"United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MS2K-Z13 : accessed 11 May 2016), Ruth E Howe in household of George Harris, Utica city Ward 11, Oneida, New York, United States; citing sheet 14A, family 317, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,241,133.
"New York, County Marriages, 1847-1848; 1908-1936," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FFRC-X6Q : accessed 11 May 2016), Robert Ward Beard and Ruth Etta Howe, 14 Jun 1916; citing county clerk’s office, Madison, New York, United States; FHL microfilm 1,023,122.
“United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MJ24-712 : accessed 11 June 2017), Ruth H Beard in household of R Ward Beard, Cortland Ward 6, Cortland, New York, United States; citing ED 16, sheet 3A, line 27, family 65, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 1096; FHL microfilm 1,821,096.
“New York State Census, 1925," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KS7R-57Y : 8 November 2014), Ruth G Beard, Cortland Ward 05, A.D. 01, E.D. 01, Cortland, New York, United States; records extracted by Ancestry and images digitized by FamilySearch; citing p. 8, line 11, New York State Archives, Albany.
“United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X7C9-F6R : accessed 11 June 2017), Ruth H Beard in household of R Ward Beard, Cortland, Cortland, New York, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 10, sheet 5B, line 55, family 131, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1418; FHL microfilm 2,341,153.
"United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KQ5P-63K : accessed 11 June 2017), Ruth Beard in household of Robert W Beard, Ward 5, Cortland, Cortland City, Cortland, New York, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 12-14, sheet 6A, line 24, family 123, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 2520.
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