Ruth Berkeley White
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This article was writen and is copyright by Will Johnson, [mailto:wjhonson@aol.com wjhonson@aol.com], Professional Genealogist. My thanks to Fred Glaysher for help on compiling the information here. | This article was writen and is copyright by Will Johnson, [mailto:wjhonson@aol.com wjhonson@aol.com], Professional Genealogist. My thanks to Fred Glaysher for help on compiling the information here. | ||
| − | 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. | + | 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. I believe that someone has merged two different women together. |
It is said that her stage name was Ruth Berkeley, but [http://www.h-net.org/~bahai/diglib/books/U-Z/W/White_Ruth/BLOL009.gif here] in 1912, in Boston, she refers to herself as "Miss Berkeley", and a few pages later [http://www.h-net.org/~bahai/diglib/books/U-Z/W/White_Ruth/BLOL012.gif here] states that she was writing articles for newspapers, and that both her parents were Roman Catholic. While a little later on, [http://www.h-net.org/~bahai/diglib/books/U-Z/W/White_Ruth/BLOL023.gif here] she relates that she had been on the stage, but had given it up. She went to Boston to write for the newspaper, but then about 1912, returned to New York City and was doing art drawings for a fashion magazine. [http://www.h-net.org/~bahai/diglib/books/U-Z/W/White_Ruth/BLOL027.gif Here again] on 24 Aug 1912, Abdul Baha calls her "Miss Ruth Berkeley". | It is said that her stage name was Ruth Berkeley, but [http://www.h-net.org/~bahai/diglib/books/U-Z/W/White_Ruth/BLOL009.gif here] in 1912, in Boston, she refers to herself as "Miss Berkeley", and a few pages later [http://www.h-net.org/~bahai/diglib/books/U-Z/W/White_Ruth/BLOL012.gif here] states that she was writing articles for newspapers, and that both her parents were Roman Catholic. While a little later on, [http://www.h-net.org/~bahai/diglib/books/U-Z/W/White_Ruth/BLOL023.gif here] she relates that she had been on the stage, but had given it up. She went to Boston to write for the newspaper, but then about 1912, returned to New York City and was doing art drawings for a fashion magazine. [http://www.h-net.org/~bahai/diglib/books/U-Z/W/White_Ruth/BLOL027.gif Here again] on 24 Aug 1912, Abdul Baha calls her "Miss 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 (1869-1953), graduated in law from Cornell University, but was set-up as a businessman in his family's company the Utica Drop Forge Company. | + | 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 (1869-1953), graduated in law from Cornell University, but was set-up as a businessman in his family's company the Utica Drop Forge Company. Herbert [http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/gopher/other/journals/kraftpub/Genealogical/Pierpont%20Family/pierpont.gen here] is shown with a wife Emma (Ruth) Decker born 27 June 1880, but note that there, they state, that this couple were married on 28 Oct 1912 in Chicago. I think, possibly, this woman is only his *first* wife, and that they divorced and then he married Ruth Berkeley. Still looking for more clues to this mystery. |
Ruth and Herbert were married by 1925 if not many years before. He is the one of that name who was son of William Mansfield White by his wife Anna Maria Pierrepont. This is proven by comparing the California Death Index entry below, to the ship's logs below. | Ruth and Herbert were married by 1925 if not many years before. He is the one of that name who was son of William Mansfield White by his wife Anna Maria Pierrepont. This is proven by comparing the California Death Index entry below, to the ship's logs below. | ||
