Mays Family Tree - Person Sheet
NameEmily H RUBY 
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748Birth Date1 Mar 1843
Birth PlaceMiddle Lancaster, Butler Co., PA, USA
Death Date20 Jan 1921 Age: 77
Death PlaceNew Brighton, Beaver Co, PA, USA
Burial Date22 Jan 1921
Burial PlaceZion Lutheran Church Cemetery, Middle Lancaster, Harmony, Butler Co., PA, USA
Burial MemoA-3, Z-S: Site #2
FatherWilliam RUBY Jr. (1802-1871)
MotherMargaret [RUBY] (~1804-1892)
Misc. Notes
Individual found on the 1850 Census of W. Connoquenessing Twp, Emily H. Ruby is listed as a twin of Robert, both living in the household of William Ruby, Jr.
At the time of the 1910 Beaver Co, PA census: ED 0026 Visit 0017, Emily H. Lutz, age 67, was living with her daugther Sarah Louise (Lutz) Sandoe and son-in-law, John Wesley Sandoe.
Individual found through Scott and Kris Taggart, descendants of Mary Margaret (Ruby) Taggart with whom Margaret Ruby (b. about 1804-Maryland) lived as a widow.
Mary Margaret (Ruby) Taggart was the executor of Margaret Ruby's will. Scott and Kris Taggart are in possession of William & Margaret Ruby's family bible, which states, contrary to the 1850 Census, that Emily H. Ruby and Robert Ruby were NOT twins.
She is listed as: Emely H. Ruby, b. 1 Mar 1843, "our granddaughter that we raised." The parents of Emely H. Ruby are not identified and and the name is apparently spelled E-M-E-L-Y.
Individual found in correspondence dated 8 Nov 2002 received from the Zion Lutheran Church, 557 Perry Highway, Harmony, PA 16037 as joining the church along with her husband, John, sons Joseph W., and Emmanuel on April 8, 1882.
Emily Lutz burial information is listed for the Zion Lutheran Church English Cemetery lot designation A-3, Z-S: Site #2.
At the time of the 1910 Beaver Co, PA census: ED 0026 Visit 0017, Emily H. Lutz, age 67, was living with her daugther Sarah Louise (Lutz) Sandoe and son-in-law, John Wesley Sandoe.
Individual found through Scott and Kris Taggart, descendants of Mary Margaret (Ruby) Taggart with whom Margaret Ruby (b. about 1804-Maryland) lived as a widow.
Mary Margaret (Ruby) Taggart was the executor of Margaret Ruby's will. Scott and Kris Taggart are in possession of William & Margaret Ruby's family bible, which states, contrary to the 1850 Census, that Emily H. Ruby and Robert Ruby were NOT twins.
She is listed as: Emely H. Ruby, b. 1 Mar 1843, "our granddaughter that we raised." The parents of Emely H. Ruby are not identified and and the name is apparently spelled E-M-E-L-Y.
Individual found in correspondence dated 8 Nov 2002 received from the Zion Lutheran Church, 557 Perry Highway, Harmony, PA 16037 as joining the church along with her husband, John, sons Joseph W., and Emmanuel on April 8, 1882.
Emily Lutz burial information is listed for the Zion Lutheran Church English Cemetery lot designation A-3, Z-S: Site #2.
Spouses
Birth DateNov 1843
Death Date15 Feb 1905
Death PlaceMiddle Lancaster, Butler Co., PA, USA
Death Memoheart trouble
Burial Date18 Feb 1905
Burial PlaceZion Lutheran Church Cemetery, Middle Lancaster, Harmony, Butler Co., PA, USA
Burial MemoA-3, Z-S: Site #1
Cause of DeathApoplexy*
FatherJoseph LUTZ (1819-)
MotherLydia BOYER (1815-)
Misc. Notes
Individual intially found by Theodore (Dave) David Peters, Jr., in interviewing elderly relatives in the 1970s.
Individual found on the 1880 Lancaster Twp, census as John Lutz, age 37, Occupation: Head Laborer, wife, Emily, age 37, son-Joseph, age 14, son-James Wesley age 9, daughter Sarah Louise, age 7.
Individual found on the 1900 Lancaster Twp, census as John Lutz, b. Nov 1843, age 56, Day Laborer with wife Emily, b. Mar 1843, age 57, married 36 years, both born in PA with 5 children/3 living
Individual found in the "Registration of Death Butler County" Book-3, page 72 at the Butler County Courthouse. Age: 61; Parent's Names: not listed; Place of Birth: Middle Lancaster Twp, PA; Date of Death: 15 Feb 1905; Place of Death: Middle Lancaster Twp, PA; Cause of Death: Heart trouble; Buried: Lancaster, Date of Burial: 18 Feb 1905; Date Death Recorded: 15 May 1905.
Individual found in correspondence dated 8 Nov 2002 received from the Zion Lutheran Church, 557 Perry Highway, Harmony, PA 16037 as joining the church along with his wife, Emily, sons Joseph W., and Emmanuel on April 8, 1882.
Individual obituary found in the Butler Citizen dated Thursday, March 2, 1905:
"John Lutz of Middle Lancaster was found dead of apoplexy by his returning from a neighbors house Thursday morning 16th. He was buried in the Lutheran cemetery there on Sunday afternoon. He had lived all his life in or near Middle Lancaster. Age 61 years."
John Lutz burial information is listed for the Zion Lutheran Church English Cemetery lot designation A-3, Z-S: Site #1.
*Apoplexy is an old-fashioned medical term, generally used interchangeably with cerebrovascular accident (CVA or stroke) but having other meanings as well.4609
Individual found on the 1880 Lancaster Twp, census as John Lutz, age 37, Occupation: Head Laborer, wife, Emily, age 37, son-Joseph, age 14, son-James Wesley age 9, daughter Sarah Louise, age 7.
Individual found on the 1900 Lancaster Twp, census as John Lutz, b. Nov 1843, age 56, Day Laborer with wife Emily, b. Mar 1843, age 57, married 36 years, both born in PA with 5 children/3 living
Individual found in the "Registration of Death Butler County" Book-3, page 72 at the Butler County Courthouse. Age: 61; Parent's Names: not listed; Place of Birth: Middle Lancaster Twp, PA; Date of Death: 15 Feb 1905; Place of Death: Middle Lancaster Twp, PA; Cause of Death: Heart trouble; Buried: Lancaster, Date of Burial: 18 Feb 1905; Date Death Recorded: 15 May 1905.
Individual found in correspondence dated 8 Nov 2002 received from the Zion Lutheran Church, 557 Perry Highway, Harmony, PA 16037 as joining the church along with his wife, Emily, sons Joseph W., and Emmanuel on April 8, 1882.
Individual obituary found in the Butler Citizen dated Thursday, March 2, 1905:
"John Lutz of Middle Lancaster was found dead of apoplexy by his returning from a neighbors house Thursday morning 16th. He was buried in the Lutheran cemetery there on Sunday afternoon. He had lived all his life in or near Middle Lancaster. Age 61 years."
John Lutz burial information is listed for the Zion Lutheran Church English Cemetery lot designation A-3, Z-S: Site #1.
*Apoplexy is an old-fashioned medical term, generally used interchangeably with cerebrovascular accident (CVA or stroke) but having other meanings as well.4609
Family ID8185
Marr Date1864
Marr PlaceButler County, PA, USA
ChildrenJoseph William (1866-1918)
Emmanuel (1866-1916)
James Wesley (1871-)
Sarah Louise (1873-1929)