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Albert Ruf

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Trier, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Death: April 04, 1912 (81)
Williamstown, Wood County, West Virginia, United States
Place of Burial: Williamstown, Wood County, West Virginia, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of Mathias Joseph Ruf and Angela Ruf
Husband of Caroline Friederike Ruf
Father of Alfred G. Ruf; Amelia Emile Strauss; Florence Elizabeth Spies; Rachel Ruf; Edward Mathias Ruf and 3 others
Brother of Anna Maria Strouvelle and Edward Ruf

Occupation: Tanner
Managed by: Larry Kenyon
Last Updated:

About Albert Ruf

He was born in Trier, Prussia and emigrated to the USA in 1854. He married Caroline Froeschle in 1857, Dayton, OH. He was a tanner and resided in Ohio until about 1870 when he settled in Williamstown WV and established a tannery. While still in Germany he was a member of the kaiser's bodyguard.

[SETTLERS & BUILDERS OF OHIO, The Ohio Genealogical Society]

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Albert Ruf's Timeline

1830
August 15, 1830
Trier, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
1857
July 8, 1857
Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States
1858
October 2, 1858
Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States
1861
February 17, 1861
Athens County, Ohio, United States
1862
December 13, 1862
Athens County, Ohio, United States
1864
March 21, 1864
Athens County, Ohio, United States
1866
March 27, 1866
Meigs County, Ohio, United States
1867
December 14, 1867
Meigs County, Ohio, United States
1871
July 15, 1871
Marietta, Washington County, Ohio, United States
1912
April 4, 1912
Age 81
Williamstown, Wood County, West Virginia, United States