Ruth Alma Andrews

  Research Notes:

1. Texas, US Petition for Naturalization, petition dated 8 Jan 1944 at San Antonio, TX
- entry to US on 12 Jul 1942; arrival at New York aboard the Ship Brazil
- her birth and birth of Gilbert, the 2nd and Richard also recorded
- her birth at Ahmedabad, India; occupation as a Chiropractor
- divorced - to G W Eklund now living in Reno, NV

Note: on son Richard's birth record, there is the notation that she was a British citizen


places mentioned (above, as well as, the birth records of the Gilbert, the 2nd and Richard)

Ahmedabad, in western India, is the largest city in the state of Gujarat. The Sabarmati River runs through its center. On the western bank is the Gandhi Ashram at Sabarmati, which displays the spiritual leader's living quarters and artifacts. Across the river, the Calico Museum of Textiles, once a cloth merchant's mansion, has a significant collection of antique and modern fabrics.

Ahmedabad - about 500+ kms north of Mumbai (Bombay)

Mahabaleshwar is a hill station in India's forested Western Ghats range, south of Mumbai [about 300 kms].

Birth place for son, Gilbert W - Wai, India; about 20+ kms east of Mahabaleshwar
Birth place for son, Richard A - Bombay [Mumbai]

Her last residence in India - Kodaikanal is a hill town in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It's set in an area of granite cliffs, forested valleys, lakes, waterfalls and grassy hills. Kodaikanal is about 1500 kms south of Mumbai


2. Ruth Eklund: Social Security Death Index (SSDI) Death Record

Name:Ruth Eklund
State of Issue:Mississippi
Date of Birth:Friday January 14, 1898
Date of Death:December 1986
Est. Age at Death:88 years, 11 months
Last known residence:
City: Lake Oswego; Lake Grove; Oswego; West Linn [ an address of son, Gilbert ???; ** this is the address on record, not necessarily the place of death ]
County: Clackamas
State: Oregon
ZIP Code: 97034


3. The Oregonian (Portland) 11 Jan 1987, page 57, Col 1.

- died in San Antonio, TX; former resident of Lake Oswego for 15 yrs [doesn't give time frame]
- survived by a son, Dr G W Eklund and his family including 4 grandchildren
- NO mention of son, Richard - did he die before 1987??


4. https://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Eklund&GSfn=Ruth&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSst=46&GScnty=2534&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=96731070&df=all&

3. from: Ancestry collection "India Select Marriages, 1792-1948; married 4 May 1929; her father, Howard Vincent Andrews ⁷¹⁰¹

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Emigration, 1942, 13 Jul 1942, India. According to the United States "Petition of Natuaralization", Ruth Andrews, along with her 2 sons, had arrived at New York aboard the ship Brazil on 13 Jul 1942 and traveled to San Antonio Texas (1115 W. Hilderbrand).

Ruth married Gilbert Willard Eklund, son of John A Eklund and Ida Marie Henriksson, on 4 May 1929 in Mahableshwar, India ⁷¹⁰¹.^,7102 (Gilbert Willard Eklund was born on 23 Dec 1899 in Wright Co, Minnesota, United States,^6880,7104 died on 19 Dec 1962 in Los Angeles Co, California, United States ^7105,7106 and was buried in Palm Desert Memorial, Los Vegas, Clark Co, Nevada, United States ⁷¹⁰⁷.)