Ruth Dow is the daughter of Albert Nelson & Florence (née Griffin) Dow of New Hampshire, USA.
In Dublin, 1925, she married Erskine Hamilton Childers, son of Robert Erskine Childers & Mary Alden (née Osgood) Childers.
Ruth & Erskine Childers had 5 children; Ruth Ellen, born July 1927, Erskine Barton b. March 1929, Roderick Winthrop b. June 1931, and twin daughters Carainn & Margaret Osgood b. November 1937.
✞ Ruth Ellen Childers is buried at the graveyard on the church grounds at Derralossy, Co. Wicklow. Buried with her are her husband Uachtarán na hÉireann Erskine H. Childers and his 2nd wife Rita Childers.
Ruth Dow is the daughter of Albert Nelson & Florence (née Griffin) Dow of New Hampshire, USA.
In Dublin, 1925, she married Erskine Hamilton Childers, son of Robert Erskine Childers & Mary Alden (née Osgood) Childers.
Ruth & Erskine Childers had 5 children; Ruth Ellen, born July 1927, Erskine Barton b. March 1929, Roderick Winthrop b. June 1931, and twin daughters Carainn & Margaret Osgood b. November 1937.
✞ Ruth Ellen Childers is buried at the graveyard on the church grounds at Derralossy, Co. Wicklow. Buried with her are her husband Uachtarán na hÉireann Erskine H. Childers and his 2nd wife Rita Childers.
Inscription
God be in my head and in my understanding.
God be in mine eyes and in my looking.
God be in my mouth and in my speaking.
God be in my head and in my thinking.
God be at mine end and at my departing.
RUTH ELLEN DOW
CHILDERS
Born 1899 - Died 1950
Gravesite Details
There are separate plates for Ruth Childers, Erskine Childers & Rita Childers in addition to the main tablet transcribed above. Her son Erskine B. is buried in the grave to the left of this one .
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