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Wilhemina Charlotte Christine (Mueller) Ruge (abt. 1835 - 1928)

Wilhemina Charlotte Christine Ruge formerly Mueller
Born about in Prussiamap
Daughter of and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of — married 1859 [location unknown]
Descendants descendants
Died at about age 93 in Queens, New York, United Statesmap
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Biography

When Wilhemina Charlotte Christine Mueller Ruge was born in 1835 in Bavaria, Germany, her father, George, was 33. She immigrated to America about 1856 and married John Friedrich Ruge in 1859. They had eleven children (eight still alive by 1900),[1][2] nine are known:

  • John G Ruge (1861–)
  • Wilheminia Ruge Doell (1865–1939)
  • Mary Ruge Engels (1866–)
  • Elizabeth Ruge Tate (1868–1956)[3]
  • Willie Ruge (1869–)
  • Dorothea Ruge Jacobs (1871–1931)
  • Otto Ruge (1873–1964)
  • Martha Ruge Lee (1876–)
  • Louis Ernest Ruge (1878–1924)[4]

John died on June 16, 1901 and Wilhemina died on July 26, 1928, in Queens, New York,[5] at the age of 93.[6]

Sources

  1. Year: 1900; Census Place: Brooklyn Ward 26, Kings, New York; Page: 19; Enumeration District: 0472; FHL microfilm: 1241064
  2. Year: 1910; Census Place: Brooklyn Ward 26, Kings, New York; Roll: T624_979; Page: 22A; Enumeration District: 0969; FHL microfilm: 1374992
  3. U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007; child: Elizabeth Ruge Tate
  4. Pennsylvania, Marriages, 1852-1968; child: Louis E. Ruge to Cora A. Herring on 23 Dec 1919 in Allentown, Lehigh, Pennsylvania
  5. New York, New York, Death Index, 1862-1948; Wilhelmina Ruge, age 92. Certificate Number 4703
  6. https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/25049029/person/1624482247/facts
  • Year: 1860; Census Place: Brooklyn Ward 13 District 1, Kings, New York; Roll: ; Page: 642; Image: 2.
  • Year: 1870; Census Place: Brooklyn Ward 13, Kings, New York; Roll: M593_954; Page: 586B; Family History Library Film: 552453
  • Year: 1880; Census Place: Brooklyn, Kings, New York; Roll: 847; Page: 7B; Enumeration District: 105
  • New York, Wills and Probate Records, 1659-1999; Wilhelmina Ruge, Probate Date 19 Feb 1929, Probate Place: Queens, New York




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