Amelia Ruff ^{2 3 4 5}

  Notes:

Amelia was a member of Rebekah Lodge no. 309 (Arkansas City, Cowley Co.)
The family bible spells her name Ruf.

  Details of her life include:

• She appeared on the census in 1860 in Nashville-Fifth Ward, Davidson County, Tennessee
Enumerated with RUFF, JESSEE (1860 U.S. Census) Age: 33, Male, Race: WHITE, Born: GERM occupation Tailor
Johanna 31 F wife born Germany
Amelia 3/12 F born TN
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• She appeared on the 1870 U. S. Federal census in Emporia - Ward 3, Lyon County, Kansas
In the household of Joseph Ruff,
Emely, f 10, b. Tennessee
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• She appeared on the 1880 U. S. Fedreal census in Commerce, Scott County, Missouri
In the household of Johanna Ruff
Amelia Ruff


²

• Moved: to Kansas, 1883. with Anna, and later she worked for a family named Simpson in Oklahoma.

• She appeared on the 1 Mar 1895 Kansas State census in Otto P.O. - Great Twsp, Cowley County, Kansas
In the household of O. H. Magnus
Magnus, A, FW, 34, Tenn

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• She appeared on the 1900 U. S. Federal census in Grant Twshps, Cowley County , Kansas
Enumerated with H. Oscar Magnus (Oscar Herman Magnus) family # 101
Amelia,wife, b. Mar or May 1860, F,40,married 12 years, 6 children, born in Tennessee, parents born in Germany.


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• She appeared on the 1 Mar 1905 Kansas State census in Otto P.O. - Great Twsp, Cowley County, Kansas
In the household of O. H. Magnus,
- Amelia, 45, FW
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• She appeared on the census in 1910 in Grant Twshps, Cowley County , Kansas
Amelia Magnus Head of Household F 50, 7 children can read and write owns her farm. 80 acers.
Frank . son 20
Mary , daughter 18
Winnie, daughter 17
Herman, son, 11
Anna daughter 8, b. Kansas ¹³

• Fire: at the home of Amelia Magnus. Article covering the fire at the home of Amelia Magnus
Farm House Burns
Home of Amelia Magnus of East of the City is a Total Loss.
The farm house of Mrs Amelia Magnus who resides about 18 miles East of the City near Otto, was destroyed by fire last night. The fire is said to have been caused by the explosion of a lamp. The house was a totla loss. The house-hold goods of Britton Head, who resided in the house, were also destroyed. Both Mrs Magnus and Mr Head carried insurance on their property with the Gould Insurance Agency of this city.

• Death certificate: Texas number 12809, 18 Mar 1941, Pampa, Gray County, Texas. Texas State Department of Health
Bureau of Vital Statistics , Standard Certificate of Death
Amelia Ruff Magnus
Place of Death, route 2, Pampa, Gray County, Texas
Female White Widowed, DOD March 17, 1941 8:00pm
husband O. H. Magnus , cause of death "Generalized Orteniosclerosis ;Terminal bronchial pnuemonia
DOB March 26 1860, Age at death 80 yr, 11 mos, 17 days,
Retired Housewife
Birth place Nashville , Tennessee
Father: ___ Ruff, Birthpalce Germany
Mother:Maiden name Unknown, birthplace Germany
Informant: W. B. Martin, Rt 2, Pampa , Texas
Burial: Cedarvale , Kansas, 3-20-1941

• Tombstone photo Maple City - Maple City Cemetery - North Sec. Row 2, Cowley County , Kansas
Mother- on book on top of stone.
At Rest
Amelia Magnus
Mar.26 ,1860
Mar. 17,1941
MAGNUS
There is a Lodge insignia inscribed in the stone. ⁶

• Maple City Cemetery Photo
A view from the graves of Oscar and Amelia towards the back of the cemetery.
photo by Lynn Leonard

Amelia married Smith.

Amelia next married Oscar Herman Magnus, son of Johann "John" Daniel Magnus and Francisca Bertinetti, in 1888.¹ (Oscar Herman Magnus was born on 23 Mar 1863 in Stettin, , , Germany ^{7 9 14 15 16 17}, christened on 16 Jul 1870 in St Gertrud, Stettin Stadt, Pommern, Preussen,^{18 19} died on 14 Jul 1907 in , , Kansas ^{7 9 16 17 20} and was buried in Maple City - Maple City Cemetery - North Sec. Row 2, Cowley County , Kansas ⁹.)