Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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John Ruff and Rebecca Allbough




Husband John Ruff 1 2 3 4

           Born: 1793 - Mt. Pleasant Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA 1 5
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           Died: Nov 1847 1 5
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         Father: Anthony Ruff (1773-1856) 2 6
         Mother: Elizabeth Ruff (Abt 1774-1857) 2 3


       Marriage: 



Wife Rebecca Allbough 1

            AKA: Rebecca Albauch,5 Rebecca Albaugh,7 Rebecca Allabaugh 8
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           Died: Aug 1873 1
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         Father: Zachariah Albauch (      -      ) 5
         Mother: 




Children
1 F Matilda Ruff 4 5 9

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         Spouse: Andrew Jackson Null (1822-1866) 4 5 9 10


2 M Jacob Ruff 5

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           Died: 1901 5
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3 M Samuel Ruff 1 3 11 12




           Born: 28 Mar 1825 - Mt. Pleasant Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA 1 5
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         Spouse: Sybilla Rugh (      -      ) 5
           Marr: 24 Feb 1852 - near Greensburg, Westmoreland Co, PA 5 13


4 M John Ruff 5

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           Died: Bef 1918
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5 M Anthony Ruff 5

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6 F Elizabeth Ruff 5 8

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         Spouse: Henry Clemens Harrold (1831-      ) 14
           Marr: 4 Jun 1867 8


7 F Rebecca Jane Ruff 5

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         Spouse: Michael Bortz (      -      ) 5


8 F Amelia Ruff 5

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         Spouse: Daniel Klein (      -      ) 5


9 U [Infant] Ruff 5

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           Died: in infancy
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General Notes: Husband - John Ruff


He removed [from Mt. Pleasant township?] to Hempfield township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, in 1838 and was engaged in farming as long as he lived.

He and his family were members of the Lutheran church in that region.


General Notes: Wife - Rebecca Allbough


He father was a native of Germany. After emigrating to Pennsylvania he settled in Westmoreland County but soon removed to Ohio where he died at the remarkable age of 106 years.

She was one of the early members of Zion Evangelical Lutheran church at Greensburg, Pennsylvania.

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Sources


1 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 690.

2 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 311.

3 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 745.

4 George P. Donehoo, Pennsylvania - A History (SW) (New York, NY; Chicago, IL: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1926), Pg 94.

5 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 746.

6 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 538, 745.

7 Compiler's Speculation.

8 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 607.

9 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 259.

10 George Dallas Albert, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 366.

11 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 596.

12 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 519.

13 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 693.

14 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 606.


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