This is the Family Register of Albert Ruf (1830-1912) and his wife, Caroline Froeschle Ruf (1833-1903) of Williamstown WV. This was given to me by Casper Albert Ruf, their grandson, of Parkersburg WV. Casper said Albert Ruf wrote this out for him when he was a boy.
FAMILY REGISTER OF ALBERT RUF AND WIFE, CAROLINE RUF:
PARENTS:
ALBERT RUF, Aug 15, 1830, born Trier, Kingdom of Prussia
(Germany). Landed at New York, May 15, 1854.
CAROLINE FROESCHLE, born at Rothenberg, kingd. of Wurtemberg
(Germany) November 23, 1833. Landed at Newark, May 18, 1854.
Married at Dayton, Ohio, 1856.
CHILDREN BORN:
ALFRED--July 8, 1857 at Dayton, O.
AMELIA--Oct 2, 1858 at Dayton, O.
FLORA--Febr 17, 1861 at Athens, O.
RACHEL--December 13, 1862 at Athens County, O.
EDWARD--March 21, 1864 at Athens Co.
JULIUS--March 27, 1866 at Meigs Co., O
HENRY--December 14, 1867 at Meigs Co., O.
LUCY--July 23, 1871 at Marietta, O.
MARRIAGES OF THE CHILDREN:
AMELIA to Charles STRAUSS--Januar 30, 1884
FLORA to Casper SPIES--July 28, 1883
EDWARD to Sallie BRADLEY--Sept 4, 1889
JULIUS to Belle JAMES--Sept 9, 1894
HENRY to Minnie ARCHER--December 11, 1895
ALBERT RUF'S FAMILY DEATHS:
ALFRED--died Nov 6, 1885 at Williamstown, W. Va.
LUCY--died Aug 21, 1900 at Pasadena, Cal.
RACHEL--November 1, 1903 at Hot Springs, Arizona
CAROLINE, Mother--June 30, 1903 at Williamstown, W. Va.
EDWARD--Januar 20, 1907 at Williamstown, W. Va.
ALBERT, Father--Williamstown, W. Va. (in different handwriting)
HENRY--December 12, 1922, Parkersburg, W. Va.
(Caroline was actually born at Rotenberg, Wuerttemberg and she was married to Albert on January 13, 1857, Dayton OH, recorded Vol C. p 482, Probate Court Records, Dayton, Montgomery Co., OH; She arrived in New York City on May 8, 1854 on the boat the "Hemisphere" from LeHavre, see "Germans to America, 7 May 1854 - Aug 1854" Glazier & Filby, c1988, p 11.)
2 comments:
I thought Henry C. Ruf died in 1919. It says here that he died in '22. Wonder which is right? I always thought Henry L. Ruf quit school in 10th grade, after his father's death, to help support the family. Being born in 1904, that would make him about 15 yrs old in 1919.
Death record and obituary for Henry Conrad Ruf are in 1922. Most people in those days did not graduate from high school and went to work to help bring in money for the family. I believe Irene was the only child to graduate from high school in her family.
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