Ruth Maud Brinkworth nee Sheldon

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