Marriage of Parents – Philip H. Sanger (19y) & Mary Jenkins (16y) md 14 June 1898, Beaverton, Gladwin co, Michigan

1920 MI CENSUS – Ruth Sanger (2y, b Michigan) enumerated with parents Philip (42y, b Michigan, occupation farmer) and Mary (37y, b Canada, immigrated 1884, naturalized 1901) and 6 siblings, all born in Michigan, Nellie (18y), Violet (16y), Charles (14y), Russell (12y), Grace (8y) and Evalyn (5y)

1930 MI CENSUS – Ruth H.B. Sanger (12y, b Michigan) enumerated with father & stepmother Philip H. (51y, b Michigan, first married at age 19y, occupation farmer) and Leona (29y, b Michigan, first married at age 22y) and 4 half-siblings, all born in Michigan, Helen R. (6y), Irene (5y), Edith A. (3y) and Philip L. (1y)

MARRIAGE – Allen R. Wilton & Ruth B. Sanger, marriage recorded 6 Oct 1933, Jefferson co, Washington

1940 WA CENSUS – Ruth Wilton (22y, b Michigan) enumerated with husband Allen (29y, b Canada, occupation labor) and 2 sons, Earl (5y, b Washington) and Floyd (3y, b Washington); family was living in same house in 1935

OSBH DC (Marion County 1991) #91-11423 - name of spouse, Allen

Ruth B. Wilton, July 18, 1917-June 12, 1991

Ruth B. Wilton, 73, of Salem died Wednesday in Salem. She was born in Saginaw, Mich. In 1942 she came to Salem from California. She was a Marion County deputy sheriff for seven years, retiring in 1971. She married Allen Wilton on Oct 11, 1933; he died in 1987. She enjoyed crocheting and playing bingo. Survivors include her sons, Earl of Salem and Floyd of Klamath Falls; daughters, Linda Welch of Keizer and Dolores Radcliff of Salem; brother, Charles Sanger of Nebraska; 14 grandchildren; and 13 great-grandchildren. Services will begin at 10:30 am Saturday in Howell-Edwards-Doerksen mortuary. Private interment will be in Zena Cemetery, west of Salem.

Statesman Journal, Friday, June 14, 1991

Mother
Ruth B. Wilton
1917 - 1991

Janssen Compilation
Saucy Survey & Photographs
ODI

Michigan Marriage Records (Ancestry.com)

1920 MI CENSUS (Cheboygan co, Maple Grove, ED 129, sheet 8A)

1930 MI CENSUS (Cheboygan co, Maple Grove, ED 18, sheet 1A)

Washington Digital Archives

1940 WA CENSUS (Jefferson co, Hadlock, ED 16-6, sheet 1A)

SJ, 14 June 1991