Researching Ruth Sayre
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![]() | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 13 people with the Sayre surname? In that year Sayre was ranked number 3566 for popularity in the UK. |

The name Ruth means "companion, friend" and is of Hebrew origin.
Records of Ruth Sayre on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Ruth Sayre and the Sayre Family Tree
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Sayre Genealogy that will form part of your family tree. Although records vary from country to country, they are normally the most formal record of a person's relations. From the sources listed below it will be possible to locate a birth record and, from that record, a birth certificate may be obtainable which is likely to list the names of the parents, therefore taking you back another generation. A marriage certificate may also list the names of the respective fathers of the bride and groom which may then help you to find them earlier in life on a census record enabling you to fill out more detail in the Sayre family tree.
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Some Famous People called Ruth Sayre
Ruth Buxton Sayre
Ruth Buxton Sayre (January 25, 1896 – November 23, 1980) was born in Indianola, Iowa, United States. She was the American president of the Associated Country Women of the World, from 1947 until 1952. She was appointed to President Eisenhower’s Agricultural Advisory Committee in 1953. In 1976 she was inducted into the Iowa Women's Hall of Fame. Her papers are held at the State Historical Society of Iowa in Iowa City, Iowa. Her life is chronicled in the book Ruth Buxton Sayre: First Lady of the Farm, by Julie McDonald.
Sayre was an advocate for national and international social organizations with a rural, agricultural focus. Her involvement in the American Farm Bureau Federation began in 1922 and eventually led to an appointment as state chairman in 1930. Sayre also participated in the Rural Welfare Committee of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization and the National Society for Crippled Children and Adults.
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