1897 Birth:930 Birth date of April 1897 taken from information given in the 1900 census enumeration. Ruth's birth place given as Illinois in 1900 census and as Ohio in subsequent enumerations.

1900 U.S. Census:930 Ruth enumerated in the household of her father George J. Cannady at 5714 Lowe Street in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois as a daughter, white, female, Apr. 1897, age 3, single, born in Illinois, father born in Indiana, mother born in Illinois.

1910 U.S. Census:949 Ruth enumerated in the household of her father George J. Cannady at 722 Thirty Fifth Street in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois as a daughter, female, white, 13, single, born in Ohio, father born in Indiana, mother born in Illinois, can speak English, can read and write, attended school within the year. Also residing in the household were mother Mary Ryder and siblings Helen, Chester, William, Walter, and George Jr. as well as maternal grandfather Andrew Ryder.

1920 U.S. Census:2631 Ruth enumerated in the household of her husband Conrad Schellenberg in the 31st Ward, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois as a wife, female, white, 22, married, can read and write, born in Ohio, father born in Indiana, mother born in Illinois. Also residing in the household were Ruth's three brothers: William, age 23; Walter, age 20; and George, age 12.

1930 U.S. Census:2630 Ruth enumerated in the household of her husband Conrad Schellenberg at 854 West 80th Street in Los Angeles County, California as a wife, female, white, 33, male, first married at age 19, can read and write, born in Ohio, father born in Indiana, mother born in Illinois.