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Ruth S Mayer
17 July 1936 – 1983
Ruth S. Mayer was born on 17 July 1936, the younger daughter of August William Mayer and Florence Selig, and appears with her sister Joan in the family's household on the censuses of 1940 in Queens and 1950 at Hempstead. She married Howard Graham Jones Jr. and died in 1983, aged about forty-seven.
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Ruth S. Mayer was born on 17 July 1936, the younger daughter of August William Mayer and Florence Selig, and appears with her sister Joan in the family's household on the censuses of 1940 in Queens and 1950 at Hempstead. She married Howard Graham Jones Jr. and died in 1983, aged about forty-seven.
Born at New York City, New York Died at New York
Recorded as: 17 JUL 1936, New York City, New York, USA, 1983, New York
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- Alice Mayer
- William Francis Mayer
- Ruth S Mayer (this person)
- Joan F Mayer
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August Mayer household, 1940 census, Assembly District 2, Queens
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- Her mother was corrected in August 2026 from Florence Selig to **Florence Rose Seelig**, on her parents' marriage record. See finding 117.
- Dates, places, occupations and relationships imported from the 1 August 2026 Geni export require verification against original records.
- [COINCIDENCE, RECORDED NOT CLAIMED] Ruth's great-aunt **Sarah Leah Mayer** had also married a Jones, by 1917. Nothing links the two Jones families and Jones is extremely common; see Sarah Leah Mayer's page.