Individual Details

Johann Heinrich "John Henry" Ruewe

(24 Aug 1816 - 2 Jan 1888)

Passport Application - 21 April 1856 for Gerhard Henry Hollenkamp and John H. Rüve.
Louisville, Ky, April 18, 1856
Hon lbe Wm S Massey Secty of State U.S.
Sir enclosed I send you the Naturalization papers of Gerhard Henry Hollenkamp and John H. Rüve, they want to go to Europe and wish to get a Pass each, please send the papers to me, at there request. 12.288 Ch
G. H. Hollenkamp
Stature. five feet 5 inches high, stout build
Forehead middling high
Eyes Gray City of Louisville
Nose Large Jany 17, 1855
Mouth Middle size
Chin round
Complexion Healthy
Face middling full oval
12.289. Ch
John H. Rüve
Stature. five feet 9 inches high, slender build
Forehead middling high
Eyes Gray City of Louisville
Nose Large July 17, 1854
Mouth Medium
Chin round
Complexion Healthy
Face lean

Most respectfully your humble Servant
Philip Temppert


Dear Miena:

I write only a few lines in this letter, since I did not have a letter from you. I had to leave earlier than G. H. Hollenkamp, but he got your letter an hour before he left for Wintersdorf. There is nothing of importance to write that has not already been mentioned in this letter. Upon my return to my father and Mother from Wintersdorf I shall write you all that I have heard and seen. There is nothing now to report just now. Dear Miena, I wish I were with you already again, but I must close now. I hope that these few lines reach you in the best of health.

I remain Your true
J. H. Ruwe

Events

Birth24 Aug 1816Oldenburg
Marriage9 Sep 1854St. Peters Evangelical Church, Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, United States - Wilhelmina "Minnie or Miena" Graefe
Census (family)18602nd Ward, Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, United States - Wilhelmina "Minnie or Miena" Graefe
Census (family)16 Jun 18704th Ward, Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, United States - Wilhelmina "Minnie or Miena" Graefe
Census (family)1880Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, United States - Wilhelmina "Minnie or Miena" Graefe
Death2 Jan 1888Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, United States
Burial4 Jan 1888Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, United States

Families

Notes

Birth

Calculating from the1870 census, he would have been born abt 1808. Oldenburg is also from this census.
His tombstone reads - born Aug 24 1816

Marriage

married 36 years

Census (family)

1860 Jefferson County KY 472 2 W Louisville
Ruwe, Henry. 42, Male, Huckster, 400 real estate, 150 personal p., Oldenberg
Menia 32, Female, Saxony
Slanta, Louis, 16, Male, Hostler, Saxony

Census (family)

1870 Census, 4th Ward, Louisville, Jefferson Co., KY, Page 55 -
306-450 Reve, Henry 62 M,W, No Occupation, 15,000,20,000, Oldenburg
Reve, Minnie 42, F,W, Keep House, , Saxony
Graffa, Gotfried, 67,M,W, at home, , Saxony
Hollenkamp, Augusta, 37, F, W, at home, , Saxony
Hollenkamp, Henry, 12,M,W, at school, , Kentucky
Hollenkamp, Mary, 10, F,W, at school, , Kentucky
Hollenkamp, Minnie, 8, F,W, , Kentucky

Census (family)

J. N. RUEWE Self M Male W 63 GER Teamster GER GER
Wilhelmina RUEWE Wife M Female W 52 SAXONY Keeps House SAXONY SAXONY

Source Information:
Census Place Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky
Family History Library Film 1254422
NA Film Number T9-0422
Page Number 147C

Death

From article about Lafe DeWitt written in 1888 -
" On Jan. 29 1880 he married Miss M.A. Hollenkamp, an educated, charming young lady, niece of the late J.H. Ruwe,"

Burial

Section A, lot 559, grave 3. Owners of lot 559 are John H Ruwe and George Kramer. Purchase date 12 Feb 1884.
Inscription; J H Ruwe. born Aug 24 1816, died Jan 2 1888

Endnotes

1. U.S Federal Census - 1870, 4th Ward, Louisville, Jefferson Co., KY (researched by Shirley Duncan rec'vd Oct. 3, 1998).

2. Parrott, Edna., Pictures of tombstones from Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Kentucky. (Aug 1999).

3. U.S. Census images. Heritage Quest Online. Subscription database through the Sonoma County Public Library. (ProQuest LLC, 2009.), 1860 > Kentucky > JEFFERSON > 2-WD LOUISVILLE Series: M653 Roll: 375 Page: 472.

4. U.S Federal Census - 1870, 4th Ward, Louisville, Jefferson Co., KY (researched by Shirley Duncan rec'vd Oct. 3, 1998).

5. U.S. Census images. Heritage Quest Online. Subscription database through the Sonoma County Public Library. (ProQuest LLC, 2009.), 1870 > KENTUCKY > JEFFERSON > 4-WD LOUISVILLE Series: M593 Roll: 474 Page: 364.

6. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints., Transcription of the United States Federal Population Census - 1880 (http://www.familysearch.org/ Oct. 2002).

7. Parrott, Edna., Pictures of tombstones from Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Kentucky. (Aug 1999).

8. "Lafayette De Witt & Co." Sonntagsblatt des Louisville Anzeiger, Louisville, KY, Sonntag, den 16. Dezember 1888,.

9. Parrott, Edna., Pictures of tombstones from Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Kentucky. (Aug 1999).