Ruth Pauline Ballou and William Henry Vanderbilt

WILLIAM HENRY VANDERBILT was born December 3, 1886 in Portage, Kalamazoo, Michigan,^{456, 1675} and died April 29, 1952 in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo, Michigan.³⁶⁰⁵ He is buried in Mountain Home Cemetery, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo, Michigan.⁴⁵⁶

He married RUTH PAULINE BALLOU on September 10, 1919 in LaGrange, LaGrange, Indiana,^{2465, 1675} daughter of MAUDE ELIZA SWIHART and PARDON DAVIS BALLOU. She was born July 22, 1894 in LaGrange, LaGrange, Indiana,¹⁶⁷⁵ and died September 6, 1972 in LaGrange County Hospital, LaGrange County, Indiana.^{456, 4931} She is buried in Mountain Home Cemetery, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo, Michigan.^{456, 4931}

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Education

Marriage Announcements and News

LaGrange Democrat-Call, September 10, 1919⁴⁰⁴⁵

TO BE WEDDED TONIGHT

Popular Young People will be United in Marriage at Seven—Thirty O'clock

This evening at 7:30 o'clock at the home of the bride on Michigan street, Miss Ruth Pauline Ballou, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Pardon D. Ballou, will be united in marriage with William H. Vanderbilt, of Kalamazoo, Michigan. The wedding party will consist of Mrs. W. C. Ballou, matron of honor; Miss Kathryn Smith, bridesmaid; Edwin S. Vanderbilt, brother of the groom, best man; Dr. W. C. Ballou and B. Merritt Weaver, ushers; Billy Ballou, the bride's little brother, and Mayre Eleanor Prosius, of Auburn, flower bearers. Just before the ceremony Miss Margaret Gilhams will sing "At Dawning" and "Because" and Miss Lenore Smith will play Mendelssohn's Wedding March. Over 160 guests have been invited to witness the ceremony, which will be performed by Rev. D. C. Truesdale, of Bluffton, a former pastor of the LaGrange Presbyterian church. The full ring service of the Presbyterian church will be used. After the ceremony a two course supper will be served, the decorations being pink and white. The worthy couple will leave some time this evening for Waterloo, Iowa, on their wedding journey, traveling with Mr. and Mrs. Emory W. Loomis.

The bride is one of LaGrange's most exemplary young ladies and is deservedly popular, particularly among the young people. Until recently she held a clerical position in the National Bank of LaGrange and enjoyed the confidence and esteem of her employers. The groom was employed as bookkeeper in the same bank for three years past, and during his employment there he rendered capable and faithful service. He resigned recently to accept the position as bookkeeper in the real estate office of C. B. Hays, of Kalamazoo, Michigan, his former home. They will reside in Kalamazoo.

Fort Wayne News and Sentinel, September 12, 1919²⁴⁶⁸

LAGRANGE, Ind., Sept. 12.—At seven-thirty o'clock at the home of the bride, on North Michigan street, Miss Ruth Ballou, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. P. D. Ballou, was united in marriage to William Vanderbilt, of Kalamazoo, Mich. The wedding party consisted of Mrs. W. C. Ballou, matron of honor; Miss Kathryn Smith, bridesmaid; Edwin Vanderbilt, brother of the groom, best man; Dr. W. C. Ballou and Merritt Weaver, ushers. ust before the ceremony Miss Margaret Gilhams sang "At Dawning" and "Because," and Miss Lenore Smith played the wedding march. Nearly two hundred guests were present to witness the ceremony, which was performed by Rev. D. C. Trusdale, of Bluffton, a former pastor of the Lagrange Presbyterian church. After the ceremony a two course supper was served, the decorations being pink and white. The bride wore a beautiful white satin gown and the groom was dressed in conventional black. The couple left the same evening for Waterloo, Iowa, where they will be guests of Mr. and Mrs. Emory Loomis for a few days, after which they will return to Kalamazoo, Mich., where they will make their home.

Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette, September 13, 1919²⁴⁶⁵

MARRIED AT LAGRANGE.

LAGRANGE, Ind., Sept. 13.—One of the noticeable events of the season was the wedding of Miss Ruth Pauline Ballou, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. P. D. Ballou, and W. H. Vanderbilt of Kalamazoo, Mich, which took place yesterday evening at the home of the bride's parents on West Michigan street. THe ceremony was performed by Rev. D. C. Truesdale of Bluffton, Ind., in the presence of about 150 guests. Mrs. W. C. Ballou was matron of honor and Miss Kathryn Smith bridesmaid. The groom's brother, Edwin S. Vanderbilt, was best man and the ushers were Dr. W. C. Ballou, uncle of the bride, and B. Merritt Weaver. A wedding supper was served immediately after the ceremony. The bride and groom were the recipients of about $400 in wedding presents. At a late hour in the evening they left with two of their guests, Mr. and Mrs. Emory Loomis, for Waterloo, Ia. They will reside in Kalamazoo, where the groom is bookkeeper for C. B. Hays, dealer in real estate.

Newspaper Articles

Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette, July 25, 1907²⁴⁶⁷

Miss Ruth Ballou, daughter of Dr. and P. D. Ballou, left for a visit at Indianapolis. Mrs. Ballou went as far as Fort Wayne with the little lady and from there she will make the trip alone.

Fort Wayne Daily News, August 29, 1914⁴⁰⁰²

Miss Ruth Ballou, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Pardon D. Ballou, graduated from the Tri-State Normal at Angola, Tuesday. Miss Ballou will, this fall, enter Northwestern university.

Obituaries

Sound Bend Tribune, September 7, 1972⁶⁵⁵⁷

Mrs. Ruth Vanderbilt

LAGRANGE — Mrs. Ruth Vanderbilt, 78, of Lagrange, died at 6:40 p.m. Wednesday in Lagrange County Hospital, where she had been a patient a week. She was born on Sept. 22, 1894 in Lagrange. As Ruth Ballou, on Sept. 10, 1919, she was married to William Vanderbilt, who died in April, 1952. Mrs. Vanderbilt and her husband moved from Lagrange to Kalamazoo, in 1920, and Mrs. Vanderbilt returned to Lagrange four months ago. Surviving is a cousin, Mrs. Don Presdorf of Howe.

Services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday in the Joldersma and Klein Funeral Home, Kalamazoo, with burial in Kalamazoo. Friends may call Friday and until time of services Saturday in the funeral home.

Census Records

Date	Location	Enumerated Names
June 4, 19002447	Bloomfield, LaGrange, Indiana	Maude Eliza Swihart Pardon Davis Ballou Ruth Pauline Ballou Paul Davis Ballou
January 2, 19202527	Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo, Michigan	Ruth Pauline Ballou William Henry Vanderbilt
April 2, 19302528	Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo, Michigan	Ruth Pauline Ballou William Henry Vanderbilt
April 10, 19402684	Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo, Michigan	Ruth Pauline Ballou William Henry Vanderbilt
April 8, 19509591	Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo, Michigan	Ruth Pauline Ballou William Henry Vanderbilt