Emma Ruth Hilbert ^{2 3}

   FamilySearch ID: 9VNS-QCC.

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Census in 1900 in Mount Carmel, Northumberland, PA. ⁵ The 1900 census recorded at 27 Oak Street: Lemi HIlbert, 29, born Feb 1871, living with wife Edith, 26, Oct 1874; daughter Ruth, 3, Sep 1897; and boarder Sophie Bucher [Beecher], 26, Feb 1874. The couple had been married 5 years and given birth to one child. Everyone and their parents were born in Pennsylvania. Next door is Edith's father, Hiram Beecher, with his wife Etta and son William.

2. Census in 1910 in Mount Carmel, Northumberland, PA. ⁶ The 1910 census recorded renting a home at 306 E. Seventh Street: Lewis Helbert, miner, 40, with wife Edith, 33; Ruth E., 13; Grace, 9; Lewis, 8; John, 7; Elsie, 3; and Nellie, 5 months. Everyone and their parents were born in Pennsylvania. Lewis and Edith were married for 15 years and she had birthed 6 children by 1910, all alive that year. Next door at 304 E. Seventh Street was Edith's sister, Sadie Blew, with her husband.

3. Census in 1920 in Fresno, Fresno, CA. ⁸ The 1920 census recorded renting at 304 H Street: George Rogers, sawyer in planing mill, 20, living with wife Ruth, 19; and daughter Philler, 2. Ruth and her parents were born in Pennsylvania; Philler, George and his parents were born in California.

4. Census in 1930 in Visalia, Tulare, CA. ⁹ The 1930 census recorded Ruth Rogers, divorced, 32, born in Pennsylvania, living as a servant within the household of Edwin H. McMurray, farmer, 54, born in New York, and his wife Erna M., 38, born in California. With Ruth are her daughters born in California, Phyllis Rogers, 12, and Grace C. Rogers, 2.

5. Census in 1940 in Hanford, Kings, CA. ¹⁰ The 1940 census recorded at 501 W. Malone St: William Schwarzman, gang forman, 39, living with wife Ruth, 41. He was born in Ohio and she in Pennsylvania. In 1935 they were living in Visalia, California.

6. Residence: Hanford City Directory: Schwarzman Wm F (Ruth E) foreman Southern California Edison h 1277 Mary St. In 1963 in Hanford, Kings, CA. ¹¹

7. Obituary: Fresno Bee The Republican: obituary of Mrs. Ruth Schwarzman on 19 Jun 1968 in Fresno, Fresno, CA. ³ Mrs. Ruth Schwarzman
HANFORD -- Funeral services for Mrs. Ruth Schwarzman, 70, will be held tomorrow at 10 a.m. in the People's Chapel. Burial will be in Hanford Cemetery.
Mrs. Schwarzman died Monday in a local hospital. She wa a native of Pennsylvania and lived here 27 years.
Surviving are her husband, William G. Schwarzman; two daughters, Mrs. Martin A. Myer of Moraga and Mrs. Walter A. Boruch of Bakersfield; three brothers, Louis and James Hilbert of Tulare and John Hilbert of Oregon; four sisters, Mrs. Hubert Moore of Napa, Mrs. Earl Ballinger of Visalia, Mrs. Donald Ireland of Vallejo and Mrs. Arthur Schmidt of Fresno, and three grandchildren.

Emma married George Rogers on 29 Aug 1918 in , Fresno, CA.¹ The marriage ended in divorce before 1930. (George Rogers was born about 1900 in , , CA ^{1 8}.)

Emma next married William G. F. Schwarzman, son of Herman Henry Schwarzman and Katherine Elizabeth Hasemeier. (William G. F. Schwarzman was born on 6 Apr 1901 in Mark Township, Defiance, OH,^{10 12} died on 27 Dec 1969 in , Kern, CA ¹² and was buried in Hanford: Hanford Cemetery, Kings, CA.)