Ruhr Family History
Ruhr Name Meaning
perhaps a habitational name for someone who lived at a place named for the Ruhr river.
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Name Distribution of Ruhr Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Ruhr families
 6 - 9  3 - 5 |
 1 - 2  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
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from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Ruhr census records
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Ruhr Family Origin
Ruhr Immigration Information
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You can find out when most of the Ruhr families immigrated
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Ruhr
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from the Social Security Death Index (SSDI)
Ruhr Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Ruhr census records
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Ruhr Civil War Service Records
Message Board about Ruhr
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| Thread | Author | Replies | |
|---|---|---|---|
| David Ruhr born 1910 in Missouri |  | gorsekgirl1 | 3 |
| Looking for information on these Ruhr brothers | | BarbaraNelson57 | 0 |
| Looking for info for Bernard Ruhr | | ElizabethKorf | 2 |
| Ruhr | | 4 |
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