Ruth Helene (Hahn) Baldwin (1903 - 1982)

Born 12 Oct 1903 in Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, United States

Ancestors

Wife of George Prentiss Baldwin — married 24 Oct 1921 in Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan, United States

Descendants

Died 7 Aug 1982 at age 78 in Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, United States

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Biography

Ruth Helene Hahn was born on October 12, 1903 in Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan, United States to William and Minnie (Koats) Hahn. ^[1]

Ruth married George Prentiss Baldwin on 24 Oct. 1921 in Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan, United States. She was 18 and he was 23 at the time of their marriage. Ruth was a reed worker. ^[2]

Ruth passed away on 7 August 1982 in Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, United States. She is buried at Fairplains Cemetery in Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan, United States. ^[3]

Ruth's obituary reads: "Mrs. Ruth Baldwin, aged 78, passed away Saturday morning at St. Mary's Hospital. She is survived by her children, George L. and Wanda, Robert W. and I. Elizabeth (Peg) all of Grand Rapids, Bradford J. and Emily of Kalamazoo, Daniel A. and Mary, Mrs. Eleanor Herrera all of Grand Rapids; 19 grand children; 17 great grandchildren; her sister Mrs. Marian Bruno of Grand Rapids and several nieces and nephews. Funeral services for Mrs. Baldwin will be held Tuesday afternoon at 1:30pm at the Creston Chapel with Rev. Eugene Slep officiating. Interment in Fairplains Cemetery. Mrs. Baldwin reposes at the chapel where relatives and friends may meet the family from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 on Monday. Those who wish may make memorial contributions the the Shrine Hospital for Crippled Children." ^[4]

Ruth was born in 1903. She passed away in 1982.

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:ML5B-95B : accessed 22 February 2020), Ruth Hahn in household of William Hahn, Grand Rapids Ward 9, Kent, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 99, sheet 11B, family 242, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 657; FHL microfilm 1,374,670.
2. ↑ "Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N31Y-D6P : 15 January 2019), George P. Baldwin and Ruth Haan, 1921.
3. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #62652228
4. ↑ "Michigan Obituaries, 1820-2006," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2TS-5BMB : 16 March 2018), Mrs Elenor Herrera in entry for Mrs Ruth Baldwin, 1982; citing Prescott, Ogemaw, Michigan, United States, Obituary, Grand Rapids Public Library, Michigan; FHL microfilm 2,369,505.

• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KH34-KL1 : accessed 25 August 2018), Eleanor Baldwin in household of George P Baldwin, Ward 3, Grand Rapids, Grand Rapids City, Kent, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 86-160, sheet 19A, line 33, family 413, 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 1902.

• Michigan Department of Vital and Health Records. Michigan, Death Index, 1971-1996 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1998. Original data: Michigan Department of Vital and Health Records. Michigan Death Index. Lansing, MI, USA.
• Daniel Reidmiller Ancestry Family Tree.