The Boddington-Ingram Family History

Ruth Anna Verduyn BULLOCK

• Born: 8 Apr 1895, Bangalore (Bengaluru), Karnataka, India
• Marriage (1): John HANSON-RAY circa 1936 in <.. Ceylon (Sri Lanka)>
• Died: Apr 1979, Barnet, Middlesex, England aged 84 ²

Notes:

The youngest of James' and Mary Ann's children, she was named after her grandfather's second wife Anna VERDUIJN and her maternal great-grandmother Ruth Anna, (wife of Joseph Librecht Verduijn). She was familiarly and affectionately known to all as "Aunt V".

Ruth Anna Verduyn Bullock evidently married a John Hanson, Ray or Hanson-Ray in Sri Lanka, (Ceylon) in about 1936, and the couple moved to England in the same year. So far no details of her marriage have been found. However, her husband John was said to have died suddently and tragically shortly after their marriage. There were no children. Ruth evidently returned to India and/or Ceylon and remained there until December 1950 when she left the sub-continent for good on board RMS Circassia, bound for the United Kingdom. The Passenger List shows her as Ruth Anna Hanson-Ray, an unaccompanied widow. Her destination address is given as Hampstead, London.

She is known to have been living in Golder's Green, London in August 1973 under the name of Ruth Anna Verduyn Hanson. She remained a widow for the rest of her life, and died in 1979 in Barnet, Middlesex, England.

Events:

1. She attended the Lawrence Schiool, Lovedale in 1903-1911 in Lovedale, (Ootacamund) Nilgiri Hills, Tamil Nadu, India. ³

2. She travelled from Bombay to Liverpool on board RMS Circassia on 31 Dec 1950. ⁴

3. She resided at 14 The Grove, Golders Green, London NW11 United Kingdom on 11 Aug 1973 in London, England.

Ruth married John HANSON-RAY circa 1936 in <.. Ceylon (Sri Lanka)>. (John HANSON-RAY was born circa 1892 in <.. Ceylon (Sri Lanka)> and died circa 1937 in Middlesborough, Yorkshire, England.)