Ruth Gerda Barrett

Ruth Gerda Barrett

• Father: Charles Eugene Barrett b. 29 November 1872, d. 4 February 1946
• Mother: Edna Blanche Millard b. 27 January 1875, d. 9 November 1899

• Ruth Gerda Barrett was born on 15 September 1899 in Illinois.
• She was known as Ruth Gerda Millard because she was raised by her maternal grandparents following her mother's death.
• Edgar Bert Millard and Harriet Frances Graham appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1900 in Genoa, DeKalb County, Illinois, at Sycamore Street | Also in the household were daughters Mary (age 30), Louise (23) and Maud (15), and son Ferris (6).. Other members of the household included Ruth Gerda Barrett, Bernice A. Millard.
• She married Guy Clayton Foster, son of Zach Ralph Foster and Gertrude Mabel Mead, circa 1916.
• Guy Clayton Foster registered for the draft on 12 September 1918 in Keya Paha County, Nebraska, while living with his wife Ruth in Meadville, and self-employed there farming.
• Guy Clayton Foster and Ruth Gerda Barrett appeared in the US federal census of 1 January 1920 in Garfield, Keya Paha County, Nebraska. Also in the household were daughters Grazia (age 2 years 9 months2) and Helen (11 months).
• Guy Clayton Foster and Ruth Gerda Barrett appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1930 in Johnstown, Brown County, Nebraska. Other members of the household included Kenneth Clayton Foster. Also in the household were daughters Grazia R. (age 12), Helen B. (11), Phyllis G. (7) and Paulina L (5), and Ruth's mother's youngest brother Ferris R. Millard.
• Ruth Gerda Barrett became a widow at the 23 August 1962 death of her husband Guy Clayton Foster.
• Ruth Gerda Barrett died on 8 January 1975 at age 75.
• She was interred at Ainsworth Cemetery, Ainsworth, Brown County, Nebraska.

• Last Edited: 17 Nov 2016