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Ruth Eleanor <I>Leonard</I> Burns

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Ruth Eleanor Leonard Burns

Birth
Marshfield, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA
Death
22 Feb 1955 (aged 53)
Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
Burial
Wellesley, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA Add to Map
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Daughter of Clarence Howard Leonard and Anna Frances Neal.

Ruth graduated as valedictorian of Marshfield High School's class of 1920. Her father Clarence had to support his mother and sister as a young man and could not attend college; it was his dream to help his children get into and through college. His three daughters Grace, Mabel, and Ruth all received teaching degrees.

After graduating from State Normal School in Framingham, Massachusetts, Ruth received a teaching degree. She worked out of Uxbridge, Massachusetts for a short time.

Ruth married Ralph Martin Burns on May 10th, 1923 in Quincy, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. She sewed her own wedding dress.

Children of Ralph and Ruth:
R W Burns and Ralph L Burns.

Daughter of Clarence Howard Leonard and Anna Frances Neal.

Ruth graduated as valedictorian of Marshfield High School's class of 1920. Her father Clarence had to support his mother and sister as a young man and could not attend college; it was his dream to help his children get into and through college. His three daughters Grace, Mabel, and Ruth all received teaching degrees.

After graduating from State Normal School in Framingham, Massachusetts, Ruth received a teaching degree. She worked out of Uxbridge, Massachusetts for a short time.

Ruth married Ralph Martin Burns on May 10th, 1923 in Quincy, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. She sewed her own wedding dress.

Children of Ralph and Ruth:
R W Burns and Ralph L Burns.



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  • Created by: Cupid Tea
  • Added: Jun 29, 2010
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/54301447/ruth_eleanor-burns: accessed ), memorial page for Ruth Eleanor Leonard Burns (2 Feb 1902–22 Feb 1955), Find a Grave Memorial ID 54301447, citing Woodlawn Cemetery, Wellesley, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA; Maintained by Cupid Tea (contributor 47238992).