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 male ancestor  John  RUFF

Born
abt. 1829
Died
6 July 1867 Dearborn, Michigan, USA

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Father: Frances Ruff
Mother: Ellen Ruff
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Recorded occupation: Farmer

The farmer, cultivateur, or cultivator, was a person who cultivated and exploited the land in order to get a crop.

He may have been the proprietor of his own parcel(s) of land. He could, depending on the land size, have employed other agricultural workers. If he didn't own the land, he was called a tenant farmer.
Source: tfcq.ca

farmer
Source: Old Sturbridge Village, Sturbridge, Massachusetts

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Invention 1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)
Death
Name: John Ruff
Gender: Male
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Death Date: 06 Jul 1867
Death
Place: Dearborn, Wayne, Michigan
Age: 38
Birth Date: 1829
Birth
Place: America
Occupation: Farmer
Race: White
Marital Status: Married
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Name: Frances Ruff
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Name: Ellen Ruff
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Indexing Project (Batch) Number: B01662-5
System Origin: Michigan-EASy
GS
Film Number: 1377692
Reference ID: bk 1a p 2

'Michigan Deaths and Burials, 1800-1995,' database, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ ark:/ 61903/ 1:1:FH7M-HPB : 9 December 2014), John Ruff, 06 Jul 1867; citing Dearborn, Wayne, Michigan, reference bk 1a p 2; FHL microfilm 1,377,692.'
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