Herman Rucks (1879 - 1967)

Born 26 Nov 1879 in Pomerania, Prussia, German Empire

Died 19 Aug 1967 at age 87 in Madison, Dane, Wisconsin, United States

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Biography

Herman Rucks was born in Pomerania on 26 Aug 1879. His family left Rützenhagen for Bremen where they departed for the United States in 1882. They settled in Rock County, Wisconsin farming in Albion Township in rural Dane County.^[1] He married Amelia Klemp on 01 Jan 1903. They lived in Albion on the family farm.^[2][3][4][5] Herman died at Colonial Manor Nursing Home in Madison 19 August 1967^[6] and he was buried in Fassett Cemetery.^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ 1900 US Census: "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMK4-5ZZ : accessed 7 April 2023), Henry H Rucks in household of August F Rucks, Albion town, Dane, Wisconsin, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 29, sheet 6B, family 123, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,782.
2. ↑ 1910 US Census: "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MPJP-VY6 : accessed 7 April 2023), Herman H Rucks, Albion, Dane, Wisconsin, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 36, sheet 4A, family 79, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1708; FHL microfilm 1,375,721.
3. ↑ 1920 US Census: "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFV3-3HG : 4 February 2021), Herman H Rucks, 1920.
4. ↑ 1930 US Census: "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X931-Q2G : accessed 7 April 2023), Herman Rucks, Albion, Dane, Wisconsin, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 1, sheet 4A, line 36, family 85, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2566; FHL microfilm 2,342,300.
5. ↑ 1950 US Census: "United States 1950 Census", database, FamilySearch (ark:/61903/1:1:6F9C-X6TP : Sun Jan 29 13:40:32 UTC 2023), Entry for Herman H Rucks and Amelia A Rucks, 10 April 1950.
6. ↑ Death: "Wisconsin, U.S., Death Records, 1959-2004"
   Wisconsin Department of Health Services; Madison, Wisconsin; Wisconsin Death Records, 1959-1978
   Ancestry Record 61483 #511976 (accessed 9 September 2023)
   Herman Rucks death 19 Aug 1967 in Dane, Wisconsin, USA.
7. ↑ Burial: Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/115159705/herman-rucks: accessed 07 April 2023), memorial page for Herman Rucks (1879–1967), Find A Grave: Memorial #115159705, citing Fassett Cemetery, Edgerton, Rock County, Wisconsin, USA; Maintained by bonnie carroll (contributor 47372741).