Ruel Octavius Andrus (1824 - 1915)

Born 8 May 1824 in Tioga, New York

Ancestors

Husband of Mary Ann (Lomax) Andrus — married about 1849 in Canada West

Husband of Ellen (Burris) Andrews — married 13 Mar 1866 in Kent, Canada West

Husband of Emeline (Stapleton) Andrus — married 23 Oct 1901 in Zone, Kent, Ontario, Canada

Descendants

Died 24 Sep 1915 at age 91 in Chatham, Kent, Ontario, Canada

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Biography

Ruel Andrus was born in New York in 1824. He was the son of Ruel Andrus/Andrews and Betsy Brown. He moved to Canada. He married 1) Mary Ann Lomax around 1849, He married 2) Ellen Burris in Kent County in 1866. He married 3) Emeline Dilzell (nee Stapleton) in Zone in 1901.

Ruel passed away in 1915.

Sources

• family knowledge

• 1861 census Harwich, Kent, Canada West page 72,
  • Rual Andrews Farmer WC WM 38 (1823) male Married;
  • Mary Andrews WC WM 34 female Married;
  • Truman Andrews WC WM 11 male;
  • Abram Andrews WC WM 9 male;
  • Martha Andrews WC WM 5 female;
  • Matilda Andrews WC WM 1 female;
  • Rual Andrews Vermont EM 74 male widower.

• Ontario County Marriage Registers, 1858-1869," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2CB-ZFWL : 2018), Ruel Octavius Andrews and Ellen Burris, 13 Mar 1866; citing Kent, Ontario, Canada, Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 1,030,058.

• 1871 census Harwich, 04, Kent, Ontario Household 68 Page 20,
  • Reed O Andrews M 47 United States English N C Methodist Farmer Married
  • Ellen Andrews F 46 Ontario Irish N C Methodist Married
  • Truman Andrews M 21 Ontario English N C Meth
  • Abram Andrews Male 18 (1853) English N C Meth
  • Martha Andrews F 13 Ontario English N C Meth
  • Matilda Andrews F 11 Ontario English N C Meth
  • Sarah I Andrews F 8 Ontario English N C Meth

• Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZBV-NYJ : 2021), Ruel O Andrus and Emeline Dilzell, 23 Oct 1901; citing registration , Zone, Kent, Ontario, Canada, Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 1,871,083.

• 1901 Census Zone I-2 Bothwell, Ontario, Household 51, Page 4, with son in law Wm Chapman Married Farmer and his Wife Martha Chapman; Andrus R.O. M Father in law Widower May 8 1823 77 USA Immigration 1825 English Methodist Retired

• 1911 census Zone, Kent, Ontario Household 48, page 5,
  • Andrews Ruel O. M Head M May 1824 87 USA Immigration 1827 English Methodist Farmer Retired
  • Andrews Emeline F Wife M Aug 1837 74 Ontario Irish Methodist
  • Delzell? Ruth F Granddaughter S Nov 1904 7 USA Immigration 1905 American Methodist