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RUBY, Sgt Franklin Anton "Frank"[1]

Male 1907 - 1980  (72 years)Deceased    Has 2 ancestors but no descendants in this family tree.

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  • Name RUBY, Franklin Anton 
    Title Sgt 
    Nickname Frank 
    Birth 29 Oct 1907  Marathon County, Wisconsin, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    Burial Jul 1980  Black Hills National Cemetery, Sturgis, Meade County, South Dakota, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Death 07 Jul 1980  Sturgis, Meade County, South Dakota, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Age 72 years 
    Person ID I13672  Dutton Ancestry
    Last Modified 18 Jul 2017 

    Father RUBY, Carl Benjamin
              b. 1 Jul 1877, Polk City, Polk County, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 3 Nov 1910, Perkins County, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 33 years) 
    Relationship Birth 
    Mother SCHMALE, Adele
              b. 2 Nov 1878, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 4 Jul 1954, Zeona, Perkins County, South Dakota, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years) 
    Relationship Birth 
    Marriage 1 Sep 1902  Clayton, Saint Louis County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Age at Marriage He : 25 years and 2 months - She : 23 years and 10 months. 
    Siblings 4 brothers and 1 sister 
    Children 6 children 
    Married: 1x1. RUBY, Christian August Frederick "Fred"
              b. 17 Jun 1903, Marathon County, Wisconsin, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 20 Dec 1995, Aloha, Washington County, Oregon, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 92 years)
    +2. RUBY, Anna Lena Adele
              b. 1 Jun 1904, Marathon County, Wisconsin, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 13 Jan 1975, Sturgis, Meade County, South Dakota, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 70 years)
    Married: 1x3. RUBY, Carl Paul
              b. 28 May 1905, Wisconsin, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 21 Mar 1991, Sturgis, Meade County, South Dakota, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 85 years)
    Married: 1x4. RUBY, Paul Benjamin
              b. 02 Nov 1906, Marathon County, Wisconsin, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 15 Jul 2001, Sturgis, Meade County, South Dakota, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 94 years)
    Married: 1x5. RUBY, Sgt Franklin Anton "Frank"
              b. 29 Oct 1907, Marathon County, Wisconsin, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 07 Jul 1980, Sturgis, Meade County, South Dakota, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 72 years)
    Married: 1x6. RUBY, Sgt William Walter "Bill"
              b. 09 Mar 1909, Glidden, Ashland County, Wisconsin, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 18 Jun 1983, Fredericksburg City, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 74 years)
     
    Stepparents 
    Family ID F1818  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Stepfather RUBY, Richard Frederick "Fred"
              b. 22 Jan 1884, Elk Horn, Shelby County, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 10 May 1955, Zeona, Perkins County, South Dakota, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 71 years) 
    Mother SCHMALE, Adele
              b. 2 Nov 1878, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 4 Jul 1954, Zeona, Perkins County, South Dakota, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years) 
    Half siblings 2 half brothers and 5 half sisters 
    Family ID F4249  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family FIELDS, Mabel Lucille
              b. 20 May 1914, Twin Branch, McDowell County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 23 Oct 1991, Sturgis, Meade County, South Dakota, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 77 years)  [1
    Family ID F4242  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 18 Jul 2017 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 29 Oct 1907 - Marathon County, Wisconsin, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - Jul 1980 - Black Hills National Cemetery, Sturgis, Meade County, South Dakota, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 07 Jul 1980 - Sturgis, Meade County, South Dakota, USA Link to Google Earth
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    Pin Legend Address Cemetery Farm Town Parish City County/Shire State/Province Country Region Not Set

  • Notes 
    • SGT Franklin Anton "Frank" Ruby spent his early years on the homestead his birth Father Carl Benjamin "Ben" Ruby (1877-1910) and his Uncle Richard Frederick "Fred" Ruby (1884-1955) built; On that homestead, the brothers built a one-room sod house for Ben and his Wife Adele (born Schmale) Ruby (1878-1954) and their six children--Fred, Anna, Carl, Paul, Frank, and Bill.

      Frank's birth Father Ben was killed in a coal mine near the homestead, and a couple of years later his birth Mother Adele married Ben's brother Fred, who raised his Nephew Frank and his brothers and sister as his own.

      Frank's Uncle Fred and his birth Mother Adele gave birth to six more children--Chris, Richard, Rose, Ruth, Emma, and May, all born in that sod house except May. Another baby, Adele, was stillborn and is laid to rest in the Ruby Family Cemetery next to Ben's grave.

      Frank married Mable Lucille (born Fields) Ruby (1914 - 1991) on February 23, 1945, in Yuma (Yuma County), Arizona, and the couple is laid to rest in Black Hills National Cemetery, Sturgis (Meade County), South Dakota.

      *Biography Facts Courtesy of "Prairie Rattlers, Long Johns and Chokecherry Wine: Memoirs from the Silent Prairie" (ISBN: 1-4137-0053-5), authored by Emma L. (born Ruby) Willey, the eleventh of Adele (born Schmale) Ruby's twelve children who is the only living sibling. [1]

  • Sources 
    1. [S50] Findagrave.com.

    2. [S50] Findagrave.com.
      Maintained by: Michael Eugene Shaner
      Originally Created by: US Veterans Affairs Offi...
      Record added: Mar 04, 2000
      Find A Grave Memorial# 3317266



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