Born: 8 June 1902 (Source: Ancestry24.co.za)
Died: c.1971 (Source: National Archives of South Africa, Depot:TAB, Source: MHG, Type: LEER, System: 01, Ref.: 12263/71)
Ruth Maud Sheldon was the daughter of Henry Sheldon and Alice Wilhelmina Sophia Sheldon nee Bruce. (Source: Ancestry24.co.za)
Surname: Sheldon
First Names: Ruth Maud
Date Of Baptism: 03 August 1902
Declared Date Of Birth: 08 June 1902
Fathers Surname: Sheldon
Fathers First Name: Henry
Fathers Trade Or Profession: Grocer
Mothers First Name: Alice Wilhelmina Sophia
Abode: 43 Hope street Cape Town
Witness 1 First Name: Alexander
Witness 1 Surname: Patterson
Witness 2 First Name: The Mother
Witness 3 First Name: Maud Jane Sarah
Witness 3 Surname: Mason
Year: 1902
Page Number: 78
Entry Number: 7323
By Who Performed Ceremony: J.Graham Reid
Church: St.Georges Cathedral Cape Town
Source: Anglican Church Archives Wits University
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Ruth Maud(e) Sheldon, aged 26, living in Geanne Villa, Protea Road, Claremont, married on 22 Dec. 1926 to Alexander Harris Brinkworth, of the British Royal Navy HMS Lowestoft, aged 27, at St. Saviour's Church in Clarmeont. The wedding was attended by Ruth's sister, Ethel Caroline Sheldon.
Source: FamilySearch.org, "South Africa, Church of the Province of South Africa, Parish Registers, 1850-2004", Cape Town, Claremont, St Saviour : Marriages 1924-1938, Image No. 111
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A Ruth Maude Sheldon was the mother of an illegitimate daughter, Daphne Helen Sheldon, born 11 Feb. 1923 and baptized on 30 Sept. 1923 at St. Mary's Church, Woodstock. Daphne died. Ruth was living at 11 Nairn Street; no witnesses are listed.
Source: FamilySearch.org, "South Africa, Church of the Province of South Africa, Parish Registers, 1850-2004", "Cape Town, Woodstock, St. Mary" : Baptisms 1917-1926, Image No.: 281