• Born: 1885, Isle of Wight, Hampshire, England
• Marriage (1): Norman Alfonzo COOPER on 17 March 1910 in Tasmania, Australia ^{1 2}
• Died: 1971, Oakleigh, Victoria, Australia at age 86

   Another name for Ruby was Ruby COOPER.

  Recorded Events in Her Life

• Parents: James Nation and Lavinia Sweetingham.

Ruby married Norman Alfonzo COOPER, son of John Thomas COOPER and Amelia WOODHALL, on 17 March 1910 in Tasmania, Australia.^{1 2} The marriage ended in divorce in 1941. (Norman Alfonzo COOPER was born on 7 February 1886 in Hobart, Tasmania, died on 23 May 1974 in New Town, Tasmania, Australia ^{3 4} and was cremated on 11 December 1975 in Cornelian Bay, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia.)

  Recorded Events about their Marriage

• Amelia was featured in an article published in the newspaper on The Mercury on 4 February 1941 in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia.
  
  Cooper v. Cooper
  
  Ruby Cooper, Elizabeth St., Hobart, sought a divorce from Norman Alfonso Cooper on the ground of adultery. Mr. S. C. Burbury (Simmons, Wolfhagen. Simmons, and Walch) appeared for the petitioner.
  
  The petitioner said she married in 1910. There were four children. She became concerned about her husband's health, and pressed him for a reason for his trouble. He admitted having met another woman. She had not lived with him for some time.
  
  Constance Joyce Amelia Cooper, daughter of the petitioner, said she asked her father if he were guilty of adultery. He did not say "yes" or "no." When she asked if it would be possible for her mother and him to live together again, he said "no."
  
  A decree nisi was granted.