemoLine 8: Ruby Sturm, age 39, born in England. Completed three years of high school.
ImmigrationAug 1919, Detroit, Wayne County, MI, USA813,1084
FlagsDeceased, Immigrant
FatherWilliam Thomas West (1866-)
MotherEmily Randall (1865-1950)
Spouses
1Daniel Tuttle Thornton 1085
Birth1 Aug 1897, Clifton Heights, St Louis Independent City, MO, USA9,1085
Death22 Oct 1977, Stockton, San Joaquin County, CA, USA9,1086
Burial25 Oct 1977, Oakmont Memorial Park, Lafayette, Contra Costa County, CA, USA1086
FatherGeorge Quaife Thornton (1853-1954)
MotherAlice Emeline Fairfield (1871-1953)
Marriage10 Apr 1919, St. Saviour’s Church, Stoke-Next-Guildford, Surrey, England, Europe1085
Divorcebef 1923
ChildrenQueenie Emily Alice (1919-2014)
 Lois Christine (1922-)
2Albert Ludwig Sturm
Birth30 Oct 1889, Sacramento, Sacramento County, CA, USA814,815,816,817,818,819,820
Death28 Jun 1951, Modesto, Stanislaus County, CA, USA8,9,821
Burial2 Jul 1951, Modesto Pioneer Cemetery, 905 Scenic Dr., Modesto, Stanislaus County, CA, USA822,823,821,824
MemoServices at 3:30 pm Monday at Salas Brothers-Moore Funeral Chapel
OccupationBaker828
FatherLudwig Friederich Sturm (1857-1931)
MotherFrieda Bammerlin (1866-1944)
Marriageabt 1923
Marr MemoOctober 31
Widowed28 Jun 1951
Children(Living, Male)
Notes for Ruby Christine West
She was born in England and married a US Serviceman with a last name of Thornton.
Last Modified 24 Nov 2015Created 11 Feb 2026 using Reunion for Macintosh
All sources of data are documented on the “Person Sheet” for each individual. My early data often came from less-than-reliable sources (e.g., “Sarah’s genealogy pages”). If the only sources for a person is something like that or worse there is no listed source for data, please take the information as only a suggestion and not a fact.

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