John Fred Ruth

Male27 August 1877–19 February 1951

Brief Life History of John Fred

John Fred Ruth was born on 27 August 1877, in Germany. He had at least 1 son and 1 daughter with Martha Elizabeth Braun. He lived in Amherst, Lorain, Ohio, United States for about 10 years. He died on 19 February 1951, in Toledo, Lucas, Ohio, United States, at the age of 73, and was buried in Amherst, Lorain, Ohio, United States.

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Family Time Line

John Fred Ruth
1877–1951
Martha Elizabeth Braun
1885–1944
Helen Marie Ruth
1909–
Philip G. Ruth
1911–1994

Sources (7)

  • John F Ruth, "United States Census, 1930"
  • John Fred Ruth, "United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942"
  • Fred John Ruth, "Find A Grave Index"

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Children (2)

World Events (8)

1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield

Age 4

Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.

1890

Age 13

Young William (Wilhelm) II dismisses Bismarck.

1898 · War with the Spanish

Age 21

After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.

Name Meaning

German: from a short form of any of several ancient Germanic personal names formed with hrōd ‘renown’ (see Rode ).

(Rüth): habitational name from a place so named near Euskirchen in Rhineland.

English: from Middle English reuth(e) ‘pity’, a nickname perhaps for a charitable person or for a pitiable one. The personal name Ruth was little used in England in the Middle Ages among non-Jews, and is unlikely to have had any influence on the surname.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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