Caroline Louise Ida /GERISCH GERESCH b. 6 May 1870 Steinbeck/Sternebeck, Germany d. 9 Aug 1944 at home, Wellington, Colorado: Our Family History

1870 - 1944 (74 years)

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Name	Caroline Louise Ida /GERISCH GERESCH [1, 2]
Birth	6 May 1870	Steinbeck/Sternebeck, Germany [3]
Baptism	22 May 1870	Sternebeck, Germany [1, 3]
	Reverend E. F. Wendt officated
Gender	Female
HIST	entered the United States in 1902 Ida and Karl became naturalized American citizens in 1912 Notes- Ruth Lahmann Miller’s recollection of her Grandmother Ruehl: She always made donuts. She kept her eggs in a cave. * Grandma had big hats. * She flopped and whipped her dough very fast. * The well was by the house and they had to dip the water out of it. They lived in a wood house, not insulated, it was two bedrooms and a kitchen. When the Lahmann family went to visit they carried their mattress on top of their car. [4]
Occupation	homesteaded, with husband, from 1907 in Wellington, Colorado
Religion	Lutheran Church [3]
_UID	4F5D8688D0DC4BB29FF40E04DFBFBDD83B1A
Death	9 Aug 1944	at home, Wellington, Colorado [1]
Burial	14 Aug 1944 2:30 P.M.	Grandview Cemetery, Section 9, 31 West-Half, Fort Collins, Colorado [3]
	Blythe-Hollowell Mortuary
Person ID	I17650	Singleton and Related Families
Last Modified	28 Feb 2010

Family Karl Fredrick/Frederick RUEHL, Sr., b. 29 Mar 1866, Falkenberg, Germany d. 13 Jun 1946, Wellington, Colorado (Age 80 years)

Marriage 1 Nov 1891 Freienwalde on der Odor, Germany [1]

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Children

	1. Louise Augusta RUEHL, b. 29 Apr 1892, Freienwalde on der Oder, Germany d. 8 Nov 1953, Fremont, Dodge County, Nebraska (Age 61 years)
	2. Martha Ida Sophie RUEHL, b. 28 Dec 1893, Freienwalde on der Odor, Germany d. 27 Feb 1962, Fremont, Dodge County, Nebraska (Age 68 years)
	3. Anna Bertha “Bertha” RUEHL, b. 6 Nov 1895, Freienwalde on der Odor or Brandenberg, Germany d. 29 Oct 1980, West Point Nursing Home, West Point, Cuming County, Nebraska (Age 84 years)
	4. Helen Emma RUEHL, b. 15 Apr 1897, Freienwalde on der Odor, Germany d. 24 Oct 1897, Freienwalde on der Odor, Germany (Age 0 years)
	5. Ludwig Fredrick Karl RUEHL, Jr., b. 23 Jul 1898, Freienwalde on der Odor, Germany d. 23 May 1962, Fort Collins, Colorado (Age 63 years)
	6. Fredrick William “Uncle Fred” RUEHL, b. 20 Oct 1904, Timnath, Laramie County, Colorado d. 6 Jul 1990, at his home in Wellington, Colorado (Age 85 years)
	7. Agnes Helen RUEHL, b. 8 Mar 1908, Wellington, Weld County, Colorado d. 24 Oct 1973, North Hollywood, California (Age 65 years)

Family ID F12512 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 29 Mar 2002

Notes

Funeral information gives Date of Birth as May 6, 1870- it is probably May 5, 1870 Place of birth is probably Sternebeck, Germany- Mrs. Ruehl, 74 Wellington, DIes- Mrs. Caroline Louise Ida Ruehl, 74, died at her home southeast of Wellington last night after a prolonged illness. She was born May 6, 1870, in Steinbeck, Germany, and was married in November, 1891, at Freinolda, Germany. She came to this country in 1902 and was naturalized as an American citizen in 1912 at which time she moved to this vicinity. She was a member of the German Lutheran church. ¶ Survivors include six children; Mrs. Louise Lahmann of Fremont, Nebraska, Mrs. Martha Lahmann and Mrs. Bertha Lahmann of Scribner, Nebraska. Karl Ruehl Jr. and Fred Ruehl of Wellington, (Colorado), and Mrs. Helen Snider of North Hollywood, California; 12 grandchildren and one great grandchild. ¶ Funeral arrangements are being made by the Blythe-Hollowell mortuary.

Karl Ruhl, Ida, Louise, Bertha, Martha, Karl Jr.- left Hamburg, Germany on 26 Jul 1902 and Port of Arrival- Boulogne, (France) Plymouth, (England) and then to New York, and came over on the Pennsylvania. residence is Frienwalde, Brandenburg, and occupation is zimmermann (we think it is a carpenter)- off of Ancestry.com [3, 5]

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