Barbara Banks

Irene - who was never called Ruth, as that was her mother's name - was a tall, funny but shy young girl. She was an only child who longed to have a big brother. As an army brat, she moved constantly and had trouble making friends. She was born in a naval hospital after her pregnant mother barely made it to shore, having sailed from the Philippines where her husband was a Marine lawyer. In her first few years, Irene lived in SC, GA, Washington DC, Omaha NE, Hawaii, China and the Philippines. She and her mother were evacuated from the PI just before the Japanese invaded, and they went to live with her mother's parents in Yonkers NY, where she lived from age 11 until after she graduated college (she was a day student at College of Mount Saint Vincent in the Bronx.

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Cyril Quentin Marron 1901 - Dec 15, 1944

My grandfather "Bud" was the youngest of 10 children, born a twin, His twin sister, Zenobia Irene, died at age 2. He was born in Colorado, attended West Point USMC Academy and George Washington Law School. He married Ruth Elizabeth Schumacher in 1926. Their only child was my mother, Ruth Irene Marron Stearns. Bud was taken prisoner of war by the Japanese at the outset of WWII. He died aboard the Oryku Maru "Hell Ship" which was bombed by the USAF while transporting prisoners.

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Herbert Allen Schumacher born 1906

My grandmother's only sibling, her younger brother Herbert, was a fire inspector for the city of Columbus OH. He was married to Carolyn. He died in the 1950s. He had no children.

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Ruth Singer Feb 12, 1903 - Nov 2, 1999 Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

My grandmother Ruth was a vibrant, social and stimulating woman. She had only one child, my mother, in 1927, with her first husband, Lt. Col. Cyril Q. Marron, who died in WWII. Her 2nd marriage to Frank Singer Sr was in 1949.

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Ruth Schumacher & Charles Baker, 1904

My grandmother, Ruth Elizabeth Schumacher (later Marron, later Singer) as a small child, with a photo of her paternal grandfather, Charles Baker Schumacher, mayor of Galion OH.
My grandmother was born in 1903.

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John and Mary Ann (Crowley) Marron, Denver CO

My greatgrandparents, John Joseph Marron and Mary Ann Crowley Marron, of Colorado. They were the parents of John Alexander, Urban Sebastian, Ethel (Wiley), Florence (Ginn), Capt. Adrian Raphael USN, Adeline (Reddick), Capt. Raymond Virgil USCG, Bernice (Lebhardt), Lt. Col. Cyril Quentin USMC (my grandfather) and Zenobia Irene, his twin who died at age 2. John Joseph was the son of Alexander Marron who immigrated from Cork County, Ireland and is buried in Iowa.
People in photo include: John Joseph Marron and Mary Ann (Crowley) Marron

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Ruth Elizabeth Schumacher born Feb 12, 1903

Ruth Elizabeth Schumacher was born on February 12, 1903. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Ruth Elizabeth Schumacher .

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Charles Baker Schumacher

Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Charles Baker Schumacher.

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