American AcornsRecords and documents: Ruth Joyce Kelso Clarkson
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Source: U.S. Department of State passport application (NARA M1490), via Ancestry.
How it is shown: Complete page as supplied; no crop, no retouch, no search highlight.
Keep in mind: Confirmed as her own sworn statement. Her age differs across records (1910 census 42; 1912 46; 1935 certificate 69) and the discrepancies are kept.
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Evidence for: 1940 U.S. census, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, household of Herbert S. Clarkson · the original at FamilySearch
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Record: 1930 United States Federal Census
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Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 1940 census (NARA T627, roll 1006), via Ancestry
How it is shown: Complete page as held in the registry; no crop, no retouch.
Keep in mind: What the page says: household 338, lines 38-40; Herbert S. Clarkson is the informant and head, renting at $145 a month, 49, born Texas, 'Colonel, U.S. Army'; Ruth, wife, 48, housework, born Texas; Herbert K., son, 23, single, in school, born Texas; the 1935 residence column gives Fort Sill, Oklahoma, for the parents and Austin, Texas, for the son (a stated earlier residence, not an enumeration there). The street 'East Delaware Place' is read; house number 230 is Likely. Whether these are our people: Likely, from names, ages and birthplaces; the registry tags Ruth Joyce Kelso Clarkson, Herbert Slayden Clarkson and Herbert Kelso Clarkson, who are all deceased. The rest of the sheet lists unrelated households and is not described.
Record: 1940 United States Federal Census
Record: 1940 United States Federal Census
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Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 1950 census (NARA, roll 4164), via Ancestry
How it is shown: Complete page as held in the registry; no crop, no retouch.
Keep in mind: What the page says: Clarkson, Herbert S., head, 59, married, born Texas; Ruth K., wife, 58, married, born Texas, keeping house. The street is Park Drive and the house number is read as 314 (Likely). The sample-line questions on this sheet belong to line 6 (Ruth), not to Herbert. Whether these are our people: Likely, from names, ages and birthplaces and the continuity from the 1940 Chicago household; both tagged people (Ruth Joyce Kelso Clarkson and Herbert Slayden Clarkson) are deceased. The other households on the sheet are not described.
Record: 1950 United States Federal Census
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Record: New York, Passenger Lists, 1820-1957
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Source: Find a Grave, memorial 106198363, photo added by J Fay, 4 Mar 2013; accessed 7 Oct 2026.
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Record: Texas, U.S., Birth Certificates, 1903-1932
Record: Texas, U.S., Birth Certificates, 1903-1932
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Record: Texas, U.S., Death Certificates, 1903-1982
Record: Texas, U.S., Death Certificates, 1903-1982
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Record: U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989
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Source: U.S. Department of State passport applications (NARA M1490, roll 2302), via Ancestry
How it is shown: Displayed as the crop of the typed statements; the applicant's photograph and the transfer sheet on the left page are not shown.
Keep in mind: What the page says: sworn 8 June 1923 before D. H. Hart, Clerk, U.S. District Court; 'accompanied by my son, Herbert Kelso Clarkson, six years old' (the word 'seven' is struck out); 'I am the wife of Major Herbert S. Clarkson, U.S. Field Artillery'; 'lawfully married September 18, 1913, at San Antonio'; born San Marcos, Texas, 2 Nov 1891; permanent residence San Antonio; housewife; countries France, Italy, Belgium, Spain, Switzerland; purpose 'Travel and Study'. Whether this is our person: Confirmed in the R10 return by name, birthplace, the son's age and the 107 W. Craig address that match the 1916 birth certificate and the 1923 passenger list; the tagged person is Ruth Joyce Kelso Clarkson (1891-1973). The page's birth year agrees with the tree (the passenger list says 1892).
Record: U.S., Passport Applications, 1795-1925
Record: U.S., Passport Applications, 1795-1925
Record: U.S. Passport Applications, 1795-1925
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Record: U.S., School Yearbooks, 1900-2016
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