Florence (Engram) Ruffins (1879 - 1938)

Born 31 Aug 1879 in De Kalb, Bowie, Texas, United States

Wife of Weldon Ruffins — married about 19 Jun 1897 in Boston, Bowie, Texas, United States

Descendants

Died 28 May 1938 at age 58 in Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas, United States

Biography

Florence (Engram) Ruffins is a part of US Black heritage.

Florence Ruffins was interviewed in Fort Worth, Texas about 1937.

All that the interviewer recorded of Florence's story was her ghost or spirit stories. She did mention her mammy and pappy in slavery times.

Interview: Florence Ruffin was interviewed in Fort Worth, Texas as part of the Federal Writer's Project of the Works Progress Administration (WPA). The results are made available by the Library of Congress. ^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ [1] Library of Congress - WPA - Slave Narrative - Florence Ruffin - Vol. 16, Part 3, Texas, pages 268-269, images 274-275 of 275.

• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M32Y-RMV : accessed 5 November 2021), Australia Ruffian in household of Wildon Ruffian, Commissioner's Precinct 3 (north of T.& P. R.R.& east of Dekalb/Red River rd.), Bowie, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 9, sheet 3A, family 46, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,613.

• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:HVKV-HPZ : accessed 5 November 2021), Florence Ruffins, Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 21, sheet 36A, line 22, family 368, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2393; FHL microfilm 2,342,127.

• "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K3M7-M6J : 20 February 2021), Florence Ruffins, 28 May 1938; citing certificate number 25301, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,117,695.

Daughter's death record names parents: "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K3SR-11Q : 20 February 2021), Welden Ruffin in entry for Lu Ella Ruffin, 17 Feb 1919; citing certificate number 8232, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,073,561.

Son's death record names parents: "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K373-1YD : 20 February 2021), Weldon Ruffins in entry for Jerry Ruffins, 26 Jan 1956; citing certificate number 4679, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,114,627.

For further research

This marriage for a Weldon Ruffin and a Florence Wisener is in the right place at the right time for this Florence. "Texas, County Marriage Records, 1837-1965," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2ZB-NCPF : 12 March 2020), Welden Ruffin and Florence Wisener, 19 Jun 1897; citing Marriage, citing Boston, Bowie, Texas, United States, Texas State Library, Archives Division, and various Texas county clerks; FHL microfilm 1,839,644. [No image of the source can be viewed at this time.]