Ruth Louise (Powers) Koldenborg (1913 - 1998)

Born 14 Jul 1913 in Leominster, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States

Ancestors

Died 30 Jul 1998 at age 85 in Mansfield, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States [uncertain]

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Biography

We are aware of a brief marriage to a William F. Greene that may have started circa 1931, and probably bore at least one child that we are seeking to verify. 10/17/2020; MP.

Source 1: Her birth registration in Leominster, Worcester, Massachusetts in 1913. Gives her dob and place of dob. Gives her parents names including the maiden name of her mother.

Source 2: 1920 US Census finds this Ruth living in Leominster, Worcester, Massachusetts with her parents, 2 siblings and her maternal grandfather. She is gives as 6 & 6/12ths yrs old.

Source 3: The 1940 US Census finds this Ruth living with her parents, a brother and a daughter of Ruth's in Needham, Norfolk, Massachusetts. This Ruth is given in 1940, as "Ruth Greene," a 26yr old working as "payroll clerk" in a "thread factory." There is no mention of any husband of Ruth's in this census.

Source 4: A brief obituary for Ruth L. Koldenborg 1n 1998, published in the Boston Globe. This is Ruth Louise Powers.

Source 5: Massachusetts Death Index record for the death of this Ruth L. Koldenborg who died in Mansfield, Bristol, Massachusetts July 30, 1998.

Sources

• "Massachusetts Births, 1841-1915," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-DRVW-X9?cc=1536925&wc=M61J-YP8%3A77894101 : 27 October 2020), 004401719 > image 948 of 1174; Massachusetts Archives, Boston.

"United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GR65-9NH?cc=1488411&wc=QZJ5-MVW%3A1036470801%2C1037958801%2C1039009101%2C1589333009 : 11 September 2019), Massachusetts > Worcester > Leominster Ward 4 > ED 105 > image 29 of 32; citing NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

"United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G9M1-3KPX?cc=2000219&wc=QZXY-N4S%3A790102901%2C798664201%2C800207301%2C953067601 : accessed 17 November 2020), Massachusetts > Norfolk > Needham Town, Needham > 11-143 Needham Town, Needham bounded by Webster, Greendale Av, Tower; Lindbergh Av, Webster, Rosemary; New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad (Newton Branch) > image 9 of 31; citing 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.

https://www.newspapers.com/image/441923343/?article=23107099-5143-4293-b405-55e97247801e Obituary of Ruth L. Koldenborg; The Boston, Globe; Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts; pub. August 1, 1996 pg. 16.

"Massachusetts Death Index, 1970-2003", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VZTJ-RL8 : 13 June 2019), Ruth L Koldenborg, 1998.