Ruth Berkeley White
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'''Ruth White''', author and Baha'i (b 27 Jun 1888, Winstead, [[Connecticut]]) | '''Ruth White''', author and Baha'i (b 27 Jun 1888, Winstead, [[Connecticut]]) | ||
| − | In an online genealogy, unsourced, it is said that her birth name was Emma Decker, that her parents were Peter Decker and Anna Geiger and that she was born in Brooklyn. Based on her several entries in the Ships logs below I think she was more-then-likely born in Litchfield County, [[Connecticut]]. Her birthday of 27 Jun is consistent, | + | In an online genealogy, unsourced, it is said that her birth name was Emma Decker, that her parents were Peter Decker and Anna Geiger and that she was born in Brooklyn. Based on her several entries in the Ships logs below I think she was more-then-likely born in Litchfield County, [[Connecticut]]. Her birthday of 27 Jun is consistent, her birthyear being either 1886 or 1888. |
Her stage name was Ruth Berkeley, her first married name was Mrs George Rowell, and by this marriage she had a daughter, but I know nothing more of the daughter. Her second husband Herbert Lawrence White, graduated in law from Cornell University, but was set-up as a businessman in his family's company the Utica Drop Forge Company. | Her stage name was Ruth Berkeley, her first married name was Mrs George Rowell, and by this marriage she had a daughter, but I know nothing more of the daughter. Her second husband Herbert Lawrence White, graduated in law from Cornell University, but was set-up as a businessman in his family's company the Utica Drop Forge Company. | ||
