Brief Life History of Gertrude
When Gertrude Rue was born on 25 May 1845, in Pine Creek Township, Ogle, Illinois, United States, her father, Paul Ruhe, was 36 and her mother, Marie Ursula Shuler, was 30. She married John Sylvester Stout on 25 June 1862, in Cedarville, Stephenson, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Oxford Mills, Jones, Iowa, United States in 1880 and Oxford Junction, Jones, Iowa, United States in 1885. She died on 16 January 1885, in Oxford Township, Jones, Iowa, United States, at the age of 39, and was buried in Mayflower Cemetery, Jones, Iowa, United States.
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Sources (12)
- Gertrude Stout in household of John Stout, "Iowa State Census, 1885"
- Gertrude Rythe in entry for Wilson Franklin Stout, "Iowa, Death Records, 1904-1951"
- Gertrude Stout in household of J S Stout, "United States Census, 1870"
Spouse and Children
1841–1921 Male
1845–1885 Female
Children (12)
1863–1937 Male
1864–1950 Male
1866–1936 Male
1868–1869 Male
1868– Male
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Parents and Siblings
1809–1876 Male
1815–1892 Female
Siblings (5)
1839–1923 Male
1842–1915 Female
1842– Male
1842– Male
1845–1885 Female
World Events (8)
1846
Age 1
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1861
Age 16
Name Meaning
French: topographic name for someone who lived beside a road, track, or pathway, Old French rue (from Latin ruga ‘crease, fold’).
Shortened form of American French Larue 2, itself an altered form of French Leroux .
English: from Middle English rew (Old English rāw) ‘row’. The surname may be topographic, signifying someone who lived by a hedgerow or in a row of houses in a street, or habitational, from a place so named, such as Rewe (Devon), Rew Farm in Rockbeare (Devon), and Rew in Malborough (Devon). See also Rawe 1 and Rowe .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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