Born in Hiram, Oxford, Maine, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of George H. Smith
and Harriet Isabel (Barbour) Smith
Sister of
Blanche Irving Smith and Leon Smith
Wife of
True Clayton Foss
— married
24 Jun 1908 in Maine, United States [uncertain]
[uncertain] Mother of
Clayton Smith Foss
Died
at age 89
in Portland, Cumberland, Maine, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 12 May 2013
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Biography
Ruth was born in 1883.
She was the daughter of George H Smith and Harriet Isabel Barbour.
1900 Federal Census Portland ME[1]
Household Role Sex Age Birthplace George H Smith Head M 52 Maine Hattie E Smith Wife F 41 Maine Ruth S Smith Daughter F 17 Maine Leon H Smith Son M 13 Maine
She married True Clayton Foss in 1908.[2][3]
1910 Federal Census Portland ME[4]
Household Role Sex Age Birthplace True C Foss Head M 26 Maine Ruth I Foss Wife F 26 Maine
1930 Federal Census Portland ME[5]
Household Role Sex Age Birthplace True E Foss Head M 46 Maine Ruth S Foss Wife F 46 Maine Clayton S Foss Son M 13 Maine
She passed away in 1973.
Sources
- ↑ "United States Census, 1900", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMLF-73G : 9 March 2022), Ruth S Smith in entry for George Smith, 1900.
- ↑ "Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q24F-RJL2 : 2 March 2021), True C Foss and Ruth S Smith, 24 Jun 1908; citing Portland, Cumberland, Maine, United States, multiple sources, Maine; FHL microfilm.
- ↑ "Maine Marriages, 1771-1907", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4DL-18Z : 22 July 2021), George Smith in entry for True C. Foss, 1908.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MR3S-2BG : accessed 15 August 2022), Ruth I Foss in household of True C Foss, Portland Ward 9, Cumberland, Maine, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 100, sheet 16A, family 340, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 539; FHL microfilm 1,374,552.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XM8P-H1K : accessed 15 August 2022), Ruth S Foss in household of True E Foss, Portland, Cumberland, Maine, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 68, sheet 10A, line 45, family 239, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 831; FHL microfilm 2,340,566.
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