Ruth Yvonne Olive KNIGHT / CLAPP

Born 27 June 1918 ^{[81: 1-Jun-1930]}
Resided with her uncle and aunt on Forest Vale Farm in Carnamah in 1930^{[81: 1-Jun-1930]}
Forest Vale was the 851 acre Lot 3 of the Inering Estate owned and farmed by Joseph BALMER ^{[3] [81: 21-Aug-1932]}
They had three pets lambs on the farm named Pip, Squeak and Wilfred; and two of the cows were Bonnie and Nugget ^{[81: 1-Jun-1930]}
In May 1930 they had seeds planted in the garden on the farm and were watering them every night as it was still hot ^{[81: 1-Jun-1930]}
Went for a picnic in May 1930 with her friend Ida W. BENTLEY, Ida's younger sister Shirley, her sister and her cousin ^{[81: 1-Jun-1930]}
Wrote a letter into Auntie Kitty, the children's page of The Sunday Times newspaper, which was published on 1 June 1930 ^[81]
In her letter she spoke mostly of the animals on the farm which included a horse named Bill who she rode often ^{[81: 1-Jun-1930]}
Attended the Inering Progress Association's Inering Picnic on BATTY's Farm on Sunday 7 September 1930 ^{[4: 20-Sep-1930]}
     Won the 12-14 year Girls Running Race, won the Skipping Race and with Ida BENTLEY also won the Siamese Race ^[4]
Came 3rd in the 12-14 years Running Race at the Sports Day & Picnic at Centenary Park, Carnamah on 9 October 1930 ^{[4: 18-Oct-1930]}
Married Eric Bruce CLAPP in 1942 ^[66]
Resided of late in the Perth suburb of Kingsley ^[2]
Died 29 May 2010; buried Pinnaroo Valley Memorial Park, Perth WA (Hovia Court, 989) ^[2]

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