1900 NY CENSUS – Ruth P. Brace (b June 1893, New York) enumerated with father & stepmother Charles T. (b Apr 1863, New York, married 2y, occupation teacher) and Emily H. (b May 1870, Pennsylvania, no children), brother Eldred C. (b Dec 1895, New York), grandparents Moses E. Brace (b May 1835, New York, married 40y) and Ruth F. (b Feb 1837, New York, mother of 4 children); also with family was servant Anna J. Breitkohf (b Mar 1884, New York)

1910 NY CENSUS – Ruth Brace (16y, b New York) enumerated with father & stepmother Charles T. (47y, b New York, married 11y, second marriage, occupation teacher) and Emily L. (40y, b Pennsylvania, first marriage, mother of 1 child) and 2 siblings, Eldred (14y, b New York) and Esta (8y, b New York); also with family was servant Maggie Forzi (20y, b Austria-Poland)

MARRIAGE – Ismond E. Knapp & Ruth M. Brace md 30 Nov 1916, Queens, New York City, New York

1920 NJ CENSUS - Ruth Knapp, age 26, b. New York, is enumerated with I. E. age 26, occupation dye shop chemist, b. New York, along with Elizabeth, age 2, b. Pennsylvania, and Brace (male), age 1, b. New Jersey.

1930 FL CENSUS – Ruth M. Knapp (36y, b New York, married at age 23y) enumerated with husband Ismond C. (36y, b New York, married at age 23y, occupation chemist), 3 children, Elizabeth L. (12y, b Pennsylvania), Brace I. (10y, b New Jersey) and Doris R. (8y, b New Jersey) and mother Elizabeth (65y, b New York, widowed)

1940 MS CENSUS – Ruth Knapp (44y, b New York) enumerated with husband I.E. (48y, b New York, occupation chemist) and 2 children, Elizabeth (25y, b New York) and Brace (22y, b New York); family was living at Pensacola, Florida in 1935

Memorial services will be 2 pm Thursday at First Congregational Church for Mrs Ruth Brace Knapp, 76, 4001 Camelia Drive S, who died Saturday night in a Salem hospital. Rev W. Carl Calhoun will officiate and interment will be private. Virgil T. Golden mortuary is in charge. She was born in Leroy, NY, and came to Salem in 1960. She graduated from Cornell University. She was active in Girl Scout programs in Florida and was a member of First Congregational Church, Sojourners Club and Delta Zeta alumni organization in salem.Surviving are the widower Ismond E. Knapp; daughter, Dr Elizabeth K. Smith, Seattle; son Dr Brace I. Knapp, Salem; sister Mrs Esther B. Preston, Mount Dora, Fla; brother Eldred C. Brace, Tucson, Arriz, and three grandchildren. 

Oregon Statesman, Monday, September 8, 1969, 16:1

Knapp
Ruth B.
1893 - 1969
[shares marker with Ismond]

Janssen Compilation
Saucy Survey & Photographs
OSBH DC (1969 Marion co) #13575  

1900 NY CENSUS (New York City, Queens, ED 677, sheet 3A)

1910 NY CENSUS (New York City, Queens, ED 1260, sheet 12A)

New York City Marriage Index (Ancestry.com)

1920 NJ CENSUS (Salem Co., Upper Penns Neck, ED 191, sheet 3B)

1930 FL CENSUS (Escambia co, Pensacola, ED 22, sheet 9B)

1940 MS CENSUS (Pearl River co, Picayune, ED 55-9, sheet 21B)

OS, 8 Sept 1969, 16:1