She was actually born on July 18, 1792: https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/sources/LWYB-XPM So, she inflated her age by almost three years. But she was still over 99.5 years old when she died, which is extraordinarily impressive for someone who died in the 19th century, especially considering that her elder brother Martin really did live to age 105 (almost 106), also dying in 1892, shortly after Ruth: https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/KDMM-S2V Another elder brother of hers, named Thomas, lived to age 94: https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/sources/9VR9-ZNN
She was actually born on July 18, 1792: https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/sources/LWYB-XPM So, she inflated her age by almost three years. But she was still over 99.5 years old when she died, which is extraordinarily impressive for someone who died in the 19th century, especially considering that her elder brother Martin really did live to age 105 (almost 106), also dying in 1892, shortly after Ruth: https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/KDMM-S2V Another elder brother of hers, named Thomas, lived to age 94: https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/sources/9VR9-ZNN
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