Hilda Florence Berry Hodges
Born: 15 January 1896, French River, Ontario, Canada
Died 30 March 1976, Santa Fe County, New Mexico
Burial Site: SFNC X O 508
Hilda Florence Berry served as a nurse with the U.S. Army Nurse Corps in World War I from 2 November 1918 to 2 August 1919. She was stationed at a hospital in New York.[i] Hilda was born in Ontario Canada and married her husband James Arthur Hodes 26 June 1923 in Ontario[ii]; however, following their marriage they moved to Baltimore, Maryland. Hilda became a naturalized citizen of the United States on May 5, 1943. At that time, she and James were living in Baltimore with their two children.[iii] She died in Santa Fe, New Mexico but had been a long-time resident of White Rock, New Mexico prior to her death on 30 March 1976.[iv] Her husband James, who died 1972, had also served in World War I and is buried with his wife at the Santa Fe National Cemetery.[v]
Notes:
[i] WWI Army Nurse Cards 1917-1919
[ii] Archives of Ontario; Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Registrations of Marriages, 1869-1928; Reel: 654, from Ancestry.com
[iii] The National Archives at Philadelphia; Philadelphia, Pa; Petitions For Naturalization, 1903-1972; NAI Number: 654310; Record Group Title: Records of District Courts of the United States, 1685-2009; Record Group Number: 21 from Ancestry.com
[iv] Santa Fe New Mexican, 31 March 1976, page 22
[v] https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/3870940/james-arthur-hodges
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